Queen Victoria photographed by Alexander Bassano in 1887 • WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Queen Victoria reigned over the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901, 63 years and seven months, which remained a record for a long time. Although the latter has recently been defeated by the current Queen Elizabeth II, who
Born in Valladolid in 1601 - Died in Paris in 1666. Queen of France. Daughter of Philip III of Spain and Margaret of Austria, she received, in Habsburg fashion, more education than instruction when she was married, aged fourteen, to Louis XIII, her junior by five. days. Justified by the needs of t
Tocquevilles criticisms of the French Revolution are among the most important ever made by historians. By Me. Cláudio FernandesThe French Revolution , which began in 1789, unfolded in several phases over the next ten years, only acquiring a “stability” character when Napoleon Bonaparte applied the
Some of his achievements as an intelligence officer of the Soviet Union were revealed to journalists by Yuri Shevchenko, who in the 1970s claims that he managed to obtain sensitive files related to the work of the American government, the American Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the CIA and NATO. I