5. Identify the events in English history related to the following names:

Richard the Lionheart - the Third Crusade, prompted by Saladin's capture of Jerusalem in 1187

Lord Nelson – the great British admiral, The Battle of Trafalgar (at which he lost his life) - 21 October 1805

the Roman Emperor Claudius - He was the last emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, who added Britain to the Roman Empire (43 AD Claudius undertook the conquest of Britain)

Boudicca- was queen of the Iceni people of Eastern England and led a major uprising against occupying Roman forces. Boudicca's warriors successfully defeated the Roman Ninth Legion and destroyed the capital of Roman Britain, then at Colchester

Egbert of Wessex – called "the first king of all England.", Helped to make Wessex such a powerful kingdom that England was eventually unified around it.

William of Normandy – He defeated and killed the last Anglo-Saxon king of England at the Battle of Hastings.In 1066, he was crowned king in Westminster Abbey.

Simon de Montfort – In May 1264, Simon de Montfort won a resounding victory at Lewes and set up a new government

Henry VII – Henry ended the dynastic struggle known as the Wars of the Roses, founded the Tudor dynasty and modernised England's government and legal system.

Henry VIII – known for his role in the separation of the Church of England from the Roman Catholic Church. Henry also oversaw the legal union of England and Wales with the Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542.

Elizabeth I – Tudor queen of England and Ireland, nicknamed 'Gloriana' and the 'Virgin Queen'. The ill-fated Spanish Armada was launched by Philip II of Spain the following year, bringing to a climax the threat posed to English independence from Spain since Elizabeth's accession.

Oliver Cromvell – was an English military and political leader best known in England for his involvement in turning England into a republican Commonwealth and for his later role as Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland. Events that occurred during his reign and his politics are a cause of long lasting animosity between Ireland and the United Kingdom.

King Oswiu of Northumbria – was a King of Bernicia. At the Battle of the Winwæd Oswiu unexpectedly defeated and killed Penda. He established himself as King of Mercia

Geoffrey Chaucer - Chaucer was the first great poet writing in English, whose best-known work is 'The Canterbury Tales'. Chaucer was captured by the French during the Brittany expedition of 1359, but was ransomed by the king

Guy Fawkes - In November 1605, the infamous Gunpowder Plot took place in which some Catholics plotted to blow up the English Parliament and King James l, on the day set for the king to open Parliament. The men were angry because the king had treated them badly and they didn't like it. The story is remembered each 5th November when 'Guys' are burned in a celebration known as "Bonfire Night".

Venerable Bede - St Bede is widely regarded as the greatest of all the Anglo-Saxon scholars. He wrote around 40 books mainly dealing with theology and history. it is to this man that we owe, from his historical accounts, our dating of years from the birth of Christ.

King Arthur – search of the Holy Graal, the knights of the Round Table, the battle of Badon, in which Arthur carried the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ for three days and three nights on his shoulders and the Britons were the victors.  The battle of Camlann, in which Arthur and Medraut fell: and there was plague in Britain and Ireland.

Winston Churchil – was a politician and wartime prime minister who led Britain to victory in World War Two. Britain retreats from France and Britain bombs Berlin.