historyisnowmagazine.comadded August 2026
History in 28-minutesby History Is Now Magazine23h ago
In an age when women were seldom recognized for their accomplishments, Hilletie van Olinda, a biracial Mohawk-Dutch woman who rose to become the official interpreter of the English Crown in the...
History in 28-minutesby History Is Now Magazine2d ago
In the winter of 1916, a city that had begged the sky for mercy got exactly what it asked for, and then some.
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The Erector Set construction toy has given joy to boys and girls throughout its existence in America. However, not many people know the man behind the creation of the Erector Set, A.C. Gilbert.
History in 28-minutesby History Is Now Magazine6d ago
The lives of Vincent van Gogh and Adolf Hitler are rarely considered together. Here, Nethmi Samaranayaka looks at two men who both hoped to make their way as artists, and at how the regime one of...
History in 28-minutesby History Is Now Magazine8d ago
In January 1959 Fidel Castro overthrew the Batista government and became Cuba’s new leader. Che Guevara had been a prominent figure in that revolution and was one of the few surviving guerrillas...
History in 28-minutesby History Is Now Magazine9d ago
When King John died in October 1216, exhausted, defeated and politically isolated, it might have seemed that the great experiment embodied in Magna Carta had ended with him.
History in 28-minutesby History Is Now Magazine10d ago
Modern Americans can recite the three branches so easily that the arrangement feels almost natural: legislature, executive, judiciary. School diagrams reinforce the impression.
History in 28-minutesby History Is Now Magazine12d ago
Few individuals have been as crucial to understanding the delicate balance between church and state as George Reynolds.
History in 28-minutesby History Is Now Magazine13d ago
Among the many figures who aided the American Revolution, few are as intriguing—or as overlooked—as Francis Vigo.
History in 28-minutesby History Is Now Magazine15d ago
Today Noor Inayat Khan is commemorated in films, books and memorials. And even though there is more recognition of her role as a Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent during World War Two, she...
History in 28-minutesby History Is Now Magazine16d ago
In Little Phil: A reassessment of the Civil War Leadership of Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, historian Eric J. Wittenberg critically examines the military performances of the famous Union commander.
History in 28-minutesby History Is Now Magazine16d ago
The apparent triumph of Magna Carta in June 1215 proved extraordinarily short-lived. The charter had been intended to impose limits upon King John's authority and restore a measure of political...
History in 28-minutesby History Is Now Magazine19d ago
Interest in media history and the origins of widely repeated cultural narratives has remained strong among readers of popular history, particularly cases where modern historical research has...
History in 28-minutesby History Is Now Magazine20d ago
If you were visiting Philadelphia in the mid-18th century — you may have lodged in, taken a meal in, or imbibed at the City Tavern. In fact — you may have done all three.
History in 28-minutesby History Is Now Magazine22d ago
The Confederate victory at Second Manassas, August 28-30, 1862, followed victories in the Valley Campaign and the Peninsula.
History in 28-minutesby History Is Now Magazine23d ago
The Avignon Papacy (1309-1376) was the period during which seven successive popes resided at Avignon, in modern-day southern France, rather than at Rome.
History in 28-minutesby History Is Now Magazine24d ago
By 1215, England had reached a point where opposition to King John was no longer a collection of private grievances among a handful of dissatisfied nobles.
History in 28-minutesby History Is Now Magazine26d ago
When strolling through hot sandy Malta, strange are the sights that might startle a tourist, especially those of us with an interest in Anglo-Irish history.
History in 28-minutesby History Is Now Magazine27d ago
Late Antiquity would witness a conflict between one African Kingdom and Persia that would give the Persians both headaches and competition for control of economic trade and profit in the Arabian...
History in 28-minutesby History Is Now Magazine29d ago
If you thought like most of us that the Battle of Gettysburg was the end of the significant fighting in the American Civil War — you’d be gravely mistaken.
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