Subscribe
Columnists
Newsletters
Historical TV and Film
Today in history
The official website for BBC History Magazine and BBC History Revealed
Search
Period
Back to
Main menu
Roman
Viking
Anglo-Saxon
Medieval
Tudor
Second World War
View all Periods
People
Back to
Main menu
Tutankhamun
Richard III
Henry VIII
Elizabeth I
Queen Victoria
Winston Churchill
View all People
Topics
Back to
Main menu
Kings and queens
Weird and wonderful
Sex and love
Social history
Religious history
Women's history
Historical Q&As
Heritage visits
History hero
Historical recipes
Turning points in British history
View all Topics
Podcast
Back to
Main menu
All podcasts
Podcast series
Back to
Podcast
The Black Death | Podcast series
Salem witch trials | Podcast series
Transcripts
Video
Back to
Main menu
Tudor Royal Women
Medieval Masterclass with Dan Jones
Quizzes
Masterclasses
Back to
Main menu
Spring talks
Masterclasses
Magazines
Back to
Main menu
BBC History Magazine
BBC History Revealed
BBC World Histories Magazine
Subscriber downloads
Special editions
About us
Subscribe
Subscribe
Subscribe
Columnists
Newsletters
Historical TV and Film
Today in history
Home
Things you didn't know
Things you didn't know
Tudor
11 things you (probably) didn’t know about Anne Boleyn
Ancient Egypt
10 things you (probably) didn’t know about ancient Egypt
Second World War
9 things you (probably) didn’t know about Dunkirk
Advertisement
Medieval
10 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Middle Ages
Anglo-Saxon
10 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Anglo-Saxons
Viking
Your guide to King Cnut: the fierce Danish warrior who ruled England
20th Century
Yuri Gagarin: 8 things you (probably) didn’t know about the first man in space
Medieval
10 things you (probably) didn’t know about Henry V and the battle of Agincourt
First World War
10 facts you (probably) didn’t know about the First World War
Advertisement
Victorian
7 facts you (probably) didn’t know about Oscar Wilde
Medieval
6 facts about Magna Carta
Medieval
8 things you (probably) didn’t know about medieval elections
Ancient Egypt
8 ancient Egyptian gods and goddesses you might not know about
Stuart
10 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Great Fire of London
Victorian
8 fascinating facts about Queen Victoria’s husband, Prince Albert
Prev
Page
1
You're currently on page
2
Page
3
Page
4
Page
5
Next