One of the bestselling books of the fifteenth century was an erotic novel entitled The Tale of Two Lovers. Who was its unlikely author?
Answer: Enea Silvio Piccolomini, later Pope Pius II.
Source: Cassell Dictionary of Italian Literature by Peter Bondanella and Julia Conway Bondanella
1570 – James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, regent for the infant King James VI of Scotland, is assassinated by firearm, the first historically verified instance of this occurring.
1719 – The Principality and microstate of Liechtenstein is established within the Holy Roman Empire.
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A short, sharp hit of history in video format. Acclaimed Irish playwright and novelist Oscar Wilde was the toast of London society in the 1890s until things came decidedly unstuck through an association with a young British aristocrat, Lord Alfred Douglas, known as ‘Bosie’.
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Belisarius (circa 494-565)
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“The newspaper’s function is not to instruct, but to startle.”
19th century US newspaper magnate James Gordon Bennett, founder of the New York Herald, first published in 1835.
American military commander. He surrendered United States troops at Detroit to the British during the War of 1812, dealing a severe blow to the American war effort. A court-martial found Hull guilty of cowardice and neglect of duty.
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