Monthly Archives: February 2015

Esterháza palace in Fertőd, Hungary, is a large Rococo building built by Prince Nikolaus Esterházy. In 1762 Nikolaus Esterházy succeeded to the family title after the death of his older brother Prince Pál Antal. Before his brother’s death, Nikolaus had … Continue reading →

Frederick I, who was born in 1122, was the Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 until his death in 1190. He was elected King of the Germans at Frankfurt in 1152, King of Italy in 1155, was crowned Roman Emperor by … Continue reading →

Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz The Prussian Royal Academy of Sciences and Letters (Königlich-Preußische Akademie der Wissenschaften) In 1700 Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz founded the Berlin Academy. Leibniz was a polymath; historian, author, philosopher, mathematician and diplomat. Leibniz sought a revitalisation … Continue reading →

Around nine o’clock in the evening of Saturday the 10th November 1928 the twenty nine year old dancer Anita Berber died. Anita’s funeral was arranged for four days later. On the morning of Wednesday 14th November she was buried in … Continue reading →