Nineteenth Century Life Chapters

After America's Civil War, cattle owners needed a way to move millions of Longhorns north. How would they do it? By cowboys moving the herds over trai...

Once again the Nutcracker comes to life, this time eliminating the threat of the Mouse King by ending the seven-headed monster's life.

Maps detail the loss of Hooker's Union troops at Chancellorsville.

While in the asylum, van Gogh paints his surroundings, producing several of his most-beloved works.

Vincent commits suicide by shooting himself in the chest; he dies 2 days later at 37 years of age.

Pioneers and their loaded wagons move west, forcing Native Americans to leave their ancestral lands.

President Lincoln predicts he will not survive his second term.

Huge fires break out in several other Midwest cities on the same day, in 1871, that Chicago burns.

Learn about the Battle of Waterloo, which serves as the backdrop to "Vanity Fair."

Travel back in time to view plans and witness bloodshed in the Battle of Waterloo through annotated maps, drawings and paintings.

Napoleon escapes from Elba and, during "One Hundred Days," attempts a comeback. This June marks the 200th anniversary of Napleon's defeat at Waterloo.

In the late 1800s in Cuba, Father Benito Vines trains people to predict hurricanes. U.S. forecasters are reluctant to use his data.