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Dr DA Henderson examines children’s smallpox vaccination scars in Ethiopia

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A group of formerly enslaved African-Americans around the time of the US Civil War

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Why we should remember…The Amnesty Act of 1872

A bust of Vespasian in Bath. The future emperor was responsible for expanding Roman territory into the west of Britain. (Image by Getty Images)

Roman

How did the Romans conquer Britain?

American actress, singer and model Marilyn Monroe

20th Century

Something's got to giveThe dramatic life of Marilyn Monroe

Illustration of Queen Matilda of Boulogne, by Eleanor Shakespeare

Norman

Matilda of Boulogne: Norman England’s warrior queen

Women from the Auxiliary Territorial Service take a break

Second World War

An army of women: adventures in the Auxiliary Territorial Service

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Silbannacus: the Roman emperor that time forgot. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Annie Oakley: the most famous sharpshooter in America. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Kris Manjapra Headshot

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Kris Manjapra“Black communities have had to pay for the failures of emancipation”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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BiographyOskar Schindler: your guide to his life and legacy

Anne Frank writing at her desk, c1942

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Why we should remember…the translation of Anne Frank’s diary. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Haitians celebrate Kanaval, which takes place in the run-up to Lent. Later, over Easter, Haitian secret societies will use brooms to ‘sweep up’ zonbi spirits. (Photo by Jessica Obert/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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Zombies of the Caribbean: your guide to zonbi spirits. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A 20th-century image depicts a ‘witch’ being burned alive in Munich. In reality, most suspects had already been killed before being set alight (Photo by Fototeca Gilardi/Getty Images)

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8 popular misconceptions about the history of witchcraft in Europe. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

As well as practising Wicca, other traditions with Pagan roots – such as celebrating the summer solstice at Stonehenge – still remain popular. (Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe/AFP via Getty Images)

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Wicca and modern witchcraft: a history

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Ramblers pictured on Kinder Scout in 1932

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Kinder Scout Mass Trespass: how the Peak District became Britain's first national park. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A depiction of the execution of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico by firing squad

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The Siege of Querétaro: the downfall of Maximilian I of Mexico. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Domenico Fetti painting illustrating a melancholic woman in the early 17th century

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The Anatomy of Melancholy: how Robert Burton helped shape our understanding of the mind. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval

St George’s Day: 11 facts about England's patron saint

Peter Caddick-Adams

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Peter Caddick-Adams on the laws of war“Russian politicians and military figures behind the awful events unfolding in Ukraine will, one day, be brought to justice”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Robert Ballard with an image of Titanic’s upper deck

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TitanicWhen & where was the wreck finally discovered?

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Ben Macintryre is the author of Operation Mincemeat

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Ben Macintryre"I had never realised quite how close Operation Mincemeat came to disaster". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Newspaper boy with news of the Titanic disaster, 14 April 1912

Edwardian

TitanicWhat happened after the sinking?

A still from James Cameron's 'Titanic'. (Image by Alamy)

Edwardian

How accurate are the most famous films about Titanic?

Winston Churchill discusses the invasion of Sicily with other senior Allied figures in 1943

Second World War

Operation Mincemeat: how a corpse duped Hitler

The Northman stars Alexander Skarsgård as Viking prince Amleth

Viking

“You are in their world, not in ours”: How The Northman makes the Viking Age real

Training of young Rwandan Hutu on the road to Kigali, 27 June 1994

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Genocide: what can we learn from history?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Clara Barton sitting at a table

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How Clara Barton became the ‘angel of the battlefield’

US socialite Margaret Brown, who posthumously became known as the ‘Unsinkable Molly Brown’ following her Titanic experiences.

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Titanic8 stories of passengers who sailed on the liner. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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