Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Johannes Janssen

Born: April 10, 1829
Died: December 24, 1891 (aged 62)
Bio: Johannes Janssen was a Catholic priest and German historian born in Xanten. After graduating from the Rektoratsschule in Xanten he was educated at the universities of Münster, Leuven, Bonn and Berlin, afterwards becoming a teacher of history in Frankfurt-am-Main.