The War of 1812 is today a vague mystery, sometimes confused with the “1812 Overture” played at July 4 fireworks shows, but ...

A study published in the scientific journal Current Biology reveals new diagnoses of deceased French soldiers who were a part of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte I’s invasion of Russia in 1812. New techniqu ...

Churchill's Battle With Stage Fright Nearly Ended His Political Career Winston Churchill, the man who would later inspire ...

Valor Mortis, the first-person action game set in an alt-history version of the Napoleonic wars, was announced earlier this ...

History is a complex web of triumph, tragedy, and change, but it isn’t immune to the threads of misinformation and misconceptions. There are “facts” that are often passed down through generations and ...

It was the most prosaic of equipment for the grandest of heists: a ladder, propped right under the noses of French guards. The thieves exited as they entered, through a window, fleeing with nearly all ...

Two centuries ago, there were dozens of independent states in the part of Europe that was German-speaking. Today, there are only four: Germany, Austria, Switzerland … and Liechtenstein.

We like to think we know the heroes, villains, and visionaries who shaped our world. However, history doesn't always tell the ...

When a figure appeared in the window of a government building, the governor suggested she was an empress’s ghost. Months ...

A massive exhibition celebrating the bicentenary of Jacques Louis-David, whose paintings chronicled the French Revolution and Napoleonic era in real time, opened at the Louvre in Paris.

Paris Prosecutor Laure Beccuau said the information made public about the arrests in the Louvre case should not have been ...

Researchers have uncovered genetic evidence of paratyphoid and relapsing fever among Napoleon’s soldiers who retreated from Russia in 1812. Researchers at the Institut Pasteur have performed a genetic ...