On this day in 1848, Arthur Balfour, a politician who became British Prime Minister in the early 20th century, was born. Balfour came from a wealthy Scottish family. At t...
The eighth president in American history, Martin Van Buren, died on this day in 1862. His surname was of Dutch origin. In 1631, the Van Buren family moved from Buren (the...
On this day transpired a rare occurrence of a monarch returning at the head of the state in a democratic way after he was deposed. Simeon, who became the Tsar (Emperor) o...
On this day in 1701, the famous American city of Detroit was founded. Interestingly, the founder of Detroit was the French explorer Antoine de Cadillac. The famous Americ...
On this day the current reigning King Mohammed VI of Morocco came to the throne. His country is today the largest Muslim kingdom in terms of population (only Saudi Arabia...
On this day in 2007, the last King of Afghanistan Mohammed Zahir Shah died. He was born in Kabul in 1914, and was the son of the Afghan King Muhammad Nadir Shah. He asc...
On this day in 1936, the first nationalist government during the Spanish Civil War was established. This happened just a week after the beginning of the war, which was mo...
On this day, in 1773, Sir Thomas Brisbane, the British general who played a role in Australian history, was born. Namely, Sir Thomas Brisbane was Governor of the British...
