The origin of lights at this season can be traced back to the Jewish Festival of Lights, or Feast of the Dedication, in Hebrew called "Hanukkah."
Solomon's week-long dedication of the First Temple began on the 1st day of...
When the First World War began, British women suffragists sent an Open Christmas Letter "To the Women of Germany and Austria" imploring peace as the first Christmas of...
Catherine the Great of Russia, who reigned 1762-1796, rebuffed King George the Third's requests and bribes to have Russia side with Britain during the Revolutionary War.
Instead, Russia continued trading with the American colonies, providing much needed...
Many famous composers wrote classic Christmas music.
In 1741, George Frideric Handel wrote his oratorio Messiah.
In 1734, Johann Sebastian Bach wrote his Christmas Oratorio.
Twenty years after composer Bach died, Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany, and...
Washington lost the Battle of Brandywine on September 11, 1777, and was force to retreat toward Philadelphia.
Near the same time, British General Burgoyne's troops marched south from Canada toward Albany, New York, expecting...
Rasputin, described as "The Holy Devil," moved to St. Petersburg in 1906 and began to gain access to the royal family of Tsar Nicholas the Second.
Posing as a...
St. Nicholas is the most renowned saint in Greek Orthodox tradition.
He was the Bishop of Myra in 4th century Asia Minor, imprisoned by Romans; preached...
When Henry the Eighth died in 1547, his nine-year-old son by Jane Seymour, Edward the Sixth, reigned for six years.
He advanced Protestantism in England,...
On NOVEMBER 21, 1620, according to the "New Style" Gregorian Calendar, the Pilgrims signed the Mayflower Compact and began their Plymouth Colony.
Of the 102 Pilgrims, only 47 survived till Spring.
At one point, only a...
