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Count Cavour Declares Rome Is To Be the Future Capital of Italy: March 29, 1861

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part II . As he had done in central Italy, Cavour allowed the people of Naples and...

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Pope Pius VII enthroned in the Sistine Chapel

Cardinal Barnaba Luigi Chiaramonti Is Crowned, Taking the Name Pope Pius VII: March 21, 1800

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part II . It was no easy task to gather the cardinals for the conclave to elect a...

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The Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 under construction at the Zeppelin aircraft works in Friedrichshafen, Germany

British and French Ships Begin Detaining All Neutral Ships Destined for Germany: March 11, 1915

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Effigy of Eleanor of Aquitaine, from her tomb of Fontevraud Abbey, France

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