British people tend to see the world through the key dates - 1066, 1707, 1918, 1945 etc. But what was happening in other parts of the world?

On 6 January 1066, the day after Edward the Confessor died, the Witan close Witan A group of English nobility whose job was to advise the king. They had to make the decision on who to crown in ...

The Bayeux Tapestry was probably commissioned by Odo, bishop of Bayeux and half-brother of William the Conqueror, to commemorate the Norman victory at Hastings in October 1066.

Rita Singer receives funding from the European Regional Development Fund through the Ireland Wales Cooperation Programme as part of the Ports, Past and Present project team. She has also received ...