1980: Archbishop Oscar Romero Killed while Serving Mass
On this day Archbishop Oscar Romero was assassinated while celebrating Mass at a chapel in a hospital called “La Divina Providencia” in San Salvador. Such an unprecedente...
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1849: Field Marshal Count Radetzky Wins the Battle of Novara
On this day in 1849, the Austrian Army achieved one of its most famous victories in the 19th century. Namely, it defeated the army of the Kingdom of Sardinia in the Battl...
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1747: The French Count who Became an Ottoman Pasha
Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, a very interesting person with an unusual fate, died on this day in 1747. He was born into an aristocratic French family. He became a soldie...
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1939: Memel, Lithuania – Hitler’s Last Peaceful Acquisition
Klaipėda (Memel) is today the third-largest city in Lithuania and the country’s largest port. It was particularly important in Hitler’s time since one-third of the countr...
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1944: Nazis Secretly Occupied Hungary
On this day the German Army secretly took positions in Hungary. Namely, Hungary was, since before World War II, a signatory of the so-called Tripartite Pact, and an ally...
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1945: Hitler Orders the Destruction of German Factories and Roads
On this day in 1945, when Allied troops penetrated into German territory, Adolf Hitler ordered the destruction of German roads and industrial plants to resist the attacke...
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1944: The Last Eruption of Mount Vesuvius Took Place during Bloody Battles in World War II
The last major eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Italy began on this day in 1944. It is interesting that this was precisely the time of much heavy fighting between German and...
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45 BC: Caesar’s Last Battle
The last battle in Caesar’s military career took place on this day. Namely, it was then that he defeated his enemies near Munda in Hispania. The battle was fought in what...
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