Ever wonder how your hometown got its name? Northern Illinois was once part of “Illinois Country” during French control, and ...

Louis XV was the king of France from 1715 to 1774, succeeding his great-grandfather, Louis XIV. His reign is remembered for ...

What could be a better venue to host the world’s most beautiful competition than one of Europe’s most prestigious golf sites? With Golf National, the 120 players from the Olympic tournament will find ...

Military conflict, part of the Seven Years' War From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ...

South Paris Arena is part of the Paris Expo, an exhibition and convention centre that is one of the most active in Europe and most visited in France. Across 35 hectares, 228,000 sqm of exhibition ...

In a mere two months, soldiers learned how to load and fire a musket quicker and more efficiently, and were introduced to the bayonet, allowing them to engage more successfully when in close combat ...

Le Cordon Bleu Paris is now offering workshops, demonstrations and private classes to the general public within the Hôtel de la Marine, an iconic and historic landmark in the city of Paris. Within ...

The most famous line of all was the Mason-Dixon, surveyed and drawn between 1763 and 1767, to separate Maryland from Pennsylvania ... and Jeremiah Dixon (1733–79), in the rebellious colonial years ...