In 1605, about 36 barrels of gunpowder were discovered in the cellar under Westminster Palace, enough to blow up Parliament. Guarding them was a man, Guy Fawkes.
With the destruction of the authority of the Holy Roman Empire, the balance of power shifted greatly on the continent of Europe.
The 1912 Balkan Wars caused a massive forced migration that reshaped borders and permanently altered the ethnic landscape of Europe through state-led expulsion.
These four Scottish ghosts reveal the eerie places in Scotland where the dead seem unwilling to leave.
The six aristocratic Mitford sisters shocked 20th-century society by leaping from rural obscurity into extreme fascism, communism, and scandal.
Explore 7 masterpieces by Sir Christopher Wren, the architect who rebuilt London after the Great Fire of 1666.
When King Charles X issued a set of decrees limiting freedoms on July 25, 1830, the reaction permanently changed the course of French history.
The Elizabethan Era is commonly referred to as a “Golden Age,” but what was everyday life really like during the reign of Elizabeth I?
