On this day in 1867, the sale of Russian America (the name for Alaska at that time) to the USA took place. The so-called Alaska Purchase was actually initiated by the Rus...
On this day the married Rosenberg couple was sentenced for espionage against the United States. Their case became one of the most famous spy scandals in world history. T...
On this day the Venetian Republic gave the Jews in Venice an area of the city, where they were required to live. That city area was called “ghetto” (Italian: “ghetto”, in...
On this day in 1923 Fascist Italy forbade the use of Croatian as the administrative language in Istria. Namely, the areas of Istria and Trieste were annexed to Italy afte...
King James from the Stuart dynasty died on this day in 1625, as a ruler of two thrones – the Scottish and the English. James was the first Scottish king who ever ruled ov...
This day in 1378 marked the death of Pope Gregory XI, the last of the so-called Avignon popes. Namely, it was precisely Gregory XI who returned the seat of the papacy fro...
On this day in 1995, the so-called Schengen Area was established in Europe, as an area without any border controls. Controls were abolished at the borders between Belgium...
On this day, the famous Treaty of Rome was signed, which is the foundation of today’s European Union. It established the European Economic Community (EEC), the forerunner...