The French Revolution began in 1789, and tensions peaked with King Louis and Marie Antoinette’s failed escape attempt in 1791 ...

The ideological spectrum was born in France about 237 years ago.

The country is falling apart, pushed to the brink by failing resources and a nuclear defeat last summer. But as long as its minions are ready to slaughter dissidents, the ...

For the nation’s first president, friendliness was strategy, not concession: the republic would treat other nations with ...

After a shaky start, this function came to be fulfilled by political parties. Nowadays, parties are largely viewed as tribal, ...

From the counterculture of the 1960s to today’s ‘Gen Z revolutions’, mass uprisings have repeatedly failed to dismantle ...

Editor's note: This story was updated to reflect the recent news event of a fire at the iconic landmark. It was originally published in the May/June 2017 issue of National Geographic History Magazine.

Alexander Norton was born March 14, 1759, in St. Johns Parish, Prince George’s County, Maryland. He was the son of William and Elinor Stonestreet Norton. The early American Norton family ...

The United States hasn’t quite cared for a Security Council consensus whenever it wanted to wage a war; its current president ...

Despite achieving constitutional separation from the Catholic Church after much bloodshed, the French state is still ...

Today in History for Jan. 7: In 1450, in Scotland, the University of Glasgow was founded. In 1610, Italian astronomer Galileo discovered the four satellites of Jupiter and named them Io, Europa, ...

The funeral for Brigitte Bardot was private, but hundreds poured into the streets of Saint-Tropez to pay their respects to an ...