When Was the Gunpowder Plot?
When Was the Gunpowder Plot? “Remember, remember the fifth of November, gunpowder, treason and plot; for I see no reason why gunpowder treason should ever be forgot.”...
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Where Did Robin Hood Live?
Where Did Robin Hood Live? Robin Hood lived in Sherwood Forest, near Nottinghamshire in the centre of England. In those 12th Century days a vast region of open tracts,...
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Where Is William Penn Buried?
Where Is William Penn Buried? William Penn (1644-1718), who gave his name to the state of Pennsylvania in the United States, died in 1718, at his home in Ruscombe, near...
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Who Were the Tolpuddle Martyrs?
Who Were the Tolpuddle Martyrs? The Tolpuddle Martyrs were a group of farm laborers in Dorset, England, who were punished by transportation to Australia because they...
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When Was the Battle of Hastings?
When Was the Battle of Hastings? The Battle of Hastings was fought on October 14, 1066, on a ridge 07 miles (11 kilometres) northwest of Hastings in Sussex, England,...
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