A spate of historical paintings depicting unhappy brides—the opposite of wedded bliss—have been making the rounds on social ...

The presentation, titled ‘Women and Style in the 19th to early 20th century Malta’, will be delivered by fashion historian Caroline Tonna.

President Trump likes to tout America’s late 19th-century economy as justification for high tariffs on foreign-made goods (“Trump and His ‘Little Disturbance’,” Review & Outlook ...

Photo: Paul J. RICHARDS / AFP/File In the mid-19th century, two conflicts over the opium trade, which became known as the Opium Wars, pitted China against the British Empire. The first began in 1839, ...

As the world reels from US President Donald Trump's tariffs onslaught, here is a look back at some major trade wars since the 19th century: In the mid-19th century, two conflicts over the opium ...

A regional Australian gallery isn't the first place you'd expect to find a neo-baroque masterpiece that belonged to a Russian tsar. Yet, with some mystery surrounding it, that's just what's happened.

It’s an image that, remarkably, might never have come to be if not for one unlikely painting. In the clip below, Murray opens up about a particular night, his first on stage, and how a dreadful ...

“When major declines occur ... that’s the time to heed these lines,” Buffet noted, pointing to Rudyard Kipling’s 19th century poem “If–.” “If you can keep your head when all about ...

It was discovered by French archaeologists from the Athens School of Archaeology at the end of the 19th century, and is located southwest of the ancient stadium by the Aegean Sea, dating back to the ...

The world’s first intercity railway opened on Sept. 15, 1830. The prime minister of the United Kingdom was on board for the inaugural trip. At a stop along the way, one of the PM’s rivals ...

Russia's use of artillery dates back to the 16th Century, when cannon became prevalent on European battlefields. As in other European armies during the 18th and 19th Centuries, the artillery ...