World History Chapters

Whether it's people, places or events which fuel "the news," the fabric of our lives is impacted by world events. This collection features stories from ancient to modern times.

Norways gets LOTS of snow! This picture, taken by SSGT Rodney K. Prouty on the 5th of March in 1982, depicts LEOPARD I battle tanks being used in a NA...

This map, from PBS' "American Experience," depicts the areas where whales were captured between 1790 and 1924. Data for the map was retrieved from a s...

A murder attempt on Admiral Gaspard de Coligny, leader of the Huguenots (Protestants), starts a massacre.

Dwellings are destroyed to ensure that the homeless of Ireland have no place to go.

Photos taken early in 1944 show evidence of gas chambers before the Nazis try to tear down the buildings and leave.

Wallace is dragged through the city, tortured, hanged, beheaded, drawn, and quartered.

Wallace is dragged through the city, tortured, hanged, beheaded, drawn, and quartered.

The Romanov-family bodies remain in a shallow grave until 1979, when they are discovered by Geli Ryabov and Dr. Alexander Avdonin.

Due to his conviction of treason, Louis XVI loses his head at the guillotine in 1793.

During the late hours of 16 July 1918, the Romanov family is awakened and told to go to the cellar of the Ipatiev House. It will be their last journey...

King Richard II tricks Wat Tyler and the King's men kill him.

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