Anne Boleyn became Henry’s second wife after the pair married secretly in January 1533. By this time, Anne was pregnant with her first child to Henry, and by June 1533 she was crowned Queen of England. Together they had a daughter, Elizabeth – the future Queen Elizabeth I. But, still...
Henry The 8th and His Wives...Could Have Been A Longer Series Though I think this was a great made for TV series, but it was divided into only 2 parts when I felt it could have been a lot longer. It first aired on BBC television in England and then made its way to PBS KCET on...
Henry VIII's first wife was Catherine of Aragon (1485–1536). Catherine was the daughter of King Ferdinand II of Spain and Queen Isabella I of Castille. Catherine initially married Henry's older brother, Arthur; the marriage was organized because England needed a stronger alliance wi...
His first wife was Mary of Lancaster – the best way of thinking of her is as Blanche of Lancaster’s aunt. Blanche was the first wife of John of Gaunt who is commemorated in the Book of the Duchess by Chaucer and whose land ensured that Gaunt was the wealthiest man in the country. ...
For a couple of years Hingham had no leader because it had no minister. That was rectified in 1635 when Rev. Peter Hobart arrived and established the First Parish of Hingham. Hobart led services in a rude structure that was replaced in 1681 by a handsome Elizabethan Gothic building that stil...
son from Cambridge. All possible medical aid had been summoned. The surgeon of the neighbourhood (Stephen Steele) was there from the first, and a physician from London (Russell Reynolds) was in attendance as well as Mr. Beard. But human help was unavailing. There was effusion on the brain...
The first one, The Arrow, crashed during a race in September 1903, killing its driver, Frank Day. His second car, Ford 999, driven by Barney Oldfield, was a great success. On 12th January, 1904, Henry Ford drove the 999 to a speed of 91.37 mph (147.05 km/h). (13)Barney Oldfield...
“Ukrainians, Jews, and the Problem of Antisemitism,”“Remaking National Identities: First Annual Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities,” Columbia University, April 1996. “‘A Clean Cause Demands Clean Hands:’ Symon Petliura and the Pogroms of 1919,” Association for ...
For example, the statement that King Charles the First was beheaded at Whitehall on the 30th day of January 1649, is as exactly true as any proposition in mathematics or physics; no one doubts that any person of sound faculties, properly placed, who was present at Whitehall throughout that ...
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