The Conservatives, benefiting from British success in the Boer War, and from splits in the Liberal Party, were returned to power. Lord Salisbury remained as prime minister and became the last ...

It received trading rights to the South Seas in return for financing the British government's debt. Shares were issued and unrealistic expectations cultivated. A monopoly of the slave trade was ...

1947 — Months after British India is partitioned into a predominantly Hindu India and a Muslim -majority Pakistan, the two ...

The war touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America and demonstrated that in extraordinary times, there are no ordinary lives. Follow this timeline to chart the key ...