Explore our ‘By Continent’ category, featuring meticulously researched articles that chronicle the unique historical events and figures that shaped each continent’s rich heritage.
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 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…
Few missions during World War II were stranger than those flown by the Russian Night Witches. Night after night,…
The Peasants’ Revolt of June 1381 was one of the most threatening popular revolts of the medieval period. People…
On May 5, 1945, American soldiers were about to defend a medieval castle in the Austrian Alps. At their…
