Painting of a European marketplace

Europe

General Andrew Jackson (on horseback) led US forces to victory over the British at the battle of New Orleans on 8 January 1815 (Photo by Pierce Archive LLC/Buyenlarge via Getty Images)

Regency Britain: An age of war and revolution

Employees operate power looms at a cotton mill in Lancashire (Photo by SSPL/Getty Images)

Reading between the lines: the real-life events that inspired Jane Austen

Our illustration shows a woman struggling through wind and snow in 1816 (Illustration by Zara Picken)

1816: the year without summer

A fight between two Gladiators, in mosaic

What were the lives of gladiators like in ancient Rome?

A Regency parson officiates at a wedding ceremony in a country church, 1820

How to survive a Regency marriage

A Regency gentleman greets a row of ladies

Everything you wanted to know about Jane Austen's England

QuizIntroduction to the Regency

Author Jane Austen and the Prince Regent

Regency timelinethe key dates you need to know

A photo of Mary Beard, smiling and looking towards the camera, standing between open gates.

Reviving Roman voices: Mary Beard on the remarkable life of one woman

Simon Ward as the Duke of Buckingham and Faye Dunaway as Milady de Winter in the 1973 film 'The Three Musketeers', 1973

The mystery of the ‘real’ Milady de Winter of The Three Musketeers

Illustatration of the siege of Syracuse, showing Archimedes' cranes used to destroy Roman ships

The siege of Syracuse: how Archimedes took on the Romans

Video podcastMarshal Pétain: Vichy France in the dock

Video podcastThe dangerous road to the Bastille

A painting of Napoleon.

The many faces of Napoleon

The marriage of Napoleon Bonaparte to Habsburg Archduchess Marie-Louise

Napoleon’s other wife: who was Habsburg Archduchess Marie-Louise?

Joaquin Phoenix as Napoleon Bonaparte

Ridley Scott’s Napoleon: how accurate is the movie? The real history explained

Allies in retreat from Austerlitz

Austerlitz: how Napoleon crushed the Austro-Russian army

This illustration depicts six of Calais’ richest citizens pleading for their lives.

Medieval Stalingrad: why the siege of Calais was so critical in the Hundred Years' War

A watercolour illustration of Oslo.

Norse-powered: exploring the history of Oslo

A black and white photo of Adolf Hitler standing by a car and wearing a coat, looking towards the camera.

How the Munich Beer Hall Putsch set Hitler on his road to power

First World War

Q&AWhat caused trench foot in WW1 and how could it be treated?

British infantry shelter in trenches

First World War

Trench tactics: how was war fought in the WW1 trenches?

Watercolour illustration of Istanbul

Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul: the history of a city of many names

Soldiers in First World War uniform eat in the trenches

First World War

Life in the trenches during WWI: your essential guide

A French soldier pictured next to wrecked German lorries.

Could WW1 have ended in 1916?

An older man sitting against a desk, looking towards the camera.

Jonathan Sumpton on the Hundred Years’ War: “It was Joan of Arc who persuaded the French that they could win”

Napoleonic Wars timeline: the key dates you need to know

A portrait of the Duke of Wellington at the battle of Waterloo (18 June 1815) during the Napoleonic Wars. Although Waterloo was "undeniably the most pivotal battle of this campaign", it was not the final battle against France, says Jem Duducu. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

7 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Napoleonic Wars

Watercolour illustration of Warsaw

The history of Warsaw: Poland’s reimagined capital

A fifteenth century manuscript illustration showing the Knights Templar being burned in the presence of King Philip IV of France.

Templars on trial: why were the Knights accused of such heinous crimes?