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Who were Henry VIII's wives? - Royal Museums Greenwich
网页Katherine of Aragon. 1485 - 1536. Married: 1509 - 1533 (Annulled) Surviving Children: Mary I. Henry VIII’s longest marriage was to Katherine of Aragon, daughter of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain. Eight years before her marriage to Henry in 1509, Katherine was married to Henry’s elder brother, Arthur, who died of sickness at just ...
History of Antarctic explorers | Royal Museums Greenwich
网页Find Out More. 1901-1904 Captain Robert Falcon Scott leads his first expedition to the Antarctic in the specially built ship Discovery. During the National Antarctic Expedition, Scott, Ernest Shackleton and EA Wilson travel to within 410 miles of the South Pole before they are forced to turn back on 30 December 1902.
What is the Prime Meridian - and why is it in Greenwich?
网页The Prime Meridian in Greenwich is marked by a metal line fixed into the Royal Observatory courtyard, and at night by a laser beam. The beam originates from a point above the Airy Transit Circle, the telescope used to determine the Greenwich Meridian. Depending on atmospheric conditions, the beam can be seen from more than 20 km away.
Elizabeth I and the Spanish Armada - Royal Museums Greenwich
网页The Armada Portrait. The Armada Portrait commemorates the most famous conflict of Elizabeth I's reign – the failed invasion of England by the Spanish Armada in summer 1588. This iconic portrait is now back on public display in the Queen's House after careful conservation. Find out more and visit The Armada Portrait.
Tudor fashion - Royal Museums Greenwich
网页Glossary of Tudor fashion terms. Farthingale (Spanish) A skirt stiffened with hoops of progressively increasing circumference, worn as an undergarment to add volume to the skirt. Farthingale (Drum or French) A padded hoop worn around the waist to widen the skirts at the hip area, causing the skirt to drape. Busk.
UK time changes | Understanding British Summer Time (BST)
网页BST starts when the clocks go forward in spring. At 1am on the last Sunday in March, clocks 'spring forward' by one hour. BST ends when the clocks go back in autumn. At 2am on the last Sunday in October, the clocks 'fall back' by an hour. Although this change has no effect on the length of each day, sunrise and sunset each appear an hour later ...
RMS Titanic facts - Royal Museums Greenwich
网页02.10, 15 April 1912: Last transmission. 02.20, 15 April 1912: Titanic foundered. 04.10, 15 April 1912: First lifeboat picked up by Carpathia. 21.25, 18 April 1912: Carpathia docked in New York. 1 September 1985: Titanic wreck site located, approx 2.5 miles below the Atlantic, by a joint French/USA expedition.
When is the summer solstice? - Royal Museums Greenwich
网页The times when the Sun is at its furthest from the celestial equator are called the summer and winter solstices. These occur at midsummer and midwinter. The world 'solstice' comes from the Latin solstitium meaning 'Sun stands still', because the apparent movement of the Sun's path north or south stops before changing direction. Year.
What did Galileo discover? - Royal Museums Greenwich
网页What did Galileo discover? Galileo used observation and experimentation to interrogate and challenge received wisdom and traditional ideas. For him it wasn’t enough that people in authority had been saying that something was true for centuries, he wanted to test these ideas and compare them to the evidence. At the time this was quite a ...