366 Days: Compelling Stories From World History

by Scott Allsop

Stretching from Ancient Rome to the World Wide Web and from the Danelaw to the Cold War, 366 Days is a chronicle of the highs and lows of world history. This collection of 'on this day' historical accounts has been painstakingly researched to clearly explain the causes, course and consequences of each event that took place.

Whether it heralded a world-changing new discovery, the assassination of a leading politician, or a cow flying in an aeroplane, this collection of true stories and trivia from world history proves that every day deserves to be remembered.

Scott Allsop is an award-winning history teacher and host of an iTunes Top-100 history podcast. He has drawn on over a decade’s worth of teaching experience in the UK, Egypt and Romania to compile this engaging and entertaining daily guide to some of the most compelling historical events that have shaped today’s world.

Genres: History, Nonfiction

418 pages, Paperback

Published November 14, 2016

About the author

Scott Allsop studied history at the University of Cambridge and is the host of an iTunes Top-100 daily history podcast. He is an award-winning history teacher who was nominated for the UK's national Teaching Awards and short-listed for the BBC/Historical Association History Teacher of the Year award.

Passionate about finding opportunities to engage people with history, he hosts the daily 'on this day in history’ podcast at http://www.HistoryPod.net. This series of 2-3 minute long episodes covers a range of historical periods and events and was the top ‘New and Noteworthy’ history podcast on iTunes on its release. It has since maintained its place of a Top-100 podcast. He also creates podcasts specifically for history students that are shared on http://www.MrAllsopHistory.com and a dedicated YouTube channel. These are accessed by thousands of people a month, and regularly top the iTunes Education charts.

His work has been featured in the Guardian newspaper, the Times Educational Supplement, and has been used by the Training and Development Agency for Schools. He has contributed to the education pack for the First World War Centenary Battlefield Tours Programme, and he has written articles for journals including the Historical Association's "Teaching History" and the UKEdChat magazine.

He currently lives in Romania with his wife and two children.

Reviews

[David Roberts · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really liked this as a daily reading book! The author provides concise descriptions for a wide range of historical events, from heady historical milestones like the start of the United Nations (January 1) to the official purchase of the game Monopoly by Parker Brothers (December 31.)

The writing is concise and accessible and fully informs the reader in a single page re the event.

I didn't really curt and paste anything from the book into my journal, but liked it enough to buy the sequel for my 2023 daily reading practice.

[Abby Glann · Rating 3 out of 5]

This seemed overly heavy on military and politics, which though extremely important and prevalent in history, should not overshadow so much. There were some interesting spots here and there, but it just didn't live up to what I had hoped.

[Mari · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fact-a-day

Easy way to provide yourself a tidbit of information you might've, but probably didn't know, each day, and connect it to the date. My personal method was to read each on it's date, because ... well I guess it was laid out that way 🤔😉

[Ed · Rating 5 out of 5]

good

A very good and concise view of some of the main and most interesting points of world history including even the story of monopoly

[Jane Conway · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great coffee table book. I enjoyed the fact that I could just dip in and read about an event or fact that happened on a specific day, some recent and some much more historical. This is a really good trivia book for people who are members of quiz teams, it will enhance your knowledge.

Each even is well researched and concise. Five minutes a day and I have learned many new things.

A really good Christmas stocking filler

[Arf2D2 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting little bits of trivia. Each page is a different day. Some events are more well known than others - which is part of the fun. The events seem to be well researched and well summarized.