On August 6, 1806, Franz II, the Habsburg emperor of Austria, renounced the title “Holy Roman Emperor.” No one was ever again to take up that title.
Read moreThis Day in History -- "Paris is Worth a Mass"
On July 25, 1593, Huguenot Henry of Navarre went to St. Denis to convert to Roman Catholicism to secure the French throne, saying, "Paris is well worth a mass."
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