Monday, 13 May 2019
Tuesday, 14 August 2018
Queen Elizabeth and the 1579 river barge 'assassination attempt'
Queen Elizabeth was mighty lucky to survive a gun repeatedly firing at her river barge in 1579. For the man responsible, Thomas Applegate, his fate hangs by a thin thread.
Tuesday, 17 April 2018
The tragic death of the Princess during the Plague, 1348
No one is immune from the plague when it strikes England during the Medieval Ages not even royalty like Princess Joan. In fact everyone suffers either directly or through the loss of someone close to them.
The Greatest Ever Escape from the Tower of London, 1716
The greatest ever escape from the Tower of London happened in 1716. Guy Fawkes was not the only person to fail with his insurrection. Another person set to suffer this fate is the Jacobean, William Maxwell, better known as Lord Nithsdale.
Monday, 16 May 2016
Henry I and the catastrophe that befell the White Ship, 1120
King Henry I suffers catastrophe with the White Ship in 1120. He achieves many great things during his life but written history is not kind to him.
Monday, 8 February 2016
The ghastly death of the pirate Blackbeard, 1718
Blackbeard lived and died in a terrifying way. He is the most famous pirate that ever lived.
Saturday, 12 December 2015
Winston Churchill's Miraculous Escape from a Terrifying Prison, 1899
Prime Minister Winston Churchill's escape from prison is little known today.
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