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In 1893 a sensational trial in the District of Columbia pitted a young woman against a powerful US Congressman. The salacious allegations captivated the nation, and went to the very heart of the power structure of the Gilded age. The Breckinridge-Pollard affair is nearly forgotten today, but at the time it was, as a contemporary account of the trial explained, “The Most Noted Breach of Promise suit in the history of court records.”
In the 1270s in what is today Benelux region of Western Europe, disagreements between the Prince-Bishopric of Liege and the County of Namur led to all out war - according to some chronicles, over a single cow.
On September 1, 1774, General Thomas Gage gave orders that would nearly lead to battle seven months before the shots rang out at Lexington and Concord.
