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St Valentines Day
The history of the St. Valentine’s Day celebrations appears to have its roots in a pagan fertility festival known as Lupercalia. Celebrated in ancient Rome between 13 – 15 February, the festival is said to have involved lots of naked folk running through the streets spanking the backsides of young women with leather whips, supposedly to…
Pancake Day
The pancake has a very long history and featured in cookery books as far back as 1439. In the UK, pancake races form an important part of the Shrove Tuesday celebrations – an opportunity for large numbers of people, often in fancy dress, to race down streets…
Historic February
View our list of historic events that occurred in February, including Malcolm Campbell setting a new world land speed record of…
The Folklore Year – February
The Folklore Year – traditional folklore and culture of Britain, events taking place every year in February
Historic Birthdates in February
Famous people born throughout history in February, including Mary Tudor, Roman Catholic daughter of Henry VIII, and…
Biography of Mary Queen of Scots
Mary, Queen of Scots is perhaps the best known figure in Scotland’s history. Her life provided tragedy and romance, more dramatic than any legend.
The Last Invasion of Britain
Forget 1066; this is the story of how one Welsh lady beat back a French invasion.
Decimalisation in Britain
Prior to 1971, there were 12 pennies to the shilling and 20 shillings to the pound. There were guineas, half crowns, threepenny bits, sixpences and florins. This old system of currency, known as pounds, shillings and pence or lsd, dated back to Roman times, when…
Lady Jane Grey
Poor young Lady Jane Grey is famous for having the shortest reign in England’s history… just nine days. Unfortunately for Lady Jane, her advisors were grossly incompetent, and her father was partly responsible for her untimely execution as he was…
The Fall of Singapore
During the fighting and immediately afterward, civilians were murdered, enemy soldiers decapitated, prisoners burnt alive, hospital patients slaughtered where they lay. Winston Churchill described the fall of Singapore as “the worst disaster and largest capitulation in British history.”
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