Here is a list of 15 facts about historical figures who defied their era. Galileo Galilei Stood Against the Catholic ...

God, there’s a lot of history. History, after all, is full of people, and all of them were doing stuff for their entire lives. It’s pretty much impossible to absorb all the information and full ...

I'm not saying YOU won't be able to ace these four history quizzes...just that they're really hard and anyone who does might be a genius. 1.These 13 Historical Figures Are, Like, Really Famous — But I ...

The 19th century was a time of transformation—revolutions, scientific breakthroughs, and cultural shifts defined the era. But beyond their well-known achievements, many historical figures of the 1800s ...

Who’s bigger: Washington or Lincoln? Hitler or Napoleon? Charles Dickens or Jane Austen? That depends on how you look at it. When we set out to rank the significance of historical figures, we decided ...

What if you could peek behind the legends and discover that the world’s most celebrated historical figures unwound with the quirkiest pastimes? From an inventor befriending city pigeons to an emperor ...

People were always aware that things like physical features and biological quirks tended to run in families, but no one ever really knew why. The 1940s marked a turning point when scientists finally ...