The first King of Bavaria, Maximilian I Joseph from the Wittelsbach dynasty, died on this day in 1825. Bavaria became a kingdom only in 1806, at the time of Maximilian...
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...
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 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...
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...
52-year-old French king Louis XII married the beautiful 18-year-old English princess Mary Tudor on this day in 1514. This was his third wedding (his former two wives had...
French king Charles X from the Bourbon dynasty was born on this day in 1757. Surprisingly, he was buried in Slovenia. Indeed, the coffin bearing his remains today lies in...