The June Rebellion, also known as the Paris Uprising of 1832, took place between June 5-6, 1832. Anti-monarchist republicans in Paris began the uprising attempt...
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AKTAU, KAZAKHSTAN - In 2010, a man named F. Akhmadulin was wandering along the eastern coast of the Caspian Sea with a metal detector...
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AARGAU, SWITZERLAND - Archaeologists have unearthed a strange find: an earthenware pot filled with bronze coins and oil lamps, each conta...
An accomplished journalist and orator, German born Carl Christian Schurz became the first elected member of the United States Senate born in Germany in 1869. He...
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According to Danish archaeologist Rolf Warming, our preconceived notions about how Vikings really behaved in combat have been complete...
William Shakespeare is one of the most celebrated writers in history. Despite having died long ago, the writer and wordsmith is still studied as if he were stil...
Up until the Nineteenth Amendment was passed in 1920, women were unable to vote. After decades of women’s suffragists fighting for their rights, they were final...
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We know a lot about Vikings thanks to the number of elaborate burials and historical texts that we've uncovered, but over the years, a ...
Lafayette, now imprisoned by the Austrians, was kept in Nivelles, now a municipality in Belgium. Along with a few other men and Jean-Xavier Bureau de Pusy, Lafa...
Dolley Payne Todd Madison remains one of the most notable First Ladies of the United States, her husband James Madison serving from March 4, 1809-March 4, 1817....
