January 27
January 27, 335: On this day, Saint Nino was born. Tradition has it that Saint Nino, a Christian missionary in Kartli, carried a cross constructed of vine wood. For generations, and still today in […]
May 24
May 24, 1337: On this day in 1337 the Hundred Years War between England and France commenced when King Philip VI of France confiscated the Duchy of Guyenne in western France from its owner, […]
August 13
August 13, 1521: On this day in 1521 the city of Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire, fell to Hernan Cortez and his Spanish conquistadores. This came at the end of a short […]
February 20
February 20, 1673: On this day, the first recorded wine auction was held in Garraway's Coffee House, Change Alley, in London, England. The building was famous in the 17th century for trading commodities and […]
