On this day the famous Battle of Lake Trasimene took place, in which the Carthaginian military commander Hannibal achieved one of the greatest victories over the Roman ar...
On this day in 1790, during the French Revolution, French noble titles were abolished. Of course, it was a significant event, as the nobility in France played a major rol...
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were a married couple convicted of atomic espionage during the Cold War. It was a time when communists were persecuted in the United States, w...
On this day in 1978, the reigning King Hussein of Jordan married former United States citizen Lisa Najeeb Halaby. She thus became the Queen of Jordan and took the new nam...
On this day in 1888, the famous Emperor Wilhelm II from the Hohenzollern dynasty assumed the German imperial throne. The whole series of events was quite unusual because...
On this day in 1776, a committee of five members was elected to draft the American Declaration of Independence. This Declaration is a key document in the history of the U...
On this day in 1815, the famous Congress of Vienna, one of the most important international agreements on the fate of Europe and the world, was concluded. The arrangement...
One of the most notorious Roman emperors died on this day in the year 68. Nero became famous by the Great Fire of Rome, the bloody persecution of the early Christians, an...