UK History and Politics
Tudors and Stuarts
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- Which Tudor queen had the nickname 'Bloody Mary'?
- Which Tudor monarch was the last to reign, dying in 1603 without children?
- In which year did the English Civil War begin?
- Which English scientist and Master of the Mint published the Principia Mathematica in 1687?
- Which 1649 event saw Charles I, after a trial for treason, put to death outside the Banqueting House?
- How many wives did Henry VIII have?
- What was the Act of Supremacy of 1534?
- Which battle of 1645 was the decisive defeat of Charles I's army?
- Who is the architect who rebuilt St Paul's Cathedral after the Great Fire of London?
- What was the Act of Settlement of 1701?
- Which warship of Henry VIII's navy sank in the Solent in 1545 and was raised in 1982?
- Which Parliamentary general later ruled England as Lord Protector?
- In which year was the monarchy restored with the return of Charles II?
- Which Elizabethan seafarer was the first Englishman to sail round the world, arriving back in 1580?
- What was the Glorious Revolution of 1688?
- Which deposed king's forces were defeated by William III at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690?
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