5-Minute History

21/05/2023

Believed to be the wedding dress of Christine Elisabeth Juel, Danish courtier, who was married at Valdemar's Castle, Denmark, in 1695. Green silk with interwoven gold threads.
Georgian High Fashion: FiveMinuteHistory.com/BeauMonde/

14/05/2023

1913 Tiffany handbag. Gold. metmuseum.

A Visual History of Handbags: FiveMinuteHistory.com/Handbags/

11/05/2023

Elizabeth of Bavaria, Empress of Austria by Franz Xavier Winterhalter.

A Night at the opera with the Empress "Sissi": FiveMinuteHistory.com/SissisFavoriteOperaHouse/

04/05/2023

A group of fishing workers on the stairs down to the beach at Whitby in North Yorkshire, 1890.

Don't Miss: Life in a Scottish Fishing Village during the Victorian Era FiveMinuteHistory.com/Newhaven/

01/05/2023

Renée Adorée (1898 – 1933) was a French actress who appeared in Hollywood silent movies in the 1920s.

A Visual Guide to the "Roaring Twenties": FiveMinuteHistory.com/RoaringTwenties/

29/04/2023

Rock of Cashel, County Tipperary, Ireland.

Don't miss: Kylemore Abbey FiveMinuteHistory.com/KylemoreAbbey/

28/04/2023

Derived from the French word "toilette", meaning "small cloth", the word "toilet" originally referred to the process of hair and body care that centered around a dressing table with mirror, brushes, powder and make-up, during which close friends or tradesmen were often received.

A Brief History of Toilets:

The word toilet derives from the French word toile, meaning a "cloth" (toilette is a "small cloth"), that was draped over a lady or gentleman's shoulders for hairdressing. Its use was extended to the whole process of hair

26/04/2023

1923 beach fashion.

A Visual History of the Roaring Twenties: FiveMinuteHistory.com/RoaringTwenties/

23/04/2023

Princess Ka’iulani, heir to the throne of the Hawaiian Kingdom, attending school at the prestigious Great Harrowden Hall in Northamptonshire, age 17 in 1892.

The Tragic Story of Princess Ka’iulani, “The Island Rose” of Hawaii: FiveMinuteHistory.com/PrincessKaiulani/

17/04/2023

1760 Robe à la Française and Petticoat. Silk plain weave (faille) with silk and metallic-thread supplementary weft patterning, and metallic lace trim.

Georgian High Fashion: FiveMinuteHistory.com/BeauMonde/

12/04/2023

12 of the most stunning Fabergé eggs created by the House of Fabergé, in St. Petersburg, Imperial Russia, between 1885 and 1917: FiveMinuteHistory.com/Fabergé/

11/04/2023

Clara Bow (1905 - 1965) was an American actress who rose to stardom in silent film during the 1920s and successfully made the transition to "talkies" after 1927.
At the apex of her stardom, she received more than 45,000 fan letters in a single month.

A Visual Guide to the Roaring Twenties: FiveMinuteHistory.com/RoaringTwenties/

09/04/2023

A Victorian Easter Diary: FiveMinuteHistory.com/VictorianEasterDiary/

Dear Diary,
At last, it’s our Easter Holiday! Tomorrow is the Easter hunt in the woods by the school ...

08/04/2023

Castle De Haar, the Netherlands.

The history and grandeur of Castle de Haar: FiveMinuteHistory.com/CastleDeHaar/

07/04/2023

1865 Ball Gown.

A Visual Guide to Ball Gowns: FiveMinuteHistory.com/BallGowns/

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Vienna Museum.

06/04/2023

The Real Gangs of New York: FiveMinuteHistory.com/GangsOfNewYork/

05/04/2023

Calke Abbey, Derbyshire. An English Country House Frozen in Time: BritainAndBritishness.com/CalkeAbbey/

Chris H***e.

04/04/2023

Watching the horse racing at the Auteuil Hippodrome in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris, France, 1912.

A Day at the Races: FiveMinuteHistory.com/Longchamp/

02/04/2023

Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire, Wales.

A Visual Guide to Medieval Abbeys of Britain: BritainAndBritishness.com/MedievalAbbeys/

Baz Richardson.

31/03/2023

The dress of Wilhelmina von Hallwyl, 1865.

A Mansion filled with Antiques: FiveMinuteHistory.com/AntiquesMansion/

30/03/2023

Robe à la française, France, ca. 1750s, Royal Ontario Museum.

A Visual Guide to Georgian-era fashion: FiveMinuteHistory.com/BeauMonde/

29/03/2023

The enchanting story of Kylemore Abbey: FiveMinuteHistory.com/KylemoreAbbey/

28/03/2023

1890 Dress of black lace over pink faille ribbon.

A Visual Guide to Late Victorian Fashion: FiveMinuteHistory.com/LateVictorianFashion/

KSUM 1983.1.176 a-c.

27/03/2023

"The Long Walk" is a tree-lined 2.64-mile avenue leading to Windsor Castle.

10 Fascinating Facts about Windsor Castle: BritainAndBritishness.com/WindsorCastle/

26/03/2023

Worthy of Royalty.

A 5-Minute History of the House of Worth haute couture fashion house: FiveMinuteHistory.com/HouseOfWorth/

Dress by House of Worth, 1894. KCI.

25/03/2023

The Victorian era was a time when what you said, and how you said it, really mattered.
Lessons on Politeness from Victorian Ladies: FiveMinuteHistory.com/Politeness/

24/03/2023

Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex.

A 5-Minute Visual History of Herstmonceux: BritainAndBritishness.com/HerstmonceuxCastle/

23/03/2023

1908. Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia with Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom aboard the Imperial yacht Standart, at Reval, Russia (now Tallinn, Estonia).
As a daughter of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna, Maria would not live past the tender age of 19.

The tragic tale of two sisters: FiveMinuteHistory.com/TaleOfTwoSisters/

22/03/2023

Self-portrait by Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, 1790.

The artist who became Marie Antoinette's personal portraitist: FiveMinuteHistory.com/MadameLeBrun/

20/03/2023

10 Surprising Facts About Audrey Hepburn: FiveMinuteHistory.com/AudreyHepburn/

19/03/2023

Chatsworth House, Derbyshire.

10 of the Best English Country Houses in Britain: BritainAndBritishness.com/CountryHouses/

Rob Bendall.

18/03/2023

1765 Robe à la Française. Silk.

A 5-Minute Guide to 18th-century High Fashion: FiveMinuteHistory.com/BeauMonde/

17/03/2023

The tragic story of the beautiful Countess of Coventry, a "Victim of Cosmetics": FiveMinuteHistory.com/VictimOfCosmetics/

16/03/2023

Dollhouse of 18th-century Dutch art collector Sara Rothé now displayed in the Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem, the Netherlands.

Houses in miniature: FiveMinuteHistory.com/Dollhouses/

15/03/2023

The Edwardians continued to embrace the Victorians' love of hats.

Edwardian Life in Pictures: FiveMinuteHistory.com/EdwardianPhotoblogging/

14/03/2023

Early 1720s Grand Coronation Carriage. Russian Empire.

Traveling in Splendor: FiveMinuteHistory.com/RoyalCarriages/

13/03/2023

"The Unsinkable Molly Brown".

Margaret Brown was an American socialite and philanthropist best remembered for urging her Lifeboat crew to search for survivors after the sinking of the Titanic in 1912.

10 Fascinating Facts About Titanic: FiveMinuteHistory.com/Titanic/

12/03/2023

A sculpture of Jane Austen at Wi******er Cathedral.

The ancient city of Wi******er and resting place of Jane Austen: BritainAndBritishness.com/Wi******er/

Jason Ballard.

11/03/2023

1760 Robe à la Française and Petticoat. Silk plain weave (faille) with silk and metallic-thread supplementary weft patterning, and metallic lace trim.

High Fashion of the Georgian era: FiveMinuteHistory.com/BeauMonde/

10/03/2023

Summer evening on the south Beach of Skagen by Peder Severin Krøyer, 1897.

Read about the light that inspired the Skagen Painters: FiveMinuteHistory.com/SkagenPainters/