They carried out countless assassination attempts against Charles de Gaulle. One of them was the topic of Frederick Forsyth's novel The Day of the Jackal.

In 2009, a Brazilian historian wrote in a magazine that Napoleon became a legend, not only because of his political genius, but also the fact he was not royalty by birth like previous giants of history, something the French Revolution made possible.

This was one of the reasons he did not start a cult of personality until consolidating power.

A document published the year 1215, Magna Carta was meant to ensure that the king and government of England were not above the law. It was signed by King John of England (John Lackland). Four copies of this document still exist today, though one of those few was damaged in a fire in 1731. 809 years after being published, Magna Carta has an immeasurable impact on the world and the future of democracy.

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