Thomas Clarkson (1760-1846) was a leading campaigner against the slave trade in the British Empire. He was one of the founders of the « Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade » (Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade) and passed the Slave Trade Act of 1807 which ended the British sl
CIRCA 410 to 520:Angles, Saxons and Jutes settle in England Tribes of Angles, Saxons and Jutes (later called the Anglo-Saxons), coming from Denmark and northern Germany, crossed the English Channel to invade Brittany of old (England or Great Britain current). The Anglo-Saxons call the territories t
In 444 AD the infamous leader of the Huns, Attila, invaded the Byzantine lands and plundered, slaughtered and plundered, according to the custom of his tribe, saying, smugly, that where he set foot, not even grass grew again! Emperor Theodosius II was forced to accept Attilas humiliating terms, payi
In the year 1110 the Almoravids conquered the Taifa of Zaragoza . However, in that territory they ran into a very dangerous rival, the king of Aragon Alfonso I (1104-1134), known as the Battler. Alfonso I, apparently had in his mind the idea of carrying out a crusade, which would begin in Hispania