Elizabeth Tudor was crowned Queen of England on January 15, 1559 – the day John Dee had determined was the most auspicious of ...
1986 – President Reagan signed legislation making Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday a national holiday to be celebrated on ...
Silver coins from the Tudor and Stuart periods which were discovered in a field have been officially declared treasure. The ...
Elizabeth I’s makeup ... Why did the last monarch of the House of Tudor cake her face with heavy makeup? To cover up scars from smallpox, which she came down with in 1562 — just four years ...
However, as some of Elizabeth’s female relatives discovered, marriage could also prove to be dangerous in Tudor times. After the death of Edward VI, Elizabeth’s cousin Lady Jane Grey had been ...
From her home on the Welsh marches she joined the Tudor court, nursing the young Princess Elizabeth and becoming a lifelong confidante who lived, breathed and slept alongside the Virgin Queen.