Historical Events

Henry VIII Goes Bowling

1520 King Henry VIII of England orders the installation of bowling lanes in his palace at Whitehall

Escape of Charles II

1651 Future King of England Charles II flees England and pursues Parliamentary forces, sailing from Shoreham, West Sussex, to France

1654 Prince William of Orange appointed viceroy of Overijssel

1705 The English fleet under Lord Peterborough occupies Barcelona

Edward Gibbon's Inspiration

1764 Edward Gibbon observes a group of friars singing in the ruined Temple of Jupiter in Rome, which inspires him to begin work on "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire"

Wicked or Sinless? The Life of Lucrezia Borgia

1816 Lord Byron views the love letters of Lucrezia Borgia and poet Pietro Bembo in Mil

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