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First Court, Magdalene College, Cambridge
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First Court, Magdalene College, Cambridge

The First Court of Magdalene College, part of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1542 CE. The court and chapel were first laid out in the 16th century CE and then added to and altered...
King's College Chapel, Cambridge
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King's College Chapel, Cambridge

King's College Chapel, Cambridge, founded by Henry VI of England (r. 1422-1461 & 1470-1471 CE) in 1441 CE.
Interrelations of Kerma and Pharaonic Egypt
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Interrelations of Kerma and Pharaonic Egypt

The vacillating nature of Ancient Egypt's associations with the Kingdom of Kerma may be described as one of expansion and contraction; a virtual tug-of-war between rival cultures. Structural changes in Egypt's...
#17 O Come, all ye faithful arr. David Willcocks King's College Cambridge 2009
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#17 O Come, all ye faithful arr. David Willcocks King's College Cambridge 2009

#kingscollegechoir Merry Christmas Everyone! 2020's Socially distanced Carols from Kings will be broadcast on UK's BBC2 at 17:30 GMT (Dec 24) from inside an empty chapel. We...
Battle of Bunker Hill
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Battle of Bunker Hill

The Battle of Bunker Hill (17 June 1775) was a major engagement in the initial phase of the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), fought primarily on Breed's Hill in Charlestown, Massachusetts. The colonial troops successfully...
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
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Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

The Capture of Fort Ticonderoga (10 May 1775) was a military operation that occurred early in the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). A small colonial expedition jointly led by Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen surprised...
Christopher Marlowe
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Christopher Marlowe - Poet, Playwright, Spy

Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593), or Kit Marlowe, was a poet and playwright of the English Renaissance who wrote during the Elizabethan Era (1558-1603). His mastery of the blank verse – unrhymed iambic pentameter...
The Constantinian Excerpts
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The Constantinian Excerpts - The 10th Century Byzantine Encyclopedia

The Constantinian Excerpts, or Excerpta Constantiniana is the conventional name given to the mid-10th Century Byzantine palace encyclopedia commissioned by the scholar emperor Constantine...
John Robinson
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John Robinson

John Robinson (l. 1576-1625 CE) was the pastor of the Leiden congregation of separatists, some of whom made up the party (later known as pilgrims) who sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 CE to establish the Plymouth Colony in North...
The Violent and Mysterious Death of Christopher Marlowe
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The Violent and Mysterious Death of Christopher Marlowe

On the evening of 30 May 1593, the sounds of a heated argument could be heard emanating from a boarding house in Deptford, a district of London on the south bank of the River Thames. Two of the...
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