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.

Jesus is placed on the cross, forgives everyone, and prepares to die.

The Poor Laws, meant to help, only led to more landowners getting rid of tenants.

Pope Innocent III believes King John does not have the right to give away land without consulting him. The Pope's response is to excommunicate the nob...

What is Late Potato Blight and how does it destroy the plant and its tubers?

Religious scribes and scholars produce many impressive books and manuscripts that reside at Oxford.

Native Americans lose their land and leaders; their way of life changes forever because of U.S. westward expansion.

Gutenberg invents the printing press and changes the world, but his Bibles are also burned.

US soldiers expect the Black Hawk mission to take 45 minutes, but Somali rebels fight back and shoot down a helicopter.

On May 10, 1869, the last spike of the transcontinental railroad - an official golden one - is set into the tie at Promontory, Utah. Meanwhile, Nativ...

The character of Dracula is based on a Romanian price named Vlad Dracul, meaning Son of the Dragon, or Devil.

For Morris the reality of pro baseball is very hard with little playing time and little pay.

When the movie is made in the US, it causes friction with the British because it was a British, not an American, crew that retrieved the Enigma machin...

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