Literary Articles

James II fled from England in 1688 during events described as the ‘Glorious Revolution’. James’s Roman Catholic sympathies and belief ...

The Act of Settlement of 1701 was designed to secure the Protestant succession to the throne, and to strengthen the guarantees for e...

The Seven Years War, a global conflict known in America as the French and Indian War, officially begins when England declares war on Fra...

    Napoleon Bonaparte was the first emperor of France. He is one of greatest military leaders who rose to prominence during the later st...

After the death of Louis XVI in 1793, the Reign of Terror began. The first victim was Marie Antoinette. She had been imprisoned with her c...

It was a plan devised by Napoleon to exclude all British commerce from the continent of Europe . He sought to affect this by issuing two d...

GeorgeIII  was the grand son of GeorgeII  whom he succeeded to the throne his father Frederick, prince of Wales, having died  in 1751. Unli...

The Seven years war, which was waged by England against France mainly in the interests of the American colonies, imposed upon England a h...

Accession of Charles-II to the English throne is called the restoration of 1660.  After Cromwell’s death, his son Richard Cromwell became ...