Since the invasion plans by the emperor's entourage, relations between France and Brazil have gone through several upheavals that still resonate today.

Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), will forever be etched into the annals of history as the ...

Daniel Bayard's "Triumph to Tragedy" five-book saga traces back to a Haitian ancestor from 1689 and explores Haiti from 1771-1845.

Two months before Napoleon's historic defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, a volcanic eruption in Indonesia caused heavy rains ...

But mentioning that other Champagne -- as in the northeastern region of France -- evokes a much more complex bouquet. Filled with wars, political clashes, and controversy, the bubbly region and its ...

For beach escapes, upmarket Andratx and Port de Soller offer marina views, while Alcudia's 8.7-mile sandy beach is ideal for ...

Results show players taller than the referee have 9.4 per cent more fouls given against them, and are 7.2 per cent more ...

But they’re wrong. And so is Bern! Although the government, parliament, the Federal Chancellery and much of the federal ...

Queen of Naples, Spain and the West Indies, and sister-in-law to Napoleon Bonaparte, she perished in Florence in 1845.

The year: 1861. The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, rising up in armed revolt as the treasonous ...

A peace settlement to end a major war can be an opportunity to reorder the world. After the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte in France, European leaders negotiated new territorial boundaries at the ...

JAKARTA -- Indonesia's House of Representatives has passed revisions to a law on the Indonesian military (TNI), allowing active-duty personnel to assume positions in a wider range of civilian ...