Showing posts with label Whitehall. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Whitehall. Show all posts

Thursday, October 15, 2015

History Trivia - Henry VIII installs bowling lanes at Whitehall

October 15

 70 BC, Virgil was born. He is considered to be one of the greatest poets of the Roman Empire. 


1501 English crown prince Arthur married Catherine of Aragon. 

1520 King Henry VIII of England ordered bowling lanes at Whitehall. 


Sunday, January 4, 2015

History Trivia - Ethelred of Wessex badly defeated by a Danish invasion army

January 4

 46 BC Julius Caesar defeated Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina.

48 BC, Julius Caesar arrived in Greece in pursuit of his rival, Pompey, whom he later defeated at Pharsalus.

871, at the Battle of Reading Ethelred of Wessex fought and was badly defeated by a Danish invasion army.

1698 most of the Palace of Whitehall in London, the main residence of the English monarchs, was destroyed by fire.


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