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1867: Otto of Greece – the Only Greek King who Was a Roman Catholic

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1867: Otto of Greece – the Only Greek King who Was a Roman Catholic

The former Greek King Otto died in the German city of Bamberg on this day in 1867. He was the first king ...

The former Greek King Otto died in the German city of Bamberg on this day in 1867. He was the first king of Greece in Modern Times. It is interesting to note that he became the King of Greece in 1832, ...

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1943: Nobel laureate Karl Landsteiner – Austrian Catholic and the father of transfusion medicine

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1943: Nobel laureate Karl Landsteiner – Austrian Catholic and the father of transfusion medicine

On this day in 1943 Karl Landsteiner, the famous scientist responsible for the classification of blood gr ...

On this day in 1943 Karl Landsteiner, the famous scientist responsible for the classification of blood groups, died. In 1930 Landsteiner was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his a ...

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1661: Portuguese Catholic princess who obtained Bombay and the custom of drinking tea for the British

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1661: Portuguese Catholic princess who obtained Bombay and the custom of drinking tea for the British

On this day, in 1661, the marriage contract on behalf of the British King Charles II and the Portuguese p ...

On this day, in 1661, the marriage contract on behalf of the British King Charles II and the Portuguese princess Catherine of Braganza was signed. With this contract Britain received the colony of Bom ...

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1670: The Secret Treaty of Dover – An Attempt to Return the Catholic Faith to England

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1670: The Secret Treaty of Dover – An Attempt to Return the Catholic Faith to England

On this day in 1670, a secret pact in Dover was made according to which Catholic faith should return to B ...

On this day in 1670, a secret pact in Dover was made according to which Catholic faith should return to Britain. As it is well known, England split from Rome and Catholicism back in the 16th century d ...

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1465: Thomas Palaiologos Converted from Orthodoxy to Catholicism

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1465: Thomas Palaiologos Converted from Orthodoxy to Catholicism

On this day in 1465, Thomas Palaiologos, a pretender to the title of Emperor of the Byzantine Empire, die ...

On this day in 1465, Thomas Palaiologos, a pretender to the title of Emperor of the Byzantine Empire, died in Rome. Thomas was the younger brother of the last emperor in Constantinople - Constantine X ...

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1689: The Swedish Queen who Unexpectedly Converted to Catholicism

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1689: The Swedish Queen who Unexpectedly Converted to Catholicism

The former Swedish Queen Christina died in Rome on this day in 1689. She ruled Sweden when this country w ...

The former Swedish Queen Christina died in Rome on this day in 1689. She ruled Sweden when this country was a powerful European superpower. Specifically, she ruled present-day Finland and Estonia, and ...

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1981: Prince Yasuhiko Asaka – The First Member of the Japanese Imperial Dynasty who Became a Roman Catholic

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1981: Prince Yasuhiko Asaka – The First Member of the Japanese Imperial Dynasty who Became a Roman Catholic

The General Prince Yasuhiko Asaka, the first member of the Japanese imperial dynasty who converted to Cat ...

The General Prince Yasuhiko Asaka, the first member of the Japanese imperial dynasty who converted to Catholicism, died on this day in 1981. He was a cousin of the Japanese Emperor Hirohito (through t ...

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1675: Who painted the “Girl with a Pearl Earring”?

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1675: Who painted the “Girl with a Pearl Earring”?

The famous painter Johannes Vermeer van Delft, particularly known for his painting “Girl with a Pearl Ear ...

The famous painter Johannes Vermeer van Delft, particularly known for his painting “Girl with a Pearl Earring”, died on this day in the year 1675. At the time of his death, he was only 43 years old. N ...

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