But when a young Englishman, John Lombe, travelled there in the early 18th Century, he was not going ... Richard Arkwright, whose 1770s cotton mill was modelled on the Lombe brothers' silk mill ...

And as late as the 18th century, the French philosopher Montesquieu wrote that any man who was in love with his wife was probably too dull to be loved by another woman. When did romance enter the ...

Clay pipes, drinking vessels and serving dishes were among the relics found by archaeologists Artefacts from an 18th Century coffee ... it from the 1740s until the 1770s. Researchers believe ...

The Mound, which connects Edinburgh’s New and Old Towns, is known to have been built on the bed of a drained loch in the ...

“Dressed in History: A Costume Collection Retrospective” runs through July 27, 2025, at the Chicago History Museum, 1601 N. Clark St., open Tuesdays-Saturdays 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Sunday noon to 5 ...

By the start of the 1770s, Massachusetts residents were becoming ... city much more closely to neighboring towns. But in the 18th century, Boston only consisted of the Shawmut peninsula, a virtual ...

For example, the import duty on tea raised its price by around 70 per cent by the middle of the 18th century. Smuggling was usually organised by gangs, who were funded by investors or venturers.

America was not fully formed in 1770, but the nature and character ... campaigned to "get Trump"—what John Adams did in ...

Throughout the 18th century, France faced a mounting economic crisis. A rapidly growing population had outpaced the food supply. A severe winter in 1788 resulted in famine and widespread ...

As you approach New Haven, on the right you’ll pass “Composition in Black and Brown,” a billboard by the artist Ken Gonzales-Day collaging his photographs of 18th-century marble busts from ...

Some of the rarest surviving 18th Century stained glass in Britain has ... was created as a family mausoleum by John Chute in the 1770s. The glazing work was carried out by specialist conservators ...

Former President Donald Trump has floated using the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport undocumented immigrants if he’s elected, a law giving the president broad powers to detain foreign ...