On this day in 1879, Yoshihito, the Japanese emperor who reigned from 1912 to 1926, was born. He was known as the 123rd Emperor of Japan. It is interesting to note that Y...
On this day in 1422 English King Henry V of the Plantagenet-Lancaster dynasty died unexpectedly, at the height of his power. The king was only 36 years old, and had he li...
Zionism is known as movement whose goal was the establishment of an independent Jewish state. The First Zionist Congress was held from 29 to 31 August 1897 in the Swiss c...
The Russian capital of St. Petersburg was renamed Petrograd on this day in 1914. The Russian Empire wanted to avoid the German name of its capital (the name of Saint Pete...
On this day in 1821, Anita Garibaldi was born. Her husband was the Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi. It is interesting to note that she was born as Ana Maria de J...
On this day Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was grievously wounded in an assassination attempt. Interestingly, the attempt was carried out by a woman, Fanny Kaplan. Kaplan was born...
On this day in 1940, the so-called Second Vienna Arbitration assigned a large part of Romania to Hungary. This arbitration was performed by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy...
The Russian Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich was born on this day in 1917. From 1938 to 1992, he was considered the pretender to the Russian imperial throne because he was...