A-Level History

The image of a dragon-headed ship approaching from the horizon struck fear into the hearts of coastal communities across Europe…

Have you ever wondered where the great game of baseball originated? Well, let’s take a step back in time to…

Jackie Robinson Biography Jack Roosevelt Robinson, better known to the world as Jackie, was born on January 31, 1919, in…

Johannes Kepler Biography Johannes Kepler was born on December 27, 1571, in Weil der Stadt, a small town in what…

Thomas Becket Biography Thomas Becket was born on 21 December 1119 or, as later historians would have it, 1120, in…

Albert Einstein Biography Albert Einstein was born into a non-observant Ashkenazi Jewish family on March 14, 1879, in Ulm, a…

Thomas Jefferson Biography Born on April 13, 1743, in Shadwell, Virginia, which would later become part of the United States…

Rosa Parks Biography Although the Civil War had officially ended over 60 years before she was born, Rosa Parks was…

Guy Fawkes Biography Guy Fawkes was born on 13 April 1570 in York, in the North of England. His parents…

Ulysses S. Grant Biography Born on 27 April 1822 in Point Pleasant, Ohio, Hiram Ulysses Grant was a United States…