Nurse Edith Cavell was shot on this day in 1915. Her martyr’s death made her so famous that the name Edith became popular in France (even the singer Edith Piaff was...
On this day in 1216, English King John, also known as John Lackland, allegedly lost the Crown Jewels while passing through a marshy area in East Anglia. Namely, the wagon...
The Second Vatican Council was solemnly declared open on this day in 1962. It was the greatest council gathering in the history of the Catholic Church. The Council was op...
This date in 1899 marked the beginning of the Second Boer War in South Africa, in which the locals (the Boers, mostly of Dutch descent) led a war against the British colo...
This day in 1739 is considered the birthday of Grigory Potemkin, a Russian aristocrat and one of the most powerful favorites of Empress Catherine II the Great. During his...
The greater part of the Mary Rose was recovered from the sea on this day in 1982. This was one of the most spectacular maritime archaeology undertakings in history. The M...
This day in 2008 marked the death of Jörg Haider, governor of the Austrian federal state of Carinthia (Kärnten). Haider was a very popular, but controversial politician....
This day in 1857 marked the death of George Washington Parke Custis, the adoptive son of the first U.S. president and the builder of the imposing Arlington House, which...