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Age of Revolution

Who Were the Murrays? The Family Behind the 1715 Jacobite Rising

The Only Female Survivor of the Sinking of the Royal George

When Was the Last Time Britain Was Invaded?

Princess Charlotte: The Tragic Life of Britain’s Lost Queen

Who Was Philip Astley? The Father of the Modern British Circus

10 Facts You Might Not Know About Leonardo da Vinci

How the Enlightenment Paved the Way for Europe’s Tumultuous 20th Century

4 Enlightenment Ideas That Changed the World

3 Turning Points in the Making of the Enlightenment

5 of the Enlightenment’s Unjustly Forgotten Figures

How Significant Was the Battle of Austerlitz?

Who Was Empress Joséphine? The Woman Who Captured Napoleon’s Heart

From Marengo to Waterloo: A Timeline of the Napoleonic Wars

How Did James Gillray Attack Napoleon as the ‘Little Corporal’?

Why Was 2 December Such a Special Day for Napoleon?

10 Key Battles in the Napoleonic Wars

Napoleon Bonaparte – Founder of Modern European Unification?

Why Did Napoleon’s Tariff War with Britain Prove so Problematic?

10 Facts About Catherine the Great

The Vauxhall Gardens: A Wonderland of Georgian Delight

The Spoils of War: Why Does ‘Tipu’s Tiger’ Exist and Why Is It in London?

6 of the Greatest Castles in France

What Did Britain Think of The French Revolution?

A Luminary of British Romanticism: Who Was J. M. W. Turner?

What Was the Context Behind the Battle of Trafalgar?

What Was the ‘Peterloo Massacre’ and Why Did It Happen?

How Did Josiah Wedgwood Become One of Britain’s Greatest Entrepreneurs?

How Did Joshua Reynolds Help Establish the Royal Academy and Transform British Art?

What Was the Gin Craze and Why Did It Happen?

How Did HMS Victory Become the World’s Most Effective Fighting Machine?

‘The Athens of the North’: How Edinburgh New Town Became the Epitome of Georgian Elegance

10 Facts About Blenheim Palace

The 8 Best Satires by James Gillray

Why Was Lord Elgin’s Acquisition of the Parthenon Marbles so Controversial?

How Did ‘Capability’ Brown Create the Quintessential English Landscape?

What Was The Industrial Revolution?

20 Facts About The East India Company

What Was the Significance of the Siege of Quebec?

10 Facts About Ulysses S. Grant

How the Battle of Waterloo Unfolded

10 Facts About Marshal Ney

When Was the Library of Congress Established?

Jane Austen: How a Hidden Talent Became One of the World’s Best Known Authors

Who Was the Last Man Hanged at Tyburn?

How Melville’s Moby-Dick Went From Flop to Literary Masterpiece

How Swan Lake Became the Greatest Ballet in the World

How Did Alaska Become Part of the USA?

Why Did the French Invade Mexico in 1861?

10 Facts About Major-General James Wolfe

How General Lee’s Surrender Effectively Ended the American Civil War

A Short History of The Caliphate: 632 AD – Present

What Did Sailors in the Georgian Royal Navy Eat?

‘Black Bart’ – the Most Successful Pirate of Them All

How Napoleon’s Conquest of Spain Led to Revolution in Chile

Why Did Lincoln Face Such Stern Opposition to Abolishing Slavery in America?

10 Key Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

Why Was the Gettysburg Address So Iconic? The Speech and Meaning in Context

Who Was Blackbeard and How Did He Become One of History’s Most Notorious Pirates?

Thomas Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase

How Thomas Edison’s Phonograph Transformed the World

10 Men Who Changed the World: Heroes of the Enlightenment

20 Facts About Horatio Nelson

How Did Lord Nelson Win the Battle of Trafalgar So Convincingly?

12 Facts About the Battle of Trafalgar

Have We Failed to Recognise Britain’s Shameful Past in India?

Why Did British Rule in India Have Such a Deadly Impact Compared to Previous Colonising Forces?

Did British Rule in India Really Become More Enlightened in the 19th Century?

How Britain Undermined the Indian National Congress

How Napoleon Failed to Properly Prepare for the Battle of Waterloo

Battle of Waterloo: A Face-off Between Two of History’s Great Military Commanders

The British Army’s Road to Waterloo: From Dancing at a Ball to Confronting Napoleon

How Venezuela’s 19th Century History is Relevant to Its Economic Crisis Today

Charles Minard’s Classic Infographic Shows the True Human Cost of Napoleon’s Invasion of Russia

10 Facts About Abraham Lincoln

A Shocking Tale of Slave Cruelty That Will Chill You To The Bone

Did Thomas Jefferson Support Slavery?

Who Was Thomas Jefferson?

The Origins of the United States Two-Party System

Is Thomas Paine the Forgotten Founding Father?

The Friendship and Rivalry of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams

Why Did the French Revolution Divide American Society?

Thomas Jefferson, The 1st Amendment and the Division of American Church and State

10 Facts About the Battle of Borodino

Was There a Single Moment in the Battle of Waterloo That Could Have Changed the Outcome?

8 Iconic Paintings of the Battle of Waterloo

How Significant Was the Battle of Waterloo?

10 Facts About the Napoleonic Wars

10 Facts About Napoleon

#BlackHistoryMonth: Frederick Douglass (and Donald Trump)

How Significant Was the Battle of Trafalgar?

The Grand Opening of America’s First Commercial Railroad

The Publication of the Communist Manifesto

The Dawn of Reason – The Beginnings of the Enlightenment

When Is Australia Day and When was Sydney Founded?

Why Did One of the World’s Most Modern and Powerful Countries Execute Their King?

The Dawn of Commercial Cinema

First Performance of ‘Silent Night’

How Nellie Bly One-upped Jules Verne and Circumnavigated the World in 72 Days

Why Did the Duke of Wellington Consider his Victory at Assaye his Finest Achievement?

How the Duke of Wellington Masterminded Victory at Salamanca

What Was the Significance of the Storming of the Bastille?

The Disastrous Premiere of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake

Who Was the First King of Italy?

How Did a Cavalry Charge Once Succeed Against Ships?

Why Was Income Tax Introduced?

Why Did Bonnie Prince Charlie’s Army Turn Back at Derby Instead of Seizing the English Crown?

How King George III’s 1775 Speech Pushed America Towards Revolution

Why Princeton’s Founding is an Important Date in History

How Horatio Nelson’s Victory at Trafalgar Ensured Britannia Ruled the Waves

What Was the Significance of the Battle of Navarino?

Was the Louisiana Purchase the Greatest Deal in History?

What Was the Significance of the Battle of Yorktown?

Across the Channel in 150 Minutes: The Story of the First Balloon Crossing

Twelve Years a Slave: Who Was Solomon Northup?

How Sitting Bull and the Sioux Defeated Colonel Custer

How Dutch Engineers Saved Napoleon’s Grand Armée from Annihilation

What Is the History Behind the Suez Canal?

Famed Acrobat and Fashionista: Who Was Jules Leotard?

How Napoleon Bonaparte Became the Most Powerful Man in France

What Happened in the Mutiny on the Bounty?

What Did the Enlightenment Achieve?

10 of the Worst Mistakes in Military History