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The Trail of Tears was the forced relocation of the "Five Civilized Tribes" – Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee Creek, and Seminole – from their ancestral lands in the Southeastern region of the United States to "Indian Territory" (modern-day...

The burning of Washington (24 August 1814) by a British force was a pivotal moment in the War of 1812 and in US history. Hoping to pull US military resources away from Canada, the British landed at Chesapeake Bay, defeated an American force...

"Betsy Ross, 1777 CE" by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris portrays Ross (1752 – 1836 CE), demonstrating how she made the American flag to George Ross (1730 – 1779 CE), Robert Morris (1734 – 1806 CE) and George Washington (1732 – 1799 CE).

Cherokee Principal Chief John Ross (l. 1790-1866) photographed shortly before his death in 1866.

John G. Burnett (b. 11 December 1810) was a private in the US Army in 1838 when he was ordered to act as interpreter between US officials and the Cherokee during the forced removal of Native Americans now known as the Trail of Tears. On his...

British Major General Robert Ross (1766-1814), who served in the Napoleonic Wars and in the War of 1812 and was killed during the Battle of Baltimore. Oil portrait by an unknown artist. Private collection.

Ibn Battuta (l. 1304-1368/69) was a Moroccan explorer from Tangier whose expeditions took him further than any other traveler of his time and resulted in his famous work, The Rihla of Ibn Battuta. Scholar Douglas Bullis notes that “rihla”...

Little Crow (Taoyateduta, also known as Little Crow III, l. c. 1810-1863) was a Dakota Sioux chief best known as the leader of the Mdewakanton Dakota (Santee) Sioux during the Dakota War of 1862. After years of trying to maintain peaceful...

Babylonian Marriage Market by Edwin Long, 1875 CE, Royal Holloway College, London.

The Princes in the Tower by John Everett Millais (1829-1896 CE). The princes were Edward V of England (r. Apr-Jun 1483 CE) and his younger brother Richard who were kept in the Tower of London and most likely murdered by their uncle Richard...