Famous Historical Topics & Events Story Briefs

What are some of history's key stories and events which remain famous to this day? Check-out some of those topics.

The Mississippi Canyon, a geological formation in the Gulf of Mexico, is located in an area which is part of the territorial waters of the United Stat...

George Washington inherited property on the Potomac River, called Mount Vernon, learn more about the development of the property.

This image depicts the back-cover of a recent edition of Mrs. Dalloway, one of Virginia Woolf's most-famous novels.

Charles Guiteau, the assassin of President Garfield, was put on trial for murder, commencing November 14, 1881.

Orson Welles' radio play, "Mutiny on the Bounty," debuted in 1939.

Believed to be a superpower of ancient Greece, Mycenae was home to King Agamemnon.

Dr. Robert O. Wilson, born in the Chinese city of Nanking (Nanjing), stays to help victims of a massacre while others flee to save their own lives.

On his way to the Battle of Marengo, where Napoleon defeated Austria, the First Counsel of France had to traverse the Grand Saint-Bernard Pass. Jacque...

Napoleon on Board the Bellerophon is an artistic interpretation of Napoleon, contemplating his fate, as he is exiled to the far-away island of St. Hel...

An important Norwegian seaport, whose deep-water harbor is used to transport Swedish-mined iron ore, Narvik was captured by Germany during World War I...

According to the National Park Service, Nathanael Greene was born in Potowomut, Rhode Island, on July 27, 1742.

We remember Nathan Hale, executed by the British and illustrated by Howard Pyle, for these words: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for ...

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