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A mid-13th century CE illustration of William II of England (r. 1087-1100 CE). From a work by Mathew Paris, c. 1200-1259 CE. (British Library, London).

The Great Seal of William II of England (r. 1087-1100 CE). (From 'The Pictorial History of England', by George Lillie Craik etal., Harper & Brothers, 1846 CE).

Statue of William III of England, designed by German artist Heinrich Baucke, 1907. Outside Kensington Palace, London.

A 16th century CE portrait of William Cecil, Lord Burghley (1520-1598 CE), Secretary of State and Lord Treasurer during the reign of Elizabeth I of England (1558-1603 CE). (National Portrait Gallery, London)

Harold Godwinson (also spelt Godwineson) reigned briefly as King Harold II of England from January to October 1066 CE, the momentous year which witnessed the Norman conquest and end of 500 years of Anglo-Saxon rule. Harold had been, as the...

A replica of the electromagnet invented by the Canadian engineer William Sturgeon (1783-1850). Sturgeon first devised the electromagnet in 1825; this version was invented around 1832. It was used to create a magnetic force that could provide...

Map showing William Dampier's expedition along the west and northwest coast of New Holland (Australia) and the coasts of Timor, New Guinea and New Britain in 1699 aboard the HMS Roebuck.

Circe and Scylla in John William Waterhouse's Circe Invidiosa (1892).

A 1921 painting of a boy dressed as a pirate by William Meade Prince (1893-1951). (Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina, USA)

A c. 1610 CE portrait of William Shakespeare (1564-1616 CE), the celebrated playwright of Elizabethan theatre. (Hatchlands Park, Surrey, England)