History & Mythology( Page 36 of 38 )

3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation, the start of the Mayan calendar 523 - St John I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 1099 - Raniero elected as Pope Paschal II 1326 - Aradia de...

1792 - King Louis XVI was taken into custody by mobs during the French Revolution. He was executed the following January after being put on trial for treason. 1809 - Ecuador began its fight for...

70 - Tower of Antonia destroyed by Romans 936 - German king Otto I the Great crowned 1220 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. 1322 - Emperor Godaigo, makes Sojiji monastery....

322 BC - Battle of Crannon between Athens and Macedon following the death of Alexander the Great. 626 - Battle at Constantinople: Slavic/Persians/Avarenvloot defeated 768 - Stephen III begins his reign as Catholic Pope 936 -...

The sea plays an important role in cultures all around the world, as the water is the symbol of giving life to the planet and organisms there are many mythical creatures amidst the ocean...

1.    The birthstones for August are the peridot and the sardonyx. 2.    The zodiac signs for August are Leo (July 23 - August 22) and Virgo (August 23 - September 22). 3.    The birth flowers for...

Ashwatthama, the son of Guru Dronacharya, was born after a great penance and dhyan of many years to Bhagwan Shiv Shankar in order to attain a son who possesses the same valiance as that...

Curiosity kills the cat, not human. We have got ourselves so immune to curiosity that we are ready to probe into histories to get our answers. Here we are going to unleash some of the...

Lord Shiva had a sister named Asawari Devi who was born to make goddess Parvati happy. Lord Shiva had no parents and Brahma is considered as his father with goddess Parvati as his wife. It...

‘Ram Setu’ or the Adams Bridge is believed to be world’s greatest, strongest and the oldest bridge. As the story goes in Ramayana, the bridge was built by an army of monkeys along with...