History Today

In the intellectual community of Berlin, Saul Ascher was committed to the reform of Judaism.

Volunteer rationing in the First World War depended on patriotism, but that could only go so far.

Minoo Dinshaw is disappointed to discover that ignorance of the Middle Ages can found even among the most elevated company.

A major conflict in the Chilean War of Independence was fought on 12 February 1817.

The decree that led to the internment of Japanese-Americans was passed on 19 February 1942.

The earliest surviving written evidence of a Romance language, the Oaths of Strasbourg were sworn on February 14th, 842.

A blueprint and justification for future Russian expansion was signed on January 30th, 1667.

The Byzantine Empire's ban on the veneration of icons died with its last iconoclast emperor on January 20th, 842.

Europeans have long sought a route through the Arctic Ocean, linking the Atlantic with the Pacific. Despite many failures, the lure of the Northwest Passage has enjoyed remarkable longevity. 

An erudite study of the environmental price paid by the growth of early modern London, which looks to be repeated in present-day Beijing.