History

Anne Neville was born in June 1456 at Warwick Castle in Warwickshire. She had a short life that featured family dramas, civil war, two marriages and a wealth of personal loss. She witnessed and participated in several pivotal moments in history, yet she is often overlooked.

George I from the House of Hanover earned the hatred his son George (II) at an early age. His drastic and hurtful actions towards his wife Sophia Dorothea of Celle shattered the family and created animosity. “Hanoverians, like pigs trample their young.” Anon. And their wives.

Sometimes history is ugly. This is the case with the formation of America. We've all read the heroic stories of brave immigrants and a little about the atrocities of slavery. This article examines the cost of European settlement.

As 1951 turned into 1952, a story of heroism played out in the storm-tossed seas Western Approaches of the English Channel.

The battle for Iwo Jima would leave both sides involved shaken by the shear scale of violence as they fought for this tiny volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean. Of the 21,000 Japanese defending the island less than 200 would survive, it would become the bloodiest battle in Marine Corps history.

The children of Indigenous People in Canada were taken from their families in an attempt to destroy their culture.

George III suffered with mental health issues from 1765. His most well known bout occurred in 1788. Porphyria has long been the preferred diagnosis but studies have revealed that there was another likely cause of his suffering.

The Imperial State Crown is the most frequently used British royal crown. It’s also the most often repaired item in the crown jewels. There have been several versions across the centuries and its eye catching jewels have mesmerising histories of their own.

A 600-year-old manuscript has experts from several disciplines baffled as to its meaning.

Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587) is best remembered for her rivalry with her cousin Queen Elizabeth I of England, her marriages and her execution at Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire on the 8th February 1587. Did you know that Mary became queen at six days old?

This article shares some incredible stories involving nuclear explosions, including a man who was nuked twice.

During World War II the Polish army enlisted an unusual recruit, a brown bear.

Eleanor of Aquitaine (c.1121-1204) was one of the most powerful and unusually well educated women in 12th century Europe. She was nobody’s fool and proved herself equal to and better than her husbands Kings Louis VII of France and Henry II of England.

Before he became the Uncle of Europe Edward VII was well known as a playboy prince of Wales. In 1870 he found himself embroiled in the sensational Mordaunt divorce case. It was the first time that a Prince of Wales had appeared in a public court.

Tiadores de la Muerte was an exceptional elite troop of Filipino sharpshooters. Learn their history and notable battles.

America's Founding Fathers had varying views on slavery.

It might be just a block of sandstone but to Scots it has a special meaning.

Many royals are popular. Most are remembered fondly. There are always exceptions to the rule. George IV was Britain's despised king. A man of gigantic appetites, he offered few appreciable characteristics or deeds for his family and people to remember him for.

Freddie Oversteegen was just 14-years-old when she and her older sister, Truus, joined the Dutch Resistance in an effort to take down the German Nazis. The sisters and fellow fighter and friend Hannie Schaft ambushed and killed Nazis and Dutch collaborators, and would go on to become unsung heroes.

Tea ceremonies are popular throughout Asia. Every culture puts a different spin on tea practices. Most Westerners are familiar with the Japanese style of tea ceremonies. Gardens are a major feature of the ceremony; they help prepare people for what will take place in the tea house.

A sad story of two lovers and an angry king.

Many slaves, distraught at the appalling conditions of their servitude, tried to run away; a cruel band of men was recruited to capture them and deter future absconders.

This article teaches you fun facts, trivia, and history events from the year 1930. Find out about popular movies, music, books, foods, sports facts, and other pop culture trends to get the right mix of questions and answers for your 1930s-themed trivia quiz.

The private security company has a chequered history including a lot of violent anti-union activities.

Galileo had many sources of inspiration, and many of them came at this critical juncture in science history.

Was she a femme fatale a seductress or just a queen trying to protect her throne? Cleopatra is indeed an enigmatic historical figure. Movie producers, playwrites and even historians have projected their own biases onto her. Consequently, there is still a lot most people don't know about her.

These are arguably the most important moments in history, the ten events and inventions that made the most far-reaching, transformative, and lasting effect on the world. Do you agree?

In 1896, Britain and Zanzibar engaged in a conflict that lasted all of 38 minutes.

Boadicea, The Woman of the Sword, cut a stormy path through Britain in the 1st century and died dramatically in the year 61 AD.

This article teaches you fun facts, trivia, and history events from the year 1935. Find out about popular movies, music, books, cars, foods, sports facts, and other pop culture trends to get the right mix of questions and answers for your 1930s-themed trivia quiz.

This little-known trailblazing Chinese-American physics scholar should be a household name

The thunder hut is rapidly disappearing from the landscape, so here’s what you need to know before they’re all gone.

A medieval statue in the Swiss city of Bern depicts a man, eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

He was renowned as the fastest surgeon, which was a tiny blessing to his patients in an age before anesthetics.

In the 1730s, some printer’s apprentices killed felines as a protest against their bad working and living conditions..

This article teaches you fun facts, trivia, and history events from the year 1929. Find out about popular movies, music, books, cars, foods, sports facts, and other pop culture trends to get the right mix of questions and answers for your 1920s-themed trivia quiz.

She was born a princess but her life was not the story of fairy tales. She would marry a great king only to become a young widowed queen hidden away, lonely and wanting love and children but forbidden to ever marry again.

In 1965, six teenage boys became stranded on the uninhabited Pacific island Ata for 15 months.

The story of Khutulun Khan, an undefeated wrestling princess and one of the most feared warriors of the Mongolian Empire.

It had wings that swept the wrong way.

Close to a million men became casualties during World War I fighting over the same ground near Ypres, Belgium.

There was a time when animals accused of breaking the law could face a trial and endure a punishment if found guilty.

This article tells the stories of four heroic women from World War 2: Andrée de Jongh, Eileen Nearne, Hannie Schaft, and Lyudmila Pavlichenko.

Juliette Gordon Low was the founder of the Girl Scouts in the United States. See photos of her birthplace in Savannah, Georgia, and learn about her influence on scouting and her legacy.

The Watherston family of Boston Island, South Australia sent four sons to fight in World War I; none of them came home.

The first coins were struck in ancient Lydia, modern-day Turkey, in about the seventh century BC. These early coins were made of a mixture of gold and silver called electrum. From that point, the production of coinage spread rapidly throughout Europe and Asia.

Susanna Salter was an American female activist and politician. On April 4, 1887, she stunned the nation by being elected mayor of Argonia, Kansas. This made her the first woman to ever be elected mayor in the United States.

In a program of eugenics gone completely mad Nazi scientists tried to create a massive “Aryan” cow.

Kublai Khan’s forces faced more than the Divine Winds in Japan.

Sergeant Stubby was a dog who joined U.S. troops during World War I. He is credited with saving the lives of many American soldiers. Sergeant Stubby's acts of valor made him the most decorated dog in the history of the American military.