Name the historical character from their on screen depiction

Quiz

Name the historical character from their on screen depiction

Can you match the following film and TV characters to the real historical character? See if you can get over 70%!

by GHAdmin
Sat, 20 Oct 2018

GHAdmin

Writer at GetHistory

Toby's experience comes from website design as well as experience running large forums and communities. After he married Debbie he developed a keen interest in history and found himself discussing history quite a lot!

On this day in history

64 - The Great Fire of Rome was started during the night, although no-one knows by whom. Nero was blamed, and he in turn accused a sect from the east. It blazed for days and destroyed much of the city.

1290 - Edward I issued the Edict of Expulsion. It expelled all Jews from England, and lasted throughout the rest of the Middle Ages.

1817 - Much-loved writer Jane Austen died, aged 41, after a year of steady decline. We don't know why, but it could have been Hodgkin's lymphoma, Addison's disease, bovine tuberculosis, or typhus.

1872 - The Secret Ballot Act received royal assent. It was intended to improve democracy by allowing voters to vote in secret, thus preventing them from being bribed or intimidated.

1925 - Adolf Hitler's political manifesto Mein Kampf ('My Struggle') was published.