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1 day ago · The history of Portugal can be traced from circa 400,000 years ago, when the region of present-day Portugal was inhabited by Homo heidelbergensis. The Roman conquest of the Iberian Peninsula , which lasted almost two centuries, led to the establishment of the provinces of Lusitania in the south and Gallaecia in the north of what is now Portugal.
4 days ago · The Spanish flu was a H1N1 influenza A virus which caused a serious global influenza pandemic. The Spanish flu infected approximately a half billion people from February of 1918 through April of 1920. King Alfonso XIII of Spain was the first well-known person to be reported to have this flu.
5 days ago · The Metropolis Building, Madrid, Spain. Being the centre of government, finance, and insurance has long contributed to the prosperity of the capital, as have tourism and the city’s position as Spain’s transportation hub. Following the Spanish Civil War (1936–39), the city became an important manufacturing centre for the automotive and ...
4 days ago · The power of Juana and Charles, Queen and King of Spain &c., for Bernard de Mesa, Bishop of Elna, follows, dated the 24th of June 1516. London, the 29th of October 1516. The ratification of King Henry follows, dated London, the 15th of November 1516. Latin.
3 days ago · Jubo Jubogba, also known as Jo Jo Ubam by the Igbo and as Jaja of Opobo, first, by the Europeans and later by most people, was born about 1821 at Úmuduruõha, Amaigbo village in the Orlu district, now Imo State of Eastern Nigeria (Isichei 1976:98). At birth, he was given a native Igbo name Mbanaso Okwaraozurumba and was the third son of his ...
3 days ago · Roman Catholicism. Signature. Isabella I ( Spanish: Isabel I; 22 April 1451 – 26 November 1504), [2] also called Isabella the Catholic (Spanish: Isabel la Católica ), was Queen of Castile and León from 1474 until her death in 1504. She was also Queen of Aragon from 1479 until her death as the wife of King Ferdinand II.
3 days ago · Family Men: Fatherhood and Masculinity in Britain, 1914-1960. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2015, ISBN: 9780199674909; 256pp.; Price: £49.00. Rather like the ever-rising middle classes, in every decade of modern history British men appear to be in the midst of becoming better fathers. Better, that is, in the sense of moving closer towards ...
