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Showing posts with label Lady Jane Grey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lady Jane Grey. Show all posts
Thursday, November 9, 2017

The deadly inheritance of Lady Jane Grey: 60 seconds with Nicola Tallis

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History Extra Ahead of her talk, ‘Crown of Blood: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey’, we caught up with Nicola to find out more...
Thursday, December 17, 2015

Lady Jane Grey: why do we want to believe the myth?

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History Extra The Execution of Lady Jane Grey (1833) by French Romantic painter Paul Delaroche dominates its display room at the Nati...
Thursday, May 21, 2015

History Trivia - English Lady Jane Grey marries Guildford Dudley.

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May 21, on this day The Agonalia was held. It was held on January 9th, March 17th, May 21st, and December 11th.   On each day a ram was ...
Thursday, February 12, 2015

History Trivia - Charles the Fat, the King of Italy, crowned Holy Roman Emperor

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February 12  881 Pope John VIII crowned Charles the Fat, the King of Italy, Holy Roman Emperor. Charles was the grandson of Charlemagn...
Thursday, November 13, 2014

History Trivia - Ethelred the Unready (Ethelred II) orders the St Brice's Day Massacre

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November 13  354 Saint Augustine was born.   He was one of the earliest Christian theologians, and author of The City of God, and, Confe...
Saturday, July 19, 2014

History Trivia - Battle of Halidon Hill – The English defeat the Scots

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July 19 711 Umayyad conquest of Hispania: Battle of Guadalete – Muslim Umayyad Caliphate forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeated the Visig...
Wednesday, July 9, 2014

History Trivia - Lady Jane Grey proclaimed queen of England

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July 9  118 Hadrian, Rome's new emperor, made his entry into the city. 455 Avitus, the Roman military commander in Gaul, became ...
Wednesday, February 12, 2014

History Trivia - Lady Jane Grey, the nine day queen of England, executed

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February 12  881 Pope John VIII crowned Charles the Fat, the King of Italy, Holy Roman Emperor. Charles was the grandson of Charlemagne ...
Friday, October 11, 2013

History Trivia - Henry VIII's flagship Mary Rose raised to the surface after 437 years at the bottom of the Solent.

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October 11   1303 Pope Boniface VIII died. He instituted the first Jubilee (special year of remission of sins and universal pardon)....