The founder member and 'heart and soul' of the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade who rode ~45,000 miles on horseback in his almost lifelong fight against slavery was Thomas ____?
The writer and printer who introduced the printing press into England in 1476 was William ____?
The Romantic poet who wrote 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' and 'Kubla Khan' was Samuel Taylor ____?
The 18th century cabinet maker and furniture designer in English Rococo and Neoclassical styles that are today reproduced globally was Thomas ____?
The Colonel who won the Battle of Plassey in India 1757 during the Seven Years' War which gave the East India Company control over Bengal was Robert ____?
The water and land world record speed holder killed on Coniston Water in 1967 was Donald ____?
Charles Cornwallis surrendered at the siege of Yorktown 1781 after the relieving Admiral Thomas Graves failed to defeat a French fleet in which battle, also known as Virginia Capes?
The Prime Minister who died four months after taking office in 1827 was George ____?
The Chief Minister to Henry VIII from 1532 until suddenly beheaded in 1540 for unknown reasons was Thomas ____?
Lieutenant-General John Moore was killed at which battle at the end of a long retreat across northern Spain in 1809 during the Peninsular War?
Horatio Nelson first became famous by capturing two Spanish ships at which 1797 battle during the French Revolutionary Wars?
The courtier and close friend of Henry VIII executed in 1542 for adultery with Queen Catherine Howard was Thomas ____?
The English Roman Catholic Jesuit priest hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn London in 1581 was Edmund ____?
The highly decorated WWII RAF Group Captain and philanthropist who established worldwide home supported living for disabled people beginning in 1948 was Leonard ____
The master's mate who seized command of HMS Bounty during the 'Mutiny on the Bounty' of 1789 was Fletcher ____?
Sir Francis Drake attacked the Spanish Armada and sacked which port city in Spain one year before the Armada sailed in 1587?
In which castle in northwest Wales built by Edward I was King Charles III investiture as Prince of Wales in 1969?
The Parliament that sat under King Charles II 1661-79 is known as the ____ Parliament?
The English were defeated in which last battle of the 100 Years' War fought near Bordeaux in 1453?
Pretender to the throne Charles Edward Stuart 'Bonnie Prince Charlie' was defeated by the Duke of Cumberland in which battle of 1746?
The rival to the throne of Scotland who Robert the Bruce murdered at the altar of the Greyfriars Church in Dumfries in 1306 was John ____?
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