Coffee cultivation began in earnest around the 15th Century. Since then it has sparked a series of social revolutions, from the European coffee houses of the 17th Century, to Italy’s timeless ...

Storm Boris has dumped a month’s worth of rain and strong winds in only one day in several parts of central and eastern ...

Morgan Library, New York. Photograph by AKG/Album The journeys of 15th- and 16th-century European explorers are depicted on Cantino’s map including Vasco da Gama’s first voyage in search of a ...

The Eastern European School, 15th Century comprised a group of artists active in this region in the period. Works identified as being by this group appear regularly at auction.

However, there’s much less evidence pointing to when this natural narcotic made its way to Europe. Spanish conquistadors first encountered the plant in the late 15th century, and their writings ...

US expanded its territory by purchasing Louisiana from France, Florida from Spain, Alaska from Russia, and part of Virgin ...

A man has been sentenced to four years in prison for selling 15th century European woodcuts falsely attributed to Hans Holbein and Albrecht Dürer, among other famous artists, Department of Justice ...

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India Art Fair to open in Mumbai; praise for Vienna fair’s new director; London galleries join forces for shows ...

At least 15 people have died in floods in central and eastern Europe that are expected to ... announcing a once-in-a-century flood. Further down the Elbe river, the Czech city of Ústí nad ...

An extreme storm named Boris slammed central Europe over the weekend with record rainfall, deadly flooding and up to 10 feet of mountain snow. At least 12 people have died — six in Romania, two ...