Vice President Aaron Burr (1756-1836) is well-known as the man who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel, but he lived for another 32 years after that and had quite an eventful life. Bettmann/Getty Images/HowStuffWorks If you've seen the musical "Hamilton," you know Aaron Burr, who ser...
In addition to his controversial military career, we know that Jackson killed a man in a duel to defend the honor of Jackson’s wife. Jackson fought more than one duel. He was definitely not a man to make mad! Additionally, Jackson was in numerous close-range battles as a soldier. His ...
While rumours circulated for decades that Napoleon’s death had secretly been expedited by his British captors, it was not until the 20th century that any evidence of this emerged. In 1961, a Swedish dentist named Sten Forshufvud, Scottish doctor Hamilton Smith, and Swedish doctor Anders Wasse...