Dates That Made History

Patrick Boucheron Explores world history by looking back on some of the most important events.

Patrick Boucheron Explores world history by looking back on some of the most important events.

The exact date of the Donation of Constantine is unknown; this phantom date, combined with the fact that the document was a forgery, exemplifies the central geopolitical issues that define the middle ages.

Patrick Boucheron Explores world history by looking back on some of the most important events.

Patrick Boucheron Explores world history by looking back on some of the most important events.

In 1911, the expedition led by the Norwegian Amundsen reached the South Pole, beating the British Scott in the race; the story of the conquest of the poles is the last chapter of a long epic, closing the age of the great scientific explorations.