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34 matches to Bosworth Field
Bosworth Field, Battle. 1485. Tudor victory, ended War of Roses. Richard III killed.
Henry VII. 1457-1509. First Tudor King of England 1485-. Defeated Richard III at Bosworth Field, 1485. Ended War of Roses. United Lancasters, Yorks.
Roses, War of. 1455-85. York (white) vs Lancaster (red) for English throne. Lancaster rule ended. Henry VII (Tudor/Lancaster) married Elizabeth (York). Bosworth Field. Plantagenet.
Richard III. 1452-85. King of England 1483-. Murdered (?) nephews in tower. Killed at Bosworth by Henry VII, ending War of Roses.
Antarctica. 1773 Cook explores seas. 1820 first sighted. Bransfield. 1821 first landing-Davis. 1911 Amundsen first to S Pole.
Bransfield, Edward. 1795-1852. English. First to sight Antarctica, 1820.
Champs-Élysée. Paris boulevard. (=Elysian Fields.) Trees planted by Le Nôtre 1667. Named 1709.
Dickens, Charles. 1812-1870. English popular humanitarian writer and social critic. Created original, colorful memorable characters. Pickwick Papers 1837. Oliver Twist 1838. Christmas Carol 1843. David Copperfield 1850. Great Expectations 1861.
Elysian Fields. Greek paradise.
Field of Cloth of Gold. 1520. Kings of France and England meet near Calais to propose alliances.
Fielding, Henry. 1707-54. English picaresque novelist: Tom Jones 1749; Amelia 1751.
Francis I. 1494-1547. French king 1515-. Vs Charles V. Prosecuted Protestants. Began exploration, colonization. Field of Cloth of Gold.
Garfield, James. 1831-81. American Civil War general, US President 1881. Assassinated.
Gilbert, William. 1540-1603. English scientist. Earth’s magnetic field, 1600. Coined term ’electricity’.
Goldsmith, Oliver. 1730-74. Irish Writer: Vicar of Wakefield 1766; She Stoops to Conquer 1773.
Lares. Roman gods of households and fields.
Laudon, Gideon. 1717-90. Estonian/Austrian Hapsburg field marshal in Seven Years War.
Mansfield, Katherine. 1888-1923. NZ/English short story writer.
Masefield, John. 1878-1967. English poet laureate 1930-.
McCrae, John. 1872-1918. Canadian physician/poet. In Flanders Fields.
Minutemen. American Revolution soldiers pledged to take the field on a minute’s notice.
Montgomery, Bernard. 1887-1976. British Field Marshal. Commanded Allies in France, 1944. Defeated Rommel at El Alamein 1942.
Penfield, Wilder. 1891-1976. Canadian brain surgeon: Cerebral Cortex of Man.
Potemkin, Grigori. 1739-91. Russian Field Marshal. Supported Catherine II.
Roberts, Frederick. 1832-1914. British Field Marshal. Afghan War. Boer War.