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1818: King Christian IX – The Father-in-Law of Europe

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1818: King Christian IX – The Father-in-Law of Europe

King Christian’s descendants came to an amazingly high number of European thrones. His grandchildren incl ...

King Christian’s descendants came to an amazingly high number of European thrones. His grandchildren included four kings, one emperor, one queen consort, one empress consort, and seven princess or pri ...

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1583: Palatine Nikolaus Esterházy – The First Count of a Powerful Hungarian Family

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1583: Palatine Nikolaus Esterházy – The First Count of a Powerful Hungarian Family

Nikolaus Esterházy became the Hungarian palatine, which was the highest function in his kingdom. This day ...

Nikolaus Esterházy became the Hungarian palatine, which was the highest function in his kingdom. This day in 1583 marked the birth of Nikolaus Esterházy, the first member of that family who received t ...

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1732: The German Who Was the First Director of the United States Mint

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1732: The German Who Was the First Director of the United States Mint

David Rittenhouse was a multifaceted scientist, similar to Croatian Jesuit Ruđer Bošković (born in Dubrov ...

David Rittenhouse was a multifaceted scientist, similar to Croatian Jesuit Ruđer Bošković (born in Dubrovnik), who was his contemporary. The United States Mint was established in 1792. It produces 10 ...

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1605: The King who had the Largest Colonial Empire in America

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1605: The King who had the Largest Colonial Empire in America

Spanish King Philip IV of the Habsburg dynasty was born on this day. His colonial empire was, by far the ...

Spanish King Philip IV of the Habsburg dynasty was born on this day. His colonial empire was, by far the largest in the world at that time, because it included not only all of the Spanish overseas pos ...

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1946: World’s Largest Producer of Electricity Founded

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1946: World’s Largest Producer of Electricity Founded

The largest electric company in the world – Electricité de France (EDF) – was created on this day. It is ...

The largest electric company in the world – Electricité de France (EDF) – was created on this day. It is an interesting fact that it produces as much as 22% of the electricity of the entire European U ...

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2005: The Funeral of Pope Saint John Paul II

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2005: The Funeral of Pope Saint John Paul II

On this day in 2005, late Pope Saint John Paul II was ceremoniously buried in the St. Peter's Basilica in ...

On this day in 2005, late Pope Saint John Paul II was ceremoniously buried in the St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. The funeral was marked by the largest gathering of heads of state in the history ...

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1271: Krak des Chevaliers Captured by Sultan Baibars

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1271: Krak des Chevaliers Captured by Sultan Baibars

On this day in the year 1271, the forces of Sultan Baibars captured the largest Crusader fortress in the ...

On this day in the year 1271, the forces of Sultan Baibars captured the largest Crusader fortress in the Middle East - the famous Krak des Chevaliers. This huge castle was owned by Order of Saint John ...

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1973: All Picasso’s Paintings together could be Worth Hundreds of Billions of Dollars

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1973: All Picasso’s Paintings together could be Worth Hundreds of Billions of Dollars

On this day, Pablo Picasso, one of the most famous artists of all time, died at the age of 91. He died i ...

On this day, Pablo Picasso, one of the most famous artists of all time, died at the age of 91. He died in the French town of Mougins in Provence, six kilometers from the Côte d'Azur. This place is lo ...

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