Historical men and women

  Thorkell the Tall was a Viking leader who was prominent in English affairs during the reigns of Ethelred the Unready (Anglo-Saxon king fro...

  Henry Fox was a prominent English politician during the late 18 th century, although he never became Prime Minister (or First Lord of the...

  King Louis IX was the only king of France to be declared a saint, a status that he earned through his excessive piety and participation in...

  Ernst Wollweber was born in 1898, the son of a miner in Hamburg, Germany. He joined the German Navy in 1917 and was inspired by what was ...

  Manco Capac, who died in or around the year 1107, is generally described as the first emperor of the Inca people who occupied much of the ...

  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...