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Henry VIII broke with the Catholic church in the 1530s in order to divorce his first wife, Catherine of Aragon and marry his second wife, Anne Boleyn. Henry declared himself supreme head of the Church in Eng...

Henry had to keep his claim from being usurped from many in House York. Henry was successful in securing his throne due to him being a very astute man. He knew there were those who would question his legitim...

Henry Tudor had a very small claim to the English throne when he was born in on January 28th, 1457. Henry belonged to the House of Lancaster and the role Plantagenet line, through his mother, Margaret Beaufo...

There were numerous Crises before 1914. There was the First Moroccan Crisis in 1905. Kaiser Wilhelm II visited the Moroccan port of Tangier to denounce the French and their influence there. It provoked an in...

The alliances were a long term cause of the First World War. In 1882, The Triple Alliance was created between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy. The Triple Entente was created in 1907 between Britain, Russi...