…in 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States.
Contrary to the premise of the 2012 film ‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’, the 16th US President did not, in fact, hunt vampires.
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5 Facts You Might Not Know About Bonfire Night
It feels a bit odd when we talk about ‘celebrating’ Bonfire Night, not least because rejoicing in our government’s ability to ‘repel the Catholic threat’ feels just a tad outdated.
But, regardless of all that, I still wanted to ‘celebrate’ Bonfire Night history-nerd style, so here is a list of five things you (hopefully) don’t already know about the events of the 5th November…
On This Day…
… in 1534 the English parliament accepted the Act of Supremacy in 1534, officially recognizing Henry VIII as Head of the Church of England.
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