2014年4月9日 · The Difference Engine was the first automatic, mechanical calculator designed by British mathematician Charles Babbage, who proposed its construction in 1822 to the Royal …

2024年11月1日 · Here’s a closer look at our Shakespeare’s London feature and the other fascinating stories you can explore in All About History 149. Shakespeare’s London We take a …

2019年4月18日 · Queen Victoria’s (1819-1901) marriage to her first cousin Prince Albert (1819-1861) in 1840 was controversial, not because of their close kinship but because while she was …

2014年2月7日 · The Colossus, as we reported yesterday, was the world's first electronic, digital computer, used in the Second World War for deciphering codes between Hitler and his …

2020年12月31日 · Military technology of the time favoured the defence. Even if an attack did succeed, it was almost impossible to exploit the breach before the enemy rushed in …

2017年11月29日 · The Siege of Jadotville is one of the most remarkable stories in Irish military history. Between 13-17 September 1961, 156 inexperienced United Nations peacekeepers of …

2016年2月2日 · Historical druids worshipped a large number of gods and goddesses for different purposes, like the goddess of summer and god of the sea, rather like the Ancient Roman and …

2019年9月6日 · A real royalist victory at the first Battle of Edgehill may have inclined some in Parliament to soften their stance and provide Charles with an important bargaining chip. …

2016年5月26日 · Beneath the streets of ancient Rome lurked some of the city’s most dangerous criminals. The Catacombs that form a warren of tunnels and caves under the city were home …

2019年12月18日 · Unlike other sweet foodstuffs like chocolate, cake has a past that stretches back for millennia. One person who has extensively studied the development of this popular …