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About 200 people died and 800 were wounded during the march led by Father George Gapon on 22 January 1905.

In Victorian Britain, attitudes towards race, gender, disability and Empire were all to be found in the popular ‘freak shows’.

Michael Lynch takes a fresh look at the key reform of 19th-century Russia.

Essays are no longer the be-all and end-all of history assessment; but the ability to write a good essay is still vital. Robert Pearce gives some advice.

Four historians consider one of the most contentious questions facing the West’s museums and galleries.

Robert Pearce, the editor of History Review, responds to common questions.

Richard Hughes lends us the benefit of his expertise.

Leading historians discuss one of the burning questions of the day.

The United States battleship was blown up in an explosion during Cuba's uprising against Spain. What caused the explosion and who was responsible?

The former editor of History Review Robert Pearce gives his personal view.

What do the tyrants of the 20th century have in common? Terror, confusion and quasi-religious followings.

Richard Cavendish describes how British prisoners were held captive by the army of the Nawab of Bengal, for one night, in the 'black hole' of Fort William in Calcutta.

The traditional date for the founding of Rome is April 21st, 753 BC.

Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms are widely used by historians. But does anyone benefit?

King Leopold II’s personal rule of the vast Congo Free State anticipated the horrors of the 20th century, argues Tim Stanley.

Stella Ghervas examines the Great Powers’ attempt to create a new European order following the defeat of Napoleon.

On 1 January 1933, Germany was a democracy with a range of political parties. By the end of the year its parliament was a rubber stamp for Adolf Hitler’s will.

On 24 October 1648, the Treaty of Westphalia was signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years' War.

Ole J Benedictow describes how he calculated that the Black Death killed 50 million people in the 14th century, or 60 per cent of Europe’s entire population.

The hero of the Haitian Revolution’s lonely death in a French prison cell was not an unfortunate tragedy but a cruel story of deliberate destruction.

The treaty to bring parts of present-day Arizona and New Mexico into the United States was signed on December 30th, 1853.

The Mexican Revolution, which began in 1910, was one of the great revolutionary upheavals of the twentieth century.

How an agreement signed in 1916 became shorthand for western treachery, greed and the impact of colonial machinations on the lives of local peoples.

A landmark in folklore was published on December 20th, 1812.