Between 1852 and 1874, New Orleans clawed back some of its old territory, annexing three cities above Felicity Street: ...

When the British took control of Florida in 1763, St. Augustine already had extensive Spanish-built defenses, but British ...

Being a video game franchise about 20th-century naval combat, the team at World of Warships has ample experience portraying the intricacies of naval history, from beautifully recreated warships down ...

On this day in 461 A.D., Saint Patrick, Christian missionary, bishop and apostle of Ireland, dies at Saul, Downpatrick, Ireland. Much of what is known about Patrick’s legendary life comes from the ...

UNLV history professor Elizabeth Nelson separates facts about the effects of marketing, consumerism, and social media on the holiday's evolution from fiction about love's golden age. Please note that ...

Kirsten Stickney/For the Sun-Times Share St. Patrick opened in 1861. The Northwest Side school has one of the best gyms in the state, and Mike Bailey is one of the most respected coaches in Illinois.

The paper “Saint Patrick's birthplace & the names of the Roman forts along the Antonine Wall” states that new Roman period place names assigned to four places along the Antoinine Wall, which ...

Ireland is not the only country where St Patrick is a patron saint. In 1961, the same year Ireland opened an embassy in Lagos, Irish bishops named St Patrick the patron saint of Nigeria.

Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokić emerges from more than 75 years of NBA precedent to post the first 30-20-20 game. NBA.com Staff Nikola Jokić makes NBA history with the league's first game of 30 ...

French port and dock workers in Le Havre, Rouen, Nantes, Saint-Nazaire, Marseilles, Calais, Bayonne and other ports held a 24-hour strike February 27, as part of a series of one-day strikes over ...

Are you ready for a cold pint of Guinness, bangers and mash while wearing a giant green hat? While St. Patrick's Day is not recognized as a federal holiday in the U.S., it gives both Irish and non ...

Frustrations over the exclusion of women from America’s national narrative boiled over in the 1970s—leading to the creation of Women’s History Month. Observed throughout the United States ...