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In 1649, King Charles I was put on trial for treason. He was found guilty and sentenced to death. Even though Charles had fought against Parliament, only 59 commissioners signed Charles’ death ...

Charles I was crowned in Westminster Abbey on 2nd February ... So the body was taken for burial to St George's chapel at Windsor on 8th February 1649. He is buried in the same burial vault in the ...

World Health Organization officials declared the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak -- later to be dubbed COVID-19 -- a public health emergency of international concern.

Surprisingly, it was instigated by an English woman, called Margaret White, who was the wife of a printer called Robert based in Fleet Street, London. Based on historical research, this drama imagines ...

The English Civil War Society took to the streets of Westminister with their historic re-enactment in honour of Charles I.

In 1835, a gunman attempted to shoot President Andrew Jackson near the U.S. Capitol and was subdued by a crowd, marking the first presidential assassination attempt.