The Conqueror of the World Early Life and Ascendancy Alexander III of Macedon, known as Alexander the Great, was born in 356 ...

The King's operation was announced on the same day it happened Janine Henni is a Royals Staff Writer for PEOPLE Digital, covering modern monarchies and the world's most famous families.

Mongol troops may have spread the infection ... Rich and poor suffered equally. King Edward III's daughter Joan was one of the victims. The plague also claimed the life of the Archbishop of ...

The medieval Mongol archive, dating from the 13th century, had a profound influence on French maps and exploration.

Preaching a message of nonviolent resistance, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was the leading voice of the American civil rights movement. The protests he organized, the marches he led and the ...

Considering those pursuits effeminate, the king abused his son both emotionally and physically. In 1730 Frederick attempted to run away to England, but the plot was foiled and Frederick imprisoned.

Treasures—like the golden masks found with King Tut—are dazzling, but the tombs also contained the more mundane. "They included furniture, clothes (even underwear), and jewelry. It's curious t ...

Joffrey resembles the bloodthirsty Edward of Lancaster, supposedly the illegitimate son of King Henry VI ... to share certain characteristics with Mongol legend Genghis Khan, including executing ...