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The Most Noble Order of the Garter is the highest order of chivalry in the United Kingdom and one of…

In the Catholic tradition, the stigmata are known as visible wounds on a believer’s body, precisely on those parts of…

On August 26, 1789 was in France the first Universal Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen…

An old saying teaches that one cannot live on the wind. At the end of the nineteenth century, the French…

Erected in honor of one of Napoleon’s victories at Austerlitz, the Arc de Triomphe is one of Paris’ most famous…

On August 27, 1896, the United Kingdom and Zanzibar went to war. It became the shortest war in history. Already…

The poppy flower is a symbol of the First World War in the United Kingdom, but also in many other…

The Jewish-Lithuanian ophthalmologist and philologist Lejzer Zamenhof designed the international auxiliary language Esperanto. The language is spoken in more than…

Northern General John Sedgwick died during the American Civil War while trying to encourage his men. His last words are…

None other than US President Theodore Roosevelt is the namesake of the teddy bear. The 26th President of the United…