Power couples
Known for their power over Rome and Egypt, this love affair has dazzled both Hollywood and Playwrights for centuries.
Cleopatra and Mark Antony
In 1537 Jane Seymour gave birth to the only surviving son of Henry VIII, but died soon after.
Edward VI
Immortalized in song by ABBA, this clash marked the end of the Napoleonic Wars
The Battle of Waterloo
This emperor is infamous for allegedly playing the fiddle as Rome burned
Nero
The infamous treason trial of this man took place in the newly minted North West Territory, after the rebellion of the same moniker. A hero to many, he founded Manitoba.
Louis Riel
This husband and wife duo's groundbreaking scientific research in Physics won them a Nobel prize.
Marie and Pierre Curie
In this year Anne Boleyn was beheaded on charges of adultery and incest.
1536
On June 6, 1944 Canadian forces launched an invasion at this place on German occupied French soil.
Juno Beach
The third man to become emperor, his nickname means “little boot” he was also famous for declaring war on the sea
Caligula
After they had expressed their frustration with the Royal Proclamation of 1763, this 1774 piece of legislation was enacted to appease French colonists, and brought in rights for catholics
The Quebec Act
While their marriage was initially successful, this couple fell out after she encouraged her sons to stage a revolt for the crown of their father, after which he imprisoned her for 16 years.
Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine
Once a powerful ally to Henry the 8th this English statesman found himself executed for arranging the marriage of Henry and Anne of Cleves.
Thomas Cromwell
Fought in Athenian waters this ancient naval assault saw the victory of the outnumbered Greeks against the Achaemenid empire in their second invasion of Greece
The Battle of Salamis
This Roman emperor, who lived in the 4th century A.D., was the first to openly support Christianity
Constantine I
This battle in the Niagara region during the War of 1812 was an important British Canadian victory, but took the life of famous Major General Sir Issac Brock
Battle of Queenston Heights
Known for ruling their empire together this couple helped rebuild Byzantium to a golden age (and one of them has a plague named after him!)
Emperor Justinian I and Empress Theodora
After the annulment of their marriage, Henry VIII banished Catherine of Aragon to this Cambridgeshire residence.
Kimbolton Castle
Known for being the first major victory of the French army during the revolutionary wars This 1792 clash allowed for the end of monarchy in France
The Battle of Valmy
Known for a series of stunning military victories that led to the reunification of the empire following the crisis of the third century.
Aurelian
Pierre Elliot Trudeau resigned as Prime Minister after famously doing this action the day before
He took a “walk in the snow”
This 12th-century Persian epic, written by Nizami Ganjavi, tells the tragic romance of a Sasanian king and an Armenian princess, and is celebrated for its portrayal of love, power, and culture.
Khosrow and Shirin
In 1545, Catherine Parr became the first English queen to publish her own original book.
Prayers or Meditations
In 1532 a Spanish force launched the conquest of Peru's pre-columbian civilization with the ambush of Incan ruler Atahualpa
The battle of Cajamarca
This former Roman emperor began his reign in 218 A.D. during his teenage years only to meet an unfortunate end four years later by assassination.
Elagabalus
In 1734, this enslaved woman in New France was accused of setting a fire that destroyed much of Montreal, and was later executed.
Marie-Josèphe Angélique