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BBC via Yahoo Canada News· 2 weeks ago[BBC] The Netherlands' name reflects its low-lying topography, with more than a quarter of its total area under sea level. Now a constitutional monarchy,...
If the EU learnt the lessons of the Habsburg empire then Brexit might not have happened, says...
The Independent via Yahoo Canada News· 3 weeks agoExclusive: Hungary’s ambassador to the Vatican Eduard Habsburg-Lothringen spoke to The Independent...
More valuable than paintings? Exclusive look inside The Kimbell museum’s newest exhibit
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo News· 1 month ago“Awe-inspiring” masterpieces of Renaissance history are on display in Fort Worth for a limited time....
Today-History-May25
The Canadian Press - Olympics 2022 via Yahoo Canada Sports· 2 months agoToday in History for May 25: In 585 B.C., the first known prediction of a solar eclipse occurred. In 1085, Alfonso VI of Castile captured Toledo, Spain, and brought the Moorish centre of science ...
New members of elite Swiss Guard sworn in to protect the pope
Reuters via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoMaximilian Fischer, 20, is one of the new recruits to an institution that has been protecting popes...
Today in History: April 17, US launches Bay of Pigs invasion to topple Fidel Castro in Cuba
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 3 months agoToday is Wednesday, April 17, the 108th day of 2024. On April 17, 1961, some 1,500 CIA-trained Cuban exiles launched the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in an attempt to topple Fidel ...
The ‘ravening wolf’ priest who led a doomed revolution
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe decisive battle of the German Peasants’ War was fought on May 15 1525, upon a hilltop outside...
Queens of England: Inside the Historic Reigns of 8 Female British Monarchs
People via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoThere have been only eight reigning queens in the history of the British monarchy Britain has had a...
Cosmati pavement: walk on the 755-year-old floor where King Charles III will be crowned (but take...
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoWestminster Abbey has announced that following the coronation of King Charles III and the Queen...
Letter from Holy Roman Emperor written in secret code finally cracked after 5 centuries to reveal he...
Business Insider via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoThe decoded letter written by Holy Roman Emperor King Charles VStanislas Library French scientists...