The Russian Empire and Mexico had established diplomatic relations back in 1890, but the revolutions which broke out in the countries in the second decade of the 20th cen...
French king Henry I of the Capet dynasty died on this day in 1060. At the time of his reign, the French royal domain (the area under the king’s direct authority) was prob...
The Moscow Olympic Games were ended on this day in 1980. These were the 22nd modern Olympic Games, and are notable for being boycotted by around 50 countries. The boycott...
Louis François, Prince de Conti, member of the French royal Bourbon dynasty, and pretender to the Polish throne, died on this day in 1776. The de Conti princes were membe...
Today’s date is considered the official founding date of the Chinese PLA. It is currently the largest army in the world in terms of manpower, and second only to the US Ar...
On this day in 1957 the NORAD (North American Air Defense Command) was founded. This institution was of great importance during the Cold War since it was supposed to prot...
Maximilian I was born as Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph of Austria on this day in 1832. He was less than two years younger than his brother – the Austrian Emperor a...
On this day, in 1792, Austrian Archduke Francis II was declared Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. History would later show that he was also the last emperor of the Empire...