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Discover pivotal events, influential figures, and narratives throughout History that have shaped civilizations and cultures across the globe.
In the US, Juneteenth is an annual celebration commemorating the end of slavery after the Civil War. In 2021, it became a federal holiday.
In the 1790s, the Sans-culottes became one of the leading forces of the French Revolution.
According to many scholars, the earliest known center of learning in Britain was a college established by Illtud in the early post-Roman era.
Juneteenth, the holiday marking the liberation of slaves in Texas during the American Civil War, came more than two years after Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.
During Marie Antoinette’s reign, her life was constricted by a series of rules set in place by the French court.
Olympias played a significant role in the years of conflict following the death of her son, Alexander the Great. History would not remember her kindly.
Find out what medieval food consisted of, from the bland to the brilliant.
King James I of England (and James VI of Scotland) oversaw a series of religious changes throughout his reigns over both Scotland and England.