The pneumatic tire and the chain drive, followed by the development of gears, revolutionized bicycling in the later 1800s. In the last fifteen years, there has been a revolution of sorts in the ...

Sejny is located in the north-eastern part of Podlaskie Voivodeship, among the forests and lakes of this far corner of Poland, right next to the Lithuanian border ... But the mid-19th century is key ...

Between the 17th and 19th centuries, enslaved Africans and African Americans in British North America and the United States staged hundreds of revolts. Fed by a longing for freedom and ...

The Bennington Center for the Arts in Bennington, VT, hosted its first Artists for the New Century exhibit in September and October. Bob Coronato won the grand prize for NOTHIN` LIKE THE FEELIN` OF ...

How the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra has changed after the expulsion of the Moscow Patriarchate, whether it can reclaim the shrine, ...

The Romantic generation, as we can simplify calling the people living in the first half of the 19th century, witnessed the ...

The wreck captures a tragic moment in maritime history during the 19th century Australian gold rushes. The 800-ton sailing ship was beginning its journey back to the Netherlands in June 1857 when ...

If you peer underneath the house, you’ll see charred wood nestled next to newer lumber – evidence of a 1953 fire that damaged parts of the 19th-century structure. The house is called Kaxátjaa Hít, or ...

Archaeologists are confident they have found the wreckage of an 800-ton Dutch merchant ship that sunk off the coast of Australia 168 years ago. The Koning Willem de Tweede was lost near Robe ...

Leo XIII was a "great 19th century pope," Barron told CBS News. "When the revolutions in the 18th century happened, and the philosophical revolutions of the 19th century, the church initially said ...

More than 10,000 curious spectators turned out to watch experimental performances by artists such as Lucinda Childs and John Cage, in partnership with Bell Lab engineers. Soon afterwards, an open call ...

The movement, composed of camera clubs and societies that sought to tune into the artistic possibilities of photography, is typically associated with 19th-century artists Alfred Stieglitz and ...