People who change the world may, or may not, be famous in their own lifetimes. Often it takes years for others to understand forward-thinking contributions. This collection introduces you to some of the world's most-famous people
This painting of Paul Gauguin (Man in a Red Beret) is attributed to Vincent van Gogh.
In 1798, Revere described his ride (and his capture) in a letter to Jeremy Belknap:.
Margaret (Peggy) Shippen was nearly nineteen when she married Benedict Arnold.
It's September, 1928, when Alexander Fleming sees something unusual in a culture plate. What he found changes the infection-fighting world, going on t...
Peter Minuit was 46 years old when he arrived in "New Netherland" on the 4th of May, 1626. He was the colony's first official director general and "p...
After President Lincoln was shot in the head, people at Ford's Theater tried to assist him.
Russia rose as a mighty power following the Middle Ages, but after Ivan IV (also known as Ivan Grozny - "Ivan the Terrible") died, the country was thr...
During the late spring of 1776, Tom Jefferson traveled to Philadelphia as a Virginia delegate to the Second Continental Congress.
Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velzquez (1599-1660) created this oil-on-canvas portrait of Philip IV between 1652-53.
It's July 3, 1863 and "Pickett's Charge" is about to begin. It ends in disaster for the Confederacy on the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg.
In this clip, from "Gettysburg," General Longstreet instructs Colonel Alexander and General Pettigrew on the details for an attack which has since bee...
Together with his assistants, Pieter van Musschenbroek invents the Leyden Jar which allows scientists to store electricity.
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