In the late 18th century, Cicci probably forged around 200 documents, all of which were supposed to date from the Middle Ages. In these, he presented his ancestors as bishops and notaries ...
The invention of the balloon struck the men and women of the late 18th century like a thunderbolt. Enormous crowds gathered in Paris to watch one balloon after another rise above the city rooftops, ...
(THE CONVERSATION) As President Donald Trump often promised during his 2024 presidential campaign, on March 15, 2025, he invoked an obscure 18th-century law called the Alien Enemies Act to justify ...