Subscribe to BBC History Magazine
Newsletter sign up
Download app
Join our Academy
The official website for BBC History Magazine
Search
Period
Back to
Main menu
Ancient Egypt
Roman
Viking
Anglo-Saxon
Medieval
Tudor
Elizabethan
Georgian
Victorian
Second World War
Back to
Period
Browse all periods
People
Back to
Main menu
Tutankhamun
Richard III
Henry VIII
Elizabeth I
Queen Victoria
Winston Churchill
Cleopatra
Napoleon Bonaparte
Back to
People
Browse all people
Topics
Back to
Main menu
Kings and queens
Weird and wonderful
Sex and love
Social history
Religious history
Women's history
Historical Q&As
Heritage visits
History hero
Historical recipes
Turning points in British History
Back to
Topics
Browse all topics
Video
Podcast
Quizzes
Membership
Back to
Main menu
Membership area
Academy
Back to
Membership
Regency course
Vikings course
Elizabethans course
Witchcraft course
D-Day course
Magazine subscription
Subscribe to BBC History Magazine
Newsletter sign up
Download app
Join our Academy
Home
North America
North America
Period
18th-century slave uprising
Premium
Membership
My history hero: Abraham Lincoln (1809–65)
. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
General Modern
20 important battles that shaped Britain
Advertisement MPU index
Membership
A big day in history: Japanese planes attack Los Angeles. Or do they?
Membership
A big day in history: A speck of glitter triggers the California Gold Rush
Membership
Are these the most overrated people in history?
Membership
10 milestones in the history of western music
General Modern
US presidents: Race, religion and re-election?
Premium
Membership
Ye olde travel guide: Philadelphia 1774
. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Advertisement MPU index
Premium
Membership
My history hero: Rosa Parks (1913-2005)
. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Membership
Tudors in America: how England’s New World colonies came into being
Premium
20th Century
The Cold War Olympic boycott
. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Second World War
The Library
The world in flames
Premium
Membership
My History Hero: Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983)
. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Period
Abraham Lincoln: 5 facts
Prev
Page
1
Page
40
You're currently on page
41
Page
42
Page
44
Next