The treasures were hidden in 1939, shortly after the outbreak of World War II, when the cathedral ... of the burial insignia dating back to the 16th century, according to Polsat News.

In the 18th century, Britain had a well-established empire ... The British government fought a number of wars to protect and expand these colonies, and as a result they decided that the colonists ...

At the beginning of World War II, a trove of royal treasure from the 16th century was hidden beneath the Vilnius Cathedral in southeastern Lithuania. The gold crowns, jewelry, and other objects ...

The Vikings, Normans and French war and invasions Britain forms an empire, 16th to 18th Century British Empire's expansion in Africa, 1700s-1920s Losing empire, Commonwealth and joining EU, 1900s ...

The journeys of 15th- and 16th-century European explorers are depicted on Cantino’s map including Vasco da Gama’s first voyage in search of a sea route to India (1497-99) and the “discovery ...