History

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The citizens of Kansas would live in a constant state of readiness as Confederate guerillas roamed the countryside burning free staters farms and taking anything of value. William Quantrill would lead many Confederate guerillas on raids throughout Missouri and Kansas.

The assassination of Philip of Macedon in 336 B.C.E. was one of the boldest and most dramatic in ancient history. It also stands as one of the earliest of all famous political murders, as it opened the throne to Alexander the Great.

This article discusses facial scars from dueling in Germany. An underground fighting gang from the 1800s and early 1900s that is still active today in some European university fraternities left brutal facial scars that represented manliness.

The scandalous queen met a gruesome end at the guillotine but not before she had a colorful and indulging life. Marie Antoinette experienced her share of spectacles, intrigues and secrets. However, the biggest scandal that could have brought down the entire monarchy laid hidden until recently.

L'affaire des poisons: King Louis XIV's court was awash with rumours of poisonings, love potions, witchcraft and magic during the late 1670s and early 1680s. Louis' chief-mistress Madame de Montespan was not spared from spectacular accusations and they delivered her downfall.

After the fall of the last king of the Roman Republic, the Roman people were adrift in a sea of warfare and a changing political landscape.

For several hundred years, a prison in London held all manner of miscreants, but in its later years it became the place where debtors were incarcerated.

Roman England was a place of shifting boundaries, warring tribes, incursions, sieges, and complicated politics from 35-400 AD. A series of battles and key events shaped the history of this fascinating time.

Why not test your knowledge or find out about Queen Victoria and the Victorians in this 25 question quick quiz. There are no prizes, but you can feel suitably smug when you get the answers right.

Halych and Volhynia (in Latin Galicia and Lodomeria) was a Rurik dynasty duchy that became a kingdom in Eastern Europe before it was annexed by the Austrian Empire. After World War One it ceased to exist. Find out why and learn about its people.

Theodoric the Ostrogoth is also known as Theodoric the Great. He grew up under the protection of Roman Emperors, conquered Italy and was saved in battle by his own mother. Theodoric ruled successfully from 475 to 526 AD.

They wore strange clothes, spoke an unusual language and most remarkably, had bright green skin. Who were they ? Experts have done their best to explain but of no avail.

After the fall of the last king of the Roman Republic, the Roman people had to contend with the Etruscans and Latins as a fledgling state in a battle for supremacy in Latium.

The bizarre Battle of the Soup Kettle was fought on the 8th October 1784 between the mighty, Holy-Roman-Empire-backed Austrian Netherlands and the independent and far smaller Dutch Republic. The Dutch won after firing one shot.

This article details the story of the Dahomey Amazons, Benin’s fearless female warriors who struck terror in the ranks of 19th-century European colonists.

Stories about King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table have existed for centuries. But are they based in fact, or is Arthurian legend the result of several creative minds throughout history?

Over the centuries the Catholic Church became increasingly powerful. In some cases it led to greed, corruption and abuses. while it can be argued that many popes were honorable and forthright, it is well known many were the opposite. This article tells the story of five popes who were evil.

This article discusses the history of coffee in Europe, focusing on Yuriy Kulczycki's role in beginning the modern coffeehouse.

In the 1930s, a group of upper-class British people gathered to advocate for being friendly towards Hitler.

André Marie Ampère was a French physicist and mathematician who made important contributions to the fields of chemistry, philosophy, and electromagnetism. He is most remembered for discovering the quantitative link between the two then-mysterious forces of electricity and magnetism.

Blue jeans are a type of clothing that is popular around the world. They were invented by Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis in the 1800s. Blue jeans met the needs for tough clothing by miners coming to California during the gold rush.

The art history of Ancient Greece is divided into different periods. While most believe there were three major eras, - Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic, there were more. Find out what they are and what influenced the way the Greek produced art forms.

It's a valid question. John Lennon made a flippant remark that indicated they were in 1966. It was one for the history books then and now, as well as a horror for the Fab 4.

Kate Warne was a trailblazer in women's history. She is recognized as the world's first female detective. She began working for the Pinkerton Detective Agency in 1856.

Maharaja Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji Jadeja is called the ‘Indian Oskar Schindler’ for his selfless act of saving 1,000 Polish children during WWII.

He presided over the English Renaissance in the early 1500s. He was ebullent in his manners, militarily daring and an adventurist in love as well as marriage. Henry VIII was perhaps England's most colorful monarch. Married six times he changed the British Isles for ever.

Napoleon Bonaparte remains an icon of European history. The Battle of Waterloo was his most shattering defeat. Or was it? Heard about the rabbits?

Stanislav Petrov was a lieutenant colonel in the Soviet Air Defense Forces. In 1983, a false alarm from the Soviet early-warning air defense system occurred. Petrov didn't report it. Many believe by doing this he prevented a nuclear war. An investigation confirmed the Soviet system malfunctioned.

In the winter of 1902, Mary Anderson was on a trolley during a visit to New York City. She saw the trolley driver struggle to keep sleet off the windshield. He cleaned it by hand. This inspired her to create a device to clean the windshield from inside. It would later be known as a windshield wiper.

The Battle of Kohima was as decisive as the Battle of Stalingrad but people seem to have forgotten about it.

Caligula was a colourful character. Was he insane? Was he cruel? Was he the victim of bad press? He may have been the Roman Emperor for just four years but those years were full of horror, death, extravagance and spectacular alleged sins.

Aristocratic bed-hopping shocked British society when revealed in a messy 1960s divorce.

King George III of Great Britain has been portrayed as a ruthless and insane king who fought to keep the rebellious colonists within the British Empire during the American Revolutionary War. However, there is much more to the story as he was a man of many talents.

In 1942 Japan's blitzkrieg throughout the Southwest Pacific left the world holding its breath. After Singapore fell, it seemed only a mater of time till Australia would fall victim to Japan's aggression. It would take the insidious ultra-secret weapon "Magic" to save Australia from invasion.

The approach of winter in the northern hemisphere is sometimes stalled by a period of warmer weather.

The British Poet Laureate is chosen by the monarch and they create poetry for symbolic moments. From battles to Covid, royal birthdays to funerals, their muse must be ready.

Unit 731 was a prisoner camp used by the Japanese where they performed some of the most horrifying crimes against humanity in history.

A simple theft from a street vendor caused a quarrel that led to the deaths of more than a dozen Americans.

We love royal weddings. This article is about the 31st May 1906 royal wedding in Madrid. King Alfonso XIII of Spain married H.R.H. Victoria Eugenie (Ena) of Battenberg, Queen Victoria's granddaughter. The fairytale turned into a nightmare as an anarchist's bomb hit the Calle Mayor.

In the 1850s, a religious sect set up a Utopian society in upstate New York.

Aethelstan (894-939) was the son of Edward the Elder, King of the Anglo-Saxons. When he was thirty years old he claimed his place in history as the first ever king of all England after defeating the Vikings in York. Aethelstan, King of the English laid the foundations for today's UK.

In September 1920, the heart of America's financial district was the target of a terrorist attack whose perpetrators remain unknown today.

Sir Thomas Bloodworth was the Mayor of London when the Great Fire of London destroyed 75% of the city between 2nd-5th September 1666. His early response to news of the fire left a lot to be desired.

His influence expanded all throughout Europe. Some say perhaps the entire world. He was passionate and driven to achieve the unattainable. But at the same time he was a megalomaniac. European monarchs feared him while the French people and his soldiers loved him. That was Napoleon Bonapart.

More than 175 years after it was manufactured, the Oxford Electric Bell, as it is often referred to, has rung more than 10 billion times. Nobody knows the composition of the battery yet and scientists are waiting desperately for it to die to examine its contents.

How many children decide that they want to be a princess when they grow up? It's not all tiaras and floaty dresses. The life of Louise, youngest daughter of King George II and Queen Caroline, was not as charmed as you might imagine.

Greatly feared for his use of violence as a negotiating told, Si Jayne operated in the very dark underworld of the champion horse business.

The Spanish Armada of 1588 is a well-known part of British history. The English Armada of 1589 has rarely been spoken of or written about in Britain thanks to the wily Elizabeth I. In Spain it's still common knowledge.

A mother writes to a friend relating the spellbinding story of her son's WWII miraculous escape from death, being a prisoner of war, being freed by the 3rd Army, grand reception in Paris, and much more. It is a fascinating tale of sorrows and hopes.