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- The Bill of Rights 1689 is an English Act of Parliament with the full ... The Bill of Rights 1689 is largely a statement of certain positive ...9 KB (1,377 words) - 18:35, 13 February 2024
- Paterson, William (banker) [[Image:Sir William Paterson.jpg|thumb|225px|Sir William Paterson.]] ...10 KB (1,463 words) - 10:38, 11 May 2023
- and Alan Rufus, Lord of Richmond. William II of England may also have considered ... After the death of king William II of England in August 1100, Henry ...12 KB (1,885 words) - 16:52, 7 November 2022
- Matilda of Flanders (c. 1031 – November 2, 1083) was Queen consort ... Matilda was daughter of count Baldwin V of Flanders and Adèle (1000 ...15 KB (2,261 words) - 16:52, 7 November 2022
- as the most significant English composer of his time. Blow's dramatic ... in Nottinghamshire. He became a chorister of the Chapel Royal, and distinguished ...6 KB (993 words) - 16:55, 5 April 2024
- eventually brought home more than 100 tons of silver. During the period when ... The term has come to be used as a warning and a criticism of any coercive ...9 KB (1,352 words) - 15:03, 18 May 2020
- Mary II (April 30, 1662 – December 28, 1694) reigned as Queen of ... Mary reigned jointly with her husband and first cousin, William III ...22 KB (3,330 words) - 22:05, 16 December 2022
- The Peasants' Revolt, Tyler’s Rebellion, or the Great Rising ... military campaigns overseas—a continuation of the Hundred Years' War ...8 KB (1,321 words) - 07:09, 23 November 2022
- William of Normandy (French: Guillaume de Normandie) (1028 – September ... William invaded England with his band of Normans, defeated the English ...20 KB (3,034 words) - 11:03, 9 May 2023
- singing. As a vital composer during the time of a creative rebirth in human ... draw conclusions from the dedicatory pages of his works. He and his his father ...6 KB (863 words) - 22:51, 30 April 2023
- The Glorious Revolution was the overthrow of James II of England in 1688 by a union of Parliamentarians and the Dutch stadtholder William III ...16 KB (2,559 words) - 18:55, 31 December 2023
- The Battle of the Boyne was a turning point in the Williamite war ... its symbolic importance has made it one of the most infamous battles in ...20 KB (3,207 words) - 01:44, 26 September 2023
- November 16, 1272) was the son and successor of John Lackland as King of England ... He assumed the crown under the regency of the popular William Marshal ...14 KB (2,076 words) - 22:21, 8 February 2022
- Frederick Charles Louis Constantine, prince and landgrave of the House ... His election as king of Finland resulted from the temporary ascendancy ...7 KB (1,132 words) - 07:09, 6 June 2021
- The Norman conquest of England was the invasion of the Kingdom of ... ruler Charles the Simple had allowed a group of Vikings, under their leader ...20 KB (3,151 words) - 02:47, 16 November 2022
- poet and cleric, known as the most famous of the "Sons of Ben," ... addressing topics such as the wondrousness of nature and the fleetingness ...8 KB (1,326 words) - 05:06, 15 December 2022
- Marie de France ("Mary of France") was a poet. Born in France ... Her works are mostly dedicated to members of the French court at the ...12 KB (1,973 words) - 04:15, 6 November 2022
- The Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster, normally called Westminster ... Since the Christmas Day coronation of William the Conqueror in 1066 ...17 KB (2,475 words) - 17:21, 4 May 2023
- William Cowper (pronounced Cooper /'ku:pə(r)/) (November 26 ... In addition to being renowned as one of the greatest nature poets ...9 KB (1,493 words) - 15:56, 7 May 2023
- III (c. 1004– January 5, 1066), son of Ethelred the Unready, was the ... His reign marked the continuing disintegration of royal power in England ...18 KB (2,742 words) - 23:55, 12 February 2024
