Historical Fun

History Facts June 14th June 14th 1690 King William III of England landed in Ireland to confront the recently deposed King of England, James II. Now, William III, of England, was actually William of Orange, who happened to be King of England because he was married to Mary, the daughter of James II.   It's long and complicated, and there will be a Fun Facts about William, Mary, and James, soon. But, in brief, James II was king of England, England was protestant, Mary was heir, she was protestant, all was okay. She married William of Oranges not Lemons said the bells of ....   James shacked up with a new wife and then she gave birth to a son. Because boys were better than girls back then, thankfully that's not true anymore, the little boy would inherit the throne before Mary. Unfortunately, James' new wife was a Catholic. Booooo. Hisssss. And the kid would be raised as one of "them".   This did not sit well with England at the time. William of Oranges...

The Battle of Naseby 1. The Battle of Naseby was the decisive battle of the 1st English Civil war. Yes, there were two civil wars. The other one was pretty much immediately after the first. But, since there was a slight gap, it's classed as two wars. It was probably just an elaborate marketing stunt to sell more books. 2. On the 14th June 1645 not far from a small village called Naseby in Northamptonshire , smack near-enough-roughly-just-over-a-bit in the middle of England, the main army of King Charles-I-am-not-a-spaniel met with the Parliamentarian New Model Army (Ooh, look at me, I'm a pretty soldier). They had tea and scones, as it's England, and there has to be tea and scones, even if it's war. Be civilised, you toads. Charles I 3. The army of Charles-I-do-have-a-16inch-neck-why-do-you-ask? got their butts well and truly kicked . As well as butt-kicking, there was also some shooting-the-enemy in the head, stabbing with swords, poking with lances, a...