In 1788, while heading out to the whaling ground, it was wrecked in bad weather. All 56 crew members survived.

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Napoleon is relatively unusual in western history for aligning himself with the brutal Hannibal – not Hannibal’s Roman enemy, ...

The Gilded Age was a period in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century during whereby several extremely wealthy families managed to construct behemoth houses based on European palaces.

Though the British Empire officially dissolved decades ago, its legacy is still woven into the fabric of many nations across the globe. From language and law to education systems and infrastructure, ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Napoleon Bonaparte's astonishing return to power in France from exile on Elba in 1815 and how that galvanised the Allies into facing him at Waterloo ...

The 19th-century power struggle between the Sikhs, the British, and the Afghans shaped the political landscape of the time. Sikh ruler Ranjit Singh was in Kabul during a victory parade where the flag ...

Jeffrey Sachs comments on how closely 21st-century U.S. policy towards the Russian Federation mirrors how the 19th-century British Empire approached the Russian Empire. "We make up stories about ...

Share or comment on this article: What British children are REALLY being taught in school: Transatlantic slavery becomes most studied topic in UK history lessons - with only one in 10 students ...

“The sun never sets on the British empire.” Variations on the phrase have been used for more than 200 years to describe the scope and power of the nation and its occupied territories.

Nigel Biggar: British Empire unfairly maligned Non-European colonialist empires existed for millennia. No one seems interested in those, though ...