Tag: 2 February | History.info

1812: Russia Founds a Colony in California

Posted by
|Date: February 02, 2016
| 0 comments

1812: Russia Founds a Colony in California

At the time when Napoleon Bonaparte was preparing to invade the Russian Empire, it was so vast that it fo ...

At the time when Napoleon Bonaparte was preparing to invade the Russian Empire, it was so vast that it founded colonies in California and on Hawaii. On this day the Russian empire founded a colony in ...

February 02, 2016
| by

| 0 comments

Read more
1536: What does the Name “Buenos Aires” actually Mean?

Posted by
|Date: February 02, 2016
| 0 comments

1536: What does the Name “Buenos Aires” actually Mean?

Spanish colonizers named today’s capital of Argentina after the Sardinian shrine “Santa María del Buen Ai ...

Spanish colonizers named today’s capital of Argentina after the Sardinian shrine “Santa María del Buen Aire”. What did the Spaniards have to do with a shrine located on an Italian island. On this day, ...

February 02, 2016
| by

| 0 comments

Read more
1901: German Emperor Attends the Funeral of his Grandmother – British Queen Victoria

Posted by
|Date: February 02, 2016
| 0 comments

1901: German Emperor Attends the Funeral of his Grandmother – British Queen Victoria

German emperor Wilhelm II helped place Victoria's body into the coffin. As a widow, Queen Victoria wore b ...

German emperor Wilhelm II helped place Victoria's body into the coffin. As a widow, Queen Victoria wore black clothes for almost the last 40 years of her life. The funeral of Queen Victoria, th ...

February 02, 2016
| by

| 0 comments

Read more
1649: Over 90% of Today’s Catholic Bishops can Trace their Line of Ordaining to One Pope

Posted by Boris
|Date: February 02, 2016
| 0 comments

1649: Over 90% of Today’s Catholic Bishops can Trace their Line of Ordaining to One Pope

Pope Benedict XIII was born on this day under the name Pietro Francesco Orsini. The process of his canoni ...

Pope Benedict XIII was born on this day under the name Pietro Francesco Orsini. The process of his canonization has been started, and he currently bears the title of Servant of God (Latin: Servus Dei) ...

February 02, 2016
| by Boris

| 0 comments

Read more
1260: Mongols Kill 49 Dominican Monks

Posted by Boris
|Date: February 02, 2016
| 0 comments

1260: Mongols Kill 49 Dominican Monks

On this day in 1260 the Mongols killed a group of 49 Dominican monks in the Polish city of Sandomierz. Th ...

On this day in 1260 the Mongols killed a group of 49 Dominican monks in the Polish city of Sandomierz. This took place during the second Mongol invasion of Poland, which followed 19 years after the fi ...

February 02, 2016
| by Boris

| 0 comments

Read more