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22nd August 1485: King Richard III killed at the Battle of Bosworth as the forces of Henry Tudor bring the Plantagenet dynasty to an end

22nd August 2025
Tagged as: Battle of Bosworth, Bosworth, England, Henry Tudor, Henry VII, Lancaster, Leicester, Plantagenet, Richard III, Tudor, War of the Roses

The Stanley family surrounded and killed Richard III after the king chose to break ranks and target Henry Tudor himself.

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24th June 1509: Henry VIII crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey in London

24th June 2025
Tagged as: Catherine of Aragon, England, Henry Tudor, Henry VIII, Monarchy, Tudor

Henry’s joint coronation with his wife, Catherine of Aragon, marked the start of a 38 year rule, during which England experienced political, religious, and dynastic changes that dramatically altered the landscape of English history.

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22nd August 1485: King Richard III killed at the Battle of Bosworth as the forces of Henry Tudor bring the Plantagenet dynasty to an end

24th June 1509: Henry VIII crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey in London

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

8th September 1941: Start of the Siege of Leningrad

7th September 1940: The Nazi German Luftwaffe launches The Blitz

6th September 1914: First Battle of the Marne begins with a French counter-offensive against the advancing German army

5th September 1698: Peter the Great of Russia imposes a tax on beards

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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