Events 395 – Later Yan is defeated by its former vassal Northern Wei at the Battle of Canhe Slope. 757 – Du Fu returns to Chang’an as a member of Emperor Xuanzong’s court, after having escaped the city during the An Lushan Rebellion. 1432 – The first battle between the forces of Švitrigaila and Sigismund… Read More
Introduction The Toledo War (1835 to 1836), also known as the Michigan-Ohio War or the Ohio-Michigan War, was an almost bloodless boundary dispute between the US state of Ohio and the adjoining territory of Michigan over what is now known as the Toledo Strip. Control of the mouth of the Maumee River and the inland… Read More
Introduction Louise Thuliez (12 December 1881 to 10 October 1966) was a French schoolteacher, resistance fighter during World War I and World War II and author. Life and Career Thuliez was born in Preux-au-Bois, northern France on 12 December 1881. When World War I broke out, Thuliez was working as a teacher in Saint-Waast-la Vallée.… Read More
Introduction Edward Arnold Chapman (16 November 1914 to 11 December 1997) was an English criminal and wartime spy. During the Second World War he offered his services to Nazi Germany as a spy and subsequently became a British double agent. His British Secret Service handlers codenamed him Agent Zigzag in acknowledgement of his erratic personal… Read More
Events 574 – Byzantine Emperor Justin II, suffering recurring seizures of insanity, adopts his general Tiberius and proclaims him as Caesar. 927 – The Sajid emir of Adharbayjan, Yusuf ibn Abi’l-Saj is defeated and captured by the Qarmatians near Kufa. 1776 – Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranges to enter the American military as… Read More
Introduction During World War I (1914-1918), Brazil initially adopted a neutral position, in accordance with the Hague Convention, in an attempt to maintain the markets for its export products, mainly coffee, latex and industrial manufactured items. However, following repeated sinking of Brazilian merchant ships by German submarines, President Venceslau Brás declared war against the Central… Read More
Introduction Max Wolff Filho (29 July 1912 to 12 April 1945) was a Brazilian Army sergeant, a member of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force who fought in Italy in World War II. Biography Max Wolff was born in Rio Negro, Paraná, Brazil. He enlisted in 1930 in the city of Curitiba, joining the 15th Hunters Battalion.… Read More
