Stuart Era – 5-Minute History

Boston’s 17th-Century Burying Grounds

The Grim Reaper made frequent visits to colonial Boston. Disease and the difficulties of childbirth sent many men, women, and children

King Louis XIV was so proud of Versailles that he would often give tours to visiting dignitaries himself and even

Depicting the most glamorous ladies from the court of King William III and Queen Mary II, the Hampton Court Beauties

Two fateful events that happened on this day in history.

Rembrandt’s “The Night Watch’ is arguably the most famous painting in the Netherlands. It was painted in 1642, during the

For millennia people have given thanks for a good harvest with special ceremonies. The Thanksgiving tradition in North America—the fourth Thursday

The Sinister Plot In 1605, a group of rural English Catholics from England’s heartlands banded together to hatch a plot to

There was a chill breeze blowing as Charles stepped out onto the execution scaffold on that cold, gray afternoon of