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The battle of Towton: The largest and bloodiest battle ever fought on English soil
Burning the witch

13 facts about the European witch craze
A painting of the Thames Frost Fair, with people milling about upon the frozen river

Winters of discontent: 6 of the worst winters in British history

The Battle of Trafalgar

Why the Battle of Trafalgar was so important for Britain
Russian tanks in Berlin

How the Nazis lost WW2: Four major turning points
An image of Adolf Hitler in front of copies of Time Magazine

TIME Magazine’s most surprising people of the year
Left: A portrait from Hopkins from the 1857 edition of The Discovery of Witches. Right: Mary Dyer being led to her execution

The life of Matthew Hopkins, the opportunistic 'Witchfinder General'
A portrait of Horatio Nelson

How Nelson lost his arm and other facts about Britain’s greatest naval commander
King Lear and Cordelia by Banjamin West, 1728

'I fear I am not in my perfect mind': 7 mentally-ill monarchs from history
Burning candles in an autumnal forest

Ancient rituals that mark the start of autumn
Hooded figures stand infront of a bonfire

Samhain and the pagan roots of Halloween
Al Murray dressed as Admiral Nelson

'Nelson defeated the French single-handedly': Al Murray on his new show
Fred Sirieix and Al Murray

Al Murray: Why Do the Brits Win Every War: Episodes
William Shatner

William Shatner and the history of civilan space travel
Painting of Dido Elizabeth Belle by David Martin

The story of Dido Elizabeth Belle: Britain's first black aristocrat
A photograph showing flames across the Greenwood section of Tulsa

'Black Wall Street in flames': The thriving community destroyed in the Tulsa race riots
An Aztec picture

Take heart: Bloody execution in the Americas from the Aztecs to the Incas
Christ the Redeemer

These truly colossal statues are some of the tallest in the world
James I

Surprising facts about Scotland's lesser-known kings

Last Lady standing: The women of the Wars of the Roses
A painting of the Great Fire of London

9 little known facts about the Great Fire of London
The princes in the tower

The mystery of the 'princes in the tower': What really happened?
Ragnarok

Ragnarök: The end of the world and twilight of the Norse gods
Several Tuskegee airmen, Ramitelli, Italy, 1945

The Tuskegee airmen: America's first black aviators
Army officers inspect the wreckage of Messerschmitt

5 facts about the Battle of Britain you might not have known
Andrew Watson with his team mates

Andrew Watson: The first black international footballer who captained Scotland
Aviatrix Amelia Earhart disappeared on On 21 May 1937 never to be seen again

Vanishing act: 6 of history's most mysterious disappearances
Merchant ship

The ship of gold: The '£1 billion' lost treasure of the Merchant Royal
Skinwalker Ranch

Skinwalker Ranch: Top theories to explain what’s really going on
Hitler and his nephew

How Hitler's nephew fought against him during WWII
Pliny watched over by a flying saucer

History's most famous UFO sightings
The death of William II, killed by an arrow in the New Forest.

3 British monarchs whose deaths were more than a little bit mysterious
Aerial view of the Pentagon

'People have a screw loose': The history of 9/11 conspiracy theories
Two civilians walk the streets of New York with smoke billowing behind them

5 ways 9/11 changed the world
A photograph of a Tornado Jet Bomber

'It’s about existing amidst adversity': Q&A with Tornado author, John Nichol
Martin Luther King delivers his 'I Have a Dream', speech before the Lincoln Memorial

Why August 28 Is such an important date in black History