In 1871, Japan was still being introduced to the United States as a country with an actual civilization. “The population of Japan,” wrote a Missouri Republican journalist in September 1871, “has been ...

With two excellent studies of the 1870-1871 Franco-German War already available, Sir Michael Howard's venerable classic Franco-Prussian War: The German Invasion of France 1870-1871, Revised Edition ...

On October 7, 1870, one of those minor, anecdotal episodes that pepper History amidst greater events took place. A hydrogen balloon named Armand-Barbès lifted off from Paris, setting out towards Tours ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian war and the social unrest that followed, as the French capital was cut off from the rest of the country and food was ...

TheThe war veterans portfolio is not the most coveted job in any French government. Spending one's days commemorating the past and the dead is certainly not the dream of most politicians. It was ...

The July 12th Orange Order parades have been a point of intense friction in Northern Ireland for many years as Protestants and Catholics clashed over the annual celebration of Protestant King William ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Bronze commemorative medal Siege de ...

This Sunday is the 140th anniversary of May 1, 1871. On that date Lord Bulwer-Lytton’s The Coming Race and George Chesney’s “The Battle of Dorking” were both first published, and on that date Samuel ...

Barnsley, Eng.: Pen & Sword / Philadelphia: Casemate, 2021. Pp. x, 294. Illus., maps, appends., notes, biblio., index. $42.95. ISBN: 1526790297 Why Paris Fell The ...

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