Browsing: Historical Figures

When you think of scary stories, you might picture Dracula [hiding in a creepy castle or a masked villain from…

This is the story of a queen who was so feared that centuries later, kids still whisper her name into…

Imagine you lived in a world where your best friend could turn you in for saying the wrong thing, where…

In 1622, a group of Portuguese colonial officials planned to humiliate a female African diplomat. Her name was Queen Nzinga.…

In the brutal world of ancient Assyria, power was expected to manifest in a certain way. It looked like a…

When we think of popes, most people usually picture a wise old man in a white robe, blessing crowds in…

In 1780, America suffered one of its biggest betrayals. Benedict Arnold, one of its leading commanders in the Revolutionary War,…

On the night before Thanksgiving in 1971, a quiet man in a dark suit boarded a small passenger jet in…

In the summer of 1762, the Russian Empire changed hands without a single sword being drawn in battle. There were…

Amelia Earhart is still missing! Close to a century later, there’s still no trace of the legendary pilot and her…