History
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#OnThisDay in 1536 Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, illegitimate son of Henry VIII, died.On July 23, 1536, Henry Fitzroy, the illegitimate son of King Henry VIII, died after a brief illness. He was only...
23rd July 2016 -
#On This Day in 1751 Princess Caroline Matilda was bornPrincess Caroline Matilda was born on the 22nd July 1751, the youngest daughter of Frederick, Prince of Wales and Princess Augusta...
22nd July 2016 -
Mary Boleyn: Royal MistressMary Boleyn was born c. 1499/1500 at Blickling hall, Norfolk, and died on July 19, 1543. She was the daughter of...
19th July 2016 -
#OnThisDay in 1821 Caroline of Brunswick was denied entry to her husband’s coronationOne hundred and ninety-five years ago, Caroline of Brunswick, beleaguered and unpopular wife of the equally unpopular George IV, decamped from...
19th July 2016 -
#OnThisDay in 1918 Nicholas II of Russia and his family are murdered by BolsheviksTsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family were murdered by Bolsheviks on 17 July 1918. Nicholas was the last Emperor...
17th July 2016 -
#OnThisDay in 1685 James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, illegitimate son of Charles II, was executed on Tower HillJames was the eldest illegitimate son of Charles II and his mistress Lucy Walter. He was born in 1649, in Rotterdam...
15th July 2016 -
Queen Victoria’s Tea HouseWithin the gardens of several royal residences and former royal residences are small buildings which give us a unique insight into the character...
12th July 2016 -
#OnThisDay in 1460: Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, defeated the king’s Lancastrian forces and took King Henry VI prisonerRichard Neville, also known as “Warwick the Kingmaker” was born on the 22nd of November in 1428. He was the eldest...
10th July 2016 -
#OnThisDay Lady Jane Grey becomes QueenLady Jane Grey, or Lady Jane Dudley, was proclaimed Queen on this day in 1553. She has been commonly referred to...
10th July 2016 -
#OnThisDay: Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh was bornMaria Walpole was born in 1736, a time when the importance of Parliament had grown. In fact, she herself was a grand-daughter...
10th July 2016