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English Monarchs: Richard III
Reign: June 26th 1483 - August 22nd 1485Born: November 2nd 1452Died: August 22nd 1485Father: Richard Plantagenet, Duke of YorkMother: Cecily NevilleSpouse: Anne NevilleChildren:Edward of Middleham,...
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English Monarchs: Henry VII
Reign: August 22nd 1485 - April 21st 1509Born: January 28th 1457Died: April 21st 1509Father: Edmund Tudor, Earl of RichmondMother: Margaret BeaufortSpouse: Elizabeth of YorkChildren:Arthur Tudor,...
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English Monarchs: Henry VIII
Reign: April 21st 1509 - January 28th 1547Born: June 28th 1491Died: January 28th 1547Father: Henry VII, King of EnglandMother: Elizabeth of YorkSpouses:Catherine of Aragon (1)Anne Boleyn (2)Jane...
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English Monarchs: Edward VI
Reign: January 28th 1547 - July 6th 1553Born: October 12th 1537Died: July 6th 1553Father: Henry VIII, King of EnglandMother: Jane SeymourRoyal House: TudorThe third monarch of the Tudor dynasty, Edward...
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English Monarchs: Jane
Other Names: The Nine Days QueenReign (disputed): July 10th 1553 - July 19th 1553Born: around 1537Died: February 12th 1554Father: Henry Grey, Duke of SuffolkMother: Lady Frances BrandonSpouse: Lord...
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English Monarchs: Mary I
Other Names: Bloody MaryReign: July 19th 1553 - November 17th 1558Born: February 18th 1516Died: November 17th 1558Father: Henry VIII, King of EnglandMother: Catherine of AragonSpouse: Philip II, King...
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English Monarchs: Elizabeth I
Reign: November 17th 1558 - March 24th 1603Born: September 7th 1533Died: March 24th 1603Father: Henry VIII of EnglandMother: Anne BoleynRoyal House: TudorBurial: Westminster Abbey, London
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Napoleon and the Reshaping of Europe
"I wished to found a European system, a European Code of Laws, a European judiciary: there would be but one people in Europe."(Napoleon Bonaparte)This particular quote from Napoleon's memoirs, written...
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First World War Timeline: 1914
It all began, rather fittingly, with an act of violence, a few gunshots fired in what was a seemingly unimportant corner of Europe far away from the hustle and bustle of Berlin, London and Paris. Those...
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First World War Timeline: 1915
When World War I broke out in the golden Summer of 1914, nobody expected that the hosilities would go on for more than six months at the most. Unfortunately for the troops on both sides, the promise...
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First World War Timeline: 1916
1916 was a tough year for all the participating nations of World War I. After a year and a half of near-constant stalemate, bringing huge losses for little gain, the countries of Europe were beginning...
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First World War Timeline: 1917
Following on from the immense losses of the previous year, 1917 turned out to be a major crisis year for the Allies. The strain of the war began to really take its toll as the French army mutinied and...
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First World War Timeline: 1918
1918 was, of course, the year that the carnage and the bloodshed at last came to an end. After the guns stopped firing at 11am on November 11th, those men who had been fortunate enough to survive found...
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The Liverpool and Manchester Railway
While it certainly was not the first railway, the Liverpool and Manchester holds the distinction of being the first true railway in the traditional sense. It was the first inter-city passenger railway...
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Dude, Where's My Colony?
The word "CROATOAN" is shown to John WhiteThe more pop-culture-oriented amongst you should realise that the title of this post references nothing more historically relevant than a recent (and rather...
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Marston Moor and the Siege of York
It is 1644 and the English Civil War between King Charles I and his Parliament has been raging for two years. So far neither side has gained a decisive advantage and England is firmly divided between...
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The Duchy of Lancaster
In this day and age of progressive ideas and moving with the times, England is struggling to hold on to parts of its rich historical legacy. One, or rather two aspects of the past which have managed to...
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The War of the Spanish Succession
The year is 1700. Charles II, King of Spain and ruler of an empire that encompasses vast swathes of Western Europe, the Americas and the Far East, is dying and has no heir. The ensuing struggle between...
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The War of the Austrian Succession
In 1740 the House of Habsburg, one of the dominant royal dynasties of Europe for the preceeding three centuries, was on its last legs. Forty years earlier the senior Spanish line of the family had...
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The Fall of the Knights Templar
The burning of Jacques de Molay and Guy de CharnayOn March 18th 1314, an old man in his mid-seventies appeared before a French ecclesiastical court to once again answer to charges first laid against...
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