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.
Mary Surratt - accused of being a conspirator in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln - was tried before a military tribunal, instead of a j...
Tuberculosis was one of the most dreaded diseases of the 19th century.
In this clip—from a 1984 performance of Verdi’s Requiem—Herbert von Karajan conducts the Vienna Philharmonic (Wiener Philharmoniker)...
Emotionally upset, and in the throes of depression, Verdi makes a decision. It is 1840, and he's had it with composing music. Then ... an unexpected e...
Head of the greatest empire on earth, Victoria was a woman of contradictions.
Vincent van Gogh created many self-portraits.
Initially, it seemed like a good idea for Paul Gauguin to paint with Vincent van Gogh (in October of 1888).
Today Vincent van Gogh, the Dutch painter, is one of the world's most-beloved artists.
This clip - from a Ric Burns documentary about New York City - provides information about Tammany Hall and its nineteenth-century leader, Boss Tweed.
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