America is nearing the 250th anniversary of its revolutionary birth, the Declaration of Independence. July 4, 2026, will mark ...

In his book “The Revolution to Come: A History of an Idea From Thucydides to Lenin,” Dan Edelstein argues that the 18th of Brumaire did not end the French Revolution but consummated it.

The next time you pick up a bag of spuds from the supermarket or fill up the car with petrol, you can thank a treaty signed in 1875 for the metric system that underpins daily life.

Review of The Writer’s Lot: Culture and Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France by Robert Darnton (Harvard University Press, 2025) There are few events that have set the terms of Western politics more ...

The French Revolution : from its origins to 1793 by Lefebvre, Georges, 1874-1959 Publication date 2001 Topics Franse Revolutie, Oorzaken, France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799, France -- ...

In her hands, the revolution is a tumultuous time in which the lives of three women – white, red, blue – are no longer mapped out from birth, but have the potential, even briefly, of a fresh ...

The execution of Louis XVI on January 21, 1793, is one of the French Revolution’s most iconic moments. That morning, the French king made his last procession to the Place de la Révolution. An ...

📜 The Haitian Revolution: The Slave Society - The Haitian Revolution is a unique historical event in many ways. It was both an offshoot of the French Revolution, but also an anti-colonialist ...

Religion and the French Revolution Established in the 16th century by two saints, Teresa of Ávila and John of the Cross, the Order of Discalced Carmelites is a Catholic religious order.

The French Revolution reshaped execution, leading to the invention of the guillotine. Show more 20 December 2024 Available now 52 minutes ...