History.com: This Day In History (April 25-1859): Ground broken for Suez Canal

By History.com Editors. At Port Said, Egypt, ground is broken for the Suez Canal, an artificial waterway intended to stretch 101 miles across the isthmus of Suez and connect the Mediterranean and the Red seas. Ferdinand de Lesseps, the French diplomat who organized the colossal undertaking, delivered the pickax blow that inaugurated construction. Canals have

History.com: This Day In History (1814 – April 11): Napoleon abdicates the throne and is exiled to Elba

By History.com Editors. On April 11, 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte, emperor of France and one of the greatest military leaders in history, abdicates the throne, and, in the Treaty of Fontainebleau, is banished to the Mediterranean island of Elba. The future emperor was born in Ajaccio, Corsica, on August 15, 1769. After attending military school, he

Al Mayadeen: Russia’s victory in struggle with collective West will be achieved in Middle East, not Eastern Europe

By Jamal Wakim. Gamal Abdel Nasser announced in 1969 that the battle on the banks of the Suez Canal would decide the fate of the world. This piece explains how. This article discusses the importance of what is happening in the Middle East and the battle taking place there specifically in the region extending from

History.com: This Day In History (July 27-1794): Robespierre overthrown in France

By History.com Editors. Maximilien Robespierre, the architect of the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror, is overthrown and arrested by the National Convention. As the leading member of the Committee of Public Safety from 1793, Robespierre encouraged the execution, mostly by guillotine, of more than 17,000 enemies of the Revolution. The day after his arrest, Robespierre

History.com: This Day In History (July 19-1799): Rosetta Stone found

By History.com Editors. Although there is some debate about the exact date, on what was likely July 19, 1799, during Napoleon Bonaparte’s Egyptian campaign, a French soldier discovers a black basalt slab inscribed with ancient writing near the town of Rosetta, about 35 miles east of Alexandria. The irregularly shaped stone contained fragments of passages

History.com: This Day In History (April 11-1814): Napoleon abdicates the throne and is exiled to Elba

By History.com Editors. On April 11, 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte, emperor of France and one of the greatest military leaders in history, abdicates the throne, and, in the Treaty of Fontainebleau, is banished to the Mediterranean island of Elba. The future emperor was born in Ajaccio, Corsica, on August 15, 1769. After attending military school, he

History.com: This Day In History (October 19-1812): Napoleon retreats from Moscow

By History.com Editors. One month after Napoleon Bonaparte’s massive invading force entered a burning and deserted Moscow, the starving French army is forced to begin a hasty retreat out of Russia. Following the rejection of his Continental System by Czar Alexander I, French Emperor Napoleon I invaded Russia with his Grande Armée on June 24,

History.com: This Day In History (September 14-1812): Napoleon enters Moscow

By History.com Editors. One week after winning a bloody victory over the Russian army at the Battle of Borodino, Napoleon Bonaparte’s Grande Armée enters the city of Moscow, only to find the population evacuated and the Russian army retreated again. Moscow was the goal of the invasion, but the deserted city held no czarist officials