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Protestors against the Sedition Act outside the White House

What was the 1918 Sedition Act?

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Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, G., 162–133 BC “Death of Tiberius Gracchus”.
(Rome, 133 BC, Tiberius Gracchus is slain by the senators with 200 of his supporters). Steel engraving, unmarked From: Picture gallery to the general. Weltgesch. By C. v. Rotteck, Karlsruhe and Freiburg (B. Herder) 1842.
Later coloring.

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Johannes Gutenberg examines a page from the moveable type printing press that he invented

Who invented the printing press?

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History Behind the Headlines: Elections, ‘panda diplomacy’ and the word of the year . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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How spies shaped the modern world . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The Habsburgs: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The medieval Welsh Marches: identity on the frontier . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Alice Mitchell stabs her lover, Freda Ward, to death, shown in a contemporary illustration. A court declared that the killing was an act of insanity.

Victorian murder scandals What six killings tell us about women's lives in the 19th century . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The future Queen Victoria, aged four

Queen Victoria’s unhappy childhood: life under the ‘Kensington System’

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Reviving Roman voices: Mary Beard on the remarkable life of one woman . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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My life in history Costume curator for the National Trust . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Sherlock Holmes: the real history that inspired the detective stories . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.