Hrolf Ganger, better known as Rollo the Walker, was born in Norway around 845. Banished, he takes the lead of a group of vikings which attacks in particular the coasts of the English Channel. It goes up the Seine several times to Rouen and Paris (886). In 911, by the treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte,
Benedetto Croce is a peculiar character in contemporary historiography. Unlike his colleagues, he never taught classes and barely set foot in the University. He was a self-taught historian whose enormous wealth allowed him to dedicate himself throughout his life to his passion, history. Croce was bo
Born a slave, Cathay Williams (1844 – 1893) enlisted in the United States Army under a male identity. She is the first black woman to enlist, and the only known to have impersonated a man. The Civil War Born in Independence (near Kansas City, Missouri, USA), Cathay Williams is the daughter of ensl
Jaigarh Fort Sawai Jai Singh got Jaigarh fort built on the eagle mound near Amber fort in 1726 AD. Its structure is very similar to that of Amber Fort. Its length is 3 km in north-south and 1 km in width in east-west. A huge cannon named Jaiban was built in this fort, which at that time was the wo