The Burning of The Parliament, 1834
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 6, 2026
On the evening of 16 October 1834, the ancient Palace of Westminster, the seat of the British Parliament for centuries, was consumed by one ...
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How Dorando Pietri Turned an Olympic Defeat Into Success
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 3, 2026
While most athletes competing at the Olympic Games are remembered for their triumphs, victory is not always the reason they endure. At the 1...
Covering of The Senne
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 28, 2026
In the mid-19th century, the river Senne, which was once the lifeblood of Brussels, had become its greatest liability. It had become pollute...
The Gloucester Sea Serpent
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 25, 2026
In the summer of 1817, a mysterious creature was seen swimming in the harbor of Gloucester and along the coast of Cape Ann. Eyewitnesses des...
Las Médulas: The Wrecking of Mountains
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 24, 2026
In the rugged hills of north western Spain, amid green forests of chestnut and oak, rises an otherworldly landscape of jagged red cliffs, ho...
Mutiny of The Trout
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 18, 2026
Many violent riots have begun over matters that seem almost absurd. In 1325, the rival cities of Modena and Bologna went to war over a woode...
Craven Heifer: England's Legendary Cow
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 11, 2026
In the early 19th century, England produced an animal so enormous that it became a national curiosity. Named the Craven Heifer, this extraor...
Japan's Forbidden Colours
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 9, 2026
Before the modern period, in Japan, certain colours were strictly regulated by law and custom, and wearing them without permission could be ...
Thomas Selfridge: The First Airplane Fatality
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 5, 2026
On the evening of 17 September 1908, a young American officer named Thomas Selfridge climbed into a fragile wooden aircraft at Fort Myer, Vi...
The Tsunami That Saved a Greek City From Persian Invasion
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 3, 2026
In 480 BC, Xerxes the Great, the fourth king of the Achaemenid Empire, launched the largest invasion the Greek world had yet faced. Xerxes’s...
