“Nazis are still here, it’s not history, whatever history is.” Back in East Friesland, Albrecht Weinberg agrees that he feels history creeping up on him again in the present. It was there ...

Comprising the union of Friesland, Groningen, Gelderland ... Credit: Public domain / Wikimedia Commons This action, which took place in July 1673, has gone down in history as the Battle of the James ...

BONNIE Blue has courted controversy once again by rating the men she slept with during her “record-breaking” event. The adult star claims to have slept with a staggering 1,057 men to ...

Ayo Baje Today, it is a pleasure to celebrate Sir Oyoze Baje, a man whose life is a testament to intellectual curi­osity, firm dedication, and a spirit that refuses to be confined by boundaries. As ...

The director of the Romanian National History Museum has been dismissed following the high ... the museum and further inquiries in locations such as Alkmaar, Witmarsum in Friesland, Groningen, Assen, ...

A useful history of the Dutch Jewish community prior to ... A list of 69 Jewish survivors who had hidden in Friesland. Information consists of name, date and place of birth. A list of 160 Dutch Jews ...

Surgery was rare and risky in the medieval period. Though medical options were limited, trans people were able to take ...

Were you told that gold mining in southern Africa started after 1852? Or that the export of iron, steel, copper and gold ...

Explore the history of the BBC since its foundation in 1922 to the present day Explore more than 100 years of the BBC’s history – click on our interactive timeline or investigate a topical ...

The Little Ice Age was a period of global cooling that began during around 1300 CE and lasted until about 1850. Average ...