On February 8, 1971, the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (Nasdaq) opened. In 1960, the ...

Eventually in 1603 Elizabeth died and James was offered the throne. The succession passed smoothly and James VI of Scotland became James I of England and Ireland. Although promising to return to ...

Elizabeth I ordered the beheading of Mary, Queen of Scots, a Catholic claimant to the English throne, on this day in 1587 ...

In 1960, groundbreaking got underway for the first plaques installed on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, which honored Olive ...

Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, wrote of an unspecified great matter of state said to bear directly on the Queen’s life.

An extremely rare autographed letter to Queen Elizabeth from her lifelong friend and possible love interest, Robert Dudley, ...

A stunning new portrait of Queen Mary of Denmark ... and Princess Josephine. Mary's ring placement may well be a subtle statement, more than a year after her husband, King Frederik, became ...

Denmark’s new King Frederick's wife Queen Mary left fans stunned as she released her newest portrait to celebrate her 53rd birthday on Wednesday, February 5. Queen Mary of Denmark put her ...

The Protestant Reformation sweeping Europe arrived in Scotland and opened up a fresh divide in Scottish politics. Riding the whirlwind was a young Catholic Queen who had not seen Scotland since her ...