Historical events

Explore articles on major historical events, from the French Revolution to the Spanish Armada

Mário Soares of the Socialist Party basks in public adulation after becoming prime minister in the election of 1976. (Photo by Getty Images)

Your guide to the Carnation Revolution

Illustration showing the traders who made a fortune during the wake of the Black Death

Merchants of doom: the traders who profited from the Black Death

Robert Hutchinson answers your questions on England’s defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588. (Image by Getty Images)

The Spanish Armada: everything you wanted to know

The Green Knight shows his severed – and still talking – head to King Arthur in this illustration of the beginning of the 14th century legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

“A eulogy to the cult of chivalry”: what can Sir Gawain and the Green Knight tell us about Edward III and the Hundred Years’ War?

French Revolution Quiz – test your knowledge with our history quiz

Quiz How much do you know about the French Revolution?

3 podcasts about the French Revolution

3 podcasts about the French Revolution to listen to right now

An illustration of the head of Louis XVI

Guillotined in the French Revolution: the bloody story through 7 severed heads

The decapitation machine now known as the guillotine was not a French invention and wasn't invented by Joseph Guillotin. (Image by Getty Images)

Q&A Did the French invent the guillotine?

An illustration of Elizabeth of York and Henry VII.

Did the Tudors invent the Wars of the Roses?