Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini made many enemies during his dictatorship, and they got their revenge on April 28, 1945.
In medieval England, common lands were set aside for peasants to cultivate. Chaos ensued when lords and landowners began selling them off for profit.
Jean de Valette led a heavily outnumbered garrison to defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Great Siege of Malta, halting westward expansion.
Spurned by King Charles II, Catherine of Braganza sought refuge in a Portuguese custom. This simple act made tea England's national drink.
From 1973, the IRA carried out waves of bombings in London to force a withdrawal from Northern Ireland and damage the British economy.
Pivotal events, including Stalin’s death, popular uprisings in Poland and Germany, and even a plane hijacking, all paved the way for the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.
The five demands of the IRA that fueled the 1981 hunger strike in Northern Ireland.
The Baltic states were a battleground between Soviet and German armies in WWII. After the war, Soviet control led to repression and insurgent activities in the Postwar Baltics.
