Intro On this day in November 1095, despite the cold and the snow falling on the mountain surrounding Clermont, capital of Auvergne, a large crowd had gathered for the arrival of Pope Urban II. When he spoke from the top of a simple wooden platform, there was a great silence. Everyone guessed that
In an attempt to invade England, in 1803, Napoleons troops were shipwrecked. This fact proved the superiority of the English navy in relation to the French navy. By Leandro CarvalhoThe great French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte resurrected, in 1803, King Philip IIs will to invade England by sea. The i
Neither by occupation, nor by sale, nor by the Guano Islands Act… simply by offering Cartagena in 1873. On February 11, 1873, the King of Spain, Amadeo de Saboya , renounced the throne with a speech that, together with the painting Duelo a garrotazos by Goya , defines us perfectly: Two long years
Francisco Franco Bahamonde (1936-1975). Head of state. He was born on December 4, 1892 in El Ferrol (La Coruña). On August 29, 1907, he entered the Infantry Academy, where he became a second lieutenant on July 13, 1910, a first lieutenant in 1912, a captain in 1914, and rose through the ranks until