Throughout history the British have stood out, among many other things, for the power of their fleet that has allowed them to control the seas and, in this way, maintain control in lands as far away as Australia or India. They have also been protagonists of two of the most famous sinkings in history
This story has to do with the battle of Bailén on July 19, 1808, the first defeat suffered in the open field by the Napoleonic army, and with a woman or, rather, with a group of women that legend personalized with the name by Maria Bellido and that was reflected in the coat of arms of the town of Ba
According to a 2008 study commissioned by the Ministry of Health and Consumption -as a result, according to the Ministry itself (?), of the problems that women had in finding clothing sizes that fit their measurements-, it was concluded that the The sizing system in force, established in 1972, had b
The ideals of beauty have evolved throughout history and, logically, fashion has had to adapt to these canons. While mens clothing was becoming simpler until it became a three-piece suit (trousers, jacket with vest and shirt), womens clothing became more and more complicated, until it became dangero
The 19th century was a disaster for the native peoples of North America. The westward expansion of the United States came at the expense of their land, their freedom, and often their lives, a massive displacement that occurred over a surprisingly short period of time. Between 1810 and 1895, the Unit
It was the year 1857, specifically on July 20, when in Nam-Dinh , an enclave located north of present-day Vietnam, the Spanish missionary José María Díaz Sanjurjo , apostolic vicar of that region, was led to the scaffold loaded with chains. Minutes later, after two accurate blows from the executione
A few days ago I shared a quote that reads «Those who do not study history are condemned to repeat it... and those who study it are condemned to see how history repeats itself because of those who do not study it «; It only remains to hope that Hegel is right when he said that history repeats itself
Biohistory continues on its way to machamartillo no matter what happens and regardless of who it weighs. DNA continues to solve historical cases and puzzles that would otherwise have been impossible, even in the Wild West. Trivia Question:Who was the most famous gunman in the United States? There wo
At some point in our lives we are all Pre-Raphaelites . Without suspecting it, we imitate that same cliché of silly adoration towards the languid and archaic beauty that emanates from the paintings of the somewhat eccentric artists who altered Victorian England. Deliberately mystical, medieval, drea
Although it is known that it was done long before, binding books with human skin, a practice known as anthropodermic bibliopegy , had its most prolific period during the 19th century. There are numerous examples of books bound with this technique that have come down to us, most of these are in libra
Although the former president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson , already sounded the alarm about the increase in temperatures and its possible consequences at the end of the 18th century, in fact for years he was recording the daily temperature, the average temperature, weather phenomena and a
The Crimean War (1853-1856) pitted the tsarist Russia of Nicholas I against the Ottoman Empire of Sultan Abdul-Mejid I supported by France and the British Empire. The expansionist pretensions of Russia towards the East, camouflaged in questions of a religious nature, triggered a bloody war that many
Although it is true that the rains of recent months have raised the level of reservoir water in Spain to 70% of its capacity (39,690 hm3), the truth is that at the end of 2017 the hydraulic reserve was at 37% of its capacity total and the expression pertinacious drought was heard again in our countr
I understand that in the 19th century the fact of including multimillionaire and daughter of slaves in the same phrase may seem like a toast to the sun or a historical license. Well no, there was a woman, Sarah Breedlove , that despite being the daughter of slaves, she was a successful businesswoman
The New York Knickerbockers , more popularly known as New York Knicks , are an NBA basketball franchise. Still being one of the founding franchises of the BAA in 1946 (changed its name to NBA in 1949 by merging with the NBL ), one of the only two teams, along with the Boston Celtics, that are still
Edgar Allan Poe is dead. He died the day before yesterday in Baltimore. This news will surprise many and sadden a few This concise epitaph that appeared in some American newspapers on October 9, 1849 to publicize the death of Poe, the genius of short and mysterious stories, already gave pause to a
The nineteenth century was shaken, in its quiet ways, with the arrival of the Industrial Revolution, a kind of movement that had arisen to initiate a process of change and improvement in the lives of the people of the time. Those years quickly abandoned their distant customs, receiving, with enthusi
Surely when reading the title of this article many of you have thought of the book Ambitions and Reflections -written by Belén Esteban- or A new life is possible -Written by her ex-mother-in-law Carmen Bazán-. Well no, these, even being pathetic, I think the only thing they can produce is embarrassm
Sure there can be worse combinations, but «fool, henpecked and cuckold » I think it is a sufficiently painful combination as a legacy for History. Charles IV of Bourbon He was King of Spain from December 14, 1788 to March 19, 1808. He was not characterized by being a brilliant monarch, and already
In the Treaty of Fontainebleau of October 27, 1807, signed by Manuel Godoy, favorite of the King of Spain Carlos IV de Borbón, and Napoleón I Bonaparte, stipulated the joint Franco-Spanish military invasion of Portugal —which had joined England—; In addition, the passage of the French imperial troop
One of the most unusual chapters in contemporary Spanish history in the second half of the 20th century was the attempt to obtain its own nuclear weapons. The project emerged in the postwar years and lasted throughout the Franco regime, going through various ups and downs depending on Spains foreign
Despite his failed attempt to annex Austria (to which I have devoted another entry) , Hitler did not stop planning the annexation of this country. On February 12, 1938, Hitler summoned the Austrian Chancellor Von Schuschnigg to his headquarters in Berchtesgaden, there, after intimidating him, he dem
The Greek governments, before Papagos, did not dare to claim Cyprus. Only in 1941 the then King George had asked the British for the concession of Cyprus, but to no avail. The Plastira government also did not move the Cyprus issue, succumbing to the pressures brought to bear on it. In Greece, th
After the end of the Balkan Wars the defeated Ottoman Empire decided to strengthen its fleet. Its main rival at sea was Greece which decided to act accordingly, buying two American pro-dreadnought battleships and ordering two light cruisers and new destroyers from Britain, one battleship from German