UK-based Anno Distillers recently launched what it calls the "world’s strongest gin", a spirit so strong that it comes with...
Month: January 2021
January 31 - Some important events on this day 314 👉🏼 St Silvester I begins his reign as Catholic Pope...
The ancient Romans had a festival for nearly everything and, if you were a god, you got your own holiday....
Archduke Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, wrote a tragic note to his wife in the early hours of this day,...
January 30 - Some important events on this day 1647 👉🏼 After nine months of negotiations, Scottish Presbyterians sell captured...
Dumplings come in all shapes and sizes, but have you ever seen any dumplings cuter than those made by Taipei-based...
January 29 - Some important events on this day 661 👉🏼 Rashidun Caliphate, then the largest empire in history, ends...
In ancient times, it was common to track the changing seasons by following the lunar month rather than the solar...
It’s hard to believe that elephant dung could be the main ingredient of a booze, but that's absolutely true: South...
January 28 - Some important events on this day 1077 👉🏼 German King Henry IV is absolved by Holy Roman...
In 1979, during restoration works in an apartment near the center of Vienna, at Tuchlauben 19, a sensational find was...
January 27 - Some important events on this day 98 👉🏼 Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva....
We are in the historical town of Diósgyőr which is now part of the Hungarian city Miskolc. Diósgyőr castle is...
January 26 - Some important events on this day 1482 👉🏼 "Pentateuch" the Jewish Bible is 1st printed as a...
Waterbuurt, Dutch for “water quarter”, is a state of the art residential development in Amsterdam, which consists of nearly 100...
January 25 - Some important events on this day 41 👉🏼 After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as...
In ancient Rome, late January marked the beginning of the agricultural calendar because this literally was the time that the...
January 24 - Some important events on this day 41 👉🏼 Claudius succeeds his nephew Caligula as Roman Emperor after...
The island of Kauai, in the Hawaiian archipelago, is home to thousands of feral chicken that have developed a real...
January 23 - Some important events on this day 971 👉🏼 War elephant corps of the Southern Han defeated at...
Chả rươi, or simply "sand worm omelet", is a seasonal Vietnamese dish made with (unsightly) sea worms that some say...
January 22 - Some important events on this day 1371 👉🏼 King Robert II of Scotland (1371-90) is crowned, becoming...
It is rumored that the Broomway, a 600-year-old footpath connecting the coast of Essex to Foulness Island, in the UK,...
January 21 - Some important events on this day 1525 👉🏼 The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is born when Conrad Grebel,...
When people speak of "potentially-deadly books", they usually refer to the radical or controversial ideas they contain, but in thw...
January 20 - Some important events on this day 1156 👉🏼 According to the legend, freeholder Lalli slays English crusader...
Galley Head Lighthouse rises an imposing 53m above the roaring Atlantic ocean outside of Rosscarbery, County Cork, on the south...
January 19 - Some important events on this day 379 👉🏼 Theodosius installed as co-emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire...
The world-famous writer Jules Verne died of diabetes at the age of 77 on March 24, 1905, in Amiens, France,...
January 18 - Some important events on this day 350 👉🏼 Roman Emperor Constans is deposed by General Magnentius who...
