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Roger II of Sicily, depicted in an Arabic-style image in the Palatine Chapel of the Norman Palace in Palermo

Normans in AfricaThe 12th-century attempt to forge a north-African Norman kingdom. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration showing the effects of the Fugitive Slave Act, passed by Congress in 1850. The law aimed to make it easier for slaveholders to reclaim runaway ‘property’ in the free states, and contributed to rising political tension. (Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty images)

The story of the American Civil War32 key moments in the landmark conflict

15 minutes of fameRana Mitter chooses Tsiang Tingfu. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A Maria Spilsbury painting of a group sat at a drawing room table

Regency romance and a real-life Anne Elliot. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Laura Mvulu and Thelonius Monk

My history heroLaura Mvula chooses Thelonious Monk. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Montage of five British prime ministers: David Lloyd George, Neville Chamberlain, Anthony Eden, James Callaghan and Margaret Thatcher

Prime ministersFive of the greatest downfalls of the past 100 years. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Painting showing the surrender at Yorktown – a man on a horse moves between two lines of cavalry

When and how did the American Revolution end?

The battle of Brooklyn (aka the battle of Long Island), 27 August 1776

American Revolutionary War: the 9 battles that made the United States

Protesters urge the government to help elderly people with their energy bills at Downing Street in 2022

Inflation then and nowBritain's century of boom and bust. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A late 18th-century portrait of proto-feminist and first lady Abigail Adams

Women in the American Revolution: what were their lives like?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A brief history of US abortion law, before and after Roe v Wade

A portrait of Benjamin Franklin. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

The Treaty of Paris 1783: how to negotiate an exit. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hildegard of Bingen

15 minutes of fameJanina Ramirez chooses Hildegard of Bingen. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Jackie Weaver and Elizabeth I

History heroJackie Weaver chooses Elizabeth I. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The first major clash of the war of American independence, at Bunker Hill

Tea, taxes and the taking up of arms: a timeline of the American Revolution

A fierce clash between colonists and British troops in Boston on 5 March 1770

The American Revolution: your guide to the 18th-century war of independence

An oil painting by Benjamin West shows some of the main belligerents of the Seven Years’ War, a conflict that lay the foundations for future discord between Native Americans and the British and French empires

How did the American Revolution begin?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An overturned vehicle on tramlines as a blockage to traffic during the General Strike of 1926

A brief history of strike action. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Spanish flee Tenochtitlan under fierce fire during La Noche Triste.

Why we should remember…When Spanish conquistadors were forced to flee the Aztec capital. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

New Yorkers outside the Stonewall Inn in June 1969.

Why we should remember…The 1969 raid on the Stonewall Inn. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, with his wife, the Duchess of Hohenberg, riding in an open carriage at Sarajevo shortly before their assassination on 28 June 1914

Franz Ferdinand“This mythologised murder did not trigger WW1”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Austrian crown prince Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie

The shot that sparked the First World War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Marguerite de Navarre

15 minutes of fameSuzannah Lipscomb chooses Marguerite de Navarre. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Nisha Katona and Samuel Pepys

History heroNisha Katona chooses Samuel Pepys (1633–1703). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The life and death of Elvis Presley

October 1876: General Nelson Miles talking with Chief Sitting Bull after the army's defeat at Little Bighorn

The battle of Little Bighorn: what happened at 'Custer's last stand'?

Book cover of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four

Nineteen Eighty-Four: to the future or to the past?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Clare Jackson with her Wolfson History Prize winning book, Devil-land

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The story of England’s turbulent Stuart century wins the Wolfson History Prize 2022

Diane de Poitiers. As the mistress of Henry II of France, she had incredible and indescribable influence over the French king.

The French royal mistresses who made it about more than sex. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Your guide to George Orwell and his visions of dystopia. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.