The events of January 15, 1919 started like any other winter afternoon in Boston. Locals going about their day…
More than five centuries after its defeat by Spanish conquistadors, the Aztec Empire continues to be one of the…
In 1684, William Penn sat in judgment over Pennsylvania’s first witchcraft trial. The case involved two women accused of…
Barely a week after British guns had begun bombarding her city, Lakshmibai, the Rani of Jhansi, was poised to…
The Erfurt Latrine Disaster of 1184 is one of the strangest accidents in medieval European history. On July 26th,…
The Zong Massacre of 1781 is one of history’s worst atrocities committed during the already hideous transatlantic slave trade….
The Great Emu War of 1932 is among Australia’s strangest military campaigns. Desperate farmers hired soldiers armed with machine…
The History of South America has been home to remarkable civilizations, mighty empires, revolutionary struggles, colonial conflicts, and political…
Few events from the Protestant Reformation left behind a more unusual monument to religious violence than the Münster Rebellion…
Most everyone knows about the Boston Tea Party. Colonists dressed like Native Americans stormed into Boston Harbor and threw…
