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1 day ago · Earl of Lincoln. Dissolution. 24 March 1603. The House of Tudor ( / ˈtjuːdər / TEW-dər) [ 1] was an English and Welsh dynasty that held the throne of England from 1485 to 1603. [ 2] They descended from the Tudors of Penmynydd, a Welsh noble family, and Catherine of Valois. The Tudor monarchs ruled the Kingdom of England and the Lordship of ...
7 hours ago · The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (800 BC to AD 500), the Middle Ages (AD 500–1500), and the modern era (since AD 1500). The first early European modern humans appear in the fossil record about 48,000 years ago, during the Paleolithic era.
7 hours ago · Ubba's name as it appears on folio 48v of British Library Harley 2278 (Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund): "Vbba " [1]. Ubba (Old Norse: Ubbi; died 878) was a 9th-century Viking and one of the commanders of the Great Heathen Army that invaded Anglo-Saxon England in the 860s.
7 hours ago · The bracingly bitter beer resulted from a near tragedy in 1983, when Grant lost a large part of his olfactory nerve during brain surgery. “I can still sense a lot of the flavor of beer, but the more subtle tastes and smells, especially in the hops, escape me now,” he explained in his autobiography, The Ale Master.
7 hours ago · Dundee. / 56.462°N 2.9707°W / 56.462; -2.9707. Dundee ( / dʌnˈdiː / ⓘ; Scots: Dundee; Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Dè or Dùn Dèagh, pronounced [t̪un ˈtʲeː]) is the fourth-largest city in Scotland. The mid-year population estimate for 2016 was 148,210, giving Dundee a population density of 2,478/km 2 or 6,420/sq mi, the second ...
7 hours ago · The Balkans ( / ˈbɔːlkənz / BAWL-kənz, / ˈbɒlkənz / BOL-kənz[ 1] ), corresponding partially with the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. [ 2][ 3][ 4] The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throughout the whole of Bulgaria. [ 5]
1 day ago · Hel (1889) by Johannes Gehrts, depicts the Old Norse Hel, a goddess-like figure, in the location of the same name, which she oversees. The modern English word hell is derived from Old English hel, helle (first attested around 725 AD to refer to a nether world of the dead) reaching into the Anglo-Saxon pagan period. [1]
