Death of Anselm - Archbishop of Canterbury Saint Anselm of Canterbury was an Italian medieval philosopher, theologian, and church official… Read More
Death of Henry VII, England's first Tudor King Henry VII is known for being the first Tudor King, and for… Read More
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DEATH OF MARK TWAIN Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur,… Read More
Marie Antoinette leaves Vienna for Versailles On 21st April 1770, a procession passed by the imperial summer palace of Schönbrunn.… Read More
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PRINCESS HELENA The birth of Princess Helena Augusta Victoria at Buckingham Palace, London, on 25th May 1846, was a traumatic… Read More
Edward comes from the Anglo-Saxon name Eadweard, which means wealth (Ead) and protector (Weard). England, or parts of it, has… Read More
Birth of Isabella of Castile A dozen days before Christmas 1474, a 23-year-old, green-eyed woman with light auburn hair, processed… Read More
MEDIEVAL MONK FORESEES THE MODERN WORLD Born in 1214 and living until 1292, Roger Bacon was a famed thinker who… Read More
Death Of Plantagenet Princess Eleanor Of Woodstock Plantagenet Princess Eleanor, was born on 18th June 1318, at Woodstock Palace in… Read More
Emefiele's welfare schemes: Banks retain N530bn CBN funds, Cardoso likely to request reimbursement. This followed the temporary halt of all… Read More
Jeanne Bécu - Comtesse du Barry, becomes King Louis XV's "official" Maitresse-en-titre Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse du Barry, was the last… Read More
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TUDOR PORTRAITS In the past, people used portraits as a way of showing their wealth, status and power. They displayed… Read More
LORD ARUNDEL Young Tudor children wore the same kind of clothes when very young, therefore sometimes it's hard to tell… Read More
Margaret More, Daughter of Sir Thomas More Margaret More was the eldest daughter of Thomas More, lord chancellor of England,… Read More
Margaret Douglas was the daughter of Margaret Tudor, the Dowager Queen of Scotland, and her second husband, Archibald Douglas, 6th… Read More
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