As of today: February 5, 1852 – The Hermitage Museum opens its gates in St. Petersburg
On February 5, 1852, one of the most prominent cultural institutions in…
As of today: January 19, 379 – Theodosius I is proclaimed emperor
After the death of Jovian in February 364, Valentinian ascended the imperial…
As today: January 20, 1993 – Audrey Hepburn dies
"It looked like a table of Montillian whose colors are still fresh…
As of today: January 21, 1921 – The Communist Party of Italy is founded by Bordiga and Gramsci
On January 21, 1921, the Italian Communist Party was founded in Livorno…
On This Day: 22 January 1788 – Lord Byron is born
Among the hundreds of Philhellenes who left their homelands and fought alongside…
As of today: January 15, 1962 – Iznogud’s first story is published in RECORD magazine
Among the many heroes and heroes of comic and the cartoon of…
On This Day: January 16, 1581 – The English Parliament outlaws Catholicism
Unlike the rest of Europe, the Church Reformation in England started after…
On This Day: January 17, 1773 – James Cook and his crew become the first to circumnavigate the Antarctic Circle
The Royal Society of the British Empire and the government wished to…
On This Day: January 18, 1689 – Montesquieu is born
THE Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieuwas born…
Today: January 8, 1828 – Ioannis Kapodistrias lands in Nafplio
During her Greek Revolution there were not a few times that his…
