History Category
Queen Boudica (or Boadicea)
Queen Boudica (the exact spelling is uncertain) was born in 30AD and died just 31 years later.…
Mary, Queen of Scots
Mary, Queen of Scots (Mary Stuart, 1542-87) had a most unfortunate, tragic life. She became Queen of…
Samuel Pepys’s Diary
Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) was born and lived most of his life in London and began writing his…
The English Civil War
The English Civil War took place in the middle of the 17th century and was a struggle…
Hadrian’s Wall
Hadrian’s Wall was constructed in the 2nd century and stretched 73 miles coast-to-coast in northern England. It…
1066 and King Harold II
1066 was an extraordinary year for King Harold II (c.1020/22-66), the last of the Saxon kings. In…