18th Century

Since 1775 the Battles of Lexington and Concord have been part of debates about what freedom means in America and what America means to the world...

Haiti's first President realised that for his country to be free, slavery would have to be abolished everywhere For a long time the Haitian Revolution was completely forgotten.

Scottish poet Robert Burns' depoliticised modern image overshadows his radical history Robert Burns, born on this day in 1759, is the iconic Scottish poet. That much is well-known. But what’s often forgotten is that Burns was a political radical.

In the age of empire, the British state always liked to keep in the colonies.

The 'Age of Revolutions' touched many countries - including the so-called 'Austrian Netherlands' In 1789 the began. But it wasn’t alone... Next door, in what’s now Belgium, the ‘Brabant Revolution’ was happening at the exact same time.