![Duke of Wellington at Waterloo](https://www.poetrychangeslives.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Duke-of-Wellington-at-Waterloo.jpg)
Wellington slept at Waterloo
On this day in 1815 the Battle of Waterloo was fought. As the Duke of Wellington later remarked, it was: ‘A damned close run thing.’... Read More
![King Richard II of England](https://www.poetrychangeslives.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/King-Richard-II-of-England.jpg)
King Richard II, winner at fourteen, died alone at thirty-three
On this day in 1381 King Richard II of England met the leaders of the Peasants’ revolt outside London. It was the bravest and most... Read More
![Alfred Lord Tennyson](https://www.poetrychangeslives.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Alfred-Lord-Tennyson.jpg)
Alfred, Lord Tennyson – England’s long-lasting Poet Laureate
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1850 Alfred Tennyson became Poet Laureate succeeding William Wordsworth. The son of a country... Read More
![Che Guevara](https://www.poetrychangeslives.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Che-Guevara.jpg)
Che Guevara’s Irish ancestry
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1967 Ernesto “Che” Guevara, Marxist revolutionary and physician, was executed in Bolivia aged... Read More
![Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley](https://www.poetrychangeslives.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Mary-Wollstonecraft-Shelley1.jpg)
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley created Frankenstein’s monster
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1797, the author Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was born. Mary’s mother was the well-known... Read More
![Xerxes at Persepolis](https://www.poetrychangeslives.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Xerxes-at-Persepolis.png)
479BC the invasion of Greece by Persian emperor Xerxes
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 479 BC the invasion of Greece by the Persian emperor Xerxes was defeated... Read More