Romanovs Executed: Bolsheviks End Russian Dynasty

Twelve people refused to sacrifice to Roman gods. That's it. That's what got them killed in Scillium, North Africa, on July 17, 180 AD. The proconsul Saturninus…

Twenty-three days. That's how long Damasus II held the papacy before dying in Palestrina, just outside Rome. Born Poppo of Brixen, he'd been handpicked by Emper…

The Crusaders weren't supposed to be there at all. They'd borrowed 85,000 silver marks from Venice to reach Egypt, couldn't pay, and got rerouted to Constantino…

A prince burned his nephew's palace to the ground and took the throne by force. Zhu Di had spent three years waging civil war against the Jianwen Emperor, his o…

Joan of Arc's military successes cleared the path for Charles VII to claim his crown inside Reims Cathedral, shattering English claims to the French throne and …

Jean Bureau positioned 300 cannons in a fortified camp outside Castillon and waited. The English commander John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, charged anyway—73 ye…