In 1000 AD, Viking explorer Leif Erikson landed in North America. The Vikings were the first Europeans to explore the Americas, and they did so nearly 500 years before Christopher Columbus. This is their story A thread 🧵

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The Boyhood of Raleigh by John Everett Millais Walter Raleigh is one of history's most interesting characters. He was a favourite courtier of Queen Elizabeth, the organiser of the doomed Roanoke Colony, he even personally searched for El Dorado. All before being publicly executed by King James I on claims of treason.

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Captain Kidd in New York Harbour by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris

The Portico of a Country Mansion Hubert Robert, 1773

British Soldiers during the Second Anglo-Afghan War Artwork by William Heysham Overend

If you visit Edinburgh this Christmas be sure to stop off and see the City's favourite four legged friend, Greyfrairs Bobby. Bobby belonged to Nightwatchman John Gray, following Gray's death in 1858 the loyal Bobby visited his master's grave every single day, for 14 years! The locals kept Bobby well fed during the 14 years and he now sits buried near his former master in Greyfrairs Kirkyard. His headstone reads: Greyfriars Bobby – died 14th January 1872 – aged 16 years – Let his loyalty and devotion be a lesson to us all.

Screen depicting the arrival of Portuguese Missionaries in Japan

Lifting of the Siege of Malta by Charles-Philippe Larivière

Sledge Ride to the Church by Nils Hansteen

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The Sun Had Closed the Winter's Day by Joseph Farquharson

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On the Banks of the Nile Hermann David Salomon Corrodi

Napoleon Bonaparte among the ruins of the Tuileries Palace

Thor went forth against Jörmungandr. During Ragnarök Thor faces the mighty world serpent in an Epic Showdown. Thor comes out on top during the skirmish but is fatally poisoned and falls after taking 9 paces.

Prussian Soldiers on the March during the Franco-Prussian War

The decorative hilt of the 'Gilling Sword'. The sword is of Anglo-Saxon origin and dates to the late 9th or 10th century. Photograph by York Museums Trust Staff