Cultural History and HeritageCultureModern History Conclave Time: How Does the Election of the New Pope Work? Every conclave has had its peculiarities and oddities: here we have gathered the most surprising ones from History. The word conclave (from the Latin “cum clave,” literally meaning…
Modern HistoryWars and ConflictsWorld History THE WAR AGAINST TURKEY – Ottoman Empire 1914 Ottoman Empire 1914 – MON 21 DEC 1914 –FRI 04 AUG 1916 Ottoman Empire 1914 – Offensive in the Caucasus…
Modern HistoryWars and ConflictsWorld History THE FIRST BATTLE OF YPRES BATTLE OF YPRES – TUE 20 OCT 1914 –SUN 22 NOV 1914 The First Battle of Ypres The First Battle…
Modern HistoryWars and ConflictsWorld History THE BATTLE OF MARNE AND THE AISNE Battle of Marne – SAT 29 AUG 1914 –THU 15 OCT 1914 Pushing back the German Offensive By the end of August, Joffre had decided his force should…
Modern History The Ancient Origins of the Bra Underwire and fire-resistant bras are just the latest innovations of a garment that for millennia has been part of women’s…
Modern HistoryWars and ConflictsWorld History MONS AND THE BATTLE OF LE CATEAU Battle of Le Cateau –FRI 21 AUG 1914 – WED 26 AUG 1914 First actions of the BEF The Kaiser,…
Modern HistoryWars and ConflictsWorld History BATTLE OF THE FRONTIERS – Schlieffen Plan Schlieffen Plan-WED 29 JUL 1914 –SAT 22 AUG 1914 Lorraine and the Schlieffen Plan The first shots of the war…
Modern HistoryWars and ConflictsWorld History World War 1 – SLIDE TOWARDS CONFLICT World War 1 – SLIDE TOWARDS CONFLICT The First World War: Shaping Our World The single event that more than any other can be said to have shaped…
Modern HistoryWars and ConflictsWorld History The Bombing of Guernica The Bombing of Guernica A Symbol of Basque Culture is Destroyed Guernica was a small, peaceful town in northern Spain…