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1815: Waterloo – Napoleon’s Last Battle

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1815: Waterloo – Napoleon’s Last Battle

On this day one of the most famous battles in the entire world history took place. Napoleon Bonaparte was ...

On this day one of the most famous battles in the entire world history took place. Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated once and for all on the battlefield near the Belgian town of Waterloo (just a few kil ...

June 18, 2019
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2003: Gregory Peck – Film Star and Philanthropist

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2003: Gregory Peck – Film Star and Philanthropist

On this day, the famous actor Gregory Peck died at the age of 87. Peck was of Irish, Scottish, and Englis ...

On this day, the famous actor Gregory Peck died at the age of 87. Peck was of Irish, Scottish, and English descent, and was raised as a Roman Catholic. Indeed, Gregory Peck remained a practicing Catho ...

June 12, 2019
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1872: The Last Empress of the Russian Empire

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1872: The Last Empress of the Russian Empire

On this day in 1872, the last Russian Empress (Tsaritsa), Alexandra, was born. She was born in Darmstadt ...

On this day in 1872, the last Russian Empress (Tsaritsa), Alexandra, was born. She was born in Darmstadt in Germany, and was of a German-British origin. Specifically, Alexandra was the granddaughter o ...

June 06, 2019
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1541: Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury and Catholic Martyr

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1541: Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury and Catholic Martyr

After two and a half years in prison, Bl. Margaret Pole was executed on this day in 1541. Bl. Margaret Po ...

After two and a half years in prison, Bl. Margaret Pole was executed on this day in 1541. Bl. Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, was executed at the Tower of London on this day in 1541. Her cousin, ...

May 27, 2019
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1455: Beginning of the Medieval “Wars of the Roses”

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1455: Beginning of the Medieval “Wars of the Roses”

On this day a long-standing war for the English throne, called the Wars of the Roses, began. The name com ...

On this day a long-standing war for the English throne, called the Wars of the Roses, began. The name comes from the fact that the two warring dynasties that fought for the throne had symbols in the f ...

May 22, 2019
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1859: Arthur Conan Doyle Was Educated at a Jesuit School in Austria

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1859: Arthur Conan Doyle Was Educated at a Jesuit School in Austria

On this day in 1859, Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the famous character Sherlock Holmes, was born. He wa ...

On this day in 1859, Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the famous character Sherlock Holmes, was born. He was born in Edinburgh in Scotland, to parents of Irish descent. It is interesting that Arthur Con ...

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1744: British Queen Charlotte – Member of the Mecklenburg-Strelitz dynasty

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1744: British Queen Charlotte – Member of the Mecklenburg-Strelitz dynasty

On this day in 1744, Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III (the United States gained independence from ...

On this day in 1744, Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III (the United States gained independence from Great Britain during his reign), was born. She was of German origin, a member of the Mecklenbu ...

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1935: Lawrence of Arabia Dies after Motorcycle Accident

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1935: Lawrence of Arabia Dies after Motorcycle Accident

Famed explorer and soldier TE Lawrence, better known as Lawrence of Arabia, died on this day after a trag ...

Famed explorer and soldier TE Lawrence, better known as Lawrence of Arabia, died on this day after a tragic accident. It is not widely known that the hero of the Arab resistance against the Turks was ...

May 19, 2019
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