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1 day ago · The remains were found below a tennis court during excavations at the site of Visegrád, a castle town in Hungary. The settlement, located north of the Hungarian capital of Budapest on the right ...
1 day ago · Buckingham Palace, palace and London residence of the British sovereign. It is situated within the borough of Westminster. The palace takes its name from the house built (c. 1705) for John Sheffield, duke of Buckingham. It was bought in 1762 by George III for his wife, Queen Charlotte, and became known as the queen’s house.
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4 days ago · Adelaide of Hungary 1107–1140: Béla II 1109–1141 King of Hungary and Croatia: Msitislav I the Great 1076–1132 Grand Prince of Kiev: Zbyslava of Kiev c. 1085 –1114: Bolesław III Wrymouth of Poland 1086–1138: Salomea of Berg c. 1100 –1144: Henry of Bohemia d. c. 1169: Judith of Thuringia c. 1135 –1174: Vladislaus II c. 1110 ...
3 days ago · The Rulers of London 1660-1689 A Biographical Record of the Aldermen and Common Councilment of the City of London. Contains over 1,400 biographical records for members of the Courts of Aldermen and of Common Council. Published by kind permission of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society. British History Online (no series).
4 days ago · Noorthouck's 'New History' falls into two parts. The first is a narrative history of London from the Roman period until the 1770s. The second gives accounts of the present state of the City (organised by ward), and of much of Westminster, Southwark and Lambeth. It also includes an Appendix of charters and statutes relating to the City, and ...
2 days ago · British Museum, in London, comprehensive national museum with particularly outstanding holdings in archaeology and ethnography. It is located in the Bloomsbury district of the borough of Camden. The Reading Room in the British Museum, London. Explore Bloomsbury's British Museum, home to the Elgin Marbles and the Rosetta Stone, in London.
3 days ago · Memorials of London and London Life in the 13th, 14th and 15th Centuries. A series of extracts from the early archives of the City, arranged in chronological order. Much of the material is drawn from the Letter Books of the City. British History Online (no series). Originally published by Longmans, Green, London, 1868.
