November 15: the history they never taught you.

2 stories from the archive happened on this date—each drawn from published sources before it was written.

How Swiss Farmers Buried a Habsburg Army

A Habsburg army marched into a Swiss valley in 1315 to crush a peasant rebellion, and what came out the other side was a nation.

Carving Up Africa at a Berlin Dinner Party

Fourteen men carved up Africa over one winter—and not one of them had ever set foot there.

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