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A Vermont Presbyterian Minister, Joel Edson Rockwell visited Europe in the 1850s. Part of his tour included France, in particular Lyon. He l...

Every new technology developed brings mix of reactions. Hesitations and missed expectation formed as part of birthing pains. Same goes to ev...

A towering figure that held no crown, nor office nor led armies, yet his handling of wealth brought him influence and contributed in changin...

Kings and Prime Ministers sought his advice and bow to him for loans and investments. Vast lengths of railroads and landscapes transformed b...

In 2013 Pope Francis ascended as a successor of St. Peter and brought awe to many for the simplicity he brought to a position that everyone ...

The Citizen King, King of the French, the last King of France, titles given to Louis Philippe who ruled the continental kingdom during a tum...

How does a rich millennial spend his life? Pampered as a child, then passionately engulfed for a cause in his teenage years, then travels th...

In 1810, the Minister of Interior of the Napoleonic regime, Jean-Pierre, Count of Montalivet wrote a letter to Nicolas Appert, a famous conf...

Nicolas Appert made a leap in food preservation that it changed the diet of entire mankind within the 19th century turning food into an indu...

Innovating does not always ensure success or prosperity. Some ended up in dire financial stress for the rest of their lives. Just as the cas...

Nuclear energy and GPS all began with military use before creating a massive impact for its civilian use. Joining these example: the canned ...

AI, binary codes, metaverse - complex jargons that would be dumbfounded if Joseph-Marie Charles aka Joseph Jacquard rose up from his grave a...

France is a major economy in Europe and in the world and much of its industries witnessed their growth during the 19th century that saw an e...

Charlemagne or Charles the Great in French became a legendary icon for Europe. Even being dubbed as "Father of Europe," many count...

If China brought fears to world from its ambitions and impunity, the same could be said for to the greatest rogue state of Europe in th...

As Louis made advances against the war, the shift in balance of power in favor of France threatening other European monarch that forced th...

The War of Devolution revealed Louis XIV’s ambition to expand his kingdom’s domain. And with the betrayal of the Dutch during the previo...

An obscure inventor and scientist that contributed to the development of modern steam engine - Denis Papin .

The Franco-Dutch War was the first major conflict where King Louis XIV embroiled his kingdom in and faced the might of Europe's major ...

The Machiavellian diplomat that established the international peace that welcomed the reign of King Louis XIV – Cardinal Mazarin (1602 – 1...