The voyage that transformed humanity’s understanding of the planet, opened a new route across the Pacific and revealed the extraordinary scale of the world’s oceans.…
By Open Chronicle History Desk In the summer of 1914, Europe possessed enormous wealth, global empires, expanding industrial economies and some of the most powerful…
By Open Chronicle History Desk On September 17, 1787, inside the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, a group of delegates gathered for the final session…
By Open Chronicle History Desk On September 15, 1940, hundreds of German aircraft crossed the English Channel and headed towards southern England. Their objective was…
By Open Chronicle History Desk On September 14, 1812, Napoleon Bonaparte reached Moscow. For the French emperor, the moment should have represented the culmination of…
