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Torture as a Form of Interrogation is Only Abolished by Her Decree, Until Then It Was Legal
On this day in 1776, Empress Maria Theresa of the Habsburg Monarchy enacted one of her most famous laws, abolishing torture as a method of interrogating suspects.
Jan 2 • 07:38 UTC
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Despite Prussian origin and Italian home, this man called himself a Slavonian
Franjo Trenk, a Prussian soldier known for leading Trenk's Pandurs during the wars of Maria Theresa, identified as a Slavonian despite his roots in Prussia and birth in southern Italy.
Dec 29 • 08:09 UTC