When it comes to the biggest questions about British history, there is perhaps none more frequently asked than who were the best (and worst) monarchs. YouGov asked the public for their opinion.

Downham Market's history stretches back over 2,000 years - and the Norfolk location still has many beautiful historical ...

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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.

By Hannah Khalil. 1649 was a significant year in British History because King Charles I was executed for treason. A lesser known, but arguably equally important, historical moment occurred in that ...

Those born on this date are under the sign of Aquarius. They include: -- Pope Benedict XIII in 1649 -- French statesman Charles de Talleyrand in 1754 -- Writer James Joyce in 1882 -- Charles Correll, ...

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 ...

Charles’s fate was sealed and in January 1649, he was tried and found guilty of high treason. He was sentenced to death. The execution of Charles I On 30th January 1649 at Whitehall, Charles I was ...

In 1662 Charles married Portuguese infanta Catherine of Braganza, daughter of King John IV (she is buried in Portugal). They had no children but Charles had 13 children by various mistresses. Charles ...

As Charles, 76, took his seat at the ceremony in front of the gates of the former Nazi concentration camp, he was reunited with King Frederik and Queen Mary of Denmark. The monarchs shared a warm ...