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History Today - 05-Sep-2014

Competition: Win Tickets to see King Charles III at London's Almeida Theatre History Today Jump to Navigation Tuesday, 09 September 2014 Login / Register Search this site: Competition: Win Tickets to see King Charles III at London's Almeida Theatre By History Today Published in History Today     The Queen is dead: after a lifetime of waiting, the prince ascends the throne. A future of power. But how...

A Blog About History - 27-May-2014

A New Kingdom tomb dating back to 1100 B.C. has been found at Saqqara in Egypt. Archaeologists from Cairo University stumbled upon what is believed to be the tomb of Paser – Egypt’s royal ambassador to foreign countries during the late Ramesside period as well as the army archives holder. The tomb is temple-shaped and ...

A Blog About History - 27-May-2014

The foundations of a 19th-century circular prison block has been unearthed at Pentridge Prison in southern Australia. Archaeologist and ABC TV host Adam Ford said a teenage Ned Kelly, when at Pentridge for three years in the early 1870s, would have spent time in at least one of them. ‘‘He went in to Pentridge a ...

Discovery News - 26-May-2014

What's really inside hot dogs? Trace is joined by Will Johnson to discuss the history of the frankfurter, and how you might want to think twice before consuming one. ...

A Blog About History - 24-May-2014

An Egyptian tomb which dates back 5,600 years has been found in the ancient city of Hierakonpolis in Egypt. The tomb was built before the rule of king Narmer, the founder of the First Dynasty who unified Upper and Lower Egypt in the 31th century BC, the antiquities ministry said in a statement. The tomb ...

History Today - 24-May-2014

History Today Jump to Navigation Tuesday, 27 May 2014 Login / Register Search this site: Spain and England in Florida By Louis C. Kleber Published in History Today     Empire   Early Modern (16th-18thC)   Britain   USA   France   Spain   Louis C. Kleber writes how Florida was ceded to Britain in 1763; retroceded to Spain after the American Revolution, and acquired by the United States in 1819. When...

History Today - 24-May-2014

Russian History in Turgenev’s Novels History Today Jump to Navigation Tuesday, 27 May 2014 Login / Register Search this site: Russian History in Turgenev’s Novels By Lionel Kochan Published in History Today     Literature   Cultural   Modern   Russia   Lionel Kochan writes how Turgenev's heroes serve to embody many different aspects of the rapidly changing scene in nineteenth century Russia. In 1880...

History Today - 24-May-2014

History Today Jump to Navigation Tuesday, 27 May 2014 Login / Register Search this site: Revolution in 18th Century Music By Owain Edwards Published in History Today     Music   Art   Cultural   Early Modern (16th-18thC)   London   Owain Edwards writes about the sea change in classical music composition - and listenership - as the galant music of the Bachs reached London. John Hoyle hit the nail squarely...

History Today - 24-May-2014

History Today Jump to Navigation Tuesday, 27 May 2014 Login / Register Search this site: Radical Dandy: Thomas Slingsby Duncombe, 1796-1861 By P.W. Kingsford Published in History Today     Agricultural   Cultural   Social   England   London   P.W. Kingsford tells the story of a Regency buck, who became a Parliamentary champion of the depressed classes in early nineteenth-century England. The apparent...

History Today - 24-May-2014

History Today Jump to Navigation Tuesday, 27 May 2014 Login / Register Search this site: Postcards and History By T.J. Brady Published in History Today     Cultural   Economic History   Victorian   England   Picture postcards may seem a commonplace means of communication, but, when they first came into use, they caused a revolution in people’s writing habits. T.J. Brady writes how they led to the...

History Today - 24-May-2014

History Today Jump to Navigation Tuesday, 27 May 2014 Login / Register Search this site: Mutiny at Wilhelmshaven, 1918 By David Woodward Published in History Today     Maritime   Military   First World War   20th Century   Germany   David Woodward describes how the crews of the destroyer flotilla of the German High Sea Fleet mutinied at the end of the First World War. On October 29th, 1918, the High...

History Today - 24-May-2014

History Today Jump to Navigation Tuesday, 27 May 2014 Login / Register Search this site: Mozambique: Vicissitudes of an East African Colony, 1505-1955 By C.R. Boxer Published in History Today     Slavery & Abolition   Empire   Africa   Portugal   Portugal's colonial empire was, at the C.R. Boxer wrote this article in 1956, the oldest in the world, with Mozambique as its most prosperous possession....

History Today - 24-May-2014

History Today Jump to Navigation Tuesday, 27 May 2014 Login / Register Search this site: Mercenaries in the British Service By Hereward Senior Published in History Today     Empire   Military   Britain   Hereward Senior traces the British employment of foreign professional soldiery, from Danish axemen before the Norman Conquest, to Sepoys in the days of the British East India Company. The re-appearance...

History Today - 24-May-2014

History Today Jump to Navigation Tuesday, 27 May 2014 Login / Register Search this site: Mannerheim: Marshal of Finland, 1867-1951 By Oliver Warner Published in History Today     Military   Interwar period   Second World War   20th Century   Scandinavia   The Field Marshal who had led his country to independence in 1918, writes Oliver Warner, was called upon twice to defend his own creation during...

History Today - 24-May-2014

Lysons’ Greater London History Today Jump to Navigation Tuesday, 27 May 2014 Login / Register Search this site: Lysons’ Greater London By Meyrick H. Carré Published in History Today     Local   Georgian   England   London   When the celebrated antiquarian nicknamed “Stumpity Stump” toured the rustic neighbourhoods that then surrounded London, writes Meyrick H. Carré, the metropolis was on the verge...

History Today - 24-May-2014

History Today Jump to Navigation Tuesday, 27 May 2014 Login / Register Search this site: Jamaica and Britain By Morris Cargill Published in History Today     Slavery & Abolition   Empire   Britain   Caribbean   Jamaica, writes Morris Cargill, has been a British possession since the times of Cromwell. Within its small area of 4,470 square miles, Jamaica contains many of the world’s races and exemplifies...

History Today - 24-May-2014

Great Britain and the Confederate Navy, 1861—1865 History Today Jump to Navigation Tuesday, 27 May 2014 Login / Register Search this site: Great Britain and the Confederate Navy, 1861—1865 By Frank J. Merli Thomas W. Green Published in History Today     Maritime   Military   American Civil War   Britain   USA   The Civil War coincided with an era in naval technology that was revolutionizing sea warfare.”...

History Today - 24-May-2014

History Today Jump to Navigation Tuesday, 27 May 2014 Login / Register Search this site: Grace Darling: The Fate of a Victorian Heroine By Richard Armstrong Published in History Today     Literature   Cultural   Maritime   Victorian   Britain   Scotland   The Grace Darling legend as an early manifestation of the terrifying power of sustained publicity; Richard Armstrong writes that she may well have...


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