French forces in Spain were severely overstretched, as Napoleon withdrew the best troops for his invasion of Russia. Wellington saw an opportunity to strike. First he secured the strategic ...

Just down the road from the petite Airbnb in which I’m currently staying on the outskirts of Paris is the home of Alexander ...

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A copper coin discovered by a schoolchild in a park in Espoo last month is believed to be about 230 years old. A local ...

The author of literary classics such as Eugene Onegin and The Queen of Spades, Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799-1837), is widely regarded as Russia’s greatest poet. While the Pushkin family was of ...

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Swiss businessman Jean-Henri Dunant was shocked by the paralysis of local authorities after the Battle of Solferino, and then ...

Terre Haute, Lafayette, Vincennes, Versailles, French Lick, Notre Dame, LaPorte, La Crosse, La Fountaine, Napoleon ... following the French and Indian War and Treaty of Paris in 1763.

It developed an adaptable and efficient political system, building on its semi-independence from the 5th century until ...