On October 7, 1870, one of those minor, anecdotal episodes that pepper History amidst greater events took place. A hydrogen ...

As a lower-case republican Australian, I’m discovering that the US election is giving me more reasons to be a monarchist.

A meteorite strikes a wheat field near the village of Ensisheim in Alsace, France. 1512: Medici’s discharge Niccolo Machiavelli ...

Fighting took place against the German Empire on the Western Front near the French border ... over the weekend to create a ...

World War I pitted the armies of France, the globe-spanning British empire, Russia and the United States against a German-led coalition that included the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman empires. Leaders ...

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Elon Musk participated in the first phone call between US President-elect Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday, according to officials in Kyiv. A spokesperson for ...

The weight of 2024’s history books concentrates, as often in recent years, on the last century or so – though with revelatory examinations of medieval and early modern topics too. Let us begin with ...

The ruling military junta replaced Myanmar's erstwhile red-blue flag with the current yellow, green, and red variant after the introduction of a new constitution ... on the German flag are reminiscent ...

Arising from the German Empire's industrial architecture and its dearth of space and light, 1920s modernism seeks to redefine the shape of society along more holistic lines. Despite the ravages of the ...

Recently, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud installed a new statue of Lady Justice in the library of the Supreme Court, ...

After the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s governing coalition, the balloting will be held on Feb. 23, about seven months ...