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Jan 31 Maronite Church & Lebanese Nationalism
Season 1 Episode 31
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Today in 1867, the Maronite Nationalist Leader Karam was sent into exile by the French. We look at the long fight for Lebanese indep…
3 months ago
Jan 30 - Oliver Cromwell and two executions
Season 1 Episode 30
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Today in 1661, Oliver Cromwell's dead body was exhumed and beheaded in revenge for his execution of King Charles I on Jan 30 in 1649…
3 months ago
Jan 29 - Martin Luther's Wife
Season 1 Episode 29
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Today we look at the life of Katarina Von Bora, who after a daring escape from a convent, married Martin Luther, had 6 children and r…
3 months, 1 week ago
Jan 28 - Excommunicating an Emperor
Season 1 Episode 28
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Todays pod looks at the incredible story of the walk to Canossa, where in the dead of winter, Henry IV crossed the Alps by foot in a …
3 months, 1 week ago
Jan 27 - Dante's Exile and his Divine Comedy
Season 1 Episode 27
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Today in 1302, Italy's finest poet and some say the father of the Italian language, Dante Alighieri was exiled from Florence. In exi…
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Jan 26 - India becomes a republic
Season 1 Episode 26
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In 1950 on Jan 26 the Constitution of India came into force, forming a republic. One of the oldest civilisations in the world, India…
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Jan 25 - Founding of Sao Paulo
Season 1 Episode 24
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A group of Jesuit missionaries built a mission on top of a steep hill on the Piratiningha plains. As part of the mission they founde…
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Jan 24 - Gregorian Calendar is now almost universal
Season 1 Episode 24
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Today in 1918 the Gregorian calendar was introduced in Russia by decree of the Council of People's Commissars making its coverage alm…
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Jan 22 - Arrival of the Swiss Guard in the Vatican
Season 1 Episode 22
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On Jan 22 1506 the first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrives at the Vatican. Todays pod looks at the historical context for their…
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Jan 23 - Netherlands Splits, start of the Dutch Empire
Season 1 Episode 23
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Seismic events in Northern Europe today on the 23rd of January and the Union of Utrecht effectively unites the northern provinces of …
3 months, 2 weeks ago