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Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) was a Russian pianist and composer best known for his piano concertos and symphonies. He overcame an early ravaging by critics and several years of depression to create works which are today amongst the most...

The SS Great Britain was a steam-powered ship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859) which sailed on its maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York in May 1845. It was the largest passenger ship in the world at the time and showed...

An audiencia began as a judicial institution in medieval Spain, but in the 16th century, it was applied as the highest form of local government in key cities of the Spanish Empire. An audiencia had a panel of judges made responsible for the...

The Ardagh Chalice, one of the finest examples of Irish metalwork from the Middle Ages, was found in 1868 CE as part of a hoard at an Irish ringfort in Reerasta, near Ardagh, Co. Limerick. While the chalice is the only ecclesiastical artefact...

Portrait of Patrick Henry (1736-1799), a Virginian statesman and Founding Father of the United States. Oil on canvas by George Bagby Matthews after an original by Thomas Sully, circa 1891. United States Congress Collection, Washington...

A map illustrating the course and major events during the American War of Independence (also known as the American Revolutionary War or American Revolution) between 1775 and 1783 – an armed rebellion through which thirteen of Great Britain's...

A map showing the German advances through Belgium, the Netherlands, and France which isolated the British Expeditionary Force and necessitated the Dunkirk evacuation of May-June 1940. (United States Military Academy)

A map showing the location of three of the most important battles won by Carthaginian general Hannibal against Rome during the Second Punic War between 218 and 201 BCE. Lake Trasimene in June 217 BCE, Trebia River in December 218 BCE, and...

Map depicting the Battle of Brandywine (11 September 1777). History Department of the United States Military Academy, 2010.

Chief Earl Old Person (l. 1929-2021) of the Blackfeet nation pictured here singing a prayer at the opening of the United States Department of Agriculture's 150th Anniversary celebration in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, May 15, 2012. USDA photo...