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Hundred Years' War

History; British history

A series of conflicts waged from 1337 to 1453 between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of France and their various allies for control of the French throne. It was the result of a dynastic ...

Black Hole of Calcutta

History; British history

A dungeon located at Fort William in Calcutta. It is notable as many British prisoners of war were held in this dungeon when it was captured by the Nawab of Bengal in 1756. So many prisoners were ...

Auld Alliance

History; British history

The Auld Alliance (Scots for "Old Alliance") was the alliance between Scotland and France. This treaty was of great importance with regard to conflicts with the common enemy of England. Following ...

Battle of Culloden

History; British history

The Battle of Culloden took place on the 16th of April 1745 near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands and marked the end of the Jacobite Uprising. A force of around five and a half thousand men ...

Margaret Thatcher

History; British history

Margaret Thatcher (13 October 1925 – 8 April 2013) was a British politician and the longest-serving Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of 20th century. Known as the Iron Lady, leading Great ...

wergeld

History; British history

In Anglo-Saxon and Germanic law, wergeld was the compensation paid to relatives for the homicide of a person. A more modern equivalent is blood money. Alternative spelling: wergild.

Ernest Henry Starling

History; British history

A British physiologist (1866-1927) who contributed greatly to the study of his field, improving our understanding of many bodily functions. His most notable achievement was the discovery of the ...