In 1864, an energetic and ambitious young man sailed from Austria to Veracruz, Mexico in hopes of ruling a foreign land. He arrived with his
The sounds of people shouting and jeering shook her from her haze as she realized what the day would bring. The sound of footsteps echoed
“Village set on fire. Dinner then return.” These cold words come from the diary of a Belgian officer in the Congo Free State.1 He provides
Feeling an intense personal pressure to be the greatest by besting all previous composers, Gustav Mahler forged his future accolades by naming his first expansive
On July 5, 1854, Ramón Castilla had just taken control over the Peruvian Andean village of Ayacucho in the midst of his “Liberal Revolution,” aimed
1871 was the year for Italy. After so many ups and downs, Italy had finally managed to unify its independent states and was successful in
One cold winter night in May 1893, a train screeched to a halt in a station. A swarm of passengers boarded the engine on a
In 1846, the governor of the African colony of Liberia, Joseph Jenkins Roberts, called for a referendum to determine Liberia’s path towards independence. Eager colonists
The year 1879 was a time of “nights that would never [be] erase[d] from Peruvian memory,” the epoch of “dismal nights of darkness and blood,”
St. Thérèse of Lisieux, also known as “the Little Flower,” was just a young lady when God revealed to her through a vision that she
Imagine having your whole life set up before you, knowing what you wanted to be when you grew up. Well, according to Bernard Spilsbury, that
“He will rebuild the Ethiopian empire.” A foretelling from the old Shoan King. That’s a high expectation for a lowly prisoner of war. Menelik II,
During the nineteenth century, London was riddled with crime and corruption and the district of Whitechapel was filled with prostitutes and crime. To worsen matters,
t eleven in the morning on October 16, 1793, the prison gate of the Conciergerie opened and the Widow Capet strode out. The armed force
A distinctive quality of a genius is the genius’ ability to retain information and the ability to recount memories in a picturesque manner. Dickens is
In 1899, Ah Sou, a Chinese orphan, was sold to a man named Moy Sam with the belief that she would accompany him to the
Some people might believe that comic books originated in the United States or that they are a modern invention. In reality, this genre dates back
It was between the hours of 8:30 and 10:30 am on the morning of September 11, 2001 that the unthinkable happened in the United States.
Every 16th of September, there is a great celebration that occurs in Mexico. It is the celebration of independence, also known as “El Grito de
Two hundred years after Frankenstein’s release, scholars and casual readers alike continue to study Mary Shelley’s most prominent work. On the surface, Frankenstein is simple horror:
As you make your rounds through the makeshift hospital your group has hastily set up, you pause and take a moment to process your surroundings
Many people know of the Mexican holiday Día de Los Muertos, which is filled with vibrant colors and intricately painted faces. What many people don’t know
“To me, Hyesan was home,” explained Yeon-Mi Park, a young North Korean defector.1 Hyesan, her home, had a power grid with no promise of continuously working,
Charles Darwin was a naturalist that proposed the theory of natural selection and the theory of evolution still studied and widely accepted as true today.
Mid-way through the nineteenth century, people still believed in the disease theory of miasma. Miasma was a type of “bad air” that was thought to
Standing at an average height of 11 ft. and weighing 6 tons, the African elephant is the largest mammal walking the Earth. As they migrate
The year is 1920. The Treaty of Sevres has just been signed on August 10, 1920 effectively ending the rule of the Ottoman Empire and
Winner of the Spring 2018 StMU History Media Award for Best Storyteller Best Overall Research Best Explanatory Article Snow White is one of the most
Winner of the Spring 2018 StMU History Media Award for Article with the Best Use of Images Best Article in the Category of “International Relations”
On January 9, 1884, three days after Gregor Mendel’s death, a huge cloud of smoke could be seen rising from the Abbey of St. Thomas.
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