Japan’s Meiji Restoration
Japan’s Meiji Restoration, or Meiji Ishin, occurred on January 3, 1868, and marked the return of the Japanese emperor to a position of power for the first time in more than 500 years.
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The Remarkable Life of Robert Smalls
Robert Smalls' leadership and courage made him important to the Union war effort and, afterwards, one of the most influential Black political leaders of the 19th century.
The Provisional Irish Republican Army
Fifty years ago, in December 1969, the Provisional IRA was born from the widespread religious violence that had wracked the six counties of Northern Ireland since the preceding August.
The Seventeen Point Agreement: China’s Occupation of Tibet
On May 23rd 1951, the Seventeen Point Agreement of the Central People’s Government and the Local Government of Tibet on Measures for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet was signed.
America’s National Parks: 10 Moments of Insight
When you “pair the intellect with emotion and place,” what often results is a moment of insight: an unexpected instance where you suddenly understand something deeper about history, about nature, about others, about yourself.
The 1848 German Revolutions
On March 9, 1848, the twenty-three members of the Hanau People’s Commission—leading citizens of the small German city on the Main River, upstream from Frankfurt—declared their participation in the quickly-spreading upheaval of the March 1848 Revolutions.
Between Black and White
The Complexity of Brazilian Race Relations
Skis, Samba, and Smoking Snakes: An Unlikely World War II Partnership
What happened when glacier-goggled American ski troops and samba-loving Brazilian soldiers fought side-by-side halfway across the world?
The Evian Accords: An Uncertain Peace
On Sunday, 18 March 1962, the Algerian War for Independence came to an end.
