Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding; first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published; Argentina declares independence from Spain; The Scopes "Monkey Trial" begins; King Henry VIII of ...

Henry VIII’s meals were more than just indulgent—they were political power plays. From roasted swan to spiced wine, every ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — A portrait of Henry VII on loan from Rome is now on display at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, according to museum officials Wednesday. The Renaissance court ...

The Abbey’s Curator, Dr Susan Jenkins, and Steve Dey from ThinkSee 3D oversee the scanning (c) Westminster Abbey The Abbey’s Curator, Dr Susan Jenkins, said: “Visitors to the Abbey’s Galleries are ...

Previous research in the 1980s concluded that Torrigiano must have used a model from Henry VII ’s death mask to achieve such lifelike results. A death mask is a likeness, typically wax or plaster of a ...

The sign outside says the pub dates from 1537 but a carving upon a beam inside shows 1547, a decade later, and the year of King Henry's death. The gravestone, from 1766, and some of the stones for ...

Seventy-Seven Fascinating Finds Revealed in 2024, From a Mysterious ‘Anomaly’ Near the Great Pyramid of Giza to a Missing Portrait of Henry VIII The year’s most exciting discoveries included ...

The King married Anne two years after Jane Seymour’s death in 1540. She was German (born in the Holy Roman Empire), and their marriage was the shortest at just six months long. After their ...

Wolf Hall 's latest episode introduced us to King Henry VIII's fourth bride, Anne of Cleves, who was married to the monarch for just six months before he decided to annul the union.

While he had three legitimate children, Henry VIII is believed to have sired several illegitimate children as well including Henry Fitzroy (a surname which literally translates to son of the king).