I probably don't think of any other composer as often as I think of Messiaen in my daily life - at least not with this...
Historical Figures
European food culture around 0 and 1500
Despite all the contrasts in our modern world and despite all the differences between the cultures and regions of this...
Josef Ressel, the inventor of the ship’s propeller
Josef Ludwig Franz Ressel, Austrian forestry official and developer of the ship's propeller, was born on June 29,...
The history of Margrave Leopold I.
Leopold I. (Liutpold), called the Illustrious, was born around 940. He was count in the Bavarian Danube delta and...
Marriage between Maximilian of Habsburg and Mary of Burgundy
19 August 1477: Marriage between Maximilian of Habsburg and Mary of Burgundy The young Duchess of Brugund, Maria, was...
The Story of Till Eulenspiegel
He is probably the most famous Jester in European cultural history and is still the symbol of the funny mocker. But if...
The great African explorer David Livingstone
Only an Englishman can come up with the idea of greeting a lost (and after a long search discovered) contemporary with...
Count to Pappenheim
Although the quote "I know my Pappenheimer" is mostly used negatively today, it was originally a sign of appreciation...
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
Colbert began as the private asset manager of Cardinal Mazarin and became his right hand. With a virtuosity...
George I
Prince William of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg was elected as Geórgios A´ in 1863, one year...
Marquis de Mirabeau
Honoré Gabriel Victor de Riqueti, the Marquis de Mirabeau, was one of the most dazzling figures in French history,...
Joachim Haspinger
Together with Andreas Hofer and Josef Speckbacher, Father Joachim Haspinger is one of the most important leaders of...
The history of D´Artagnan
"One for all!" - "All for one!" Which one of us did not, with his head full of sonsense and a whip in his hand, take...