There were 250-311 slave revolts in Colonial America and the United States between c. 1663 and c. 1860 as defined by scholar Herbert Aptheker (l. 1915-2003), but, almost certainly, many more that were not reported, as news of an uprising was sometimes suppressed, or the event redefined, to prevent panic among slaveholding communities. #History #StonoRebellion #Gabriel'sRebellion #DenmarkVesey #Slavery #USHistory #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2677-en/

Olaudah Equiano (l. c. 1745-1797, also known as Gustavus Vassa) was an African of the Igbo village of Essaka, of the Kingdom of Benin (modern Nigeria), who was enslaved around the age of ten, bought his freedom around the age of 20, and became an influential abolitionist and writer in Britain. #History #Abolitionism #OlaudahEquiano #Slavery #USHistory #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2672-en/

In ancient Rome, the legally acceptable age for marriage for girls was twelve. #History #RomanRepublic #RomanEmpire #Women #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2675-en/

Twelfth Night, or What You Will is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare (l. c. 1564-1616), written between 1600 and 1601 and first performed on 2 February 1602. #History #TwelfthNight #ElizabethanTheatre #WilliamShakespeare #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-24232-en/

Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), the leader of Nazi Germany, was intent on attacking the USSR in the summer of 1941. #History #AdolfHitler #German-SovietWar #JosephStalin #NaziGermany #SecondWorldWar #WWII #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2674-en/

The 1811 German Coast Uprising (8-11 January 1811) was the largest slave revolt in US history involving between 300-500 enslaved and free Blacks in the Louisiana parishes of St. #History #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-24233-en/

Can physical education be part of a totalitarian project to control and reshape the masses? #History #AdolfHitler #BenitoMussolini #Fascism #FascistItaly #NaziGermany #Sport #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2667-en/

The Battle of Kiev (Kyiv) in July-September 1941 was a major Axis victory in Operation Barbarossa, Adolf Hitler's attack on the USSR during the Second World War (1939-45). #History #Kiev #RedArmy #SecondWorldWar #Ukraine #WWII #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2671-en/

The Christianization of Iceland was a smooth transition compared to other Scandinavian countries. #History #Christianity #Iceland #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2670-en/

As the Roman Republic transformed into an empire that encircled the entire Mediterranean and cities across the provinces undertook Roman government functions, they also developed distinctly Roman features such as a Roman forum, Roman baths, a theater or an amphitheater, and temples and sanctuaries dedicated to various deities. #History #RomanEmpire #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/9-299-en/

This book provides an intriguing and fascinating account of the rise and fall of a powerful woman in early medieval China. #History #WuZetian #China #Buddhism #6thCentury #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/8-517-en/

Gabriel's Rebellion (30 August 1800) was a carefully planned slave revolt in Virginia orchestrated by the literate slave blacksmith Gabriel (l. c. 1776-1800), property of one Thomas Prosser, and so referred to as Gabriel Prosser. #History #Gabriel'sRebellion #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-24221-en/

The literary works of William Shakespeare (l. c. 1564-1616) are often regarded as some of the most important in the English language. #History #EnglishLiterature #IambicPantameter #Poetry #Sonnets #WilliamShakespeare #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2669-en/

The Battle of Smolensk in 1941 ended in victory for Nazi Germany and its Axis allies against the USSR's Red Army during Operation Barbarossa in the Second World War (1939-45). #History #GermanArmy #RedArmy #SecondWorldWar #Smolensk #WWII #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2668-en/

"The Pharos Lighthouse in Alexandria: Second Sun and Seventh Wonder of Antiquity" is a complete history of one of the most famous lighthouses in history. #History #PtolemyI #PtolemaicEgypt #Alexandria #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/8-518-en/

The Battle of Białystok-Minsk in Jun-Jul 1941, which involved the encirclement of entire Soviet armies positioned near each city in Poland and Belarus, respectively, was one of the first victories by Nazi Germany and its Axis allies against the USSR's Red Army during Operation Barbarossa in the Second World War (1939-45). #History #Bialystok #GermanArmy #Minsk #RedArmy #SecondWorldWar #WWII #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2666-en/

The Stono Rebellion (also known as Cato's Rebellion or Cato's Conspiracy, 9 September 1739) was the largest slave revolt in the British colonies of North America. #History #StonoRebellion #Slavery #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-24202-en/

Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), leader of Nazi Germany, attacked the USSR on 22 June 1941 with the largest army ever assembled. #History #AdolfHitler #EasternFront #JosephStalin #SecondWorldWar #WWII #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-24188-en/

Mary, Queen of Scots is presented through the lens of her surviving correspondence in this new book by Jade Scott. #History #MaryQueenOfScots #England #HenryStuart #Scotland #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/8-516-en/

John Wesley Cromwell (l. 1846-1927) was an African American civil rights activist, educator, historian, journalist, and lawyer who wrote extensively on slave revolts, especially Nat Turner's Rebellion of 1831. #History #Abolitionism #Slavery #USHistory #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2664-en/