Thomas Cranmer was unlikely hero, he was one of the most influential figures of the English Reformation.
The St. Bartholomew's Day massacre in 1572 was a targeted group of assassinations and a wave of Catholic mob violence, directed against the Huguenots (French Protestants) during the French Wars of Religion.
The compelling story of how a small English fleet of just 8 fire ships, commanded by Sir Francis Drake, destroyed over half a fleet that was twice its number - the great Spanish Armada.
In the early hours of the morning on the 5th of November 1605, Guy Fawkes was discovered, fully dressed a match and 36 barrels of gunpowder crowded into the tiny vault directly under Parliament house!