The Order initially had 21 members, all of them high nobility. Vlad Tepes, also known as Dracula, and Eng ...
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1890: Tallest Church Completed (161.5 meters)
1740: Prussian King Frederick II the Great Accedes to the Throne
1469: King Manuel I of Portugal – Ruler of the Sea from Brazil to China
1962: The Execution of Adolf Eichmann in Israel
1809: Death of Jean Lannes – One of Napoleon’s Most Daring and Talented Generals
1990: First Multiparty Parliament in Croatia
1975: European Space Agency (ESA) Founded
1934: Russian General Alexey Leonov – First Man to Walk in Space
1868: Last Public Execution in Vienna
1536: Henry VIII Marries his Third Wife only 11 Days after his Second Wife’s Execution
1948: The First UN Peacekeepers
1900: Why was the Capital of Chad Named after a Frenchman?
1814: What Became of Napoleon’s Divorced Wife, Josephine?
1954: First Bilderberg Conference
1953: The First Conquest of Mount Everest was made by a New Zealander