History

Discover the people, places and stories that have made history

Before the Wright Brothers: History’s Early Flying Machines

Mother’s Little Helper: The History of Valium

Father of Impressionism: Who Was Camille Pissarro?

The Widows of Captain Scott’s Doomed Antarctic Expedition

When Were Hot Air Balloons Invented?

Ancient

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Timeline

Where Did Buddhism Originate?

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10 Facts About Pharaoh Akhenaten

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What is a Belemnite Fossil?

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10 Facts About Queen Nefertiti

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How Alexander the Great Became Pharaoh of Egypt

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Sekhmet: The Ancient Egyptian Goddess of War

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The Discovery of King Herod’s Tomb

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The Ark of the Covenant: An Enduring Biblical Mystery

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Historical Figures

Florence Nightingale

Nurse

Thomas Jefferson

US President

William the Conqueror

King of England

Boudicca

Queen

Napoleon Bonaparte

Military Commander

Elizabeth I

Queen of England

Julius Caesar

Roman Emperor

Queen Victoria

Queen of England

Alexander the Great

King of Macedonia

Winston Churchill

Prime Minister

Mary Wollstonecraft

Writer

Henry VIII

King of England

Medieval

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Al-Khwarizmi: The Father of Algebra

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How Did King Henry VI Die?

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Did the Wars of the Roses End at the Battle of Tewkesbury?

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Why Did Edward III Reintroduce Gold Coins to England?

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Who Was Johannes Gutenberg?

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Fighting in the Fog: Who Won the Battle of Barnet?

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An Anglo-Saxon Enigma: Who Was Queen Bertha?

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What Did People Wear in Medieval England?

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Early Modern

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The Strange Mystery of the Curse on Shakespeare’s Grave

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Bedlam: The Story of Britain’s Most Infamous Asylum

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6 Infamous Witchcraft Trials in England and America, 1650-1700

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Van Dyck’s ‘Equestrian Portrait of Charles I’: A Picture of Majesty

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Velázquez’s ‘Rokeby Venus’: A Vision of Female Beauty

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‘Perseus With the Head of Medusa’: Cellini’s Florentine Masterpiece

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Francesca Caccini: Opera’s First Female Composer

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Did Leonardo Da Vinci Invent the First Tank?

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Historical Galleries

From Churchill to Trump: Queen Elizabeth II with World Leaders

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7 of the Strangest Cars Ever Invented

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10 Eerie Underwater Photos of the Titanic Wreck

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Lost Cities: A Victorian Explorer’s Photos of Old Maya Ruins

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10 of the Most Spectacular Paintings from the British Royal Collection

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Lost in Antarctica: Photos of Shackleton’s Ill-Fated Ross Sea Party

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The Queen’s Corgis: A History in Pictures

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After the Fighting Stops: Women and the Unseen Wounds of War

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In Photos: What Happened at Chernobyl?

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Revolutions

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Straitjackets: The History of an Archaic Restraint Device

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10 Facts About Alexander von Humboldt

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‘The Fighting Temeraire’ by Turner: An Ode to the Age of Sail

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Dom Perignon: How a French Monk Became the King of Champagne

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How the American Civil War Led to a Boom in the Beef Industry

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What Did the Seneca Falls Convention Accomplish?

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Why Was the Battle of Little Bighorn Significant?

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What Was the Sand Creek Massacre?

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20th Century

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Jesse LeRoy Brown: The US Navy’s First African-American Pilot

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10 Facts About James Naismith, Inventor of Basketball

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Mary Beatrice Kenner: The Inventor Who Changed Women’s Lives

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Mary Whitehouse: The Moral Campaigner Who Took On the BBC

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Ford Model T: The Invention of the World’s First Affordable Car

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What Caused the 1992 LA Riots and How Many People Died?

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Nylon Stockings: The Innovation Behind a Textiles Revolution

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Erich Hartmann: The Deadliest Fighter Pilot in History

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Discoveries and Exploration

Nikola Tesla’s Most Important Inventions

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Hiram Bingham III and the Forgotten Inca City of Machu Picchu

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China’s Most Famous Explorers

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6 Facts About Captain Cook’s HMS Endeavour

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8 Crucial Inventions of the American Industrial Revolution

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Scott vs Amundsen: Who Won the Race to the South Pole?

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10 Facts About Percy Fawcett and the Lost City of Z

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Was George Mallory Actually the First Man to Climb Everest?

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Historical Mysteries

Flannan Isle Mystery: When Three Lighthouse Keepers Vanished Forever

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The Most Famous Lost Shipwrecks Yet to be Discovered

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The Origins of Stonehenge’s Mysterious Stones

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The Mystery of the Missing Fabergé Imperial Easter Eggs

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Who Were the Princes in the Tower?

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Genghis Khan: The Mystery of His Lost Tomb

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What Happened to Legendary Aviator Amelia Earhart?

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The Mystery of the Lost Roanoke Colony

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Legends and Outlaws

7 of the Most Notorious Hackers in History

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Margaret Clitherow: The Saint Executed for Her Faith Under Elizabeth I

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10 Famous Outlaws of The Wild West

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10 of the Most Famous Female Pirates in History

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The Wild West’s Most Wanted: 10 Facts About Billy the Kid

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10 Facts About Ching Shih, China’s Pirate Queen

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‘The Angel of Assassination’: Who Was Charlotte Corday?

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10 Facts About Calamity Jane

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