The announcement that King Charles III has been diagnosed with cancer has come as a shock to many in Britain, largely because the 75-year-old monarch has generally enjoyed good health through the years.
King Charles I ( 1625 - 1649 ) 1633 - Education Act of 1633 ordains a school in every parish (partially successful).1637 - William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, order the Scottish Kirk to use the new Anglican prayer book. 1638 - Scottish Covenanters rebel against Charles I.1643 - The ...
King Charles III. We have also developed the most visuallysecure bullioncoin in the world, celebrated anniversaries, achievments and people with commemorative coins and until 2024, produced coins for many countries across the globe. Find out where it all began and read about the key moments in...
The monarch during the civil wars was King Charles I. His death is probably the most well-known fact about him that sticks in our minds. On a cold January afternoon, wearing two shirts lest shivering give the appearance of fear, he was executed outside his palace. In the aftermath of hi...
Saints and Cavaliers: Charles, Henrietta Maria and Cromwell Killing Kings: Badgers and Hetmans, Sugar Cubes and Bowstrings Incorruptible Crown and the Magnificent Mother The Bowels of Christ: Protector Oliver and Prince Dick Ganga Zumba – King of Palmares ...
who tolerated a loss-making venture for three decades; to Norman Lockyer, the first editor; and to a string of influential collaborators and contributors, including biologist Thomas Henry Huxley — one of the heavyweights of Victorian science and a staunch ally of Charles Darwin (he was known as...
about fifty years, being replaced by a preference for wine, chocolate, and exotic coffees. Tea was introduced into England in 1660 by King Charles II and his Portuguese queen, who were both confirmed tea drinkers. Tea mania swept across England as it had earlier spread throughout France and...
It has been theorised that it was a flour explosion that exacerbated the Great Fire of London in 1666 when an oven exploded next to several sacks of flour. The (alleged) bakery on Pudding Lane was owned by King Charles II’s own baker, Thomas Farriner. The blaze would continue for fiv...
When Henry the Eighth was ruling England,more than seventy thousand people were killed vecause of crimes,or because they disagreed with the king about religion or other important things. Six years after Henry the Eighth died,his oldest daughter Mary-the daughter he had with his first wife,Cathe...
On January 17, Popeye kicks off his 90th birthday celebration with the relaunch of “Popeye’s Cartoon Club” comic strip series on ComicsKingdom.com. First seen in the 1930s, the original “Popeye’s Cartoon Club” ran at the end of E.C. Segar’s “The Thimble Theater” comic strip...