On these dates close to November, of time and temperature changes, there is a festivity that we all know, the festivity of All Saints . In Spain it is common at the beginning of November to bring flowers to the graves of deceased loved ones, recount horror stories in front of the fireplace and it is
On June 16, 1955 «Lady and the Tramp premiered. «, An animated film produced by Walt Disney that tells the story of Reina, a beautiful purebred dog who lives happily in her home, and Golfo, a friendly and mischievous stray dog. Well, in the 19th century Madrid had its particular “Gulf”, in this case
The first postage stamp in history was issued in the United Kingdom on May 1, 1840 and was used for the first time to frank a letter on May 6 of that same year. To date, the cost of sending the correspondence had to be paid by the recipient and depended on the distance that had to be traveled for it
In the mid-nineteenth century, the so-called “gold rush broke out in California. «. The news of the discovery of a gold nugget in Coloma (California) in 1848 spread like wildfire throughout the country and even crossed the oceans. Whether in caravans from any corner of the US or on ships from across
The film «The Revenant has recently been released. «, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu . It is not the first time that the story of Hugh Glass is brought to the big screen, in the seventies Richard Harris gave life to Hugh Glass in the film «The man from a wild
Talleyrand He was one of those men who clung to power and did not detach himself from it until he died, a man who managed to have enormous power without having the responsibilities of being the leader of a government, but rather his greatest and closest adviser. Born into a noble family who claimed
The other day we reported that Katsu Kaishu and his diplomatic mission to the US in 1860 was the first time a Japanese had ventured outside the confines of his country in more than two hundred years. But, strictly speaking, that is not entirely true. Katsus was the first official and, lets say, inte
This redundant question appears in the mind of anyone who has read a biography of the Corsican who ruled France, since one can immediately see this difference between the young general Bonaparte and the Emperor Napoleon I. But when did Bonaparte become Napoleon? ? Why did he stop being a citizen or
According to the version of Coca-Cola itself , the history of the most popular soft drink began on May 8, 1886 in Atlanta and, therefore, is very American. Pharmacist John S. Pemberton he wanted to create a syrup against digestion problems that would also provide energy, and he ended up finding the
On December 14, 1897 Fernando Primo de Rivera , Captain General of the Philippines, signed the Biac-Na-Bató pact with Emilio Aguinaldo and Fany , leader of the Philippine insurgents. The pact forced the Spanish authorities to pay an amount of money to the insurgents and undertake certain reforms. Fo
This is the history and origins of the Mossos dEsquadra and the Civil Guard . The Mossos dEsquadra were designed and created by King Felipe V with a dual purpose:to stop the criminals and bandits who were scattered throughout the towns, roads and mountains in Catalonia, and to put an end to the Aust
Either because throughout history women have had to prove their worth in many disciplines in which men, just because they were men, were already considered better, or because they were women, traditionally They have been given the sanbenito of driving worse than men. And although today there is noth
Giovanni Battista Bugatti he was the executioner of the Papal States from 1796 to 1865, when he retired at age 85. Also called maestro di Giustizia , from which derives his nickname Mastro Titta . And I say the worst doctor in history because he himself called his victims patients and when he appl
The French philosopher Michel de Montaigne said that «conscience makes us discover ourselves, that we denounce or accuse ourselves, and in the absence of witnesses declares against us «, and I would add that it is usually responsible for the fact that at night we cannot rest in peace. Logically, if
This is the true story on which the movie «The Last Samurai is inspired. » (2003), starring Tom Cruise and directed by Edward Zwick. Tom Cruise plays Nathan Algren , a US Army soldier who arrives in Japan during the Meiji Restoration, a transitional period that ended the Tokugawa Shogunate . The cla
After the fall of the First Republic of Venezuela , Simon Bolivar he undertook the march that became known as the “ Admirable Campaign ”, leaving on May 14, 1813 from Cúcuta, Colombia, with the aim of liberating Venezuela from the Crown of Spain. As background, it is necessary to mention that almos
The thing about blue blood is no longer carried. And it is better not to analyze the blood of the monarchies of the Old World because we can find them in all colors. Millennia ago, royalty was kept pure in that offspring had to be of the same blood lineage, with no foreign admixtures. For centuries
The Eiffel Tower, built for the 1889 Worlds Fair in Paris, failed to endear itself to Parisians until after World War II. During the first half of the 20th century it was seen as an ugly and useless construction:it had been there since the exhibition because nobody wanted to take the trouble to dism
London, October 26, 1863. In Long Acre, near Covent Garden, there is situated a tavern called Freemasons Tavern , in which a group of men gather to have a few pints. This fact by itself would not be significant; but if the consequence of that meeting was the birth of a show that in 2015 moves billio
He was an Indian, yes, more specifically a shaman of the so-called Western Apaches or Chiricahuas . His real name was Goyahkla («he who yawns «) and was born in Arizona in 1829, although little is known about him until 1858, the year in which a tragic event marked him irreversibly. Along with a gr
The five Roman emperors of Nerva, Trayanus, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Antoninus Aurelius are called the Five Good Emperors, and the Roman Empire reached its peak during this period. In a sense, world history choosers have to remember that, but I wonder if few people know what they did. So, f
It was not the (black) plague of the 14th century, but a later outbreak in the 17th century that, for example, in England killed almost 100,000 people and more than a fifth of the population of London. 3 or 4 days ago I saw an unburied corpse in a coffin on the street... the plague is making us cr
On 07.20.1944, a group of soldiers and civilians led by Colonel Count Claus von Stauffenberg attempted to assassinate Hitler during a briefing in the wooden barrack-hut inside the super-guarded Wolfs Lair . They detonated a one kilo bomb two meters from where the Fuhrer was, who, at the moment of th
The Roaring Twenties in France refer to the period between the years 1920 and 1929, a decade marked by spectacular economic recovery and great cultural and intellectual effervescence. Thanks to international detente, French industry is establishing itself on European markets and living standards ar