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How to Avoid Mistakes when Writing a Historical Essay

By Mary Selby on January 26, 2019 Literature

A Brief History Are you trying to write a really good historical essay? You won’t be the first. Writing a historical essay that is meaningful, and yet avoiding errors can be somewhat daunting for a new content creator, writer or students who want to begin a career as freelancers by helping their friends write some essays for cash. It can be mystifying going about the start of writing your essay. Although many articles online exhaustively deal with this issue, yet it still seems complicated to practically enact. In this article, we will expound a better, more vivid and easier way…

December 30, 2018: People We Lost in 2018

By Major Dan on December 30, 2018 Cinema & TV, December 30, Fashion, Food, Lists, Literature, Military, Music, Politics, Sports

A Brief History On December 30, 2018, we at History and Headlines take a moment to remember some of the notable people that died this year. (Yes, we know there is an entire day left in the year, so we will update the article to include any last minute deaths of note.) As always, we invite you, the reader, to nominate any other worthy people that died in 2018 that we neglected to mention, especially as we are not trying to name every single person of minimal celebrity that died. If you choose to mention a person that died, please…

December 16, 1901: The Amazing Life of Beatrix Potter (Author of The Tale of Peter Rabbit)

By Major Dan on December 16, 2018 December 16, Literature, Nature

A Brief History On December 16, 1901, British artist and conservationist Beatrix Potter self-published the book that would launch her literary career, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, a book that would sell 45 million copies (Note: Number of copies sold and ranking among various best selling lists vary by source. The initial success of the book led to it being published by an established publisher a year later.) Peter Rabbit would end up as perhaps the 10th best selling Children’s Book of all time, and around the 35th best selling book of any type in history. Ah, but Potter was…

November 14, 1851: 4 of the Greatest Stories about Whales (Moby-Dick Published)

By Major Dan on November 14, 2018 Cinema & TV, Literature, November 14, Religion

A Brief History On November 14, 1851, author Herman Melville published his greatest book, Moby-Dick (or The Whale). Certainly the best known novel concerning whales or a whale, Moby-Dick has not only stood the test of time as a novel, but has also generated several movies and provided numerous cultural references. The first line of Moby-Dick, “Call me Ishmael” is one of the best known opening lines of any novel. Today we explore 4 of the Greatest Stories about Whales. What stories would you add to the list? (Either real life or fiction.) See our previous article, “The Real Moby…

November 8, 1901: Another Stupid Riot (Greek Gospel Riots)

By Major Dan on November 8, 2018 Literature, November 8, Religion

A Brief History On November 8, 1901, people once again proved that human beings are willing to riot over just about anything. This time it happened in Greece and was precipitated by the publication of the Gospel of Matthew in a translation from Latin into the modern Greek vernacular (demotic Greek). Known as “Black Thursday,” November 8, 1901 was the climax of the Gospel Riots and 8 of the rioters were killed. (We have previously published numerous articles about riots, so if you are interested in checking out some of these ridiculous and sometimes deadly events, please use the search…