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Men of the Royal Garrison Artillery load a large artillery weapons prior to the Battle of Amiens

Amiens: The battle that turned the tide of World War I

Painting depicting William Kidd and his crew burying treasure

Forgotten Scottish pirates: Tales of treachery and treasure

Protestors holding banners in St. Petersburg, Russia

6 revolutions and uprisings that changed history

Painting depicting the signature of the armistice in the railway carriage

What happened on the Armistice of 1918?

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'GUNPOWDER SIEGE' - actors standing in front of an explosion

Gunpowder Siege

Gunpowder Siege dramatically reimagines the most infamous rebellion plot in British history, revealing the gripping truth behind the Gunpowder Plot

British History

Illustration of Robert Catesby

3 lesser-known Gunpowder Plot conspirators

Most people have heard of Guy Fawkes, the most famous participant in the Gunpowder Plot. But Fawkes didn’t work alone

Discovery of the Gunpowder Plot (1823) by Henry Perronet Briggs

Why did they try to blow up the Houses of Parliament?

We’ve all heard of Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot – but why did he and his co-conspirators want to blow up Parliament in the first place?

'GUNPOWDER SIEGE' - actors standing in front of an explosion

Gunpowder Siege

'THE GREAT WAR' - American soldiers from WWI run across trenches lined with barbed wire

The Great War

'REVOLUTIONS THAT CHANGED HISTORY' - A guillotine

Revolutions That Changed History

Dennis Quaid standing in front of the Ark of the Covenant

Holy Marvels with Dennis Quaid

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Charlotte Pyke portraying Anne Vaux in Gunpowder Siege

Who was Anne Vaux and was she involved in the Gunpowder Plot?

Men of the 18th Machine Gun Battalion passing through St. Baussant in advance upon St. Mihiel

From neutrality to victory: America's influence on WWI

Painting depicting the last stand of the Gunpowder Plot conspirators

The Holbeche House Siege: Where the Gunpowder Plot met its tragic end

The Gunpowder Plot conspirators

Penny for the guys: What happened to the Gunpowder Plot conspirators?

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Poppies on small wooden crosses that say 'In Remembrance'

The history of Remembrance Day

A photograph of the new Royal British Legion paper poppy

A history of the poppy

A field of poppies inf ront of a blue sky

A short history of ‘In Flanders Field’: The poem that inspired the poppy appeal

Two poppies on a grey background

Black, white and purple: What do different colour Poppies represent?

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A Roman gladiator

The unglamorous lives of Ancient Rome's gladiators

A 19th-century painting depicts a Roman gladiator standing on the neck of another as the crowd all point their thumbs down

The history of gladiatorial games in Ancient Rome

The Colosseum

6 little known facts about the Colosseum

Photograph of the Roman Forum

Ancient Rome's greatest buildings

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A graphic depiction of Nostradamus and a starry sky with the text '2024' overlaid on an image of Planet Earth

What does Nostradamus predict for 2024?

An graphic showing an image of Baba Vanga and a smokey background and the word '2024'

Baba Vanga’s predictions for 2024

Sinking of the Titanic Illustration

6 premonitions of disasters that came true

Pandemonium by John Martin

7 times the world was predicted to end

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Martin Luther King Jr. at the 1963 Civil Rights March in Washington, D.C.

Why did the FBI wage a war on Martin Luther King Jr.?

An old British pub

6 famous haunted pubs from around England

A black wolf

The monstrous stories of history's 'real' werewolves

Portrait of Henry VIII (C), Prince Edward (L) and Jane Seymour (R)

Was Henry VIII really a hopeless romantic?

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