There are, of course, many more – including the rise and fall of the Achaemenid Empire, the conquests of Alexander the Great, the Mughal Empire, the Protestant Reformation – but the following collection will only address aspects of the twelve above. #History #Writing #RomanEmpire #Religion #AmericanRevolution #Enlightenment #FirstWorldWar #Printing #Renaissance #SecondWorldWar #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/9-315-en/

The Locarno Pact, actually a group of seven treaties (hence its other name: the Locarno Treaties), was signed on 1 December 1925 with the aim that peace continued in Europe despite the German government's disapproval of the Treaty of Versailles, which formally concluded the First World War (1914-18). #History #LocarnoPact #AristideBriand #AustenChamberlain #Diplomacy #GustavStresemann #Locarno #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-25735-en/

Our Lady of Guadalupe, also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe, is a title for a particular image of Mary, Mother of Jesus, as she appeared in the New World in the years after the Spanish conquest of Mexico. #History #Christianity #Mexico #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-25613-en/

The Overland Campaign (4 May to 12 June 1864) was a major Union offensive into Virginia, launched during the final year of the American Civil War (1861-1865). #History #RobertE.Lee #OverlandCampaign #AmericanCivilWar #ArmyOfThePotomac #JebStuart #UlyssesS.Grant #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-25589-en/

Superior weapons can win wars, and during the First World War (1914-18) all sides attempted to gain an advantage over the enemy by producing more and more destructive devices that could be used effectively on land, at sea, and in the air. #History #U-Boat #Aircraft #Artillery #FirstWorldWar #GermanArmy #Germany #Luger #Machine-gun #Mauser #StickGrenade #Weapons #WorldWarI #WWI #Zeppelin #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2860-en/

The Battle of Yellow Tavern (11 May 1864) was a pivotal engagement of the American Civil War (1861-1865), not so much for any grand strategic reason than for the loss of Major General J. E. B. Stuart, the famed Confederate cavalry commander. #History #AmericanCivilWar #ArmyOfThePotomac #Cavalry #JebStuart #OverlandCampaign #PhilipSheridan #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2854-en/

The way Queen Victoria (reign 1837-1901) and her family celebrated their Christmases became familiar to the public over the years, thanks to the intense media coverage of the royal family, particularly the regular features in popular illustrated magazines. #History #QueenVictoria #Britain #Christmas #RoyalFamily #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2856-en/

The Battle of Cold Harbor (31 May to 12 June 1864) was the final major engagement of the Overland Campaign, the large-scale Union offensive into Virginia in the final year of the American Civil War (1861-1865). #History #RobertE.Lee #AmericanCivilWar #ArmyOfThePotomac #OverlandCampaign #UlyssesS.Grant #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2849-en/

Genetics is the study of how genes are transmitted across generations, which includes the genetic information that produces an individual's traits, physical characteristics, and diseases. #History #Science #CharlesDarwin #DNA #FrancisCrick #Genetics #GregorMendel #JamesWatson #Medicine #RosalindFranklin #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2855-en/

I was recently invited to an archaeological symposium at the site of AlUla in Saudi Arabia. #History #Archaeology #AlUla #BronzeAge #NabateanTomb #SaudiArabia #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2852-en/

The Battle of Jutland (31 May to 1 June 1916) was by far the largest naval battle of the First World War (1914-18). #History #BattleOfJutland #FirstWorldWar #NavalWarfare #RoyalNavy #Skagerrak #WorldWarI #WWI #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2853-en/

Khaybar, Tayma, Dadan, Qurh, and AlUla Old Town are sites situated in the AlUla region of Saudi Arabia, an area on the ancient incense trade routes. #History #AlUla #Dadan #Khaybar #KhaybarOasis #Qurh #SaudiArabia #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2850-en/

The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House (8-21 May 1864) was a pivotal engagement in the Overland Campaign, a major Union offensive during the final year of the American Civil War (1861-1865). #History #RobertE.Lee #AmericanCivilWar #ArmyOfThePotomac #BloodyAngle #UlyssesS.Grant #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2844-en/

WWI saw the birth of an entirely new form of combat: lone men engaging the enemy in aerial dogfights. #History #AirWar #EdwardMannock #FighterPilot #FirstWorldWar #FrancescoBaracca #GodwinBrumowski #Pilot #ReneFonck #WorldWarI #WWI #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2848-en/

Sam Houston (1793-1863) was an American soldier in the War of 1812, a statesman, a general in the Texas Revolution, the first president of the Republic of Texas, and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. #History #WarOf1812 #TexasRevolution #SamHouston #Slavery #Texas #TexasRepublic #UnitedStates #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-25625-en/

The structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) was discovered in 1953 by two molecular biologists, James Dewey Watson (1928-2025) and Francis Harry Compton Crick (1916-2004). #History #Science #DNA #Medicine #RosalindFranklin #X-Ray #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2845-en/

Juan Nepomuceno Seguín (1806-1890) was a Tejano soldier in the Texas Revolution, commissioned as a captain of cavalry by Stephen F. Austin, later a colonel under General Sam Houston, participated in the Siege of Béxar in 1835, served as a messenger from the Alamo in 1836, and fought alongside Sam Houston at the decisive Battle of San Jacinto on 21 April 1836. #History #TexasRevolution #SiegeOfTheAlamo #JuanSeguin #Mexico #Texas #USHistory #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-25604-en/

The First World War (1914-18) witnessed an arsenal of new weapons as all sides were desperate to gain an advantage, particularly in the static trench warfare of the Western Front. #History #BritishArmy #FirstWorldWar #RoyalFlyingCorps #RoyalNavy #Weapons #WorldWarI #WWI #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2847-en/

The Gallipoli Campaign took place in Turkey in 1915-16 during the First World War (1914-18). #History #GallipoliCampaign #ANZAC #Dardanelles #FirstWorldWar #WWI #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-25607-en/

The Battle of the Wilderness (5-6 May 1864) was the opening engagement of the Overland Campaign, a major Union offensive conducted during the final year of the American Civil War (1861-1865). #History #RobertE.Lee #AmericanCivilWar #ArmyOfThePotomac #OverlandCampaign #UlyssesS.Grant #USHistory #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2843-en/