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
Yugoslavia was not involved in the war until April 1941. Since the end of November 1940, Hitler had attempted to attach this country to the German chariot, in view of the planned attack against Greece. On November 28 Hitler met with Yugoslav foreign minister Markovic , to whom he proposed the acc
Isandlwana was one of the hardest blows to the forces of 19th century imperialism; the events that took place there reminded the colonial powers not to underestimate the capacities of the indigenous opposition. Initially intimidated by the firepower of the British, the Zulu warriors crushed the Engl
In 1659, a year marked by the signature of the Peace of the Pyrenees , which put an end to a quarter of a century of war between France and Spain, the ambassador of the Republic of Venice in this kingdom, Domenico Zane, wrote a report that revealed the fateful internal situation of the once powerful