We had discussed in the previous episode that after the defeat of Chauhan king Arnoraj at the hands of Chaulukya ruler Kumarpal, Arnoraj re-collected his lost power and hoisted his victory flag to the regions of Sindhu and Saraswati, but his son Rajkumar Jagdev took the red flag of the state. He kil
Jean Calvin studied literature and philosophy in Paris, law in Orléans and Bourges, then Hebrew, Greek and theology again in Paris. Coming from a humanist background, he adhered to the Reformation in 1533. Following the Affair of the Placards in 1534, during which Protestants plastered writings atta
Ferdynand Magellan (photo:public domain) Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521) - sailor and explorer. Ferdinand Magellan was born one of three children of the mayor of the city of Sabrosa. When he was 10 he became an orphan and two years later he was taken to the Portuguese court, where he became the
Queen of Tahiti, Pōmare IV or Pomare the Great (1813 – 1877) reigned for fifty years. She sees the arrival of the British and then the French, against whom she strives to fight. Contacts with Europeans Daughter of Princess Teriitaria Tamatoa, herself daughter of Tamatoa III, King of Raiatea, and