Kategória: FAMOUS BRITONS
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The Scottish army led by rebellious Scottish nobleman William Wallace defeated the English at the Battle of Stirling Bridge 1297. Wallace’s Memorial in Stirling comemorates the above event as well as it’s an icon of Scottish pride. Made world famous by the film Braveheart (portrayed by actor Mel Gibson), William Wallace was voted the second…
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Proclaimed Queen of England on 6 July in 1553, she is the shortest reigning monarch in British history. Lady Jane is called the “Nine Day Queen”, since the Privy Council of England changed views – and the choice of King Edward VI, who wanted Lady Jane on the throne – and proclaimed Mary, Roman Catholic…
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2019 marked the 40th anniversary of the first female Prime Minster in the U.K. to be elected – Margaret Thatcher of the Conservative Party, 4 May 1979. She was re-elected twice in 1983 and 1987. GR8 to KnowMargaret Thatcher worked as a research chemist and scientist after graduation in the 1950s. She was member of…
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Scotland gave the United Kingdom their first Labour prime minister ever. James Ramsay MacDonald became PM on 23 January 1924, with the support of the Liberal Party. Only for a short while, however – seven months later Stanley Baldwin and the Conservatives greatly won the general elections. Labours led by MacDonald took over again in…
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Author of Treasure Island and Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde Robert Loius Balfour Stevenson is among the greatest Scottish writers. Born in Edinburgh on 13 November 1850 and died in Samoa 44 years later, he was child prodigy, a creative story-teller and a great traveller. Stevenson claimed Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’s story his worst…
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It’s time for time change – British Summer Time (BST) changes to Greenwich Mean Time every last October Sunday. This time adjustment by one hour twice a year has been going on since 1916. Builder William Willett’s idea was to save hours of daylight. It went into reality a year after he died in 1915.…
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The “admiral of admirals” is truly one of Britain’s greatest heroes. Actually, his whole life was a battle since he ad to survive several diseases from malaria to scurvy. Although Nelson had been out to sea since childhood, he suffered from seasickness through his life. Nelson had suffered several injuries and wounds in battles he…
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‘Project 56 – Mission accomplished @[962377660473603:274:Adam Peaty MBE]’, as he tweeted. Breaststroke swimmer Peaty has become the first man ever to swim 100 m in less that 57 seconds. His winning time at World Aquatics Championships, Gwangju, South Korea is 56.88 which means he has done his mission he called “Project 56”, i.e. to swim…
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