Learn about the major world events and happenings, birthdays, and deaths that took place on July 12. Check what happened ...

Review’s Sunday magazine noted a new trend in child birth: husbands helping in the delivery room, thanks to Lamaze classes.

The lost little UK village that was totally knocked down by Henry VIII King Henry VIII and his wife Catherine of Aragon were crowned on this day in 1509.

The Windsors have always exuded an air of mystique, so it's not surprising there are so many wild royal family conspiracy ...

Beside countless tribal raids and assaults by lesser despots, it suffered from notable invaders such as Pharaoh Ramses II, Alexander the Great, Caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab, King Richard the ...

The grade II listed public house, claims to have been established in 1189 - the year that Richard the Lionheart became King, although there is no documentation to verify this date.

1712: Death of former Lord Protector Richard Cromwell aged 85. 1730: Lorenzo Corsini chosen as Pope Clemens XII. On the same ...

William spent two years in the Holy Land fighting with King Guy of Jerusalem and the Knights’ Templar. On his return to England in 1185, William swore allegiance to King Henry II and served as his ...

World War II and after showed a growing sophistication in American taste in war heroes. The dashing George Patton was ranked well behind the judicious men of wide responsibility such as Eisenhower ...

Not too many British kings are bequeathed an epithet, but ‘Bad King John’ is about as simple as it is self-explanatory. John lied, betrayed and murdered his way to the throne, before invoking such ...

In August 1191, following the capture of Acre, Richard the Lionheart led his crusader army down the coast of Palestine, facing off against Saladin in one of the most pivotal battles of the Third ...

Archaeologists in Greece are showing how Philip of Macedon paved the way for his son Alexander to become a legend Richard Grant; Photographs by Myrto Papadopoulos Photo illustration of Philip II ...