History Category
Alfred the Great
Alfred the Great (848/9-899) was the grandfather of the first King of England and did much himself…
The Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo on 18th June 1815 finally crushed the self-styled French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte’s attempt…
The Glorious Revolution
“And whereas it hath been found by experience that it is inconsistent with the safety and welfare…
Amy Johnson, aviatrix
In the early days of aviation, Amy Johnson CBE (1903-41) was a typist working in London and…
King Edward VI, the boy king
Like his second cousin, Lady Jane Grey, King Edward VI was born in 1537 and both their…
Adventus Saxonum
Neighbours of the Angles, the Saxons’ own land, Old Saxony, was in north-east Germany. Their settlement of…
Cheddar Man
Richard Cox Gough (1826-1902) discovered the cave, now named Gough’s Cave, which yielded many human remains, including…
Feudalism
The feudal system prevailed in Britain between 800 and 1500, when a government with centralised control became…
The partition of Ireland
In 1800, Britain and Ireland passed the Acts of Union which abolished the Irish Parliament and put…
Highwaymen
In the period of 1650-1830, that small, persistent, criminal section of society found a new method open…
The Black Death
The years 1348-50 saw the greatest loss of life in British and European history, when 20-50 million…
Wars of the Roses
The Wars of the Roses (1455-85) was a period when the descendants of two of King Edward…