Category: Europe

The Jet Engine

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The Jet Engine

  • July 18, 2011   

On July 18, 1942 (69 years ago today), the Messerschmitt Me 262 was flown for the first time, using only its jet engines.  Although experimental jet aircraft had been tested[…]

Vindiciae Contra Tyrannos, Part 2

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Vindiciae Contra Tyrannos, Part 2

  • July 15, 2011   

Part 1 of the series   In this series, we are examining the sixteenth-century Huguenot book Vindiciae Contra Tyrannos (A Defense of Liberty Against Tyrants), a Christian treatise on the[…]

St. Basil’s Cathedral

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St. Basil’s Cathedral

  • July 12, 2011   

Today marks the 450th anniversary of the completion of St. Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow, Russia.  Taking six years to construct and being finished in 1561, the cathedral was commissioned to[…]

Vindiciae Contra Tyrannos, Part 1

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Vindiciae Contra Tyrannos, Part 1

  • July 8, 2011   

  Published in 1579,  Vindiciae Contra Tyrannos (A Defense of Liberty Against Tyrants) is a Christian treatise on the relationships among God, the civil magistrate, and the people, discussing when[…]

The Green Fields of France

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The Green Fields of France

  • July 1, 2011   

  July 1st, 1916 (95 years ago today) marked the beginning of the Battle of the Somme.  The Battle of the Somme was a three-and-a-half-month offensive by the Allies in[…]

Hurdy Gurdy

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Hurdy Gurdy

  • June 19, 2011   

  The hurdy gurdy is a traditional European musical instrument.  The earliest forms of the hurdy gurdy were in existence at least as early as the 10th century in the[…]

Eratosthenes

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Eratosthenes

  • June 11, 2011   

  According to the ancient Greek scholar Eratosthenes, June 11, 1134 BC marks the date and year of the sacking and burning of the city of Troy.  If true, this[…]

Was It Worth It?

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Was It Worth It?

  • June 6, 2011   

Today marks the 67th anniversary of the Normandy landings.  These landings marked the beginning of an eleven-month-long campaign and tens of thousands of casualties, which ended in the defeat of[…]

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