Famous names from History
It is always useful for us to learn about famous names from History
She reigned over the British Empire for over 63 years and 216 days and oversaw a period of drastic political, industrial, scientific, and military change within the United Kingdom. Alexandrina Victoria was …. |
One of the greatest military leaders in history and emperor of France, he conquered much of Europe. Napoleon Bonaparte was born on 15th of August 1769 in Ajaccio, on the Mediterranean island of Corsica. He …… |
Many consider him to be the Greatest Englishman of the 20th century, mainly due to what he did to lead the country to victory in World War 2. However, until he |
Here was a man always near the top in any list of real life Villains, Adolph Hitler, who was responsible for killing millions of innocent men women and children during World War II. Born on ….. |
A mysterious and manipulative Russian mystic and self-proclaimed holy man. He is best-known for befriending the royal family of Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia through whom he gained influence and power ………. |
An Indian lawyer who used nonviolent resistance and persuasion to lead the successful campaign for India’s Independence from colonial British rule He inspired movements for civil rights …… |
Dick Turpin has become a legendary figure, a heroic dandy, with ballads written about him, popular theatre shows in the 18th and 19th century, and even Film and TV shows. In reality ….. |
Tutankhamun was a young Boy King, lost to history, until his fully intact tomb was discovered in the Valley of the Kings in 1922. He is now one of, if not the most famous of …….. |
Think of an English monarch, 9 times out of 10 Henry VIII will come to mind. He was an imposing character in life, what he did while he was King, good and bad he shaped ……. |
Theseus was the hero of many Greek legends, most notably Theseus and the Minotaur but was he a real person? Theseus was a mythological king and founder hero of Athens, sometimes described as the son of …….. |
William the Conqueror was the first Norman king of England, reigning from 1066 until his death in 1087. William was the son of the unmarried Duke Robert 1st of Normandy and his mistress Herleva. He is responsible for ……. |
Queen Elizabeth I was Queen of England and Ireland from the 17th of November 1558 until her death on the 24th March 1603. Elizabeth is sometimes referred to as the “Virgin Queen“. She is regarded as a fair ruler, but … |
A wronged Queen, who nearly defeated the might of Imperial Rome A drawing of Queen BoudicaBoudica (also written as Boadicea) was a Celtic queen who led a revolt against Roman rule in ancient Britain in A.D. 60/61. She …. | ||
Queen Boudica
A wronged Queen, who very nearly defeated the might of Imperial Rome Boudica (also written as Boadicea) was a Celtic queen who led a revolt against Roman rule in ancient Britain in A.D. 60/61. What we know of her comes from Roman scholars such as Tacitus and Cassius Dio. Little is
Elizabeth I – The Virgin Queen
Queen Elizabeth I was Queen of England and Ireland from the 17th of November 1558 until her death on the 24th March 1603. Although a monarch of her time, she is regarded as a fair ruler, but she could be short tempered and occasionally indecisive. Elizabeth was the last monarch
Why Assassinate Abraham Lincoln?
President Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States of America was assassinated on April 14th 1865. But why? What had this ‘man of the people’ done to deserve such a violent end? Born in a log cabin in Kentucky on February 12th 1809 Abraham Lincoln was raised on
William the Conqueror
William the Conqueror was the first Norman king of England, reigning from 1066 until his death in 1087. He is responsible for commissioning ‘The Doomsday Book’, one of the most important historical documents ever created. William was the son of the unmarried Duke Robert 1st of Normandy and his mistress
Theseus
Theseus was the hero of many Greek legends, most notably Theseus and the Minotaur but was he a real person? Theseus was a mythological king and founder hero of Athens, sometimes described as the son of king Aegeus and sometimes the son of the god Poseidon. He was everything a
Henry VIII
If you think of an English monarch, 9 times out of 10 Henry VIII will come to mind. He was an imposing character in life, and what he did while he was King, good and bad he shaped the Britain we live in today! Henry VIII was born on the
Tutankhamun
Tutankhamun was a young Boy King, lost to history, until his fully intact tomb was discovered in the Valley of the Kings in 1922. He is now one of, if not the most famous of all the Egyptian Pharaohs! Tutankhamun became Pharoah of Egypt at the young age of nine
Dick Turpin
Dick Turpin has become a legendary figure, a heroic dandy, with ballads written about him, popular theatre shows in the 18th and 19th century, and even Film and TV shows. In reality though, he was far from dandy, and was a vicious and violent criminal! Richard (Dick) Turpin was born
Ghandi
An Indian lawyer who used nonviolent resistance and persuasion to lead the successful campaign for India’s Independence from colonial British rule He inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on the 2nd of October in 1869. Born and raised in a Hindu
Rasputin
A mysterious and manipulative Russian mystic and self-proclaimed holy man. He is best-known for befriending the royal family of Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia through whom he gained influence and power in the later years of the Russian Empire. Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was born on the 21st of January
Adolf Hitler
Here was a man always near the top in any list of real life Villains, Adolph Hitler, who was responsible for killing millions of innocent men women and children during World War II. Born on the 20th of April 1889 in Braunau am Inn in Austria-Hungary, he was raised near
Winston Churchill
Many consider him to be the Greatest Englishman of the 20th century, mainly due to what he did to lead the country to victory in World War 2. However, until he became Prime Minister, for nearly 40 years he was a contentious figure in British life. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer
Napoleon Bonaparte
One of the greatest military leaders in history and emperor of France, he conquered much of Europe. Napoleon Bonaparte was born on 15th of August 1769 in Ajaccio, on the Mediterranean island of Corsica. He was one of eight surviving children and his family were minor Corsican nobility, with his
Queen Victoria
She reigned over the British Empire for over 63 years and 216 days and oversaw a period of drastic political, industrial, scientific, and military change within the United Kingdom. Alexandrina Victoria was born on the 24th May 1819. She was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
IK Brunel – was he our greatest engineer?
He has been described as one of the most ingenious and prolific figures in engineering history, one of the 19th-century engineering giants. One of the greatest figures of the Industrial Revolution, a man who changed Victorian England with his designs and ingenious constructions, which we can still see today. Brunel
Julius Caesar, another broken dictator?
Julius Caesar was a dictator, and that is why he was assassinated by a group of senators on the Ides of March of 44 BC at a meeting of the Senate at the Curia of Pompey of the Theatre of Pompey in Rome. They obviously didn’t like him as 60
Ik Brunel – Was He Our Greatest Engineer?
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He has been described as one of the most ingenious and prolific figures in engineering history, one of the 19th-century engineering giants. One of the greatest figures of the Industrial Revolution, a man who changed Victorian England with his designs and ingenious constructions, which we can still see today…
Julius Caesar, Another Broken Dictator?
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Julius Caesar was a dictator, and that is why he was assassinated by a group of senators on the Ides of March of 44 BC at a meeting of the Senate at the Curia of Pompey of the Theatre of Pompey in Rome. They obviously didn’t like him as 60 senators were involved as they all wanted to make certain not only that he was dead, but that he stayed dead, so they stabbed him 23 times! Basically, the problem was that over the years Caesar had kept increasing his power…READ MORE
Dick Turpin
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Dick Turpin has become a legendary figure, a heroic dandy, with ballads written about him, popular theatre shows in the 18th and 19th century, and even Film and TV shows. In reality though, he was far from dandy, and was a vicious and violent criminal! Richard (Dick) Turpin was born at the Blue Bell Inn
Queen Victoria
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She reigned over the British Empire for over 63 years and 216 days and oversaw a period of drastic political, industrial, scientific, and military change within the United Kingdom. Alexandrina Victoria was born on the 24th May 1819. She was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland