Queen Elizabeth’s Tilbury speech
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Made on the eve of the Spanish Armada in 1588 “My loving people, we have been persuaded by some that we are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit ourselves to armed multitudes for fear of treachery; but, I do assure you, I do not desire
Today in History – March 3rd
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Today in History March 3rd 473 – Gundobad (nephew of Ricimer) nominates Glycerius as emperor of the Western Roman Empire. 724 – Empress Genshō abdicates the throne in favor of her nephew Shōmu who becomes emperor of Japan. 1284 – The Statute of Rhuddlan incorporates the Principality of Wales
History of Hygiene Timeline
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The word hygiene comes from Hygeia, the Greek goddess of health, who was the daughter of Aesculapius, the god of medicine. Since the arrival of the Industrial Revolution (c.1750-1850) and the discovery of the germ theory of disease in the second half of the nineteenth century, hygiene and sanitation
Bomber Command Memorial
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A memorial to Bomber Command was officially unveiled on June 28th 2012 by Queen Elizabeth II. The Bomber Command Memorial is in Green Park, central London, and commemorates the 55,573 men who died flying with Bomber Command. The memorial cost £7.5 million: £6 million to build with £1.5 million
2010 General Election
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown set May 6th as the date for the UK national election in 2010. Just before 10.00 on April 6th the Prime Minister left 10, Downing Street for the short drive to Buckingham Palace where, at 10.02 he asked Queen Elizabeth II to dissolve Parliament. Shortly
Foreign Policy
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Philip II’s foreign policy was to affect much of Europe. In many senses Philip II had too many responsibilities and not enough financial clout to respond to his foreign problems. Philip’s foreign policy went from grand successes, such as defeating the Turks at Lepanto, to humiliating defeats as happened
William Harvey
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William Harvey made the momentous medical discovery that the flow of blood must be continuous and that its flow must be in one direction only. This discovery sealed his place in the history of medicine. William Harvey was born in 1578 in Folkestone, Kent. Harvey studied at Caius
The Clarendon Code
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The Clarendon Code, incorrectly named after the 1st Earl of Clarendon, Chief Minister of Charles II after the Restoration Settlement, is the name given to a series of laws passed by the Cavalier Parliament that persecuted Dissenters. Clarendon got the credit for the laws but this was not accurate,
Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex
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Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, was a leading Parliamentarian military commander during the English Civil War. Essex was the son of Elizabeth I’s favourite, the second Earl of Essex. Essex was born in 1591 into a life of privilege. He was a serious and solemn child who
James I and Witchcraft
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James I considered himself to be an intellect. In particular James saw himself as an expert on witchcraft, which was still an issue in Stuart England in so far as many did not share the same views as James. The idea of black and witch witches can be