History Story Briefs

The Story of Us - from the beginning of time to the present - is usually written by "the victors." True-to-life events, however, must include opposing points of view. This collection features stories about people, places and events which go beyond "the already known and obvious."

A miniaturist, working around 1200 in the southern part of England, illuminated a commentary of the Psalms of David.  This image depicts a page f...

Tutankhamun was married to Ankhesenamun. She is shrouded in mystery after the unexpected death of her young husband.

By the time America joined World War II - on the 8th of December, 1941 - Britain had already been fighting in Europe for more than two years.

President Thomas Jefferson asked one of his key aides, twenty-eight-year-old Meriwether Lewis, to lead an expedition west - all the way to the "wester...

Elizabeth Stride, also known as "Long Liz," was born in Sweden (on a farm called Stora Tumlehed) in November of 1843. Her life ended when she became a...

When he arrived at the place of his execution, Louis XVI spoke to the gathered crowd.

Louis Zamperini attended a tent meeting featuring Dr.

After the metronome was invented in Amsterdam, it was perfected by Johann Nepomuk Maelzel (1772-1838).

What was Manchukuo? The answer to that question is: Manchukuo was actually Manchuria - a province of China - before the Japanese army invaded, then oc...

What was it like for ten-year-old children (and those even younger) to work as miners?

This image - one of the Ghent-Bruges workshop illustrations in the Mayer van den Bergh Breviary - portrays daily chores framed by strewn flowers in a ...

This illumination on parchment, by an unknown Italian miniaturist who was likely working in Florence during the 14th century, is from the Villani Chro...

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