Such a section requires little explanation - though as you can see, it is literally "all over the map." The articles below are arranged by date of publication rather than by the date of the events themselves.

Secret Poison (Godey's, 1833)

A French poisoning case in the 18th century.

The Deserter Slave (English Annual, 1838)

The 1820 account of slave who escaped from a plantation on Porto Bello and his narrative of the conditions of slave life on the island.

Spanish Revolutions (Leisure Hour, 1868)

Marco Polo and His Book (Harper's Monthly, 1873A)

The Children's Crusade, by Noah Brooks (St. Nicholas, 1875)

Famous Floods (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1875)

A look at some devastating floods in England and France.

Old-Time Oriental Trade, by W.L. Fawcette (Atlantic Monthly, 1875)

The Tulip Mania (Harper's Monthly, 1876A)

Trimbuckjee's Escape, by F.M.A. Campbell (Little Folks, 1878)

The escape of a prisoner from a fortress in India.

In Search of the Shipwrecked (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1881)

An account of several shipwrecks on the Crozets Islands, near the Cape of Good Hope.

The Romance of the Spanish and French Explorers (Harper's Monthly, 1882A)

Evangeline and the Acadians: The True Version, by the Hon. Philip Carteret Hill (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1883)

The background of the events that inspired the poem "Evangeline."

The Founding of Kempten, by the Baroness van Gilta (Girl's Own Paper, 1883)

On the founding of a hospice for the rescue of travelers in the Tyrol (something like the St. Bernard monastery).

A Girl's Own Paper 360 Years Ago (Girl's Own Paper, 1883)

A translation of an Aztec mother's advice to her daughter.

Mistaken Identity, by H. Savile Clark (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1885)

Of convictions, deceptions and more involving mistaken identities, look-alikes and imposters.

Buccaneers and Marooners of the Spanish Main, by Howard Pyle (Harper's Monthly, 1887B)

The Three Citizen Brides of Augsburg (Girl's Own Paper, 1889)

Salons of the Revolution and the Empire, by Amelia Gere Mason (Century Magazine, 1891A)

"The salons of the Revolution were no longer simply the fountains of literary and artistic criticism, the centers of wit, intelligence, knowledge, philosophy, and good manners, but the rallying points of parties. They took the tone of the time and assumed the character of political clubs."

The Great Java Eruption, by Lady Mary Wood (Girl's Own Paper, 1893)

[Augsburg] "A Very Ancient City and Three Fair Brides" (Girl's Own Paper, 1895)

Animals on Trial, by A.M. Avenell (The Strand, 1896A)

Animals who were brought (or at least summoned) into medieval courts for their "crimes."

A Family Record of Ney's Execution (Century Magazine, 1896B)

Michel Ney (10 January 1769 - 7 December 1815), popularly known as Marshal Ney, was a French soldier and military commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was one of the original 18 Marshals of the Empire created by Napoleon. He was nicknamed le Brave des Braves ("the bravest of the brave") by Napoleon. When Napoleon was defeated, dethroned, and exiled in the summer of 1815, Ney was arrested. On 6 December 1815, he was condemned, and on 7 December 1815 he was executed by firing squad in Paris.

Caterpillars in Church (Home Magazine, 1898)

An ecclesiastical trial of a plague of caterpillars.

The Terrible Upheaval in the Straits of Sunda, by E.J. Henry (Century Magazine, 1898B)

Sailing through a pumice-stone sea - the effects of the eruption of Krakatoa.

Women Duellists, by Col. G.W. Willock (English Illustrated Magazine, 1899A)

16th-century lady duellists in the French court.

English and Dutch as Allies and Enemies, by Walter Frewen Lord (New Illustrated Magazine, 1900)

The Story of a Great Disaster, by J.G. Robins, FRGS (Strand, 1901A)

The devastating explosion of the steamer "Cabo Machichaco" in the harbor of Santander, Spain. When the steamer caught fire in the harbor, hundreds came to watch it burn - unaware that it was carrying 1720 cases of dynamite! The harbor and much of the town were destroyed in the blast, with tremendous loss of life.