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Bede (c. 673-735 CE) was an English monk, historian, and scholar who lived in the Kingdom of Northumbria. He is at times referred to as the Venerable Bede or Bede the Venerable. He was a monk at the double monastery of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow...

Saint Columbanus or “Columbán” (543-615 CE) was one of the greatest missionaries of the early Catholic Church who led the “Hiberno-Scottish mission” of conversion across much of what is now Western Europe in the late 6th and early...

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) was the leading French composer of Romantic music, best known for his innovative Symphonie fantastique and use of large-scale orchestras and choruses in works like The Trojans opera. Berlioz's innovative...

Horatio Gates (1727-1806) was an English-born general of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Initially viewed as a hero for his stunning victory at the Battles of Saratoga, Gates' reputation was...

Doctor Joseph Warren (1741-1775) was a physician from Boston, Massachusetts, who became an important political leader of the Patriot movement during the early years of the American Revolution (c. 1765-1789). Known for dispatching...

The Siege of Yorktown (28 September to 19 October 1781) was the final major military operation of the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). It resulted in the surrender of British general Lord Charles Cornwallis, whose army...

At the Battle of Quebec (31 December 1775), the American militia commanded by Benedict Arnold are repulsed by the city's Canadian militiamen and British troops. Illustration by Charles William Jefferys...

A self-portrait of British Major John André (1750-1780), who was executed as a spy during the American Revolutionary War for his role in Benedict Arnold's treason. Picture is currently in the Tower of London, unknown date.

The capture of British Major John André, which exposed Benedict Arnold's treason, lithograph by John Paulding, David Williams, and Issac Vanwart, New York, Sowle and Shaw, c. 1845. Library of Congress, Washington D.C.

A portrait of Peggy Shippen, the second wife of Benedict Arnold, with one of their children, oil on canvas by Daniel Gardner, c. 1780s. Philadelphia History Museum.