On this day Elizabeth Christine, Princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, was born to a German Protestant prince. As a young girl she became greatly renowned for her beauty. W...
On this day in 1798, an unusual republic was proclaimed in Ireland. Ireland had been ruled by the British since the 12th century i.e for about 600 years. This attempt to...
The famous Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I, the last reigning Emperor of Ethiopia, died on this day in 1975. Less than a year before his death, he had been deposed by...
St Faustina, born Helena Kowalska, was born in Glogowiec in Poland on this day. This part of Poland was then part of the Russian Empire; Russian emperor Nicholas II also...
James Watt, one of the world’s most famous inventors, died on this day in 1819. He was a Scottish, born on the banks of the River Clyde, west of Glasgow, where the river...
On this day in 1914, the Germans committed one of the most terrifying culturecides of World War I. They burned the library of the Catholic University of Leuven, the most...
On this day in 1991, Ukraine proclaimed its independence from the USSR. It was part of the process of disintegration of the Soviet Union, which occurred despite some hard...
On this day in 1875, Matthew Webb (born at Dawley in Shropshire, England) began his “expedition”, and became known as the first person to swim the English Channel. It too...