Today in History for July 17: In 1505, future church reformer, Martin Luther entered the Augustinian monastic order at Erfurt in present day eastern Germany. He was 21. In 1674, the second census of ...

As Balmoral Castle opens to the public for its second season, Joe Little takes us on a tour of the Royal Family’s Scottish ...

HISTORYFor several centuries - especially from the 16th to the early 20th century - Europe’s royal families were deeply ...

Tchaikovsky was neither American, nor a founding father, but his “1812 Overture” has become the soundtrack to our ...

Amidst the list of America’s founding fathers who are inextricably linked with the 4th of July, one name sticks out: George Washington. Thomas Jefferson. Benjamin Franklin. Pyotr Ilyich ...

1900: In an effort to stem growing popular resentment, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia issues a decree that abolishes the banishment of dissidents and troublemakers to Siberia. 1920: Bill Tilden, becomes ...

Inside the world of British jeweler, silversmith, and goldsmith Mappin & Webb as it celebrates its 250th anniversary.

By Harut Sassounian With each passing day, Armenia is sliding further into dictatorship. The vulgar, even pornographic, ...

Guercino’s King David has now joined its two companion works at the National Gallery, settling £5.6m in inheritance tax ...

Time heals all wounds, it is said, and that certainly is the case in Russia. Moscow has unveiled a new statue of Joseph ...

Since the late 1970s the Nationalist Party has sought as its main ideological beacon Christian Democracy and subsequently established strong links with Italy's Democrazia Cristiana. Over the span of ...