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Brothers share a throne that only one would keep
In a ceremony charged with dynastic tension, Carloman I and his elder brother Charlemagne were crowned co-kings of the Franks following the death of their father, Pepin the Short. The uneasy arrangement of shared rule would last only three years until Carloman's sudden death, leaving Charlemagne sole master of Francia and the future architect of a European empire.
Paradise claimed by a distant crown
Across the turquoise waters of the South Pacific, the fifteen islands of the Cook archipelago formally became a territory of the United Kingdom. The annexation brought these Polynesian islands, with their coral atolls and volcanic peaks, under the umbrella of the British Empire, beginning a colonial chapter that would eventually lead to self-governance in association with New Zealand.
A footman shot and killed two colleagues and wounded the lady of the house at Knowsley Hall, England.
A footman shot and killed two colleagues and wounded the lady of the house at Knowsley Hall, England.