In 41 BC, Cleopatra hosted a dinner to celebrate the Roman leader Mark Antony, who was a well-known party animal. Twelve ...

Only eight years earlier, Henry IV had deposed his cousin Richard II, who died in custody soon afterwards. Richard’s rule was ...

Discover Gordes, a stunning medieval village in the Provence region of France. Perched on a hilltop in the Luberon mountains, it boasts spectacular views of the surrounding countryside. Stroll through ...

King Charles and Queen Camilla are seen meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican in 2017, during their joint visit to Rome.

The earliest association with February 14 as an annual celebration of love appears in the Charter of the Court of Love, allegedly issued by Charles VI of France in 1400, and describes a lavish ...

Over a century after it was unveiled as a symbol of national remembrance for those lost in war, the Cenotaph will again play ...

Korea, 1954, Japan, 1955, Thailand, 1956, France, 1964-1966, Republic of Vietnam, 1967 and 1969 Retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Charles S. Kettles was born in Ypsilanti ...

We can skip over the names from before AD 1066, when William the Conqueror came over from France and ... Roman Emperor Charles the Great, better known as Charlemagne. George VI (Albert Frederick ...

Follow live updates on Pope Francis as 88-year-old pontiff remains in a critical condition at Rome's Gemelli hospital.

Here we look at some of Poland's most famous nationals -- from years gone by to the present day. Many have influenced a world far beyond their country's boundary. Nicolaus Coperni ...

Large numbers of similar examples litter 19th-century Europe. Even though Charles VI of France believed—quite literally—that his body was made of glass, his uncles and advisors ruthlessly upheld royal ...

Henry VIII's early military campaigns began when he joined Pope Julius II's Holy League against France in 1511 ... the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V – the Pope refused. Thomas Wolsey's ascendancy ...