Historical (Moderators: J. Wilhelm, Madasasteamfish, The Corsair)

The Oldest Living Person Dies... and the Nineteenth Century is Nearly Dead

Started by RJBowman

Replies: 5
Views: 2,913

December 01, 2016, 11:22:52 PM
by Banfili

Victorian Houses

Started by Antipodean

Replies: 11
Views: 3,187

November 28, 2016, 07:57:00 AM
by J. Wilhelm

How to eat like a Victorian

Started by Siliconous Skumins

Replies: 4
Views: 2,819

October 16, 2016, 08:54:39 AM
by SeVeNeVeS

Need ideas for 18th century items.

Started by Bioboy98

Replies: 0
Views: 1,616

October 13, 2016, 03:01:30 PM
by Bioboy98

Chasing the Sun: The woman forgotten by science.

Started by Mercury Wells

Replies: 1
Views: 2,054

October 05, 2016, 04:32:28 PM
by Crescat Scientia

Fabled Victorian Franklin Arctic ship found.

Started by Rockula

Replies: 10
Views: 3,079

October 04, 2016, 05:31:17 PM
by Crescat Scientia

Victorian swords, uniforms, firearms, military history, etc.

Started by odysseus

Replies: 0
Views: 1,814

September 01, 2016, 02:47:08 PM
by odysseus

Truly Weird Fads From Victorian Era

Started by chicar

Replies: 0
Views: 1,877

August 27, 2016, 01:45:03 AM
by chicar

Gorodki — a Russian sports game

Started by morozow

Replies: 0
Views: 2,033

August 11, 2016, 03:17:36 PM
by morozow

Brief History of Tanks! (PART 1)

Started by chicar

Replies: 1
Views: 2,194

August 11, 2016, 03:08:21 PM
by morozow

Queen Victoria's embroidered silk stockings sell for £220

Started by Siliconous Skumins

Replies: 0
Views: 1,690

August 10, 2016, 11:17:02 PM
by Siliconous Skumins

The actual time frame.

Started by Darcy Ravenswood

Replies: 15
Views: 3,721

June 28, 2016, 01:28:56 AM
by chicar

Nietzsche's Primitive Typewriter vs. Phrenologist's Psychograph

Started by RJBowman

Replies: 8
Views: 5,414

June 23, 2016, 10:58:33 PM
by Drew P

the beginning of the Met

Started by Lancelot C Flange

Replies: 2
Views: 2,282

May 25, 2016, 09:14:36 PM
by GCCC

Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun Illustrated Children's Book

Started by RJBowman

Replies: 4
Views: 2,205

May 24, 2016, 10:44:48 PM
by GCCC

Gurkha Equipment in the Indian Subcontinent

Started by Mme. Ratchet

Replies: 6
Views: 2,907

May 15, 2016, 12:13:36 AM
by Mme. Ratchet

Rum Runners on the Frozen Detroit River

Started by RJBowman

Replies: 10
Views: 2,770

May 05, 2016, 01:11:45 PM
by RJBowman

BBC programme - Timeshift: The Golden Age of the Tram

Started by Miranda.T

Replies: 1
Views: 2,002

April 28, 2016, 11:38:28 AM
by Drew P

BBC programme - Antiques Uncovered.

Started by Miranda.T

Replies: 1
Views: 1,941

April 26, 2016, 10:45:34 AM
by Drew P

First Manned Flight in the Statosphere

Started by J. Wilhelm

Replies: 1
Views: 2,095

April 23, 2016, 10:05:44 PM
by Mme. Ratchet

Do you think actual Victorians would get any of this?

Started by Clym Angus

Replies: 11
Views: 2,469

April 21, 2016, 01:15:43 AM
by Hez

The era of 'ladies only' train compartments

Started by Siliconous Skumins

Replies: 20
Views: 3,455

April 03, 2016, 02:36:08 PM
by Atterton

The odd world of Victorian Easter cards

Started by Siliconous Skumins

Replies: 2
Views: 2,745

March 29, 2016, 02:30:48 AM
by Siliconous Skumins

The octopus that ruled London

Started by Siliconous Skumins

Replies: 0
Views: 2,138

March 26, 2016, 10:21:55 AM
by Siliconous Skumins

An aviatrix in a zeppelin

Started by Newchurch

Replies: 6
Views: 2,807

March 13, 2016, 08:32:51 PM
by MWBailey

Snowplane

Started by morozow

Replies: 3
Views: 2,757

March 07, 2016, 08:20:04 PM
by morozow

Wooden submarines: Spanish submarine Narcís Monturiol & secret boat Yefim Nikono

Started by morozow

Replies: 10
Views: 3,832

March 06, 2016, 07:18:18 AM
by selectedgrub

Klondike Gold Rush

Started by Captain

Replies: 3
Views: 2,579

February 15, 2016, 06:53:37 PM
by Captain

Watching the heavens: The female pioneers of science

Started by Mercury Wells

Replies: 0
Views: 1,553

February 15, 2016, 06:05:10 PM
by Mercury Wells

Steam Aircraft Mozhaiskogo

Started by morozow

Replies: 8
Views: 4,401

February 14, 2016, 05:55:47 PM
by Captain

£1,000 Prize for the best article on Armoured Warfare

Started by Newchurch

Replies: 0
Views: 1,523

February 08, 2016, 05:20:28 PM
by Newchurch

More women buried at Stonehenge

Started by Maets

Replies: 2
Views: 2,029

February 08, 2016, 04:45:11 PM
by Atterton

Mouse caught in 155-year-old trap in Reading museum

Started by Siliconous Skumins

Replies: 11
Views: 2,241

February 07, 2016, 11:20:26 PM
by Atterton

The 21st Century, as Imagined in the 19th Century

Started by Peter Brassbeard

Replies: 3
Views: 1,939

February 05, 2016, 09:21:41 PM
by Cora Courcelle

Aircraft Russian engineer Igor Sikorsky

Started by morozow

Replies: 1
Views: 2,305

January 31, 2016, 12:34:04 AM
by J. Wilhelm

Historians searching for Victorian crimes

Started by Siliconous Skumins

Replies: 6
Views: 2,805

January 30, 2016, 10:24:47 PM
by morozow

Food For Thought: The Bittolph Collection of Menus at NYPL

Started by von Corax

Replies: 3
Views: 2,018

January 21, 2016, 09:57:07 PM
by Mercury Wells

Victorian Era Catalogs?

Started by ArmySGT.

Replies: 17
Views: 3,498

January 20, 2016, 07:40:08 PM
by RJBowman

Frog murder and boiled children: 'Merry Christmas' Victorian style

Started by Siliconous Skumins

Replies: 0
Views: 2,376

December 24, 2015, 11:58:33 PM
by Siliconous Skumins

Teyler's Museum

Started by Caledonian

Replies: 4
Views: 2,098

December 20, 2015, 11:26:33 AM
by Caledonian

From a Gentleman to a Lady: A Clever Cryptographic Love Letter from the 1850s

Started by GCCC

Replies: 9
Views: 2,418

December 08, 2015, 09:40:53 AM
by creagmor

The Life Span of a Zeppelin

Started by RJBowman

Replies: 2
Views: 2,927

November 16, 2015, 01:25:20 AM
by Captain

On Honky Tonk, Ragtime, Lousiana Brothels and Wild West Saloons

Started by J. Wilhelm

Replies: 16
Views: 3,643

November 13, 2015, 07:37:39 PM
by creagmor

what are some scientific things belived in the 1800's, that are false today?

Started by septango

Pages1 2 3

Replies: 67
Views: 7,947

November 10, 2015, 01:05:55 AM
by Crescat Scientia

The American Civil War surrender on the Mersey

Started by Siliconous Skumins

Replies: 2
Views: 1,968

November 08, 2015, 05:50:25 PM
by J. Wilhelm

Gremlins in the 19th Century?

Started by RJBowman

Replies: 2
Views: 2,178

October 07, 2015, 12:29:08 AM
by Maets

'Suffrajitsu': How the suffragettes fought back using martial arts.

Started by Mercury Wells

Replies: 3
Views: 1,756

October 06, 2015, 05:29:17 PM
by GCCC

The Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe

Started by GCCC

Replies: 1
Views: 1,727

October 05, 2015, 09:40:36 AM
by GCCC

Kingdom of Ice: The Terrible Arctic Voyage of Sir John Franklin

Started by GCCC

Replies: 11
Views: 2,341

October 02, 2015, 01:15:36 AM
by von Corax

How to drive a Model T Ford

Started by RJBowman

Replies: 1
Views: 1,726

September 30, 2015, 06:46:59 PM
by James Harrison