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An illustration showing the effects of the Fugitive Slave Act,  passed by Congress in 1850. The law aimed to make it easier for slaveholders to reclaim runaway ‘property’ in the free states, and contributed to rising political tension. (Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty images)

Victorian

The story of the American Civil War32 key moments in the landmark conflict

Laura Mvulu and Thelonius Monk

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My history heroLaura Mvula chooses Thelonious Monk. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Protesters urge the government to help elderly people with their energy bills at Downing Street in 2022

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Inflation then and nowBritain's century of boom and bust. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Benjamin Franklin. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

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The Treaty of Paris 1783: how to negotiate an exit. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Jackie Weaver and Elizabeth I

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History heroJackie Weaver chooses Elizabeth I. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Woman wearing a bikini

20th Century

Why we should rememberThe launch of the swimsuit that scandalised the world

A 1779 cartoon showing the United States as a horse, unseating its rider, George III

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Q&ADid George III read the American Declaration of Independence?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The sinking of the Gloucester as depicted in a c1682 painting

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Why the Gloucester might be the most important shipwreck since the Mary Rose. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Spanish flee Tenochtitlan under fierce fire during La Noche Triste.

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Why we should remember…When Spanish conquistadors were forced to flee the Aztec capital. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

New Yorkers outside the Stonewall Inn in June 1969.

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Why we should remember…The 1969 raid on the Stonewall Inn. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Austrian crown prince Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie

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The shot that sparked the First World War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Nisha Katona and Samuel Pepys

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History heroNisha Katona chooses Samuel Pepys (1633–1703). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

General Modern

The life and death of Elvis Presley

Mowgli is surrounded by wolves in a 1937 illustration from Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book

General History

Raised by wolves: the history of feral children

A portrait of young Queen Victoria wearing a tiara

Victorian

The young Queen Victoria’s struggle to gain the throne

A policeman searches an African-American man, 1970s

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Why we should remember…Richard Nixon's war on drugs. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

US president Richard Nixon in 1970

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After Watergate: the fallout of an American scandal. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Victoria Drummond, Britain's first female marine engineer. Also seen is her ancestral home, Megginch Castle; a Second World War Allied convoy; Mount Etna, which she encountered on one voyage; and a Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea, similar to the one that Drummond received in 1941

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Victoria Drummond: trailblazing ship's engineer and war hero. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Georgian

Why we should remember…Charles Babbage's Difference Engine

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Lucy Worsley on three extraordinary livesThe survivor, the 'incurable' and the scapegoat. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Princess Elizabeth and Thomas Seymour (Photos by Getty and Alamy)

Tudor

Did Thomas Seymour sexually abuse the teenage Princess Elizabeth?

A woodcut of the brain from Andreas Vesalius’s groundbreaking 1543 treatise On the Fabric of the Human Body

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The Elizabethans' complex relationship with mental wellbeing. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A stained glass portrait of Dr Samuel Johnson in 17 Gough Square, London Inns court c1989.

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"A useful time-capsule of Georgian life": Samuel Johnson and his remarkable dictionary. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Helen Mirren as Elizabeth II in 2006 film 'The Queen'

20th Century

Screen QueenElizabeth II on film

Queen Elizabeth II, in March 2022 - the year of her platinum jubilee (Photo by Getty Images)

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Britain's golden jubilees: from George III to Elizabeth II. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Max Schreck took the title role in the 1922 German silent film 'Nosferatu', inspired by Bram Stoker's 'Dracula'. The film enjoys a cult following. (Photo by ullstein picture / ullstein picture via Getty Images)

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“Ghoul-like beyond nightmare dream, they were the living dead”: belief in Vampires through history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval

Q&AWere vampires buried with a stake through their heart?

A painting of Lisbon depicts conspicuous displays of Portuguese imperial wealth and power – including enslaved African people

Medieval

How slavery thrived in Renaissance Europe

A customer shops for a pistol at Freddie Bear Sports sporting goods store in Tinley Park, Illinois

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The historians’ view: what are the real issues in the US gun control debate?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Persian courtiers in the throne room at Persepolis, as depicted in a relief detail.

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Persepolis: the creation of the Persian empire’s foremost citadel. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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