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22 hours ago · Queen of Sweden, Denmark, Norway and England: King Sweyn Forkbeard 963–1014 King of the English r. 1013–1014: Gunhild of Wenden: Queen Ælfgifu wife of King Eadwig: King Eadwig All-Fair d. 959 King of England r. 955–959: Æthelflæd: King Edgar I the Peaceful c. 943 –975 King of England r. 959–975: Queen Ælfthryth c. 945 –1000/1001 ...
22 hours ago · Edmund I. Mother. Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury. Edgar (or Eadgar; [1] c. 944 – 8 July 975) was King of the English from 959 until his death. He became king of all England on his brother's death. He was the younger son of King Edmund I and his first wife Ælfgifu.
22 hours ago · The Reformation, also known as the Protestant Reformation and the European Reformation, [1] was a major theological movement in Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the papacy and the authority of the Catholic Church. Following the start of the Renaissance, the Reformation marked the ...
22 hours ago · Trinity College, Cambridge, Peterhouse, Cambridge. Signature. Charles Babbage KH FRS ( / ˈbæbɪdʒ /; 26 December 1791 – 18 October 1871) was an English polymath. [1] A mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer, Babbage originated the concept of a digital programmable computer. [2] Babbage is considered by some to be ...
22 hours ago · Sophie and Edward have been in Edinburgh. The closing ceremony in the afternoon welcomed new staff to the church and had addresses from the Moderator and the Duke of Edinburgh. Sophie wowed in a ...
22 hours ago · The UK’s first intercity battery train is being trialled to reduce emissions and fuel costs. Manufacturer Hitachi Rail said one of three diesel engines on a TransPennine Express (TPE) Nova 1 ...
22 hours ago · UK George Harrison would be ‘touched’ by blue plaque at childhood home, says widow The late Beatle was born on February 25 1943 at the two-up two-down Victorian terraced house in Liverpool.
