April 27, 1771 (Colmar) - November 8, 1821 (Rheinwiller, Baden-Baden) Rapp, jean, comte After solid studies, little tempted by the career of pastor for which he was destined, Rapp, a turbulent giant, joined the hunters of the Cévennes in March 1788. Elected second lieutenant in April 1794, he d
Peter I (Pyotr Alekseyevich Romanov, in Russian), better known as the name of Peter the Great (Piotr Veliki, in Russian) was born on June 9 (May 30), 1672 in Moscow and died on February 8 (January 28), 1725 in Saint Petersburg. Son of Alexis I (1629-1676) and Natalia Narychkina (1651-1694), he was T
Some time ago we dedicated an article to Cola di Rienzo, an apostolic notary of humble origins who lived in the 14th century and was determined to return Rome to its former imperial splendor through a series of revolutionary measures that included the banning of the nobles of the municipal governmen
Shortly after World War II, a court convened in Nuremberg, Germany, with the aim of prosecuting the crimes committed by the Nazis during the war. From 1945 to 1949, the Nuremberg Tribunal tried 199 men, 21 of whom were Nazi leaders. The charges ranged from crimes against international law to having