Orange free state: Did you mean...?

The Latin Empire (Imperium Romaniae, 1204–1261) emerged after the Fourth Crusade (1202–1204) captured and sacked Constantinople in April 1204, replacing...

The social contract is an idea in philosophy that at some real or hypothetical point in the past, humans left the state of nature to join together and form societies by mutually agreeing which rights they would enjoy and how they...

The siege of Mafeking (1899-1900) was a major engagement in the Boer War (aka South Africa War, 1899-1902). 8,000 Boers besieged the British-held town, which had fewer than 2,000 armed men to defend it...

A portrait by Peter Lely of Mary, Princess of Orange. Mary was the daughter of James II of England and she married William, Prince of Orange in 1677. The couple would later become the king and queen of England, Scotland...

The Missouri Compromise of 1820 was an effort by the US Congress to resolve a sectional dispute between the 'free states' of the North and the 'slave states' of the South. Hoping to hinder the westward expansion of slavery...

William the Silent (l. 1533-1584, also known as William of Orange) was the leader of the Dutch Revolt (the Eighty Years' War) in the Netherlands; first politically (between 1559-1568) then militarily (between 1568-1584). He...

The 1st century CE Roman theatre of Arausio (Orange, France) which once had a capacity of around 9,000 seats.

The Triumphal Arch of Orange (Roman Arausio) was built during the reign of Augustus (27 BCE - 14 CE) on the Via Agrippa to Lyon (Roman Lugdunum).

An 1882 oil on canvas painting, Villa with Orange Trees, by Berthe Morisot (1841-95), the French impressionist painter. This scene was painted around Nice in southern France. (Private Collection)

A 17th-century painting by Jan Wyck showing Prince William of Orange landing in England in November 1688, the beginning of the Glorious Revolution which saw him become William III of England (r. 1689-1702). (Royal...