Rudolf Hess was Hitler’s closest associate. He even shared a prison cell with him after being convicted for the failed “Beer Hall Putsch” in Munich. While in prison, Hit...
On this day the powerful Napoleon’s Marshal Louis-Nicolas Davout was born. He got the nickname “The Iron Marshal” because of his strictness towards subordinates. In term...
On this day in 1945, Keitel confirmed the German surrender in World War II. This was done primarily at the request of the Soviets, who were dissatisfied with the German s...
On this day the Italian king Victor Emmanuel III was declared Emperor of Ethiopia. It was the year 1936, at a time when Italian politics was led by Benito Mussolini. Ita...
Kamehameha I died on this day in 1819. He was the first King of Hawaii, once an independent state, and later a part of the United States. He is also known as Kamehameha t...
Queen Mary of Modena died on this day in 1718. It is interesting to note that she was the last Catholic Queen of England. She was a wife of King James II, the last Cathol...
On this day in 2000, Vladimir Putin became the President of the Russian Federation for the first time. The ceremony was held in Moscow`s Kremlin, the former Russian Tsars...
The French consider this day the beginning of the French Revolution. Specifically, a key event occurred on this day that enabled the launch of a political revolution. It...
