The first edition of the Corrida de São Silvestre took place on December 31, 1924 and, since 1991, it has been part of the international street race calendar. In the 1920s, Brazil was clearly experiencing of a country dominated by agricultural elites and the broad development of urban centers. Citi
Creation and denominations 1622 Creation by Cardinal Richelieu of the Compagnies Franches et Ordinaires de la Mer. These companies, responsible for service at sea, include bombers. 1692 The bombers are grouped in the Marine Artillery Corps, ancestor of the 1erRAMa. 1803 Creation of a regiment
Helmuth Johann Ludwig, Count von Moltke, born May 25, 1848 in Gersdorf (Mecklenburg), died June 18, 1916 in Berlin, was a German soldier. He was the nephew of Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke (1800-1891), a great Prussian military leader. During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, he served with the
At the end of the fifteenth century the Atlantic Ocean was still a dark sea As Al-Idrisi had pointed out four centuries before, teeming with huge monsters. Travelers arriving in Compostela approached Finisterre convinced that nothing existed on the other side. Despite that, it had already been explo