Historical Fun

HISTORY FUN FACTS FOR OCTOBER 14th   On This Day in History in 1066, William the Conker Player defeated Harold-Kept-His-Eye-On-The-Pointy-Thing at the Battle of Hastings.   A few miles from the town of Hastings a battle raged between William is a bastard but soon to become King and Conqueror, and King Harold II of England.   With an army made entirely of blokes called Norman, William defeated Harold's forces and shot Harold in the eye with an arrow. Ironically, Harold had only just switched aftershave to Brute from his normal Arrow-miss (later shortened to Aramis).   On This Day in 1582, In Spain, Portugal, Italy and Poland, the day didn't exist .   Gregorian Calendar, a German date-picker who liked to sieve in his spare time, was to blame for wiping out existence on this day.   On This Day in History in 1586, Mary, Queen of Scots went on trial for plotting and conspiring against Queen Elizabeth I of England.   ...

HISTORY FUN FACT for SEPTEMBER 27th On This Day In History in 1066 William the Conqueror set sail from the River Somme on his journey to England for the Norman Conquest.   Did You Know: William the Conqueror is also known as King William I (Borg designation: first of four).   But, did you also know: Before he was called William the Conqueror, he was called William the Bastard.   Yes, William was a bastard.   Not only in the "Your Mummy not married to your Daddy" kind of way, as his father was the Duke of Normandy and his mother was the unmarried hussy daughter of a bloke who played with dead bodies, but also in the "You’re a complete and utter..." type of way.   Mainly because he invaded England. Sheesh, what a complete and utter....   William-The-Conker-Player invaded England in 1066 with his Norman army, which has since become known as the Norman Invasion.   Yep, he invaded England with an army made...

Fun Facts About King Henry I Of England 1. Henry-Yes-There-Actually-Was-A-First was the fourth and youngest son of William the Conqueror. Or, as William the Conqueror used to be known, William the Bastard (see this post for details). However, it would seem William the Conqueror wasn't the only bastard in the family. Henry wasn't exactly a shining light of niceness. In fact, he was a right git. 2. Henry was born around the 1068/1069 mark.   No one is quite sure of the exact date. He was born as Henry Beauclerc. He had three older brothers, Robert Curthose, William Rufus, and the other one who died, so he doesn't count. 3. When Henry's father, William the Bastard Conqueror, died, Henry inherited diddly-squat. However, his remaining two older brothers did. Sheesh, sucks to be the youngest. Robert inherited Normandy, and England went to William, who became William-The-Second-My-Back-Is-Turned-You'll-Shoot-Me-Won't-You? 4. Henry had to purchase...

1. William the Conqueror is also known as King William I (Borg designation: first of four).   But, here’s something you may not have known, before that, he was called William the Bastard. Yes, William was a bastard. Not only in the "Your Mummy not married to your Daddy" kind of way, as his father was the Duke of Normandy and his mother was the unmarried hussy daughter of a bloke who played with dead bodies, but also in the "You’re a complete and utter..." type of way.   Mainly because he invaded England. Sheesh, what a complete and utter....     2. William-The-Conker-Player invaded England in 1066 with his Norman army, which has since become known as the Norman Invasion. Yep, he invaded England with an army made up entirely of people called, "Norman." Now, most Brits think he did this just because he was a complete and utter ... bad man. However, he actually had a claim to the English throne. Edward the Confessor, who was Willia...