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Crimean War

History; British history

1853-56. A war between Russia and an alliance of Great Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey. The main theatre of the war was the Crimea, where an Anglo-French army eventually captured the fortress ...

Tudor dynasty

History; British history

The English royal house that ruled England from 1485 (Henry VII) until the death of Elizabeth I in 1603. The throne then passed to their cousins, the Scottish Stuarts, unifying England and Scotland.

Stuart dynasty

History; British history

Also Stewart. The dynasty that ruled Scotland from 1371 to 1714 and England from the accession of James VI of Scotland to the English throne as James I in 1603 to the death of Queen Anne in 1714.

Ernest Henry Starling

History; British history

A British physiologist (1866-1927) who contributed greatly to the study of his field, improving our understanding of many bodily functions. His most notable achievement was the discovery of the ...

William Wallace

History; British history

A Scottish landowner who became one of the main leaders during the Wars of Scottish Independence. Along with Andrew Moray, Wallace defeated an English army at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297, ...

Hundred Years' War

History; British history

A series of conflicts waged from 1337 to 1453 between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of France and their various allies for control of the French throne. It was the result of a dynastic ...

George III of England

History; British history

He was king of England from 1760 to 1820, it is during his reign that the American colonies were lost, it is a highly suspected that he suffered from a hereditary disease porphyria. They had to look ...

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