Witchfinder General’ Matthew Hopkins’ horrific crusade against innocent women started in Manningtree in 1647, as Sky ...

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The late teenager Carlo Acutis has been hailed as the first millennial saint. However, believers even younger have also been ...

Bruce Crompton is accustomed to analysing extraordinary militaria. Now he’s bringing this expertise to Sky HISTORY’s Battle ...

William Shakespeare is globally renowned. However, a new historical drama film, Hamnet, is another attempt to shine a light ...

The women of the Air Transport Auxiliary in World War II are an often overlooked but crucial group. Read on to meet these inspiring pilots.

With the admission of Iraq into the League of Nations, Britain terminates its mandate over the Arab nation, making Iraq independent after 17 years of British rule and centuries of Ottoman rule.

The dashing young officer slid easily into American high society. With his easy-going charm, striking good looks and stories of wartime derring do, the former fighter pilot was a big hit around town, ...

On 27 August 1883, humans heard the loudest sound in recorded history. It was so loud that, despite being made in Indonesia, the sound was heard by people in Australia. It was the sound of our planet ...

Bradley Walsh: Egypt's Cosmic Code charts Bradley Walsh's first trip to Egypt in search of answers to some of Ancient History's biggest mysteries - who built the pyramids, why and how? Could Ancient ...

The Ancient Greeks were one of the most advanced civilisations of the Ancient World. From philosophy to technology to zoology - they created some phenomenal inventions - many of which are still used ...