Bush Names Axis of Evil: Iraq, Iran, North Korea

The bloodiest rebellion in Chinese history ended with a son's blade. An Lushan - who'd killed hundreds of thousands and nearly toppled the Tang Dynasty - was st…

Sergius III seized the papacy by force, ousting the antipope Christopher and ordering his predecessor’s execution. This violent power grab solidified the influe…

Mu'izz al-Dawla didn't just want power—he wanted to make a statement. Blinding the sitting Caliph al-Mustakfi was a brutal medieval political ritual, rendering …

Feodor III ascended the Russian throne following the death of his father, Tsar Alexis. His brief six-year reign dismantled the archaic mestnichestvo system of a…

Napoleon Bonaparte launched a surprise night attack against Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher at Brienne-le-Château, forcing the Prussian and Russian forces to retr…

A British East India Company officer steps onto a swampy, nearly uninhabited island and sees something no one else does: a future metropolis. Raffles negotiates…