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A 19th-century depiction of Maharaja Ranjit Singh

Who was Maharaja Ranjit Singh?

On his plantation in Georgia, American politician Benjamin Hawkins is teaching Creek Native Americans how to use a plow, 1805. (Photo by Granger, NYC / TopFoto)

Food and war

Depiction of the five senses (sight, sound, taste, smell and touch) by a late 18th/early 19th unknown artist. (Photo by Print Collector/Getty Images)

5 smells that made Georgian England

The Jacobite rebellions: how close were they to returning the Stuarts to power?

The Cato Street conspiracy

Georgian terrorists: the Cato Street Conspiracy

An illustration depicting Governor Tryon and the Regulators, c1877.

What was the Regulator movement that features in Outlander?

Michael Wood on the Peterloo photograph

Founding fathers: the men who made America

The Battle of Bunker Hill

From Scots Highlanders to German soldiers: the Europeans who fought on both sides of the War of American Independence

'The Young Victoria' follows the early relationship of Victoria and her beloved Prince Albert. The monarch was played by Emily Blunt in the 2009 film. (Images by Bettmann/Getty Images/Alamy)

Leading ladies in love: 6 historical movies to watch this Valentine’s Day

Portrait of Marie-Antoinette with the rose, 1783, by Vigée-Le Brun. (Photo by Alamy)

Marie Antoinette

The 18th-century rabbit breeding hoax (Photo by Getty Images)

The woman who gave birth to rabbits

Edvard Munch's painting 'Love and Pain'

The Vampyre stirs: 200 years of vampire entertainment

A poster for Terence Fisher's 1958 horror 'Dracula'

From Dracula to The Historian: 5 gothic novels that reflected the anxieties of their age

The long history of Brexit

Rotten boroughs cartoon

9 general election curiosities through history

How the American Revolution created a global storm

Few war leaders have been more profoundly steeped in history than Winston Churchill, who drew inspiration from his ancestor – and one of Britain's most celebrated generals – the Duke of Marlborough (left). (Images by Getty Images/Bridgeman

Sending history into battle: the lessons that war leaders have tried to learn from the past

A 'Thanksgiving Greetings' postcard. (Photo by K.J. Historical/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

A brief history of Thanksgiving

Charles I's great weakness was that he made a strict distinction between his role as king, in which he could not compromise, and his personal role, which was entirely pleasant and courteous, says Sean Lang. (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images)

8 of the nicest kings in history

A c1860 depiction of Wentworth Works steel manufacturer in Sheffield

Why Britain punched above its weight

6 novels that captured life in Britain

James VI and I depicted in Parliament, c1605

Queen Elizabeth I’s ‘Golden Speech’ and 5 more key moments in the history of crown and parliament

Being invited to become a 'guest' of the Tower of London in medieval England meant, more often than not, that you would soon be food for the crows. (Image by Getty Images/RM Creative)

10 historical haunted sites across Britain

5 Georgian ghost hoaxes

Gin Lane, a print issued in 1751 by painter and printmaker William Hogarth. It depicts the perceived evils of the consumption of gin. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

The 18th-century craze for gin

The Haiti slave revolt. (Image by Getty)

Slave revolt

Portrait of Marie Antoinette in deep mourning, while in prison

The final days of Marie Antoinette

William Dalrymple on the East India Company

Catherine the Great: fact and fiction