The Battle of Cold Harbor was the Confederacy’s last major Civil War victory. Does it offer any insight into the mysterious ...

The general’s campaign through the South is known for its brutality against civilians. For the enslaved who followed his army ...

Ahead of the start of the Year of the Book, former President Toomas Hendrik Ilves appeared on the ETV2 show "Plekktrumm," to ...

This map shows you. Filling in the blanks of your historical knowledge would probably be easier if you could readily visualize when and where events occurred in relation to other events. Fortunately, ...

Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could ...

It’s like a digital atlas of world history ... which lasted from 1850 to 1864. This interactive history map connects these far-flung events, giving you a broader perspective on what was ...

From a few rain gauges in 1875 to rivalling the world's best weather agencies ... Born out of calamities -- a devastating cyclone in 1864 and monsoon failures in 1866 and 1871 -- the IMD, turning ...

The US president-elect does not rule out force to take over the Danish territory – home to a US military base.

An exhibition titled Il Viaggio (En Route) commissioned by the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana features works by global ...

As Boing Boing explains, TimeMap.org combines the what, who, and where of history into one convenient world map. Use the timeline ... which lasted from 1850 to 1864). Applicable Wikipedia pages ...