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10 hours ago

#OnThisDay in 1862, English astronomer and meteorologist James Glaisher and aeronaut Henry Tracey Coxwell reached a record-breaking 30,000 feet in their balloon. They were measuring the temperature and humidity of the atmosphere at high altitudes. 📸 Getty

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22 hours ago

Shakespeare didn't do the Norman Conquest, but the Bayeux Tapestry did. So where does that leave King and Conqueror? bit.ly/3UN2aVJ 🔒 This article is free for HistoryExtra members

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#OnThisDay in 1241, the future Alexander III of Scotland was born. The only son of Alexander II and his second wife, Marie de Coucy, he became king at the age of seven following the death of his father in 1249. 📸 Getty

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You've heard the stories of Henry VIII and the royal court, but what was life like for ordinary people in Tudor Britain? From all-important etiquette lessons to fun and games, join historian Ruth Goodman for an upcoming HistoryExtra series on Tudor life: bit.ly/428MP5C

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2 days ago

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2 days ago

Historian Richard Overy explains how the US firebombing of Japanese cities in 1945 killed more civilians than Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined – and why it has been largely forgotten 🗝️ This article is free to read bit.ly/45LKE9k

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2 days ago

#OnThisDay in 1658, after the death of his father Oliver, Richard Cromwell became lord protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland. 📸 Getty

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2 days ago

On the podcast | Vikings didn't just sail west: they also went east, playing a crucial role in the emergence of what would become eastern Europe – Martyn Whittock explores this overlooked story bit.ly/4htubM5

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3 days ago

Jonathan Healey tells Ellie Cawthorne about the dramatic moments that sparked the breakdown of Charles I’s relationship with parliament and the outbreak of the Civil War bit.ly/4mBMxg7 🔒 This article is free for HistoryExtra members

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3 days ago

As seen in 'King and Conqueror', Edith the Fair was the first wife of Harold Godwinson, and a powerful player in the dynastic struggles of the late-Anglo-Saxon era. But despite her prominence, surprisingly little information about her life remains... bit.ly/4n2WEdw

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3 days ago

#OnThisDay in 44 BC, appalled at the rise of Mark Antony after Caesar’s murder, Roman statesman Cicero delivers the first in a series of speeches, known as the Philippics, attacking the new order. In revenge, Antony ordered Cicero’s head and hands to be cut off. 📸 Getty

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3 days ago

On the podcast | David Bates explores the life of William the Conqueror, the formidable medieval warrior and ruler, who inspired both fear and respect bit.ly/4htubM5

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4 days ago

What if King Harold had been killed weeks before the battle of Hastings? Historian Dr Marc Morris offers an another possibility... 🔒 This article is free for HistoryExtra members bit.ly/41VKkUe

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4 days ago

Historian Claire Taylor reveals how slavery thrived across the medieval world, how religion and politics shaped who could be forced into servitude, and why few people questioned its morality 🗝️ This article is free to read bit.ly/4fY9qrl

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4 days ago

#OnThisDay in 1715, Louis XIV succumbed to gangrene. He had been unconscious since 30 August and the royal apartments had been put under close guard; all mail to and from the palace was stopped. On 1 September, the Sun King breathed his last. 📸 Getty

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4 days ago

On the podcast | Kevin Passmore tells the story of the fortifications that have become synonymous with France's fall to the Nazis in 1940: bit.ly/4htubM5

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5 days ago

Physicist Frank Close traces how British science – and fear of a Nazi bomb – lit the fuse for the nuclear age bit.ly/47wr2bD 🗝️ This article is free to read