On this day · January 15

January 15: the history they never taught you.

2 stories from the archive happened on this date—each drawn from published sources before it was written.

Twelve Hours as Emperor of Rome

A man was declared emperor of Rome at breakfast in 69 AD and murdered before dinner.

A Paris Washerwoman Inherited Three Plantations and Crushing Debt

A washerwoman's inheritance papers arrived thirty years late, carrying news that would help topple a monarchy.

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