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Matthew Perry Entertaining Japanese Commissioners on Ship

What happened when US Commodore Perry sailed into Tokyo Bay?

A day in the life of Jane Austen

Statue of Toussaint Louverture, Palais National, Haiti. (Photo by Getty Images)

My history hero: Toussaint Louverture (1743–1803). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Peter Snow’s six most important documents in history

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Q&AWhy do Americans call the British ‘limeys’?

Portrait of Charlotte Brontë. (Photo by De Agostini Picture Library/Getty Images)

My history hero: Charlotte Brontë (1816-55). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Reporting from war zones. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The secrets of 6 of Britain’s most famous castles – with Dan Jones

Adrian Turner as Poldark. (Photo by BBC Pictures)

Poldark’s Cornwall: the history behind the hit series

A painting depicting the storming of the Tuileries. (Photo By DEA/G DAGLI ORTI/De Agostini/Getty Images)

Socialite, spy, saviour: Grace Dalrymple Elliott

The London & North Western Railway locomotive Jeanie Deans picking up water at Bushey Troughs, 1899. (Photo by SSPL/Getty Images)

Europe’s century of peace and progress

Women in politics and Robinson Crusoe. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

View of the Waterloo Gallery at Apsley House, London. (Photo by English Heritage/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

The LibraryHistory explorer: the Napoleonic Wars

The end of the First World War and the Duke of Wellington. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Queen Street Mill in Burnley. (Photo by Alamy)

History explorer: the power of cotton. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

7 unusual historical sites in Britain and Ireland

A prodigy in England: Lucy Worsley on Mozart’s London odyssey. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Student life and working class culture. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Chateau d'Hougoutmont, Belgium, was the scene of one of the most important battles in British and European history – the battle of Waterloo. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Bravery at Waterloo: the button seller and the drummer boy

The Grand Bridge at Blenheim. (Getty Images)

History explorerBlenheim Palace and Capability Brown. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Babur, founder of the Mughal dynasty which ruled over much of India from 1526 to 1858. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

How people make the past. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Holy Roman Empire and Capability Brown. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh wave from the famous balcony at Buckingham Palace after the Queen's coronation on 2 June 1953. (Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

7 memorable moments in the history of Buckingham Palace

Britain's 10 best palaces

Benjamin Franklin in London. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Romanovs, 1913: Nicholas II with his wife and children. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

Books interview with Simon Sebag Montefiore: The Romanovs. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Photo of a couple holding up a fan

Q&AWhat signals were used in fan language?

A Royal Navy battle

The Royal Navy’s American disaster

Monument to Alexander von Humboldt

Books interview with Andrea Wulf: "Alexander von Humboldt is the forgotten father of environmentalism". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Death of General Wolfe

The Georgian craze for popular history