Commemorating two hundred years since the outbreak of the Creole revolution against Spanish rule and one hundred years since the beginning of the Mexican Revolution, Mexico is celebrating the Bicentenario de la Independencia de Mexico y Centenario de la Revolucion Mexicana throughout 2010. Interestingly, Colombia, Argentina... [Show me more]
New Menu “Sabores de México” Presented In conmemoration to the bicentenary of the independence and de centenary of the revolution, Café des Artistes proudly presents its new menu: Sabores de Mexico (Mexico’s Flavors). Come and enjoy the authenticity... [Show me more]
356 BC – The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, is destroyed by arson. 285 – Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar and co-ruler. 365 – A tsunami devastates the city of Alexandria, Egypt. The tsunami is caused by an earthquake estimated to be 8.0 on the Richter Scale. 5,000 people... [Show me more]
1304 – Nace Francesco Petrarca, poeta y humanista italiano. 1810 – Tiene lugar en Santa Fe el suceso conocido como El Florero de Llorente que inicia el proceso independentista de la República de Colombia. 1903 – Muere León XIII, papa de la Iglesia católica desde 1878. Read More →
July 20: Tisha B’Av ends at sunset (Judaism, 2010); Friends’ Day in Argentina and other Latin American countries; Independence Day in Colombia (1810) 1656 – Led by King Charles X Gustav, the armies of Sweden and Brandenburg defeated the forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth near Warsaw. 1927... [Show me more]
