Who Won the Thirty Years War?
Peter H. Wilson unravels one of the most notoriously bloody and complex conflicts in European history to answer the question.
Volume 59 Issue 8 August 2009
Tsar Nicholas II and family visit the Isle of Wight
Tsar Nicholas II and his family arrived on the Isle of Wight on August 2nd, 1909, during the week of the Cowes Regatta.
An Anglo-Welsh truce renewed
On August 1st, 1259, the English renewed a truce which recognised Llywelyn ap Gruffydd as Prince of Wales.
John Wilkes’ Way
Secrecy shrouded the ways of politicians until the 18th century. Then John Wilkes came along, writes David Horspool.
Bursting Bubbles: Economic Crises in History
In the wake of the credit crunch, Dan Jones looks at past episodes of runaway greed and the moral lessons learnt.
Carcassonne falls in the Albigensian Crusade
Richard Cavendish marks the anniversary of a great fortress being sacked, on August 15th, 1209.