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...work of the Theravada tradition date the death of the Buddha a hundred years before the reign of Emperor Ashoka. This is based on the short chronology (Indian) and it suggests the Buddha died on 370-368 BCE. There is a lot that favours this later date, since it would mean only a hundred years between the death of the Buddha and the reign of Ashoka and would increase the...

...worked initially as a coal miner and later as a railway clerk. The precise date of the tune is unclear; the first known use of it was in 1907 in Hopkinstown, near Pontypridd. [Photo of Capel Rhondda in Hopkinstown]Capel Rhondda, Hopkinstown where John Hughes first performed his ‘Cwm Rhondda’ tune in 1907. Photo by The National Churches Trust. Two important...

...working, ambitious, and with encyclopaedic knowledge, who became the youngest member of Reichstag at 28 for the Catholic Centre Party (Zentrumspartei). In November 1918, he ended up in a train carriage in Compiègne, signing the Armistice Agreement on behalf of the German Government. When he was told he should fulfil this role, he did not shy away from this momentous act...