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Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
Article by Harrison W. Mark

Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

The Capture of Fort Ticonderoga (10 May 1775) was a military operation that occurred early in the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). A small colonial expedition jointly led by Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen surprised the British garrison...
Gold Foil-covered Lead Bulla from Bog of Allen
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Gold Foil-covered Lead Bulla from Bog of Allen

This Gold foil-covered lead bulla or amulet was found in Bog of Allen, Ireland. Circa 800-700 BCE. (National Museum of Ireland-Archaeology, Dublin, Republic of Ireland)
Capture of Ethan Allen
Image by H. C. Merrill, after F. C. Yohn

Capture of Ethan Allen

Ethan Allen is captured by British troops on 25 September 1775 after attempting to capture Montreal, during the American Invasion of Quebec. Illustration by H. C. Merrill, after F. C. Yohn, originally published in November 1902 in Century...
Ethan Allen Demands the Surrender of Fort Ticonderoga
Image by New York Public Library

Ethan Allen Demands the Surrender of Fort Ticonderoga

Ethan Allen demands the surrender of Fort Ticonderoga 'in the name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress' on 10 May 1775. Print, c. 1869. New York Public Library, Emmet Collection of Manuscripts Etc. Relating to American History...
Birka
Definition by James Blake Wiener

Birka

Birka, located on the island of Björkö in present-day Sweden, was an important trading center and strongly fortified town in the Viking Age which flourished from the 8th through the 10th centuries CE. Along with the town of Hedeby...
Hedeby
Definition by James Blake Wiener

Hedeby

Hedeby (Old Norse: Heiðabýr; German: Haithabu) was an important stronghold in Viking Age Denmark from the 8th-11th centuries CE and, along with Birka in present-day Sweden, it was the most important Viking trading center in Europe...
American Invasion of Quebec
Article by Harrison W. Mark

American Invasion of Quebec

The American invasion of Quebec (September 1775-June 1776) was a military campaign undertaken during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Hoping to induce the Province of Quebec to join the rebellion, the Second Continental Congress...
Why the Industrial Revolution Started in Britain
Article by Mark Cartwright

Why the Industrial Revolution Started in Britain

The Industrial Revolution saw a wave of technological and social changes in many countries of the world in the 18th and 19th centuries, but it began in Britain for a number of specific reasons. Britain had cheap energy with its abundant supply...
William the Conqueror
Definition by Mark Cartwright

William the Conqueror

William the Conqueror (c. 1027-1087), also known as William, Duke of Normandy, led the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 when he defeated and killed his rival Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings. Crowned King William I of England...
The Nimrud Ivories: Their Discovery & History
Article by Joshua J. Mark

The Nimrud Ivories: Their Discovery & History

In 1845 CE, the archaeologist Austen Henry Layard began excavations at the ruins of the city of Nimrud in the region which is northern Iraq in the present day. Layard's expedition was part of a larger movement at the time to uncover ancient...
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