France’s ragtag army stood against the professional might of Austria and Prussia. What followed at Valmy stunned Europe—and changed history.

It started as a protest over the price of bread, but the women's march on Versailles ended up shaking the foundations of the ...

We are in a Jacobin Revolution of the sort that in 1793-94 ... surveille domestic American military bases with impunity. Words change their meanings. "Racist" now means "don't dare object." ...

the September 1792 declaration of the First French Republic became the start of Year 1. Yet amid all these reforms the Revolution had not changed ­women’s clothing. Fashion may not seem very ...

That does not necessarily mean that revolution — or even change — is on the way. A country that suffers a nervous breakdown over a modest pension reform is unlikely to reach easy agreement on a new ...

The French Revolution began in 1789 ... But the term revolution is often used to describe non-political changes in history. You've probably heard of the term the Industrial Revolution.

And its story begins during the French Revolution. This reinvention included ... or something that changed over time", Bruce Warrington, CEO and chief metrologist at the National Measurement ...

Ça Ira,” a song that was popular during the French Revolution. By Alex Marshall ... Anniversary of the Vietnam War: Photography from Vietnam changed how the world saw the war, and how ...

The capture of the Bastille ignited one of the greatest social upheavals in Western history, the French Revolution. Violence spread to the countryside, where peasants demanded the feudal system be ...