Italian Renaissance sculptor to the Kings and Queens of England (that's his bust of King Henry VII above)
Arguably the greatest artist who ever lived, part of the Holy Trinity of Italian Renaissance masters
The baroque master of chiaroscuro, turning the dance of darkness and light into story and character
One of the greatest painters of the early Renaissance was nothing if not a man of his times
On August 27, 1896, Britain declared war on its protectorate Zanzibar, where a pretender to the Sultanate had just siezed power.
At 9:02am, British ships in the habor began shelling the would-be Sultan's palace.
By 9:40, the shelling had stopped, the palace was on fire, and the pretender's flag had been cut down.
At 38 minutes, the Anglo-Zanzibar War remains the shortest war on record.
Some 500 Zanzibaris were killed.
One British Petty Officer was wounded.