March 8
Posted in White History on Mar 8th, 2011
1844 Oscar I became King of Sweden and Norway. During his reign he established freedom of the press and passed the first law towards gender equality in Sweden. 1822 Polish pharmacist and petroleum industry pioneer Ignacy Łukasiewicz was born in Zaduszniki near Mielec, in the Austrian empire. In 1856 he built the first oil refinery [...]