Historical men and women

  King James IV of Scotland was killed at the Battle of Flodden Field on 9th September 1513, following his unwise invasion of England while ...

  King Henry IV of England died on 20 th March 1413 at the age of 45. His health had been poor ever since he had seized the throne from Kin...

  Edward the Confessor was the only English king to become a saint. This was entirely due to his personal behaviour and had nothing to do wi...

Born on 21 st August 1765, William was the third son of King George III and would not have expected ever to become King.  He joined ...

Much less is known about the first than the second King Harold of England, as it was the latter who lost his throne and his life at...

During the night of 21 st /22 nd September 1327 a horrible murder was committed in England that killed a king. The victim was Ki...

On 21 st January 1793 the deposed King Louis XVI was executed by guillotine in what is now the Place de la Concorde in Paris. Lo...

On 21 st December 1192 King Richard I of England was captured by Duke Leopold of Austria, after which he was held prisoner for 14 mo...

On 20 th January 1936 King George V died of influenza at the age of 70, having been on the throne since 1910. A mystery has always s...

On 19 th December 1154 the coronation of King Henry II of England took place in Westminster Abbey, thus beginning the rule of the Pl...

On 16 th November 1272 King Henry III of England died after reigning for 56 years, a European record that would not be broken until ...

14 th November 1650 was the day on which Prince William of Orange, a grandson of the British King Charles I, was born. 14 th Novemb...

14 th February 1400 was probably the day on which King Richard II of England died in Pontefract Castle, Yorkshire. However, there ar...

The death of King Charles II, on 6 th February 1685, was a blessed release for a man who went through all sorts of tortures at the h...