Catherine Howard reigned for barely a year-and-a-half. She seemingly left behind no children or legacies—except for one huge tragedy. She was the fifth wife of King Henry VIII, and only the second ...

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1626: An explosion at the Wanggongchang Gunpowder Factory in Beijing destroys part of the city and kills 20,000 people. 1640: Flemish Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens dies aged 62.

City partners with RGISC to pursue federal dollars aimed at restoring trails and green spaces in underserved areas of central ...

In September 2025, Aaron Koller will become the first Jew to join the university’s department of Middle Eastern Studies as the Regius Professor of Hebrew, a role established by King Henry VIII.

Now this citadel — entwined for a millennium in the British national story — has been bedecked with 30,000 blood-red poppies as a stark and moving memorial ... including Henry VIII’s armour ...

For Damian Lewis, just standing for two weddings of King Henry VIII in "Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light" was a daylong royal marathon. The English monarch is remembered for having six wives ...

A museum in Hartford is now featuring a famous portrait of Henry VIII. The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art said Hans Holbein’s Portrait of Henry VIII (1540) is currently on display.

Wolf Hall charts part of Henry VIII’s reign during the life of his advisor Thomas Cromwell, depicting several of his marriages and his quest to have a male heir. The BBC series sees Damian Lewis ...

Wolf Hall depicts the life of one of Henry VIII's (Damian Lewis) most infamous advisors Thomas Cromwell (Mark Rylance), with the tumultuous reign of the tyrannical dictator seen through his eyes.