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  • 1847: How was the Gigantic Siemens Company Founded?

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    1847: How was the Gigantic Siemens Company Founded?

    1847: How was the Gigantic Siemens Company Founded?

    The widely-known German company Siemens was established on this day in 1847. Its founders were Werner von ...

    The widely-known German company Siemens was established on this day in 1847. Its founders were Werner von Siemens and Johann Georg Halske, and it was seated in Berlin, which was then the capital of th ...

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  • 1864: Capture of the Southern Spy Belle Boyd

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    1864: Capture of the Southern Spy Belle Boyd

    1864: Capture of the Southern Spy Belle Boyd

    On this day, during the American Civil War, Belle Boyd, a young woman who worked as a spy for the Confede ...

    On this day, during the American Civil War, Belle Boyd, a young woman who worked as a spy for the Confederacy, was arrested.  She was born in Southern Virginia, and became a spy when she was only 17 y ...

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  • 1865: Settlers from Wales Arrive in Argentina

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    1865: Settlers from Wales Arrive in Argentina

    1865: Settlers from Wales Arrive in Argentina

    On this day in 1865, a group of 153 settlers from Wales arrived in Argentina. They landed with a ship in ...

    On this day in 1865, a group of 153 settlers from Wales arrived in Argentina. They landed with a ship in the harbor called Puerto Madryn in Patagonia. These were mostly whole families with children, a ...

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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

    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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  • 1801: The Youngest Son of Empress Maria Theresa was an Archbishop and Beethoven’s Patron

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    1801: The Youngest Son of Empress Maria Theresa was an Archbishop and Beethoven’s Patron

    1801: The Youngest Son of Empress Maria Theresa was an Archbishop and Beethoven’s Patron

    On this day Archduke Maximilian Francis, Archbishop and Elector Spiritual of Cologne, died. He was the yo ...

    On this day Archduke Maximilian Francis, Archbishop and Elector Spiritual of Cologne, died. He was the youngest child of the famous Empress Maria Theresa, meaning that he was also the brother of Emper ...

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  • 1879: Japanese Marshal who was in Hiroshima During the Nuclear Explosion

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    1879: Japanese Marshal who was in Hiroshima During the Nuclear Explosion

    1879: Japanese Marshal who was in Hiroshima During the Nuclear Explosion

    On this day Japanese Field Marshal Shunroku Hata was born - one of only five of Imperial Japanese Army of ...

    On this day Japanese Field Marshal Shunroku Hata was born - one of only five of Imperial Japanese Army officers with a marshal's rank during World War II. Indeed, two of them were imperial princes, an ...

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  • 1848: Wealthy British Prime Minister Balfour – Author of the Declaration which Promised Palestine to the Zionists

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    1848: Wealthy British Prime Minister Balfour – Author of the Declaration which Promised Palestine to the Zionists

    1848: Wealthy British Prime Minister Balfour – Author of the Declaration which Promised Palestine to the Zionists

    On this day in 1848, Arthur Balfour, a politician who became British Prime Minister in the early 20th cen ...

    On this day in 1848, Arthur Balfour, a politician who became British Prime Minister in the early 20th century, was born. Balfour came from a wealthy Scottish family. At the age of 21, he inherited a l ...

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  • 1862: The U.S. President whose Mother Tongue was Dutch

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    1862: The U.S. President whose Mother Tongue was Dutch

    1862: The U.S. President whose Mother Tongue was Dutch

    The eighth president in American history, Martin Van Buren, died on this day in 1862. His surname was of ...

    The eighth president in American history, Martin Van Buren, died on this day in 1862. His surname was of Dutch origin. In 1631, the Van Buren family moved from Buren (the Netherlands) to America. Bure ...

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