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July 2013

Articles from the July 2013 issue of BBC History Magazine

Senator Edward Kennedy leaves the Dukes County Courthouse in Edgartown, Mass

20th Century

What was the Chappaquiddick incident?

Sweyn Forkbeard, king of Denmark and the first Viking king of England (Photo by Getty)

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How Sweyn Forkbeard became the first Viking king of England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A 19th-century engraving. A young woman plays a harp, singing a duet with a man holding the music book, Duets de L’Amour. (Photo by Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Georgian

A survivor's guide to Georgian marriage

General Modern

History on film: London is smothered by a dangerous smog

Residents of Chongqing on the streets of their bombed-ravaged city in the autumn of 1940. China's temporary wartime capital was subjected to 218 Japanese air raids between May 1938 and August 1941, costing nearly 12,000 lives. (Photo by Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

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China’s forgotten Second World War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The master of dressage. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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6 royal births that rocked a nation. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Ye olde travel guide: Astrakhan 1747. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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My history hero: John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

George G Meade, best known for defeating Confederate General Robert E Lee at the battle of Gettysburg in 1863. (Photo by Matthew Brady/Buyenlarge/Getty Images)

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Gettysburg: Lincoln’s greatest victory. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Period

When did Italian replace Latin as the language of Italy?

The Royal Artillery Memorial in London is a tribute to the immense power of artillery and its dominant role in the Great War. Pictured here is a bronze statue of a Royal Artillery driver, leaning back against the parapet in an attitude of exhaustion or contemplation. (Photo by View Pictures/UIG via Getty Images)

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Where history happened: remembering the Great War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.