5-Minute History

5-Minute History

History for a fast-paced, connected world

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Edwardian Era

Edwardian Era Victorian Era 

The Longchamp Racecourse and Fashion Promenade

July 10, 2018 David James

Attracting enormous crowds, by the late 1800s, the Longchamp Racecourse in the Bois de Boulogne in Paris had become one of the most

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Edwardian Era 

Edwardian Photoblogging

December 16, 2017 David James

Kensington and Chelsea Libraries in London, England, uncovered a series of images suggesting that the Edwardians might have been the world’s first

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Edwardian Era Victorian Era 

Vintage Baby Carriages of Bygone Times

November 18, 2017January 23, 2018 David James

The year was 1847 and Queen Victoria was pregnant with her 6th child, Princess Louise. Hearing about a new type

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20th Century Edwardian Era 

Frozen in Time—the Kaiser’s Home in Exile

September 16, 2017September 16, 2017 David James

At the end of World War I, the world desperately needed a scapegoat to help come to terms with four

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Art Edwardian Era Victorian Era 

The Light that Inspired the Skagen Painters

July 14, 2017August 2, 2017 David James

Skagen is a village in the northernmost part of Denmark. From the late 1870s until the turn of the century,

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Edwardian Era 

The Tragic Story of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911

June 18, 2017 David James

This is the tragic story of how 146 immigrant workers—mostly young women—lost their lives in one of the worst industrial

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Edwardian Era Victorian Era 

A Tale of Two Sisters

June 13, 2017June 14, 2017 David James

It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. This is the tragic story of two sisters.

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Edwardian Era Victorian Era 

Castle de Haar—straight out of a fairy tale

May 27, 2017September 3, 2017 David James castles, the Netherlands

Rising majestically above the trees, deep in the center of the Netherlands, the towers of Castle de Haar glisten in

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Edwardian Era Victorian Era 

Peleș and Pelișor – Castles of the Romanian Royal Family

February 27, 2017 David James castles, Palaces

Flanked and backed by majestic fir trees, Peleș Castle, sits atop a rise in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains

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Art Edwardian Era Victorian Era 

A Slice of American Life in a Gilded Age by William Merritt Chase

January 6, 2017March 26, 2017 David James American, paintings

William Merritt Chase was an American painter who thrived during America’s Gilded Age. He is best known for his portraits

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Jane Austen To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment. ― Jane Austen.

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