Top Items About European History
Type | Title | Teaser | Author | Views | Rating |
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| Anecdotes | Revolutionary Thought | Despite their outspoken protests against royal corruption and inefficiency, Jeanne Roland and her husband found... | Anonymous | 202 | |
| Anecdotes | Robespierre | As an idealistic young man, Maximilien Robespierre was so opposed to the death penalty that he gave up a promising... | Anonymous | 64 | |
| Anecdotes | John Byng | When John Byng was court-martialed and brought before the firing squad (for failing to relieve the island of Minorca... | Anonymous | 54 | |
| Anecdotes | French Revolt? | On July 14, 1789, at the start of the French Revolution, an angry mob led by Georges Jacques Danton stormed and captured... | Anonymous | 54 | |
| Anecdotes | Jenkins`s Ear | In 1738, Captain Robert Jenkins displayed an ear pickled in... | Anonymous | 53 | |
| Anecdotes | Conquistador | In 1518, Hernando Cortes asked the Spanish governor to sponsor an expedition to Mexico. The governor, eager to capture... | Anonymous | 44 | |
| Anecdotes | 1670 Marriage Act | In 1670, the British Parliament under Charles II passed the following remarkable... | Anonymous | 44 | |
| Anecdotes | Trafalgar | While preparing for the battle of Trafalgar, Admiral Nelson, aboard HMS Victory,... | Anonymous | 42 | |
| Anecdotes | Syria`s Condition? | In 1799, Napoleon`s troops, traveling through the desert on route to Syria, made the mistake of slaking their thirst... | Anonymous | 40 | |
| Anecdotes | Countrymen | The Seven Weeks` War between Prussia and Austria in 1866 was largely engineered by Otto von Bismarck in a bid to... | Anonymous | 38 |
