History of Europe

• When being a journalist was a risky profession (late 19th century and early 20th century).

  And I am not talking about war reporters or journalism subjected to dictatorships, but in times of peace and under a democratic government, although Winston Churchill already said:«democracy is the worst system of government, except for all the other that have been invented «. After the restoration

• The 12-year-old slave who embarrassed botanists

  Instead of starting this story with its protagonist, a 12-year-old slave, Im going to start with the other, the French botanist Jean Michel Claude Richard who tried to take credit for finding the child. In fact, he had a very good chance of winning the cake, since he was a prestigious botanist honor

• Isabel Zendal, participant in the greatest example of philanthropy in all of history

  The greatest example of philanthropy in history is not a rabbit that has pulled me out of the hat, but the words of Edward Jenner , the doctor who discovered the vaccine. «I cannot imagine that in the annals of history there will be an example of philanthropy as noble and great as this in the futu

• The prisoners who asked permission to go out to fight the French… and returned at night

  In 1807, France and Spain signed the Treaty of Fontainebleau, which agreed to divide Portugal (an ally of England) between the two powers. Controlled the sea by the English and the Portuguese, the only viable option was for the French troops to cross the Peninsula, so numerous French military contin

• What is celebrated in Zaragoza on March 5?

  Every March 5, a curious festival is celebrated in Zaragoza (Spain). It was the first of a secular and non-religious nature that the city had and that also has a bombastic name:Cincomarzada . But, what do Zaragozans celebrate every fifth day of March? Ferdinand VII He died in September 1833, leavin

• When looking for a remedy for contagious diseases they came across laughing gas

  The promising career of the young Thomas Beddoes -graduated in Medicine and Chemistry, enthusiastic botanist, able to translate texts in Latin and Greek, speak English, French, German, Italian or Spanish, and even become an expert in Vedic and Brahmanical texts from India-, was cut short partly beca

• Why were British sailors called "limeys"?

  Regarding the fact that the English are very much their own, some time ago I read:«They drive on the left, they play things as enigmatic as cricket, they weigh and pay in pounds, they have a Church for their own consumption and they can be both gentlemen and hooligans .» Perhaps the differential fac

• How is the lockdown going? Well, like whores in Lent

  The Union of Actors yesterday called a 48-hour cultural blackout on social networks after the decision of the Ministry of Culture not to adopt specific measures to alleviate the crisis in the sector and, honestly, I do not think it is the time to the #ApagonCultural initiative or any other with nega

• Travel to the center of the Earth… to trade with its inhabitants

  We could be talking about the novel Journey to the Center of the Earth of the writer Jules Verne, but no. This time we are not talking about science fiction, but about reality. A reality that surpasses the fiction of the French visionary, an expedition from the United States to the center of the Ear

• "Florence was respected, Mary was adored." My tribute to the nurses

  In 1907 Florence Nightingale she became the first woman to receive the Order of Merit, the highest British civil distinction; International Nursing Day is celebrated on May 12, the anniversary of her birth; nurses take the Florence Nightingale Oath and there is even Florence Nightingale Syndrome. If

• The history of the Eiffel Tower… London

  It is said that the popular playwright Guy de Maupassant used to have breakfast in a restaurant in the Eiffel Tower . Not because of the views that he could enjoy from there or because of the pleasure of doing it in an incomparable setting, but because this was the only corner of Paris where he coul

• When Spaniards of African origin and the unemployed did not have the same rights as other Spaniards

  According to article 14 of the Spanish Constitution of 1978… Spaniards are equal before the law, without discrimination based on birth, race, sex, religion, opinion or any other personal or social condition or circumstance. But it was not always like this. In fact, during the two years that the

• Maria Stewart, the first African-American to speak to a mixed audience

  There are no chains as heartbreaking as those of ignorance – Maria Stewart In 2016, the activist and political scientist Hilary Shelton said the following, referring to the situation of the black minority in much of the United States:“Education is the great leveller, it is that escape ladder fr

• Old Abe, the war eagle

  The bald eagle, known for its tail and head of white feathers (which is not bald), is the proud national bird symbol of the United States, and has been present on its shield since 1782 when it was chosen to faithfully represent the image that the young woman wanted to project. nation:power and majes

• Harriet Tubman, the driver of the freedom train

  There was no train, nor was there a driver. The Underground Railroad (Underground Railroad) was a clandestine network that operated from the beginning of the 19th century until the beginning of the US Civil War, although more actively since the 1930s, and that helped African-American slaves escape f

• When the RAE was denounced before the Inquisition for the definition of "chaos"

  The Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) was founded in Madrid in 1713, under the reign of Felipe V and on the initiative of Juan Manuel Fernández Pacheco y Zúñiga , inspired by the model of the French Academy and with the purpose, reflected in its first statutes, of working at the service of the Spanish lan

• What happened when the last wishes of the prestigious surgeon James Barry were not respected?

  This is what his tombstone says: Dr. James BarryInspector General of HospitalsDied 26 July 1865At the age of 70 And who was this James Barry? He was the surgeon who, at the beginning of the 19th century, performed the first caesarean section on record in which the mother and child survived. Al

• Louisiana and Alaska, the two most profitable businesses in history

  These days, the Saudi oil company Aramco has been in the news, since it has starred in the largest IPO in history, has raised 23,300 million euros in the largest IPO in history and has become the company with the highest stock market value in the world , with just over 1.5 billion euros. Being some

• Letters to the Magi… from over a century ago

  That children write their letter to the Three Wise Men, during the days prior to the night of January 5, is a well-rooted custom in our country; a tradition that today competes with others introduced by foreign influence, especially that of Santa Claus or Santa Claus. In any case, the letter address

• The day that Rio de Janeiro was the capital of Portugal

  After the excommunication of his brother Sancho II and the subsequent civil war, Alfonso III He occupied the throne of Portugal in 1248. Once the kingdom was pacified, the new monarch focused his forces on the conquest of the southern territories occupied by the Muslims. Once these were defeated,