That figure equals 20 per cent of the men and 15 per cent of the women born at the end of the 1800s. The peak year of the great emigration was 1887, when more than 50,000 people left Sweden. Ever ...

They started migrating to work as masons and artisans from Puducherry. Finally, when the British gained control in the 1800s, slavery that was practised under the French was abolished in Mauritius.

"We turned our 50-acre hobby farm into a pizza farm," said Emily Knudsen. Pleasant Grove Pizza Farm near Waseca is a place where Knudsen and her husband, Bill Bartz, hold classes and teach people ...

Looking for a one-of-a-kind Cape house? A church dating back nearly 200 years on Cape Cod, Massachusetts has been repurposed as a home, and it's now for sale. The 3,400-square-foot, three-bedroom ...

A MAP has revealed if you are considered rich based on where you live, after a new report found nine in 10 Brits who make £100k a year don't consider themselves wealthy. The new findings from ...

The Season 3 update for Warzone is expected to be a huge one. To mark the game’s fifth anniversary, the iconic Verdansk map is returning much to the delight of fans wanting a hit of nostalgia.

ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – Lourdes boys hockey brought the pressure to Waseca on Thursday night, leaving the Rochester Recreation Center with 3-1 upset win to move on to the Section 1A Championship ...

Editor’s note: In light of the Board of Regents’ approval of establishing a branch campus in Rochester, the Daily takes a look at the 1992 closing of its Waseca campus, located just 45 minutes away ...

As President Donald Trump promises that more tariffs will be coming, he has pointed to history to explain his fervor for imposing taxes on imports. “We were at our richest from 1870 to 1913.

It goes without saying that modern medicine would look very different if it hadn’t been for these 15 medical inventions and discoveries of the 1800s.

While the formal dress and classic dances of the Vienna balls have prevailed since the early 1800s, some events are taking unique approaches to the tradition.

Mass production had been growing throughout the 19th century; by the late 1800s, most industries had moved from production by skilled craftspeople to mechanized production. Factory workers were ...