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1 day ago · Roanoke Colony (/ ˈ r oʊ ə n oʊ k / ROH-ə-nohk) was an attempt by Sir Walter Raleigh to found the first permanent English settlement in America. The colony was founded in 1585, but when it was visited by a ship in 1590, the colonists had inexplicably disappeared.
1 day ago · North West England is one of nine official regions of England and consists of the ceremonial counties of Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside. The North West had a population of 7,417,397 in 2021. It is the third-most-populated region in the United Kingdom, after the South East and Greater London.
1 day ago · This was a rebellion in England led by Wat Tyler and John Ball, in which peasants demanded an end to serfdom. England Rebels led by Wat Tyler: Wat Tyler killed, revolt suppressed 1382 Harelle: Rouen, Paris: Guild members of Rouen Revolt leaders killed. City rights revoked c. 1387 Isfahan revolt Isfahan: Local rebels Revolt violently repressed ...
1 day ago · Part of a series on Human history ↑ Prehistory (Stone Age) (Pleistocene epoch) Holocene Timelines Neolithic – Contemporary (10,000 BCE – Present) Age of the human race Recorded history (Common Era) Earliest records Protohistory Proto-writing Ancient Copper Age Bronze Age Iron Age Axial Age Classical antiquity Late antiquity Africa North America South America Oceania East Asia South Asia ...
1 day ago · The term "late Middle Ages" refers to one of the three periods of the Middle Ages, along with the early Middle Ages and the High Middle Ages. Leonardo Bruni was the first historian to use tripartite periodization in his History of the Florentine People (1442).
1 day ago · King Tawhiao visits England with petition to the Queen, appealing to the Treaty of Waitangi, and is refused access. First overseas tour by a New Zealand rugby team, to New South Wales. Construction of King Country section of North Island main trunk railway begins. 22 June: 1884 New Zealand general election.
1 day ago · This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) elected in the 1983 general election, held on 9 June.This Parliament was dissolved in 1987. During 1983–1987 Bernard Weatherill was the speaker, Margaret Thatcher served as Prime Minister, Michael Foot and Neil Kinnock served as Leaders of the Opposition.
