Genres of the period included the history play, which depicted English or European history. Shakespeare's plays about the lives of kings, such as "Richard III" and "Henry V", belong to this category, as do Christopher Marlowe's "Edward II" and George Peele's "Famous Chronicle of King Edward the First". History plays also dealt with more recent events, like "A Larum for London" which dramatizes the sack of Antwerp in 1576. A better known play, Peele's "The Battle of Alcazar" (c. 1591), depicts the battle of Alcácer Quibir in 1578.