History

In 18th century Britain, there was a thriving cottage industry in making fake coins and David Hartley was one of the best in the trade.

The Lady Flora Hastings scandal exposed Queen Victoria's personal prejudices and her poor judgement. Flora was a lady-in-waiting to Victoria's mother the Duchess of Kent. When Flora's abdomen swelled accusations flew around court about her being pregnant. Victoria soon regretted vilifying Flora.

A cautionary story about how even renowned experts can be fooled.

Learn about the Second Silesian War, a momentous event that furthered the rise of Prussia as a European power.

Learn the story of the French campaign in the Middle East.

This article discusses the First Silesian War. Learn about the rise of Prussia as a major continental European power.

Learn all about the ancient practice of construction sacrifice and why people around the globe went to this extreme.

Learn about the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains and how modern historians interpret this vital historical event.

Learn about the Battle of Philippi and its role in the fall of the Roman Republic.

Long before we could email, text or tweet our news to family and friends there was post, snail mail. During the British reforms of the 1830s, the postal system was revolutionised. The first prepaid adhesive stamp in the world was invented: The Penny Black. Did you know that it was quickly abandoned?

In Wales, there is a huge earthwork memorial that honours the lives of horses and ponies that worked in underground coal mines.

The Roman Catholic Church has had 266 popes and a few of them have been rotten to the core.

Learn how emperor Aurelian restored the Mediterranean world by reuniting the Roman Empire.

Matthew's interests include writing, gaming, movies, and pretending to be Irish despite only having one Irish Great Grandparent.

A review of Early Roman Warfare, by Jeremy Armstrong, a book detailing a revised model of development for the early Roman armies.

In the 1960s, the CIA thought it could train cats to spy on its enemies. Project Acoustic Kitty was born.

The town of Winchester, Illinois, was once home to Stephen A. Douglas and the site of an important speech by Abraham Lincoln. A number of buildings of historic and architectural significance remain there as well.

Read on to learn how Napoleon defeated the Fifth Coalition, and the importance of the Battle of Wagram.

From the 15th through the 18th centuries, scientific thought underwent a revolution. The Aristotelian view of nature that had dominated science for almost 2,000 years was cast out. The Scientific Revolution brought forth a more rigorous method of scientific exploration.

Marlborough stops Louis XIV at the Battle of Blenheim, a decisive battle in European history.

Fine dining in the feudal era was reserved for the rich, while the poor made do with bread and stew. Here is an overview of what people from various classes of medieval society depended on for their daily sustenance.

This article discusses the battle of Poltava, which was decisive in that it brought about the fall of the Swedish Empire.

Negligence, combined with a culture of corporate greed, took the lives of 193 people.

Lady Jane Grey became known in history as the tragic "nine days' queen" but why did she think of herself as the rightful queen of England when Henry VIII's daughter Mary was waiting in the wings?

Behind every mighty empire of history was an elite warrior order that dominated the battlefield. Learn about the 7 most adept of these here.

By mistreating prisoners under his supervision he signed his own death warrant.

Learn about the battle of Pharsalus, a decisive military engagement that ensured the fall of the Roman Republic

Is war inevitable? It's difficult to know. Learn about the 4 deadliest wars of the past 25 years in this informative article.

This article covers the war that decided the fate of the Western Mediterranean.

This article discusses the final defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte.

Learn about the battle of Gaugamela, which played a large role in the making of the Hellenic World.

King Henry V is best known as the victorious monarch of the 1415 Battle of Agincourt in France. He had a short life but he cast a long shadow through his achievements.

It took an apocalyptic plague, a series of wars, and a document considered to be the world's first constitution; but eventually, the system that had defined the Middle Ages came to an end.

It was an age of superstition, plague and poverty, when only the rich could afford doctors and the doctors relied on 1,000-year-old texts. Here's a look at medicine in the Middle Ages.

Learn about the rise of the Ottoman Empire, also known as The Great Turkish Empire.

Some inventors profit mightily from their creations while others are destroyed by them.

There's no shortage of media depicting medieval European weaponry. It turns out, however, that this was much more than swords, axes, spears, and bows.

The man who ended the Third Century Crisis.

What does a Hungarian say to bad luck? More was lost at Mohacs.

And then the Winged Hussars arrived. This article discusses the 1683 battle of Vienna, in which the Ottoman Empire besieged the Hasburgs.

The legendary spies and assassins who helped the lords of Feudal Japan wage war in the shadows. Here's how a ninja was forged.

In 1817, a ragged band of English workers tried to overthrow the government.

Servius是第六。m.t。古罗马的国王, reigning from 578 to 535 BC. Tullius accomplished many things that benefited all Romans, especially the lower classes. He instituted a census, reorganized the military, and established the voting assembly that was more representative.

The Great Sphinx is a very large sculpture in Egypt built after the Egyptian myth of a creature that has the body of a lion and the head of a human.

The iconic French structure has attracted its fair share of strange events.

Read on to learn about the Sassanid Empire, the last empire of the pre-Islamic Iran.

Read on to learn all about Napoleon's masterpiece, the Battle of Austerlitz.

This article examines and ranks the 10 worst dictators in human history. It provides a brief overview of their brutal policies, specific traits, and their general history.

Queen Christina of Sweden was eccentric and unique. Proclaimed queen as a child, she stunned Europe when she quit as ruler aged 27. Exile from Sweden didn't stop her from trying to reclaim power or from using her royal prerogative to murder her advisor.

Learn about the rise of Prussia in the 18th century and the life of Frederick the Great, especially his involvement in the Seven Years' War.