HistoricUK

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The online history magazine and heritage accommodation guide. Be sure to check out our mahoosive directory of historic cottages and castle hotels!

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    31. pro 2019.

    Another highlight of 2019 for me was writing my second piece for about the Great Heathen Army.

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  2. 8. sij

    in 793, Vikings raid the abbey at Lindisfarne (Holy Island) in Northumbria. This is the first recorded raid on such a sacred site, and sends shock-waves through Anglo-Saxon Britain.

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  3. 22. lis 2019.
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  4. 22. lis 2019.

    in 1937, the Duke of Windsor, formerly King Edward VIII, met Adolf Hitler at his Bavarian retreat. The meeting included an hour-long meeting between the Duke & Hitler. During the visit the Duke gave full Nazi salutes.

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  5. 21. lis 2019.

    Watching reminds us that barely a family or community across the UK escaped World War I untouched by such terrible loss. Making those “Thankful Villages” truly blessed.

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  6. 21. lis 2019.

    The special is currently on . Want to read more about WWI during the break? Check out our timeline of events.

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  7. 21. lis 2019.

    Celebrate Trafalgar Day! Celebrated on October 21st, Trafalgar Day marks the day on which Britain triumphed in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.

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  8. 21. lis 2019.

    in 1805, 27 British ships defeated 33 French & Spanish ships in the navel engagement known as the Battle of Trafalgar, continuing the naval supremacy Britain had seen throughout the 18th century.

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  9. 21. lis 2019.

    in 1805, the Battle of Trafalgar took place. A naval engagement between the British Navy & the combined fleets of the French & Spanish. Led by Admiral Lord Nelson, the British were victorious although Nelson was shot & died during the battle.

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  10. 16. lis 2019.

    This Saturday: Saxon and Viking Festival 2019, Suffolk. Offering visitors the chance to get up close & personal with bloodthirsty warriors & experience a taste of what life was like, including a ceremonial torchlight procession and Viking boat burning.

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  11. 22. ruj 2019.
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  12. 20. ruj 2019.

    Because of this defeat, King Harold Godwinson had to force-march his troops the 190 miles from London to York. The armies would meet at Stamford Bridge just 5 days later.

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  13. 20. ruj 2019.

    At Fulford their army was confronted by the forces of Earl Edwin of Mercia and his brother Earl Morcar of Northumberland. The English fought bravely but were defeated in the bloody battle that followed, losing York to the invaders.

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  14. 20. ruj 2019.

    in 1066 the Battle of Fulford took place. An invading Viking army headed by Harald Hardrada and Tostig Godwinson, King Harold Godwinson's banished brother, was making its way towards York.

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  15. 17. ruj 2019.

    , 75 years ago began Operation Market Garden. The operation consisted of two sub-operations: Market - an airborne assault to seize key bridges Garden - a ground attack moving over the seized bridges creating the salient

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  16. 17. ruj 2019.

    in 1944, began the failed military operation ‘Operation Market Garden’. The huge airborne operation was planned to secure the bridges across the River Rhine. Immortalised in the film, ‘A Bridge Too Far’

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  17. 16. ruj 2019.
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    9. ruj 2019.

    This year marks the 125th anniversary of the 'Great Horse Manure Crisis' when there was a very bad smell in London via

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  19. 2. ruj 2019.

    When Sir Thomas Bloodworth, the Lord Mayor of London in 1666 was woken up to be told about the start of The Great Fire of London, he replied 'Pish! A woman might piss it out!' If only he knew...

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  20. 2. ruj 2019.

    in 1666, a fire started in King's Bakery, Pudding Lane, . The fire destroyed over 13,000 houses and almost 90 churches. A handful of surviving buildings managed to escape the flames, check them out...

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