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3 giorni fa · Apollo 8 (December 21–27, 1968) was the first crewed spacecraft to leave low Earth orbit and the first human spaceflight to reach the Moon. The crew orbited the Moon ten times without landing, and then departed safely back to Earth. [1] [2] [3] These three astronauts — Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders —were the first humans ...
3 giorni fa · Republic of Ireland. United Kingdom. The term Angevin Empire ( / ˈændʒɪvɪn /; French: Empire Plantagenêt) describes the possessions held by the House of Plantagenet during the 12th and 13th centuries, when they ruled over an area covering roughly all of present-day England, half of France, and parts of Ireland and Wales, and had further ...
1 giorno fa · Henry V (16 September 1386 – 31 August 1422), also called Henry of Monmouth, was King of England from 1413 until his death in 1422. Despite his relatively short reign, Henry's outstanding military successes in the Hundred Years' War against France made England one of the strongest military powers in Europe .
5 giorni fa · Church of England, English national church that traces its history back to the arrival of Christianity in Britain during the 2nd century. It has been the original church of the Anglican Communion since the 16th-century Protestant Reformation. Learn more about the Church of England in this article.
5 giorni fa · John VIII 1425–1477 Count of Vendôme: Jacqueline 1401–1436 Countess of Hainaut: John 1398–1417 Dauphin of France: Henry V 1387–1422 King of England: Catherine of Valois 1401–1437: Owen Tudor c. 1400–1461: Charles VII 1403–1461 King of France r. 1422–1461: Marie of Anjou 1404–1463: Radegonde aft. 1428– 1444: Charles I 1401 ...
2 giorni fa · This took the form of border skirmishing and several English campaigns into Scotland. In 1547, after the death of Henry VIII, forces under the English regent Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset were victorious at the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, followed up by the occupation of the strategic lowland fortress of Haddington.
3 giorni fa · Empress Matilda. Empress Matilda ( c. 7 February 1102 – 10 September 1167), also known as the Empress Maude, [nb 1] was one of the claimants to the English throne during the civil war known as the Anarchy. The daughter and heir of Henry I, king of England and ruler of Normandy, she went to Germany as a child when she was married to the future ...
