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Cnut ( / kəˈnjuːt /; [ 3] Old Norse: Knútr Old Norse pronunciation: [ˈknuːtr]; [ a] c. 990 – 12 November 1035), also known as Canute and with the epithet the Great, [ 4][ 5][ 6] was King of England from 1016, King of Denmark from 1018, and King of Norway from 1028 until his death in 1035. [ 1] The three kingdoms united under Cnut's rule ...
The topic gets a few lines here and there, but compared to the 2020 convention – when Donald Trump’s hard line on immigration was a primary focus of attack – the silence has been conspicuous.
Æthelstan or Athelstan ( / ˈæθəlstæn /; Old English: Æðelstān [ˈæðelstɑːn]; Old Norse: Aðalsteinn; lit. 'noble stone'; [ 4] c. 894 – 27 October 939) was King of the Anglo-Saxons from 924 to 927 and King of the English from 927 to his death in 939. [ a] He was the son of King Edward the Elder and his first wife, Ecgwynn.
Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199), known as Richard Cœur de Lion ( Norman French: Quor de Lion) [ 1][ 2] or Richard the Lionheart because of his reputation as a great military leader and warrior, [ 3][ 4][ 5] was King of England from 1189 until his death in 1199. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Aquitaine, and Gascony; Lord of ...
James VII and II (14 October 1633 O.S. – 16 September 1701) [ a] was King of England and Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII[ 4] from the death of his elder brother, Charles II, on 6 February 1685. He was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. He was the last Catholic monarch of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
On computers, the availability of code pages determines whether one can use certain diacritics. Unicode solves this problem by assigning every known character its own code; if this code is known, most modern computer systems provide a method to input it. With Unicode, it is also possible to combine diacritical marks with most characters.
The King's appointment of Canning as Prime Minister led to the mass resignations of prominent conservative politicians and five members of the current government, which forced him to a form a government of moderate Tories and Whigs that lasted 119 days until his death.
Henry I ( c. 1068 – 1 December 1135), also known as Henry Beauclerc, was King of England from 1100 to his death in 1135. He was the fourth son of William the Conqueror and was educated in Latin and the liberal arts. On William's death in 1087, Henry's elder brothers Robert Curthose and William Rufus inherited Normandy and England ...