The Ragamuffin War began when Brazilian rebels in the southern province of Rio Grande do Sul captured Porto Alegre. The early 1830s had seen gaucho ranchers in southern Brazil growing increasingly frustrated with the country’s... Read More
On This Day In History
21st September 1937: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien is first published
On the 21st September 1937, J. R. R. Tolkien’s fantasy novel The Hobbit was first published in the United Kingdom. Although it has remained in print ever since, Tolkien made a number of revisions to...
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