Alfred the Great at the Battle of Ashdown François Pascal Simon Gérard Behind his right shoulder appears

Behind his right shoulder appears Newgate Prison in flames

John Smeaton was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753

he became the first man to exceed 250 mph with a 253

Stanley Matthews jumps over Roy Bentley of Fulham

In 1699 &c

Alfred the Great at the Battle of Ashdown François Pascal Simon Gérard Behind his right shoulder appearsAlfred the Great at the Battle of Ashdown, 871 (1913). Alfred the Great (849 899) at the Battle of Ashdown, 8 January 871, leading the West Saxon army of his brother, King Ethelred, to victory against the invading Danes. Illustration from The Northmen in Britain by Eleanor Means Hull, published 1913.