The equal rulers returned England to Protestant rule and began a new era of royal leadership defined by parliamentary oversight ...

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On February 8, 1971, the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (Nasdaq) opened. In 1960, the ...

Norfolk has the largest concentration of medieval churches in the world. Almost 1000 were built, and today an incredible 639 ...

‘When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life,’ said Samuel Johnson in 1777.

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The letter to Queen Elizabeth is signed by the Earl of Leicester (Lyon ... “Bidders were drawn to the contrasting portraits ...

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