15th Century
King Edward IV of England
Edward was born 28th April 1442 in Rouen France. His father was Richard, Duke of York, his mother was Cecily...
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King Henry IV Biography
Henry was born on 3rd April 1367, the son of John of Gaunt , Duke of Lancaster, (3rd surviving son...
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Perkin Warbeck Pretender to the Throne
Perkin Warbeck, son of a poor burgess from Tournai, was hanged for trying to escape captivity on 23rd November 1499....
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William Caxton and the Printing Press
William Caxton was born in Kent around the year 1422. As a teenager he was apprenticed to Robert Lange, a...
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Christopher Columbus and the New World
Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy in 1451. He first went to sea as a young teenager and became...
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