EditorialSeven Years War (1756-1763). Third Silesian War. Battle of Leuthen (5th December 1757). The Prussian army of Frederick the Great defeated the outnumbered Austrian army led by Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine. Published in 1765 by the cartographer J...
EditorialSpain. First Carlist War (1833-1840). Spain. First Carlist War (1833-1840). Battle of Calanda (6 December 1833). After the occupation of Morella, Colonel Linares decided to attack the Baron of Herv?s (Rafael Ram de V?u y Pueyo), who had proclaimed Char...
EditorialSan Diego Padres fans celebrate their home win in game 3 of their divisional series with the Los Angeles Dodgers, at Petco Park on Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. (Kyle Grillot/The New York Times)
EditorialGerry McIntyre, a member of the British Left Handed Golfers Association, tees off at a tournament in Rotherham, England, Sept. 12, 2022. (Duncan Elliott/The New York Times)
EditorialZoe Glick, outnumbered by her meds, in the musical “The Bedwetter,” based on a Sarah Silverman memoir, at the Atlantic Theater Company in Manhattan on March 29, 2022. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialFashoda Incident (1898), now Kodok (South Sudan). Conflict of interests between France and Great Britain. Both countries planned to build lines of communication so that their colonial possessions would be uninterruptedly linked. Both powers sent milita...
EditorialA police officer is far outnumbered by revelers during Carnival celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Feb. 28, 2022. (Dad Galdieri/The New York Times)
EditorialPolice walk through the trucker-led protests blocking streets near the Canadian Parliament building in downtown Ottawa, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. (Brett Gundlock/The New York Times)
EditorialSpain. First Carlist War (1833-1840). Spain. First Carlist War (1833-1840). Battle of Calanda (6 December 1833). After the occupation of Morella, Colonel Linares decided to attack the Baron of Herv?s (Rafael Ram de V?u y Pueyo), who had proclaimed Char...
EditorialAbraham Bloemaert, Studies of Running Figures, 1590-1650, pen and brown ink and brown wash over black chalk on brown laid paper, 4 5/8 in. x 6 3/8 in. (11.7 cm. x 16.19 cm.), Abraham Bloemaert, the co-founder of Utrecht's Guild of Saint Luke in 1611, h...
EditorialSupporters of President Donald Trump confront Capitol Police inside the Capitol Building in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)
EditorialBattle of Roleia, August 17, 1812. In the Battle of Roli?a (17 August 1808) an Anglo-Portuguese army under Sir Arthur Wellesley defeated an outnumbered French army under General Henri Delaborde, near the village of Roli?a in Portugal. The Wars of Wel...
EditorialThe battle of Cr?cy: Edward the Black Prince (1330-1376, son of Edward III of England) commanding the English army including longbow archers against the strong French troops. From Jean Froissart's Chroniques; Bruges, Belgium; third half of the 14th c...