Meeting on September 21, the Convention first decided to ratify the abolition of royalty before proclaiming, the next day, the birth of the French Republic, the first of its name. But, for the new assembly, the major decision remains the fate of the king. The Convention, which had just taken cogniza
The Vikings , led by the explorer Leif Erikson, are considered today as the first Europeans to have discovered America, five hundred years before Christopher Columbus. Around the year 1000, Icelanders established in Greenland indeed approached the shores of North America, naming the lands they encou
According to the Emperor Mauritius, the Persian nation is vicious and hideous and servile... They are suffering and the wars in favor of the country are there. The Sassanid Persians were the most persistent and the best opponent of Byzantium, from the 4th century AD. until the destruction of their s
Following the failure of the Estates General convened by King Louis XVI in May 1789, the Constituent Assembly swore not to separate before the drafting of a constitution (Oath of the Jeu de Paume, June 20, 1789). In the general enthusiasm, they proclaim the abolition of feudal rights and privileges