World History in Newspapers

Explore the topics below to learn about events in World History through newspaper articles and clippings.

Canadian troops after the Battle of Vimy Ridge, taken May 1917

Battle of Vimy Ridge
Photo of Beatrix Potter in 1912, taken by her father

Beatrix Potter
"Company of Boxers, Tien-Tsin, China" 1901

Boxer Rebellion
Chernobyl Disaster newspaper headline (The Morning Call via Newspapers.com)

Chernobyl Disaster
Headlines about death of Princess Diana (The Record, via Newspapers.com)

Death of Princess Diana
A street view following the Halifax Explosion in 1917

Halifax Explosion
"An Irish Peasant Family Discovering the Blight of their Store," by Daniel MacDonald, c. 1847

Irish Potato Famine
Artists rendering of "a suspicious character" during Jack the Ripper era in London

Jack the Ripper
Howard Carter studies Tutankhamun's sarcophagus, 1922

King Tut’s Tomb
Lake Nyos, 1986

Lake Nyos Disaster
Opening of the League of Nations, 1920

League of Nations
Marie Curie

Marie Curie