In 1618, Protestant King Frederick V replaced Catholic Emperor Ferdinand II as King of Bohemia. The Holy Roman Empire’s 30-year civil war between Catholics and Protestants ensued.

Nor, despite our warning against prediction, did we doubt it would end badly for the South. The North had factories and ...

The last days of the Second World War were incredibly chaotic. To nearly every German soldier it became clear the war had ...

Today marks the 178th anniversary of our Nation’s triumph in the Mexican-American War—a legendary victory that secured the American Southwest, reasserted ...

The shell, unexploded at the time of removal, resulted in the evacuation of the hospital, with an EOD squad called to clear ...

The United States secured the third-largest territorial acquisition in its history after a U.S. diplomat defied the president who appointed him.

On June 17, 1863, Col. Luigi Palma di Cesnola was forced to watch his men get slaughtered near the village of Aldie, Virginia. Just hours earlier, his superior officer had placed him under arrest for ...

The greatest stamp discovery in modern history is expected to bring $5m to $7.5m We all dream of opening an old book or ...

Go inside the protests in three different parts of the city and hear from those who came out to demand change.

In 1915, former President Theodore Roosevelt criss-crossed the country as a champion of what he called “Americanism.” The ...

What turns rivalry into war? History suggests it is rarely ideology or ambition alone. More often, it is fear, miscalculation ...

The Thing,’ ‘Before Sunrise,’ ‘Frida,’ ‘Inception,’ ‘Philadelphia,’ ‘The Incredibles’ and ‘The Hours,’ while Ken Burns makes ...