Who Won the Thirty Years War?
Peter H. Wilson unravels one of the most notoriously bloody and complex conflicts in European history to answer the question.
Peter H. Wilson unravels one of the most notoriously bloody and complex conflicts in European history to answer the question.
Tsar Nicholas II and his family arrived on the Isle of Wight on August 2nd, 1909, during the week of the Cowes Regatta.
On August 1st, 1259, the English renewed a truce which recognised Llywelyn ap Gruffydd as Prince of Wales.
Secrecy shrouded the ways of politicians until the 18th century. Then John Wilkes came along, writes David Horspool.
In the wake of the credit crunch, Dan Jones looks at past episodes of runaway greed and the moral lessons learnt.
Richard Cavendish marks the anniversary of a great fortress being sacked, on August 15th, 1209.