In the aftermath of World War II, there was a great deal of infamy, betrayal and simply absurd actions on the part of the victorious Allie...

Prince Karl von Solms-Braunfels was born on July 27, 1812 as Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Ludwig Georg Alfred Alexander, Prince of Solms, Lord of...

In 1902, during the reign of the ambitious King Leopold II, Belgium obtained a concession in Tianjin, China. It was the smallest of all the ...

It was on this day in 1638 that the North American colony of New Sweden was founded, during the reign of Queen Christina (above). The exped...