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A 1794 painting of Admiral Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (1726-99), the famous British admiral who commanded the British Fleet during the Revolutionary War of 1776. Painting by John Singleton Copley. (Royal Museums Greenwich)

A sketch of Richard Henry Lee; on his left hand, he wears a black silk glove to hide the injury he sustained in a hunting accident that cost him four of his fingers. Engraving by Alonzo Chappel, 1861. New York Public Library, Emmet Collection...

The former home of the composer Richard Strauss (1864-1949) in Garmisch, Bavaria.

Henry VI of England ruled as king from 1422 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471. Succeeding his father Henry V of England (r. 1413-1422), Henry VI was crowned the king of France in 1431 but he could not prevent a French revival led by Charles...

USS Bonhomme Richard, 1779. Copy of an artwork by F. Muller. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Naval History Photographs.

Major General Richard Montgomery (1738-1775), an Irish-born soldier who led the Continental troops in the American Invasion of Quebec (1775-1776) and was killed at the Battle of Quebec (31 December 1775). Emmet Collection of Manuscripts...

Richard III Act 1 Scene 2 explained in depth. Part of the Shakespeare Explained series, this video will help you to understand Shakespeare and what is being said in the play. This Shakespeare Explained video of Richard III will be very...

Henry II of England ruled from 1154 to 1189 CE. He gained the throne by negotiation with his predecessor King Stephen of England (r. 1135-1154 CE) following the civil war that had raged between that monarch and Henry's mother Empress Matilda...

John Paul Jones (1747-1792) was a Scottish-born sailor who served in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). His raid on the English port town of Whitehaven in 1778 and his victory over the HMS Serapis the...

This episode covers the rise of the House of Anjou/Plantagenet and the birth of what some historians call the Angevin Empire. The episode covers the reigns of two kings, Henry II of England and Richard I of England, better known as Richard...