1) 116 years, from 1337 to 1453.

2) Ecuador.

3) From sheep and goats.

4) November. The Russian calendar was 13 days behind ours.

5) Squirrel fir.

6) The Latin name was Insularia Canaria - Island of the Dogs.

7) Albert. When he came to the throne in 1936 he respected the wish
of Queen Victoria that no future king should ever be called Albert.

8) Distinctively crimson.

9) Venus

10) Thirty years, of course. From 1618 to 1648.