In 1982 this country's president Jose Lopez Portillo devalued the peso & nationalized the banks
As early as the 8th century, the English were required to pay Peter's Pence, a tax in support of this person
In accepting this charter, King John acknowledged that he too was subject to the law of the land
His son-in-law, Galeazzo Ciano, was executed by Fascists as a traitor in January 1944
This country formerly known as Dutch Guiana gained independence in 1975
During the Wars of the Roses, the houses of Lancaster & this one both claimed the English throne
Theodora helped save the Byzantine throne by keeping Justinian from fleeing this city during the Nika Riots
Elizabeth Petrovna, the daughter of this czar, became empress of Russia in 1741
In 1815 the Congress of Vienna guaranteed this country's neutrality
In 1980 this deposed president of Nicaragua was assassinated in Paraguay