May 20, 1929: Unofficially referred to as the Wickersham Commission, the National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement was founded by President Herbert Hoover and served throughout his administration. Its mission was to investigate […]
May 29, 1453: Constantinople was taken over by the Ottomans, and eventually all of Greece. After Constantinople fell, wine production and trade started to move at an atrophied, sluggish pace. While some vineyards were […]
November 9, 959: Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus died at Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul), the capital of the Byzantine Empire which he ruled for 46 years from his accession in 913. Constantine is most famous for […]
April 12, 1204: Constantinople was captured by the Crusaders over three days. The capital of the Empire was moved to Nicaea, Bithynia, where the traveler Nikolaos Messaritis first refers to Monemvasios oenos, subsequently known […]
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