A Brief History On February 25, 1870, Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, was sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in Congress. Over 150 years later, on February 27, 2025, a collaboration of several history YouTubers attempts to help promote and uplift the history black people in the United States and diaspora as well as their ancestors both in and out of Africa. Rather than the usual narrative that is taught in the American school system which largely focuses on the topic of oppression and subsequent freedom against this oppression, the aim…
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A Brief History On October 3, 1683, Shi Lang, a naval commander representing the Qing Dynasty of China took the surrender of Tywan on the island of Taiwan. Almost four centuries later, mainland China is still threatening Taiwan, with no sign of rapprochement Digging Deeper Ever since the Communists took over in 1949, the Chinese Nationalists that fled to Taiwan have claimed to be the legal government of China and the Communists have wanted to take over Taiwan. Rumors of Chinese plans to invade Taiwan remain, with China boasting 1.4 billion people and a military of just over two million…
A Brief History On September 29, 1758 (New Style Calendar), one of the greatest naval heroes of all time was born, Horatio Nelson, the man that would become Vice Admiral and 1st Viscount Nelson, the hero of Trafalgar. Nelson’s career was one of consistent valor which cost him most of the sight in one eye and his right arm, before he was killed in action at Trafalgar, truly a masculine, “manly” man in the traditional sense. Digging Deeper Today, in the 21st Century, the thousands of years of human evolution to value strong, brave, “manly” men is being called “toxic…
A Brief History Hello, everyone! I am Dr. Matt Zarzeczny (or Dr. Zar for short), owner of History and Headlines and co-author of Simply Napoleon with my friend, J. David Markham. Today, June 3, 2023, I want to thank the first 30,000 subscribers to my YouTube channel (a milestone reached on June 1, 2023) and also share with you that two of my favorite history themed YouTube channels also happen to be run by authors named Matt. Digging Deeper These are Matt Baker of UsefulCharts and Matt Beat of Mr. Beat. You can visit their respective channels by clicking on…
A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on February 5th. For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On February 5, 1852, the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, was opened to the public. On February 5, 1869, prospectors Richard Oates and John Deason of Australia found the incredibly large alluvial gold nugget known as “Welcome Stranger,” a rock weighing almost 300 pounds! On February 5, 1909, New Yorker Leo Baekeland presented his invention of Bakelite, the first synthetic plastic, to the…