1783: The Great Siege of Gibraltar launched by France and Spain against the British colony during American War of Independence is lifted after 3 years and 7 months. 1812: Lord Byron makes his maiden ...

Famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright, who designed the S.C. Johnson and Son Wax Co. headquarters in Racine, Wisconsin in 1936, ...

Most of us know a few things about Hutchinson’s founders. We know our community was established by three idealistic singing brothers from New England. We know their music promoted the ...

A new exhibition celebrates 100 years of the Charles Dickens Museum. Behold! Dickens with a moustache! What do we reckon? "A hideous disfigurement," was the verdict of the author's friend and ...

When his father was called to London again to be a clerk in the Naval Pay Office, the elder Dickens amassed so much debt that the entire family—except for Charles and his older sister Fanny ...

I rest my claims to the remembrance of my country upon my published works...". Dickens died at his house, Gad's Hill Place, near Rochester in Kent and it was presumed that he would be buried at ...

Charles’ other two visits were in 2009 and 1985. At the end of their meeting, Francis and Charles are expected to exchange gifts. When the Pope met Queen Elizabeth II, Francis gave her a gift ...

Credit: PA King Charles is “deeply saddened” over the death of spiritual leader Prince Karim Aga Khan, who was “a personal friend of many years”, a royal source has said. Prince Karim Al ...

When King Charles completed his tour of Australia and Samoa last year, a royal source said that they were looking towards a normal schedule of overseas visits in 2025. And today, the King and ...

King Charles is sad to lose a friend, the Aga Khan. The King is “deeply saddened” by the death of the Aga Khan, whom he considered “a personal friend of many years,” according to a royal ...

King Charles is said to be “deeply saddened” at the loss of Prince Karim, a close personal friend of the monarch. T&C understands King Charles has been in touch privately with his family.