What made the 19th century an interesting but tumultuous time? What technological, cultural and social changes influenced life then? Explore those issues in this story collection.
What are the factors leading to Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo on the 18th of June, 1815? Learn about the peace that Europe won in the fields of Waterl...
In the early fall of 1825, Beethoven decided to move into a flat near the apartment of his friends (Stephan von Breuning and his family).
Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland at the home of his parents located at 8 Howard Place.
On the 18th of September, 1895, Professor Booker T. Washington gives an important speech at the Cotton States and International Exposition held in Atl...
The James-Samuel farm, as it appeared in 1877, was the boyhood home of Jesse James.
During the Napoleonic Wars, in 1805, Britain fought against France in a naval clash known as The Battle of Trafalgar. Admiral Horatio Nelson employed ...
An African-American legendary cowboy, Britton Johnson was born a slave in Tennessee but became a famous cowboy in Texas. He was one of many black Texa...
Bob Cratchit and his family live in a part of London known as Camden Town. This image depicts an area of Camden during 1839.
Few people today may know who Charles Cunningham Boycott was, but everyone knows his name.
Susan Anthony was berated by many different publications as she continued to fight for a woman's right to vote in America.
It didn't matter what Catherine said. People, everywhere, believed that she and her cow had started the "Great Fire."
In the late summer of 1831, Charles Darwin was invited to accompany Captain Robert FitzRoyon avoyage aboard a ship to South America.
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