The Glorious Revolution
The Glorious Revolution is the name given to the taking over of the English throne in 1688 by William of...
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The Gunpowder Plot
On 5th November each year people in Britain celebrate Guy Fawkes night (also known as Bonfire night) by lighting bonfires,...
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Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette was born Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna von Habsburg-Lothringen on 2nd November 1755. She was the fifteenth and youngest...
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Nicholas II the Last Russian Tsar
Nikolai Aleksandrovich Romanov was born on 18th May 1868. He was the first child of Alexander, son of Tsar Alexander...
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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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