The historic seventy-year reign of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II ended on Thursday, September 8, 2022 when then Queen died at the age of ninety-six in her Scottish home, Balmoral. The Queen was the longest reigning monarch in British and English history, reigning for a total 70 years and 214 days. The late Queen was born…
An historic milestone was reached on February 6, 2022, for this day marked the 70th anniversary of the accession of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II. The year 2022 thus stands out as the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. The Queen ascended the British throne upon the death on February 6, 1952, of her father, King George VI, who…
Queen Elizabeth II turned 95 years old on April 21, 2021. She was born at her maternal grandparents’ home, 17 Bruton Street, Mayfair, London. Her parents were the Duke and Duchess of York, who in 1936, became King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. At the time of her birth, Princess Elizabeth of York was third…
Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, has died, aged 99 at Windsor Castle on April 9, 2021. The Duke of Edinburgh was born on June 10, 1921 in the Greek island of Corfu to Prince Andrew and Princess Andrew of Greece (née Princess Alice of Battenberg). The Duke was born…
Prince Albert by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1842 August 16, 2019 marks the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, husband of Britain’s Queen Victoria. Prince Albert was born at Schloss Rosenau not far from Coburg. He was the younger son of Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Louise of Saxe-Coburg-Altenburg. On…
One hundred years ago, on June 28, 1919, the Treaty of Versailles was signed at the famous palace’s Hall of Mirrors, five years to the day that Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated in Sarajevo, an event that triggered World War I. The Treaty of Versailles formally ended the war between the Allies…
May 24, 2019 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Britain’s Queen Victoria. The event took place at Kensington Palace when Victoire, the Duchess of Kent (1786-1861), wife of Prince Edward (1767-1820), Duke of Kent (fourth son of King George III), gave birth to a baby girl. Queen Victoria, 1859 by Franz Xaver…
One of the great masterpieces of civilization, the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris, suffered significant damage when a massive fire broke out on April 15, 2019. As a place of worship and architectural and artistic wonder, the 850 year-old-cathedral ranks among the greatest achievements of man, a testament to people’s faith, for the cathedral…