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06 Mar
The Capture of Château Gaillard
- 6th March 1204 -
Built in a single year, 1197-98, by Richard I, the Lionheart, Château Gaillard was one of the strongest and most up-to-date castles of its age. The word Gaillard itself means strong and...
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on the execution of King Charles I
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09 Feb
- The Burial of Charles I -
On the night of 9thFebruary 1649 Charles I was buried in St. George’s Chapel, Windsor. The commission set up to try the monarch refused permission for him to be buried in Westminster Abbey so he was laid to rest in...
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30 Jan
The Execution of Charles I
- January 30th 1649 -
It was a bitterly cold Tuesday, 30th January. A scaffold had been erected in Whitehall. The platform had been covered with a black cloth. A block stood in the middle. This was the block on...
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on British soldier's uniform 1914-15
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18 Jan
The Paris Peace Conference
- 18thJanuary 1919 -
Two months after the official Armistice on 11th November 1918 the matter of how to settle the outstanding issues was hotly debated in Paris. This conference was to result in the Treaty of...
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11 Jan
The Birth of Harry Gordon Selfridge
- 11 January 1858 -
6thJanuary 2013 nearly 8 million people watched the first series of Mr Selfridge – an ITV series that lasted 3 series with another in the pipeline. What many may not have known is...
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