Cities

An international conference of representatives from sixteen European countries, which lasted from September 1814 to June 1815, called the Congress of Vienna, was held in Vienna.

Helsinki is nicknamed the “White City of the North.”

The city, like much of California's southern coast, is subject to the so-called "June Gloom".

During World War II, Palermo was heavily bombed by Allied air forces until it was captured during the Allied invasion of Sicily on 22nd July 1943.

In 1793, the largest yellow fever epidemic in the history of the United States broke out in Philadelphia.

In 1914, the last Prussian king and German emperor, Wilhelm II Hohenzollern, signed a declaration of war against the Entente forces in the New Palace.

San Francisco is a birthplace of several famous and talented people.

Houses built in the 18th century in Ghent hosted notable figures: King Louis XVIII of France, Tsar Alexander, King William I of the Netherlands, Wellington before he went to Waterloo, and an American delegation with future President John Quincy Adams.

In the 1st century AD, the Christian faith reached Ephesus.

Ghent is an important seaport.