Anarchist militia (Barcelona, 1936) Spain after World War I Just as with the Napoleonic Wars, World War I left Spain with the difficult problem of having close relationships with countries on both [...]
Barbara of Portugal, Queen of Spain Elizabeth Farnese kept power in Spain until the death of her husband Philip in 1746 AD, but when Philip died power passed from Elizabeth to her [...]
Philip II of Spain Philip II of Spain As the great-grandson of Isabella, who had sent Columbus to America, and the son of Isabella of Portugal, Philip II ruled Spain starting [...]
Henry IV of France Henry IV of France In 1589 AD, Catherine de Medici died in France, and her last son, Henry III, was killed a few months later. Henry III had [...]
Edward VI Mark Twain wrote "The Prince and the Pauper" about the young prince Edward in the days just before and just after the death of his father, Henry VIII. You can learn [...]
Carrying a puppet of Guy Fawkes to burn him What's the Guy Fawkes' day verse? There's a famous verse about Guy Fawkes' plot to blow up the King of England and the [...]
Germany during the Depression Why was Europe suddenly poor? After World War I, Europe was much poorer than it had been before the war. Many men had been killed in [...]
James I of England James I of England When Queen Elizabeth died in 1603 AD, she left England in very good shape. Because Elizabeth had no children, she left power to her nephew [...]
Napoleon III - his capture led to the Third Republic Germany against France By the 1860s, France was nervously watching as the German states and Prussia combined into one country [...]
British colonialist in a litter carried by local men After Napoleon Napoleon's empire in Europe ended a lot of the old powers. But when Napoleon lost power in 1815 AD, rich men [...]
