Once she got her hands on the jewel, de la Motte took it apart and sent the diamonds to London, where they were sold on the ...

The status of blacks in Virginia slowly changed over the last half of the 17th century. The black indentured servant, with his hope of freedom, was increasingly being replaced by the black slave.

In Stanisław Wasylewski’s monumental work Życie Polskie w XIX Wieku (19th-Century ... mourning began to circulate around Congress Poland (reputedly emanating from the archbishop of Warsaw). Konstanty ...

A 17th century ring found in a field by a metal detectorists could sell for up to £16,000 at auction. Alan Rumsby, 75, found the piece of jewellery while searching a stubble field in Roydon ...

has left a clause in her will requiring her children to wear white and mauve instead of black for mourning, and to go out among their friends and to places of amusement. View Full Article in ...

William Lee invents the knitting machine. First human flight, according to popular myth. Inspired by the Greek myth of Icarus, Brother Elmer (a monk at Malmesbury Abbey) creates a glider from wood and ...

It has green burlap over a cork backing, scraps of paper repurposed from old bulletins, and thumbtacks; no doubt it has been this way since the first century. Yet one morning ... Morning prayer had ...

The petitions offer a rare glimpse into the little-heard or recorded stories of 17th Century working women, in their own words A rare collection of 300-year-old petitions has revealed the legal ...

We may still be weeks out from the start of Amazon’s official Black Friday sale, but you can already find some impressive discounts on the retail giant’s site this weekend. The current ...

Students tell us what they have learned from the platonic, familial and romantic relationships in their lives. By The Learning Network How do you feel about automated vehicles? What effects do ...