Famous Historical Topics & Events Chapters

What are some of history's key stories and events which remain famous to this day? Check-out some of those topics.

Maria locates one son, while unknown to her, her husband finds the other two; Belon also rescues a lost child.

Although one of the Essex whaleboats disappears, two boats with wreck survivors onboard are rescued off the coast of Chile in February of 1821.

The Carpathia rescues survivors of the Titanic.

South Korea forms a small operational defense force, and the North begins talks of invasion.

The people of Japan do not know that 21,000 of their soldiers die on Iwo Jima, but Kuribayashi's defense cost the Allies many lives.

Kitchener and his soldiers defeat the Mahdist, destroy The Mahdi's tomb and desecrate his body.

In September 1898, Major General Horatio Herbert Kitchener leads a force of Anglo-Egyptian soldiers against the Mahdist and forces them into the deser...

Using an early form of democracy, Greek city-states fight to keep their rights.

Paul Revere warns colonial soldiers, who stand their ground at Lexington against the British.

Fighting for freedom begins in the Texas territory.

Bobby expresses his political policy in speeches - do right even when it is not popular.

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