2015 shall go down in history as the year we started The History Files: yay! What happened in all those other ’15 years? How about a whirlwind tour of the highlights of almost every year ending in “15”? Of course the episode wouldn’t be complete without a visit to Gordon’s Gun Closet, either, so we talk a bit about the iconic Winchester Model 1907 “.350 SLR”.

Show notes and links:

* 15 AD, Destruction of Alexandria (en.wikipedia.org)

* 615 AD, Muhammad emigrates to Ethiopia (a small colony there under the protection of the Christian Ethiopian emperor Așhama ibn Abjar)

* 815 AD, Hrafna-Flóki Vilgerðarson discovers Iceland.

* 1015, August: Cnut’s invasion of England (historyextra.com)

* Berserkers outlawed in Norway (1015)

* Olaf II of Norway (1015)

* 1115, Battle of Sarmin (Crusaders rout the Seljuk Turks)

* 1215, the First Baron’s War (King John)

* Great Famine of 1315–17

* Battle of Agincourt (1415)

* Francis I of France (1515: France and Switzerland decide to get along with each other)

* Champlain’s Account of the Battle of 1615 from Voyages to New France

* Jacobite rising of 1715, Scotland

* Battle of Waterloo (1815)

* History of the Great War (1915)

* Dan Snow’s HISTORY HIT (historyhitpodcast.com)

* Winchester Model 1907 (.351 SLR)

* Semi-automatic firearms

* Carbines

* Ribeyrolle 1918 automati...