Those watching the cultural news of the past week probably saw the festivities in France on July 14, Bastille Day, which is ...

For both women, their efforts are a small way to combat the devastation human activity has brought to monarch butterfly ...

Today in History for July 16: In 622, Prophet Mohammad fled from Mecca, where he was despised and persecuted, to the northern city of Medina, marking the day of beginning of Hegira, the Islamic ...

After the 1789 revolution, a new calendar and a new way of Divide the day. The calendar, officially adopted on ...

The French Revolution, which took place between 1789 and 1799, is one of the most significant events in the world.

The guillotine is a car to perform death sentences, consisting of a blade that, falling along an obligatory route between ...

Here is the list of the four important figures in Bastille Day history: ...

I sense the long weekend – we Sri Lankans being past-masters at combining a Thursday poya with the traditional brace of days ...

1986: Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway runs 10,000m in world record 30:13.74. 1991: Labour MP Terry Fields is sentenced to 60 ...

The Bayeux Tapestry, a 70-meter- (229-foot)- long medieval artwork that depicts the Norman conquest of England, will be ...

The King will address the state banquet attended by the President of the French Republic and Mrs. Macron. The speech has been ...

René Descartes, the founder of modern philosophy, was furiously condemned by his contemporaries. Why did they fear him?