How an Act of Parliament allowed the inhabitants of Bournemouth to set up a board of Improvement Commissioners to help shape the future of the town

Jul 2, 2009 - Elaine Findlay

The Crimean War shattered the European order crafted by Prince Metternich in 1815 and resulted in new alliances that altered the European balance of power.

Feb 7, 2009 - Michael Streich

Nativism, strongest in the American Northeast, affected political realignments during the early and mid 1850s through the American or "Know Nothing" Party.

Mar 24, 2009 - Michael Streich

The eight years from 1848 to 1856, saw a change in American Politics as the Whig Party collapsed to be replaced by the Republicans.

Jul 8, 2010 - Mark Bunn

Sigmund Freud (full name Sigismus Schlomo Freud) was an Austrian psychiatrist. He was the most influential psychological theorist of the twentieth century.

Oct 23, 2008 - Jen Syrkiewicz

Alexander Ross came to Upper Canada as a fur trader in 1804. Plying his trade, he and his family settled on the Red River, creating a higher-class community

Feb 25, 2012 - Susanna McLeod

James Buchanan represented a final hope for the American nation torn by questions over slavery but his character was not up to the challenge.

Apr 20, 2012 - Michael Streich

Why did the citizenry of San Francisco decide to form their own band of justice during the 1850s?

Sep 22, 2010 - Marquis Canaday

Engels was a prolific author and political activist who developed the ideas and theories of communism with Karl Marx. Engels visited Ireland in 1856.

Oct 20, 2011 - Michael Manning

Philadelphia hosted the first national convention of the newly formed Republican Party in 1856, capitalizing on the symbols of patriotism and equality.

Jun 12, 2011 - Michael Streich

Abraham Lincoln began his political career as a Whig. In 1854, a new party was formed, and Lincoln became its first successful candidate in 1860.

Apr 8, 2009 - Ashley Waggoner

This article discusses the statutory application of the indoor management rule in sections 128, 129 Corporations Act.

Sep 16, 2011 - Gary Lilienthal

In 1856, a massive hurricane struck Last Island, destroying every structure and killing over one hundred people, many of them from Louisiana's most prominent families.

Oct 6, 2009 - Holly Anderson

Following the British successes in the First Opium War, a second conflict brought British hegemony to fruition throughout the region.

Jul 17, 2010 - Jason Chavis

Working in Germany's Neanderthal, coincidentally meaning "New Man Valley", mine workers made the first significant discovery of Neanderthal remains in 1856.

Feb 17, 2011 - Kevin Schindler

Over 150 years ago the American Party or Know-Nothings wanted to restore America to its Constitutional roots much like the 2010 Tea Party movement today.

Oct 18, 2010 - Michael Streich

Knightia eocaena was a herring that lived about 50 million years ago. Its fossils dominate the famous Green River Formation of Wyoming and other states.

Nov 26, 2011 - Kevin Schindler

Family researchers value hard-to-find Bible records because of the genealogical data they reveal. These Bible records are for a Stover family living at Cape Neddick, ME.

May 25, 2009 - Rosemary E. Bachelor

Prior to the official start of the Civil War, bloody battle break out in Kansas Territory between Free State and proslavery groups.

Apr 9, 2007 - Mary Trotter Kion