History is a complex web of triumph, tragedy, and change, but it isn’t immune to the threads of misinformation and misconceptions. There are “facts” that are often passed down through generations and ...

Two centuries ago, there were dozens of independent states in the part of Europe that was German-speaking. Today, there are only four: Germany, Austria, Switzerland … and Liechtenstein.

When a figure appeared in the window of a government building, the governor suggested she was an empress’s ghost. Months ...

Paris Prosecutor Laure Beccuau said the information made public about the arrests in the Louvre case should not have been ...

Researchers have uncovered genetic evidence of paratyphoid and relapsing fever among Napoleon’s soldiers who retreated from Russia in 1812. Researchers at the Institut Pasteur have performed a genetic ...

As a deadline fast approaches to either charge to release two suspects, a French lawmaker ripped security at the Louvre.

New research finds evidence of two previously undocumented infections that likely plagued the French emperor's Grande Armée ...

This video examines whether Napoleon Bonaparte should be remembered as a military tyrant or a reformer. It explores his rise from revolutionary general to emperor, his sweeping legal and ...

The retreat from Russia by Napoleon Bonaparte and the French Grande Armée in 1812 was a cataclysmic event that marked the ...

A new genetic analysis of teeth from a mass grave in Lithuania reveals hidden illnesses that plagued the French emperor's ...

In the summer of 1812, French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte led approximately 500,000 soldiers on a campaign to conquer Russia ...