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Title: Today In History
Post by: Michael of Galway on January 29, 2010, 08:43:07 AM
1547 King Henry VIII dies

1596 English Navigator Sir Francis Drake dies off the coast of Panama

1613 Galileo observes Neptune but fails to recognize what he sees

1574 Sea battle of Reimerswaal - Admiral Boisot defeats the Spanish fleet

1676Fjodor Aleksejevitsj becomes Czar of Russia
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: DragonWing on February 12, 2010, 09:32:51 AM
Well this looks like a good place for this.

This popped up on Yahoo news a little while ago.

Sleuths unravel 16th-century Italian murder mystery
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Delicious Digg Facebook Fark Newsvine Reddit StumbleUpon Technorati Twitter Yahoo! Bookmarks Print By Ella Ide ROME (Reuters Life!) - Police in Sicily have called in an international team of forensic scientists and criminologists to help solve the case of a murdered Baroness, 447 years after the crime. Ella Ide Rome (reuters Life!) - Police In Sicily Have Called In An International Team Of Forensic Scientists And Criminologists To Help Solve The Case Of A Murdered Baroness, 447 Years After The Crime. – Thu Feb 11, 12:32 pm ET
The investigation in Carini -- a small town near Palermo -- centers on the castle where Baroness Laura Lanza was killed in 1563 with her lover Ludovico Vernagallo when they were caught in bed together.

"Justice wasn't done back then," said Gaetano La Fata, Mayor of Carini, who has decided to reopen the case and exhume the remains of the lovers.

"We hope that DNA tests and criminal profiling will help us discover the motive behind the crime and establish whether there was more than one assassin," he told Reuters.

The Baroness's father Cesare confessed to the honor killing in a letter to the king, which is currently archived in the Chiesa Madre church in Carini.

"Legend has it, however, that Cesare Lanza did not act alone, but was helped by his son-in-law, Don Vincenzo La Grua," said the Mayor.

Rumours passed down through generations of Sicilians have it that the husband was motivated by plans to marry again. La Grua may also have feared his rival, Vernagallo, would attempt to claim financial rights for fathering children with his wife.

In reopening the 'cold case', La Fata has asked the local police to work together with the ICAA (International Crime Analysis Association) headed by Marco Strano, psychologist and criminologist for the Italian State Police.

"The idea for the investigation began as a joke," Strano told Reuters. "I visited Carini in June and when I met La Fata I teased him for not having resolved the murder yet, so he challenged me to solve it."

BLOODY HANDPRINT

"There was a trial held at the time, but though both father and son-in-law had their properties temporarily confiscated, they were soon declared innocent, probably thanks to their noble status and the legal right for fathers and husbands of adulterous women to commit honor killings," said Strano.

It is thought the two lovers are buried in a common grave under the crypt of the Chiesa Madre church in Carini.

"If we are lucky enough to find and identify their bones, it might be possible to verify the cause of death, whether they were run through with a sword or stabbed with a dagger. If there was more than one weapon used, it's likely there was more than one murderer."

The team of crime analysts, made up of American and Italian experts in forensic science and criminal pathology, are in the process of making a 3D computer model of the 11th century castle, including the room overlooking the Gulf of Carini where the murder took place.

"We hope to map the killer's path from the courtyard to the crime scene, and work out whether it's likely there were servants in that part of the building at the time who might have seen the murderer or an accomplice," Strano said.

The investigation coincides with a project to rebuild parts of Carini Castle that have collapsed over time. The crime scene has recently been restored. A red handprint has been painted on the wall to mark the spot where -- legend has it -- the struggling Baroness left a bloody imprint, which reappears every year to mark the anniversary of her murder.

Mayor La Fata hopes that the project will help unravel some of the mystery that surrounds the lovers, whose story continues to intrigue visitors and locals alike.

"Several years ago we tested areas of the castle we knew the Baroness lived in with electromagnetic field meters, and the results were very strange," La Fata said. "In certain rooms it was as if there were ghosts in the castle, as if the murdered Baroness lives on."

(Reporting by Ella Ide; Editing by Stephen Brown and Paul Casciato)
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: DonaCatalina on March 15, 2010, 03:18:00 PM
Gaius Julius Caesar was murdered on 15 March 44 BC.


Theodorik the Great defeats and kills Odoaker of Italy on 15 March 493 B.C


Jeanne d'Armagnac, the daughter of Jean I d'Armagnac, Comte d'Armagnac, died 15 March 1387 
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: jcbanner on March 23, 2010, 07:39:10 PM
Quote from: DragonWing on February 12, 2010, 09:32:51 AM
Police in Sicily have called in an international team of forensic scientists and criminologists to help solve the case of a murdered Baroness, 447 years after the crime.


you'd think that would be beyond any stature of limitations.


Quote from: DragonWing on February 12, 2010, 09:32:51 AM
"There was a trial held at the time, but though both father and son-in-law had their properties temporarily confiscated, they were soon declared innocent, probably thanks to their noble status and the legal right for fathers and husbands of adulterous women to commit honor killings," said Strano.


also, if it was legal at the time to kill an adulterous wife, then wouldn't this not technically be murder?  not saying I agree with that "right" but its really not possible to objectively judge the actions taken at one time and place with the values of another time and place
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Jay Byrd on March 24, 2010, 01:10:29 PM
1550--France and England signed the Peace of Boulogne

1603--Scottich king James VI becomes King James I of England
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Al-Nimer on March 30, 2010, 09:36:41 PM
Forgot to post this yesterday:
1943 -- Eric Idle is born in South Shields England
;D
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: DonaCatalina on April 06, 2010, 10:37:33 AM
Nicholas West, Bishop of Ely, died April 6, 1533, and lies buried in Ely cathedral

He had been a favourite of Henry VIII. who, after bestowing upon him other preferments, made him Bishop of Ely, and employed him in various embassies. Queen Catherine chose him as one of her advocates, in conjunction with Bishop Fisher.



Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: DonaCatalina on May 19, 2011, 01:44:47 PM
Anne Boleyn was beheaded with a sword 475 years ago today. (http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/anne_boleyn.htm)
May 19, 1536.
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: DonaCatalina on January 14, 2014, 04:53:10 AM
January 14, 1539 - Nicholas Carew convicted of treason.
Sir Nicholas Carew (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Carew_%28courtier%29) KG (c. 1496–3 March 1539) was an English courtier and diplomat during the reign of Henry VIII. He was executed for his alleged part in the Exeter Conspiracy.
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Rowan MacD on January 16, 2014, 05:03:31 PM
On January 16th, 1547, Ivan IV of Russia (popularly known as "Ivan the Terrible") was crowned Czar.
  Historic sources present disparate accounts of Ivan's complex personality: he was described as intelligent and devout, yet given to rages and prone to episodic outbreaks of mental illness.
   In one such outburst he killed his groomed and chosen heir Ivan Ivanovich. This left the Tsardom to be passed to Ivan's younger son, the weak and intellectually disabled Feodor Ivanovich.
  Ivan was an able diplomat, a patron of arts and trade, founder of Russia's first Print Yard and  a leader highly popular among the common people of Russia; but he is also remembered for his paranoia and arguably harsh treatment of the nobility.
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: DonaCatalina on January 17, 2014, 04:45:21 AM
Apparently no one did anything on January 17th in Medieval or Renaissance history.
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Norfolk on January 21, 2014, 09:58:10 AM
Given the existence of this thread, some of you may have an interest in a lovely little book by Claire Ridgway titled "This Day In Tudor History".  Is is available from Amazon, and is only $2.99 in the Kindle version.

http://www.amazon.com/This-Day-Tudor-History-ebook/dp/B00A03ETMW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1390319699&sr=8-1&keywords=this+day+in+tudor+history (http://www.amazon.com/This-Day-Tudor-History-ebook/dp/B00A03ETMW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1390319699&sr=8-1&keywords=this+day+in+tudor+history)

Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: DonaCatalina on January 23, 2014, 05:05:43 AM
Ferdinand II died January 23 in 1516 in Madrigalejo, Extremadura. He is entombed at la Capilla Real or the Royal Chapel of Granada, in Andalucia. Isabella I, Joanna I, and Philip I are beside him there.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/Ferdinand_of_Aragon.jpg)
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Rowan MacD on January 23, 2014, 03:20:25 PM
  Nothing of real note will happen tomorrow-but on the 25th:

1533: Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn
Anne had held out a long time, refusing to marry the king even though they had been carrying on an affair and he had repudiated his wife, Catherine of Aragon. But in early January Anne discovered she was pregnant, and it was most important for this heir to be legitimate. So she at last relented, and she and Henry were married in secret.
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Rani Zemirah on January 24, 2014, 01:14:46 AM
I've been watching The Tudors lately (finally), and even though it is a... highly embellished version... it's still extremely entertaining.  I've noticed that in almost every episode there is someone writing to someone else, with official seals and such... and I occasionally wonder how much of these correspondences have survived.  So many different types of records were preserved from the daily lives of monarchs, and I would think that the Royal Secretary would likely have carefully put all received letters away for safe keeping... and anyone receiving a letter from a queen or king would surely treasure it simply for the source, correct?  I suppose I could do a simple search and find out how much has survived... but what I really wonder about is how much of that sort of thing is researched when writing the scripts for this sort of series, or film... and how much of it is just so much poetic license? 
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Gauwyn of Bracknell on January 24, 2014, 05:59:29 AM
On this day VIII, at the age of 44, had a serious jousting accident - supposedly uninjured, but said it would have killed most men. 
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: RenStarr on January 24, 2014, 08:03:52 AM
Not Medieval or Renaissance period but..............

Canned beer makes its debut on this day in 1935. In partnership with the American Can Company, the Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company delivered 2,000 cans of Krueger's Finest Beer and Krueger's Cream Ale to faithful Krueger drinkers in Richmond, Virginia. Ninety-one percent of the drinkers approved of the canned beer, driving Krueger to give the green light to further production.

Armour for beer, what a concept!!

Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Rowan MacD on January 24, 2014, 09:55:32 AM
Quote from: Rani Zemirah on January 24, 2014, 01:14:46 AM
I've been watching The Tudors lately (finally), and even though it is a... highly embellished version... it's still extremely entertaining.  I've noticed that in almost every episode there is someone writing to someone else, with official seals and such... and I occasionally wonder how much of these correspondences have survived.  So many different types of records were preserved from the daily lives of monarchs, and I would think that the Royal Secretary would likely have carefully put all received letters away for safe keeping... and anyone receiving a letter from a queen or king would surely treasure it simply for the source, correct?  I suppose I could do a simple search and find out how much has survived... but what I really wonder about is how much of that sort of thing is researched when writing the scripts for this sort of series, or film... and how much of it is just so much poetic license?
Hubby loves to look up this kind of stuff-Remarkably-nearly all of the official documents you see being written on the Tudors were legit.
    Most of the entertainment license was taken up with names of characters -Margaret Tudor  was a blend of Henry's 2 real life sisters; Margaret and mary Tudor.  The real Margaret Tudor married the King of Scots and was the grandmother of Mary QOS, and Mary was the Queen of France and the grandmother of the ill fated Lady Jane Grey.  The costumes, behavior and physical characteristics of Henry and his queens,  and the order in which some historical events actually happened were freely embellished.

  A copy of Mary QOS execution warrant is available to see online, as is one of the love letters that his 4th queen-Katherine Howard-wrote to Thomas Culpepper.   Tame by modern standards; this letter was horribly intimate for a Queen to write to someone who was not her husband.
  Many documents signed by QEI are extant.
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Norfolk on January 24, 2014, 02:55:40 PM
On this date in 1502 Henry VII signed the "Treaty Of Perpetual Peace" with James IV of Scotland, one provision of which betrothed Henry's daughter Margaret to James' son James.
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Rani Zemirah on January 24, 2014, 05:57:04 PM
The history books can never convey the wealth of drama and intrigue that has gone on throughout history... which is why things like private correspondence and love letters are so very fascinating! 
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Norfolk on January 24, 2014, 10:13:14 PM
Quote from: Rani Zemirah on January 24, 2014, 05:57:04 PM
The history books can never convey the wealth of drama and intrigue that has gone on throughout history... which is why things like private correspondence and love letters are so very fascinating!

Yea, verily, M'Lady!
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Rowan MacD on January 25, 2014, 08:14:26 AM
Nice find by Norfolk! 

NOW I can post this:

1533: Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn

Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Norfolk on January 25, 2014, 09:16:03 AM
Quote from: Rowen MacD on January 25, 2014, 08:14:26 AM
Nice find by Norfolk! 

NOW I can post this:

1533: Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn

You beat me to it!
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Norfolk on January 26, 2014, 10:06:19 AM
On this date in 1554 Queen Mary summoned her sister Elizabeth to Court, warning her about Wyatt's rebellion.  Elizabeth did not obey the summons, pleading illness.
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Norfolk on January 27, 2014, 09:22:52 AM
On this date in 1596, Sir Francis Drake died in Panama.
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: HennyPenny on January 27, 2014, 09:24:19 AM
Quote from: Norfolk on January 26, 2014, 10:06:19 AM
On this date in 1554 Queen Mary summoned her sister Elizabeth to Court, warning her about Wyatt's rebellion.  Elizabeth did not obey the summons, pleading illness.

This is a gudn'!
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: HennyPenny on January 27, 2014, 09:24:40 AM
Quote from: Norfolk on January 26, 2014, 10:06:19 AM
On this date in 1554 Queen Mary summoned her sister Elizabeth to Court, warning her about Wyatt's rebellion.  Elizabeth did not obey the summons, pleading illness.

This is a gudn'!
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Norfolk on January 28, 2014, 09:13:54 AM
On this date in 1457 Henry VII was born. And on this date in 1547 Henry VIII died, thereby saving yours truly from execution.
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: DonaCatalina on January 29, 2014, 05:04:37 AM
Certainly an odd juxtaposition of numbers.
:)
On January 29, 1536, Anne Boleyn gave birth to a stillborn son.
This was also the date of the funeral of Queen Katherine of Aragon.
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Norfolk on January 29, 2014, 10:45:25 AM
Quote from: DonaCatalina on January 29, 2014, 05:04:37 AM
Certainly an odd juxtaposition of numbers.
:)
On January 29, 1536, Anne Boleyn gave birth to a stillborn son.
This was also the date of the funeral of Queen Katherine of Aragon.

Katherine was buried with the title of "Princess Dowager" rather than Queen Katherine, and Queen Anne blamed her miscarriage on her uncle, the Duke of Norfolk.
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Gauwyn of Bracknell on January 29, 2014, 10:50:28 AM
Quote from: Norfolk on January 29, 2014, 10:45:25 AM
Quote from: DonaCatalina on January 29, 2014, 05:04:37 AM
Certainly an odd juxtaposition of numbers.
:)
On January 29, 1536, Anne Boleyn gave birth to a stillborn son.
This was also the date of the funeral of Queen Katherine of Aragon.

Katherine was buried with the title of "Princess Dowager" rather than Queen Katherine, and Queen Anne blamed her miscarriage on her uncle, the Duke of Norfolk.

You are always to blame!!
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Norfolk on January 29, 2014, 02:37:38 PM
Quote from: Gauwyn of Bracknell on January 29, 2014, 10:50:28 AM
Quote from: Norfolk on January 29, 2014, 10:45:25 AM
Quote from: DonaCatalina on January 29, 2014, 05:04:37 AM
Certainly an odd juxtaposition of numbers.
:)
On January 29, 1536, Anne Boleyn gave birth to a stillborn son.
This was also the date of the funeral of Queen Katherine of Aragon.

Katherine was buried with the title of "Princess Dowager" rather than Queen Katherine, and Queen Anne blamed her miscarriage on her uncle, the Duke of Norfolk.

You are always to blame!!

Her Majesty certainly seems to think so!
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Norfolk on January 31, 2014, 09:51:52 AM
On this date in 1547, Sir Thomas Wriothesley announced the death of Henry VIII to Parliament, and Edward VI was proclaimed King.
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Norfolk on February 01, 2014, 09:27:45 AM
On this date in 1514, as a reward for his achievements at the Battle of Flodden, Thomas Howard was created Earl of Surrey for life by Henry VIII.  His father, also named Thomas, was created the 2nd Duke of Norfolk.
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: DonaCatalina on February 03, 2014, 04:48:58 AM
February 3, 1208 was the birthdate of Jaime I of Aragon.
Known as "the Conquerer" (Jaime el Conquistador), James was only five years old when his father King Pedro I of Aragon was killed. When his uncle Sancho resigned the regency in 1218, rebellions flared up, and Jaime, who had been placed with the Knights Templar at Monzón, often faced grave personal danger and even fought in hand-to-hand combat.

At age 19 Jaims took control of his government and began reconquering Aragon piece by piece. He was a man of extraordinary personal courage, and his reign saw many beneficial improvements in spite of the frequent wars necessary to rebuild his nation.
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Norfolk on February 03, 2014, 09:59:42 AM
Good one, DC!
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Norfolk on February 03, 2014, 10:03:14 AM
On this date in 1478, Edward Stafford, who would become the 3rd Duke of Buckingham, was born.  The Duke, like his father, would later be executed for treason.
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Rowan MacD on February 04, 2014, 08:12:41 AM
On this day in 1575 –the future French Cardinal,  Pierre de Bérulle,  was born.

Bérulle was a chaplain to King Henry IV of France, and several times declined his offers to be made a bishop. He obtained the necessary dispensations from Rome for Henrietta Maria's marriage to Charles I, and acted as her chaplain during the first year of her stay in England. In 1626, as French ambassador to Spain, he concluded the favourable Treaty of Monzón, to which his enemy Cardinal Richelieu found objections. 
   After the reconciliation of King Louis XIII with his mother, Marie de Medici, through his agency, he was appointed a councillor of state, but had to resign this office, owing to his pro-Habsburg policy, which was opposed by Richelieu.     
  For religious reasons, Cardinal Bérulle favored the allegiance of France with Austria and Spain, the other Catholic powers, while Cardinal Richelieu wanted to undermine their influence in Europe.   He was made cardinal by Pope Urban VIII on 30 August 1627, but never received the red hat.
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: DonaCatalina on February 05, 2014, 04:53:04 AM
On February 5, 1578 Giovanni Battista Moroni died.
Moroni was one of the few Italian Renaissance artists who made portraits his specialty. He was known for his ability to portray his subjects with dignity and humanity. Moroni's works were often of ordinary working-class individuals instead of the nobility and the rich.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sYJ95uGGAJs/Tdz8kqM-iCI/AAAAAAAADTo/YutQq8Uahvk/s640/giovanni%2Bbattista%2Bmoroni.jpg)
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Norfolk on February 07, 2014, 09:44:15 AM
On this date in 1477 (or maybe 1478) Thomas More, the future Lord Chancellor of England, was born.
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Norfolk on February 08, 2014, 09:07:42 AM
On this date in 1587, Mary, Queen of Scots was executed at Fotheringhay Castle.
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: DonaCatalina on February 10, 2014, 05:02:35 AM
On February 10,1355, the St. Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead in two days.
Background and dispute

The seed of the riot was an altercation in the Swindlestock Tavern (now the site of the Santander Bank on Carfax, on the corner of St Aldate's and Queen Street) between two students of the University of Oxford, Walter Spryngeheuse and Roger de Chesterfield, and the taverner, John Croidon. They complained about the quality of drinks, which led to an exchange of rude words that ended with the students throwing their drinks in the taverner's face and assaulting him. Retaliation for this incident led to armed clashes between locals and students.

The mayor of Oxford, John de Bereford, asked the Chancellor of Oxford University, Humphrey de Cherlton, to arrest the two students, to no avail. Instead, 200 students supported Spryngeheuse and Chesterfield, allegedly assaulted the mayor and others. As the situation escalated, locals from the surrounding countryside poured in, crying: "Havac! Havoc! Smyt fast, give gode knocks!"
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Norfolk on February 10, 2014, 08:57:22 AM
It would appear that there is nothing new under the sun, to include town vs gown!

Also on this date, in 1542, Catherine Howard was taken to the Tower of London by barge.
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Norfolk on February 11, 2014, 09:44:06 AM
On this date in 1466, Elizabeth of York, future queen of Henry VII, was born.  She died in 1503 of postpartum infection on her 37th birthday.
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Norfolk on February 12, 2014, 09:22:16 AM
On this date in 1554, Lady Jane Grey an her husband, Guildford Dudley, were executed for treason.
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Rowan MacD on February 13, 2014, 06:30:58 AM
On this day in 1542- Henry VIII executed his 5th Queen, Catherine Howard.
She was just 18 and Henry was 51; They were married when she was 16.
Henry called her 'His Rose without a Thorn'..
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Rowan MacD on February 14, 2014, 08:19:30 AM
Not truly medieval-but since St Valentine was associated with Courtly Love....
   
   On this date somewhere around  269-273 A.D.  St Valentine was beheaded on the Via Flaminia just north of Rome.
  His crime was marrying couples (thereby excusing men from military duty) and aiding Christians during the persecution by Emperor Claudius. 
  Claudius was reported to take a liking to the rebel priest...until he tried to convert him, for which he received a death sentence.
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Norfolk on February 20, 2014, 09:33:33 AM
On this date in 1547, Edward VI was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey.
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Rowan MacD on February 21, 2014, 08:18:57 AM

On this day in 1173- Thomas A' Becket is canonized.

    1431-The trial of Joan of Arc begins.

    1437-James I of Scotland dies.

Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Rowan MacD on February 22, 2014, 09:02:28 AM
on this day in 1512-Amerigo Vespucci dies.
  He is known for determining that the lands Columbus had discovered were a completely separate continent from Asia.
   Both North and South America bear his name, a variation on "Amerigo."


Famous Quotes:

"The manner of their living is very barbarous, because they do not eat at fixed times, but as often as they please."

Sounds like we haven't changed much...

"Those new regions which we found and explored with the fleet... we may rightly call a New World... a continent more densely peopled and abounding in animals than our Europe or Asia or Africa; and, in addition, a climate milder than in any other region known to us."
   
  There are people in Minnesota who would challenge this...
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Rowan MacD on February 24, 2014, 08:39:35 AM
1525: Battle of Pavia  begins...and ends.

The Battle of Pavia, fought on the morning of 24 February 1525, was the decisive engagement of the Italian War of 1521–26.

A Spanish-Imperial army under the nominal command of Charles de Lannoy (and working in conjunction with the garrison of Pavia, commanded by Antonio de Leyva) attacked the French army under the personal command of Francis I of France in the great hunting preserve of Mirabello outside the city walls. In the four-hour battle, the French army was split and defeated in detail. The French suffered massive casualties, including many of the chief nobles of France; Francis himself, captured by the Spanish troops, was imprisoned by Charles V and forced to sign the humiliating Treaty of Madrid, surrendering significant territory to his captor. The outcome of the battle cemented Spanish Habsburg ascendancy in Italy.
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Norfolk on February 24, 2014, 09:45:45 AM
"The outcome of the battle cemented Spanish Habsburg ascendancy in Italy." 

It also put the Pope firmly under the control of Charles V, thereby effectively ending any possibility that His Holiness would approve the termination of Henry VIII's marriage to Charles' aunt, Katherine of Aragon.  The ultimate consequence of the Battle of Pavia, therefore, was England's separation from the roman catholic church.
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Rowan MacD on February 26, 2014, 01:24:14 PM
I was at the hospital yesterday with hubby- so to catch up:
  On February 25, 1570: Queen Elizabeth I was Excommunicated.
When the staunch reformer and persecutor of heretics Pope Pius V excommunicated Elizabeth and declared her a usurper, religious tension mounted in largely Protestant England, and English Catholics came under more frequent suspicion.

__________________________________________________today_______

On this day in 1561-Jorge de Montemayor died...

This Portuguese-born musician and author wrote the first Spanish pastoral novel: Los siete libros de la Diana (The Seven Books of the Diana). The work was inspired in part by Jacopo Sannazzaro's pastoral romance Arcadia, and, undergoing many editions, became widely translated and started a literary fashion in the Renaissance.
  William Shakespeare used Bartholomew Young's translation of Diana as a source for his play The Two Gentlemen of Verona.

Montemayor served Philip II's first wife and went with the Crown Prince to England when he married Mary Tudor.
   He was murdered in Italy, supposedly in a love feud.
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Norfolk on March 12, 2014, 09:43:15 AM
On this date in 1539, Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire and Ormond and father of Queen Anne Boleyn, died at Hever castle.  He was approximately sixty-two years of age at the time of his death.  He remained in favor with Henry VIII despite his daughter's history.
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Norfolk on March 18, 2014, 09:29:46 AM
On this date in 1496, Henry VIII's beloved sister, Princess Mary Tudor was born in Richmond Palace.
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Rowan MacD on March 20, 2014, 05:12:27 PM
1549: Thomas Seymour was executed....

Seymour was an opportunist who used his position as Edward VI's uncle and, more significantly, as the Lord Protector's brother to rise to the rank of Lord Admiral, a position which he abused by dealing with pirates.
Seymour married Henry VIII's widow Katherine Parr and pursued the young princess Elizabeth somewhat blatantly, though he never succeeded.
  When his piratical activities were discovered he was arrested, tried, and executed.
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Norfolk on March 24, 2014, 01:06:33 PM
The Tudor era came to an end on this date in 1603 with the death of Queen Elizabeth I.
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: DonaCatalina on March 25, 2014, 04:49:21 AM
On March 24, 1550 - France and England signed Peace of Boulogne.
The guns of Boulogne were listed in the inventory of English crown possessions taken after Henry VIII's death on 28 January 1547. Most of their wheels and stocks were said to be rotten and decayed. The totals were; 4 cannons; 5 demi-cannons; 10 culverins; 14 demi-culverins; 18 sakers; 21 falcons, falconets, and chamber falcons; 25 great brass mortars; 19 small brass mortars; 9 iron mortars; 3 iron bombards; 3 iron cannon-perrier; 16 port-pieces; 24 fowlers; 7 slings; 12 double bases; 54 shrimp bases; 114 privy bases; 2 robinets; and 73 brass hagbuts. The guns were in four positions; the Old Man; High Boulogne; Base Boulogne; and the Boulemberg (Mont Lambert). When Boulogne was returned to France in March 1550, Edward VI noted that the guns too would be handed over. These included recently captured pieces and; 2 basilisks; 2 demi-cannon; 3 culverins; 2 demi-culverins; 3 sakers; 16 falcons; 94 arquebus a croc with wooden tails (muskets for fixed positions); and 21 iron guns.
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Post by: Norfolk on March 27, 2014, 11:42:47 AM
On this date in 1489 the Treaty of Medina del Campo, establishing peace and cooperation between England and Spain, was signed.  One of the most important provisions of this treaty was the betrothal of Arthur, Prince of Wales and Catalina (Catherine), Princess of Aragon.
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Post by: Norfolk on April 02, 2014, 09:16:19 AM
On this date in 1502, Arthur, Prince of Wales, son and heir of King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, died at Ludlow Casle in the Welsh marshes.  The cause of his death is unknown, and speculation runs the gamut from consumption (TB) to testicular cancer.  His wife, Katherine of Aragon, also became ill, but recovered and went on to marry Arthur's younger brother, Henry.
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Norfolk on April 09, 2014, 09:08:44 AM
On the 9th of April 1533, a delegation of the King's councillors, headed by the Duke of Norfolk, visited Catherine of Aragon to inform her that Henry VIII was now married to Anne Boleyn.
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Post by: Gauwyn of Bracknell on April 09, 2014, 10:16:06 AM
Quote from: Norfolk on April 09, 2014, 09:08:44 AM
On the 9th of April 1533, a delegation of the King's councillors, headed by the Duke of Norfolk, visited Catherine of Aragon to inform her that Henry VIII was now married to Anne Boleyn.

Nice news you bear there, Norfolk   :)
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Post by: Rowan MacD on April 09, 2014, 11:49:55 AM
Quote from: Gauwyn of Bracknell on April 09, 2014, 10:16:06 AM
Quote from: Norfolk on April 09, 2014, 09:08:44 AM
On the 9th of April 1533, a delegation of the King's councillors, headed by the Duke of Norfolk, visited Catherine of Aragon to inform her that Henry VIII was now married to Anne Boleyn.

Nice news you bear there, Norfolk   :)
Ah, the fickleness of Kings...
  3 years later Catherine would die of natural causes and Anne would follow her in just a little more than 4 months....by causes not as natural.
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Post by: Butch on April 09, 2014, 01:29:38 PM
Quote from: Gauwyn of Bracknell on April 09, 2014, 10:16:06 AM
Quote from: Norfolk on April 09, 2014, 09:08:44 AM
On the 9th of April 1533, a delegation of the King's councillors, headed by the Duke of Norfolk, visited Catherine of Aragon to inform her that Henry VIII was now married to Anne Boleyn.

Nice news you bear there, Norfolk   :)
It seems that he's ALWAYS bearing good news!  At least, every time that I've seen him.
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Post by: Norfolk on April 10, 2014, 09:10:29 AM
Quote from: Butch on April 09, 2014, 01:29:38 PM
Quote from: Gauwyn of Bracknell on April 09, 2014, 10:16:06 AM
Quote from: Norfolk on April 09, 2014, 09:08:44 AM
On the 9th of April 1533, a delegation of the King's councillors, headed by the Duke of Norfolk, visited Catherine of Aragon to inform her that Henry VIII was now married to Anne Boleyn.

Nice news you bear there, Norfolk   :)
It seems that he's ALWAYS bearing good news!  At least, every time that I've seen him.
Grammercy, all.    ;)
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Post by: Rowan MacD on April 10, 2014, 10:59:20 AM
1512: James V of Scotland was born on this date.
Succeeding to the throne at the age of 17 months and surviving a power struggle over his regency, James was a harsh ruler whose taxations alienated his subjects.     
   His alignment against Henry VIII of England resulted in a disastrous battle at Solway Moss. The defeat caused James to suffer a nervous breakdown, and he died shortly thereafter at the age of 30.

His only legitimate child to survive to adulthood was Mary, Queen of Scots. His illegitimate son, the Earl of Moray, became regent of Scotland when Mary abdicated.
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Norfolk on April 16, 2014, 09:51:05 AM
On this date in 1512 the Mary Rose began her first voyage in the English Channel, hunting French warships.

Also on this date in 1521, Martin Luther appeared before Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Worms.  He had been summoned by Charles to either recant or reaffirm his religion views. 
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Post by: Butch on April 16, 2014, 10:59:41 AM
Quote from: Norfolk on April 16, 2014, 09:51:05 AM
Also on this date in 1521, Martin Luther appeared before Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Worms.  He had been summoned by Charles to either recant or reaffirm his religion views.

Yeah, THAT ended well.
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Norfolk on April 16, 2014, 10:19:39 PM
Quote from: Butch on April 16, 2014, 10:59:41 AM
Quote from: Norfolk on April 16, 2014, 09:51:05 AM
Also on this date in 1521, Martin Luther appeared before Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Worms.  He had been summoned by Charles to either recant or reaffirm his religion views.

Yeah, THAT ended well.

I love a catastrophe not of my making!
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Post by: Gauwyn of Bracknell on April 17, 2014, 08:37:25 AM
Quote from: Norfolk on April 16, 2014, 10:19:39 PM
Quote from: Butch on April 16, 2014, 10:59:41 AM
Quote from: Norfolk on April 16, 2014, 09:51:05 AM
Also on this date in 1521, Martin Luther appeared before Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Worms.  He had been summoned by Charles to either recant or reaffirm his religion views.

Yeah, THAT ended well.

I love a catastrophe not of my making!

I thought they were ALL credited to you, Your Grace ?
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Norfolk on April 17, 2014, 08:44:50 AM
Quote from: Gauwyn of Bracknell on April 17, 2014, 08:37:25 AM
Quote from: Norfolk on April 16, 2014, 10:19:39 PM
Quote from: Butch on April 16, 2014, 10:59:41 AM
Quote from: Norfolk on April 16, 2014, 09:51:05 AM
Also on this date in 1521, Martin Luther appeared before Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Worms.  He had been summoned by Charles to either recant or reaffirm his religion views.

Yeah, THAT ended well.

I love a catastrophe not of my making!

I thought they were ALL credited to you, Your Grace ?

Only by HRM.    ;)
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Norfolk on April 17, 2014, 08:46:47 AM
On this date in 1534, Sir Thomas More, Henry VIII's former Lord Chancellor of England, was arrested and confined in the Tower of London for refusing to swear the "Oath of Succession". 
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Norfolk on April 21, 2014, 08:39:15 AM
At 11PM on this date in 1509, Henry VII died at Richmond palace.
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Post by: KeeperoftheBar on April 21, 2014, 12:59:11 PM
Quote from: Norfolk on April 17, 2014, 08:46:47 AM
On this date in 1534, Sir Thomas More, Henry VIII's former Lord Chancellor of England, was arrested and confined in the Tower of London for refusing to swear the "Oath of Succession".
Which is covered very well in the fine film "A Man for all Seasons".
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Norfolk on April 23, 2014, 08:59:28 AM
Today is St. George's Day, the day for announcing new appointments to the Most Noble Order Of The Garter, the highest order of chivalry in England.  Membership is limited to the sovereign and 25 of her closest and most trusted advisers.
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Post by: Rowan MacD on April 23, 2014, 11:36:46 AM
On this date:

1509- Henry VIII was crowned King of England

1564: William Shakespeare was born-The Bard's baptism is recorded on April 26; though the exact date of his birth is uncertain, it is traditionally celebrated on the 23rd.  He also died on  this same date in 1616.
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Norfolk on April 28, 2014, 09:30:28 AM
On this date in 1603 the Tudor era ended as Queen Elizabeth I was buried in London.
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Post by: DonaCatalina on April 30, 2014, 05:12:57 AM
On April 30, 1492, Columbus was given royal commission to equip his fleet.  (http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/documents/before-1600/privileges-and-prerogatives-granted-to-columbus-april-30-1492.php)
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Norfolk on May 03, 2014, 08:44:28 AM
On this date in 1536 Queen Anne Boleyn was arrested for treason and taken to the Tower of London by barge.  She entered the Tower through what was later to be called "Traitor's Gate".
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Post by: Norfolk on May 11, 2014, 10:45:20 AM
On this date in 1509, Henry VII was laid to rest next to his wife, Elizabeth of York, in Westminster Abbey.
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Post by: Norfolk on May 15, 2014, 09:17:08 AM
On this date in 1536 Queen Anne Boleyn was convicted of treason.  Her Uncle, Thomas Howard, presided over the trial, the validity of which can be judged by the fact that the French swordsman who was to carry out her execution had been summoned before the court was convened.
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Post by: Rani Zemirah on May 15, 2014, 11:01:52 PM
Wow... 12 days between arrest and conviction!  Talk about a speedy trial! 


I have never understood the desire to be so close to power that there is every likelihood that it will eventually be the death of you... quite literally.  I don't know... perhaps it conveys the illusion of having power in one's own right... but it would seem to me that being in such close proximity to the only power that really counts would strip any real power from those who sought to share in it's rewards, since life, itself, would become such a delicate balancing act that one could lose track of the actual "game".  Surely it wouldn't just be a matter of seeking the comfort that comes from higher station... I think there must be some sort of addictive thrill produced by flirting with that particular sort of disaster.  I mean, the chances of personal reward might be great... but the potential ruin could affect not only one person, but every single member of a family, sometimes for generations!  Or it could spell the end, utterly, of an entire bloodline...

But I suppose greed knows no limits, and the lust for power can blind those who seek it, and even disguise the complete loss of that power... right up until the headsman's ax falls. 
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Norfolk on May 19, 2014, 09:29:25 AM
On this date in 1536 Queen Anne Boleyn was beheaded.  "Executions were carefully choreographed, and there was a set format for execution speeches.  Anne followed it to the letter.  There was no way that she would risk her daughter's safety by defying the King and proclaiming her innocence.  Elizabeth's safety and her future relationship with her father, the King, were paramount in Anne's mind as she prepared to meet her maker."
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Post by: Butch on May 19, 2014, 09:37:41 AM
Those last two posts read together.  Good timing!

Nope; I'll stay an humble mariner in His Majesty's Navy thanks.  I am fond of my head!
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Rowan MacD on May 19, 2014, 09:44:47 AM

  It it is generally believed that the charges against Anne were trumped up to free the king to marry Jane Seymour. 
  To her credit-Anne stuck to her guns, refusing to grant the king an annulment which would have made their daughter Elizabeth illegitimate thereby nullifying the princess's claim to the throne.



  I have always wondered what Jane thought of the methods used against her predecessor.
  Even though I imagine little of the blame was actually hers (other than the obvious sin of coveting someone elses husband);  Did she feel at all guilty at gaining the crown at the expense of someone's life?   
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Norfolk on May 19, 2014, 01:11:34 PM
Quote from: Rowen MacD on May 19, 2014, 09:44:47 AM

  It it is generally believed that the charges against Anne were trumped up to free the king to marry Jane Seymour. 
  To her credit-Anne stuck to her guns, refusing to grant the king an annulment which would have made their daughter Elizabeth illegitimate thereby nullifying the princess's claim to the throne.



  I have always wondered what Jane thought of the methods used against her predecessor.
  Even though I imagine little of the blame was actually hers (other than the obvious sin of coveting someone elses husband);  Did she feel at all guilty at gaining the crown at the expense of someone's life?

Excellent question, Rowan.  I have read two dozen books on Henry's reign, and cannot recall any of them addressing Jane's view of her predecessor.  I am, however, quite convinced that Henry was well aware that the charges against Anne were contrived.  To me, this was plainly revealed when, shortly after their marriage, Henry admonished Jane for becoming involved in some issue or other, warning her that "the last queen died from meddling too much in affairs of state".
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Rowan MacD on May 20, 2014, 06:32:45 AM
   Sometimes history can be frustrating.  Rarely are the 'little things', like the emotions driving a momentous decision, recorded in reliable detail.
   Even though there was only a single record where Elizabeth mentioned her mother in public; you know she had to have spoken on the matter more than once.  After her father was gone, there was nothing stopping her from talking about Anne, or even honoring her with a proper tomb if she so pleased.  I am sure she intended something along those lines, but she, like her brother and sister before her, had more pressing things on her mind besides building chapel to house her mother's remains....I note that she, like Henry's other two children,  made no effort to complete her father's tomb either.   Karma.
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Norfolk on May 21, 2014, 03:05:15 PM
On this date in 1524 my father, Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, died. 
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Post by: Rowan MacD on May 21, 2014, 04:55:54 PM
 Our condolences, your Grace.
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Post by: Norfolk on May 22, 2014, 09:13:39 AM
Quote from: Rowen MacD on May 21, 2014, 04:55:54 PM
Our condolences, your Grace.


;)
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Post by: Gauwyn of Bracknell on May 22, 2014, 11:39:31 AM
Quote from: Norfolk on May 22, 2014, 09:13:39 AM
Quote from: Rowen MacD on May 21, 2014, 04:55:54 PM
Our condolences, your Grace.


;)

How did you escape losing your head - were you not the uncle of Anne and Catherine Howard?  Didn't you play a role in these marriages?

Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Norfolk on May 22, 2014, 04:58:30 PM
Quote from: Gauwyn of Bracknell on May 22, 2014, 11:39:31 AM
Quote from: Norfolk on May 22, 2014, 09:13:39 AM
Quote from: Rowen MacD on May 21, 2014, 04:55:54 PM
Our condolences, your Grace.


;)

How did you escape losing your head - were you not the uncle of Anne and Catherine Howard?  Didn't you play a role in these marriages?

I am indeed the uncle to both Queens, and I did indeed play a role in both marriages.  I escaped death because King Henry died with my death warrant upon his desk.  King Edward decided to imprison me in the Tower rather than take my head.
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Norfolk on May 29, 2014, 09:06:59 AM
On this date in 1533 Queen Anne Boleyn began her four-day coronation ceremonies.
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Norfolk on June 02, 2014, 10:11:32 AM
On this date in 1536, Jane Seymour made her first appearance as Queen of England.
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Post by: Rowan MacD on June 04, 2014, 01:37:56 PM
A belated entry:
  On June the 3rd in 1162: Thomas À Becket consecrated Archbishop....

When Henry II appointed his old friend to this powerful post, he thought Becket would continue to support him in the ongoing struggle of state vs. church. Becket would soon prove otherwise.

**one of my favorite historical characters^_^**
Becket gave Henry II nearly as much grief as his Queen did.


Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Norfolk on June 11, 2014, 10:20:30 AM
On this date in 1509 King Henry VIII married Katherine of Aragon at Greenwich palace.
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Norfolk on June 24, 2014, 11:26:03 AM
On this date in 1509 Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon were crowned King and Queen of England.
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Post by: DonaCatalina on September 14, 2014, 12:46:34 PM
Thomas Legh to Cromwell.
14 Spetember, 1533.
You are advertised by my cousin Sir Jas. Layborne of a cruel murder committed on 18 July, at Furnes, in Lancashire,—of a kinsman of mine named John Bardsey, son and heir to Wm. Bardsey, the bearer, whom I recommend to you. The matter was contrived by the prior of Conygished and Wm. Lanc[aster], brother to Edw. Lanc[aster], and others unknown. The murdered man's head was cut asunder in three places, his legs and arms mutilated. My cousin says he informed Mr. Antony Fitzherbert, justice, of the whole affair, at the last assizes in Lancaster, but no indictment was put in. As the matter is colorably borne by divers gentlemen, I beg you to provide a remedy. The bearer can tell you much of the county, and may be trusted. Camberag, 14 Sept.
Signed Thos. Legh.
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Post by: Rowan MacD on September 16, 2014, 11:04:43 AM
On this date in 1498:  Tomás de Torquemada died (he is presumably still doing time in purgatory).
As the first grand inquisitor of Spain, Torquemada displayed a ruthless efficiency and undying zeal for his work. His name has become synonymous for the fear, bigotry and hatred associated with the Spanish Inquisition.

Lyrics from Mel Brook's History of the World-Part 1

"The Inquisition (what a show)
  The Inquisition (here we go)
We know you're wishin', that we'd go away...
The inquisitions' here, and it's here to staaaay...."
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Post by: Rowan MacD on October 30, 2014, 10:34:06 AM
One this date in 1485:
   Henry VII is crowned King of England.
   Technically he became King on 22 of August of the same year, upon the defeat, and death, of Richard III.   He did not marry Elizabeth of York until after he became king in his own right.
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Post by: Rowan MacD on October 31, 2014, 08:32:44 AM
 Oct 31, 1517:
Martin Luther posts 95 theses (and started a  revolution)      

On this day in 1517, the priest and scholar Martin Luther approaches the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, and nails a piece of paper to it containing the 95 revolutionary opinions that would begin the Protestant Reformation.

In his theses, Luther condemned the excesses and corruption of the Roman Catholic Church, especially the papal practice of asking payment—called "indulgences"—for the forgiveness of sins. At the time, a Dominican priest named Johann Tetzel, commissioned by the Archbishop of Mainz and Pope Leo X, was in the midst of a major fundraising campaign in Germany to finance the renovation of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Though Prince Frederick III the Wise had banned the sale of indulgences in Wittenberg, many church members traveled to purchase them. When they returned, they showed the pardons they had bought to Luther, claiming they no longer had to repent for their sins.

Luther's frustration with this practice led him to write the 95 Theses, which were quickly snapped up, translated from Latin into German and distributed widely. A copy made its way to Rome, and efforts began to convince Luther to change his tune. He refused to keep silent, however, and in 1521 Pope Leo X formally excommunicated Luther from the Catholic Church. That same year, Luther again refused to recant his writings before the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V of Germany, who issued the famous Edict of Worms declaring Luther an outlaw and a heretic and giving permission for anyone to kill him without consequence. Protected by Prince Frederick, Luther began working on a German translation of the Bible, a task that took 10 years to complete.

The term "Protestant" first appeared in 1529, when Charles V revoked a provision that allowed the ruler of each German state to choose whether they would enforce the Edict of Worms. A number of princes and other supporters of Luther issued a protest, declaring that their allegiance to God trumped their allegiance to the emperor. They became known to their opponents as Protestants; gradually this name came to apply to all who believed the Church should be reformed, even those outside Germany. By the time Luther died, of natural causes, in 1546, his revolutionary beliefs had formed the basis for the Protestant Reformation, which would over the next three centuries revolutionize Western civilization.




*Side note: One of my favorite characters that used to attend our Faire was 'The Cardinal' , dressed in sumptuous robes of red velvet, encrusted with bling, handing out tiny rolls of parchment (indulgences) tied with red ribbon and a wax seal. 
  He would give a history lesson with every favor. 

Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Rowan MacD on November 03, 2014, 08:28:01 AM
  November 3rd, 1534 - English parliament accepts Act of Supremacy: Henry VIII becomes Head of Church of England, and the Anglican Church was born.
   
   
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Post by: Rowan MacD on November 07, 2014, 08:24:18 AM
 Belated posts:



1494: Hans Sachs was born:
Sachs was a renowned meistersinger and poet whose popularity and productivity influenced the German cultural scene of his day.

November 5th,   1605: Gunpowder Plot Fails
Catholic convert Guy Fawkes conspired with Robert Catesby and a small band of Catholics to blow up Parliament and the British royal family. The infamous Gunpowder Plot was discovered, however, and Fawkes was arrested on November 4, the night before it was to take place.

Today, "Guy Fawkes Day" is celebrated in England with fireworks and the burning of effigies of the conspirator.

November 6th: 1429: Henry VI crowned King of England
Though he succeeded to the throne at nine months of age, he was not officially crowned until he was eight.

1479: Joan the Mad was born to Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain-she was the elder sister of Katherine of Aragon, and eventual heir to the Spanish Throne.

More recent..

November7th...1874-The Republican Party was first symbolized as an elephant in a cartoon drawn by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly magazine.


Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Rowan MacD on November 10, 2014, 08:30:33 AM
In 1483-Martin Luther was born.

   Luther is one of the most significant figures in Christian history. His questioning of Catholic Church practices precipitated the Protestant Reformation, which resulted in a permanent break with Roman Catholicism and established Protestantism as one of the three major theological segments of Christianity (the third being Eastern Orthodoxy).

   There is some controversy over whether or not Luther actually nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the Wittenberg Church.  What is known is that his Theses were rapidly distributed, first among his peers and not long after among many others in Germany.     
   The role of the printing press in the dissemination of his work and the resulting Reformation is undeniably significant.
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Rowan MacD on February 13, 2015, 07:19:43 PM
 On this day in 1542, Queen Catherine Howard was executed for treason, presumably for committing adultery while married to King Henry VIII.
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Post by: Jay Byrd on February 27, 2015, 09:00:52 AM


1814   Napoleon's Marshal Nicholas Oudinot is pushed back at Barsur-Aube by the Emperor's allied enemies shortly before his abdication.

1827   The first Mardi-Gras celebration is held in New Orleans. - On this date in 1827 a group of masked and costumed students danced through the streets of New Orleans, La, marking the beginning of the city's famous Mardi Gras.  See more at: http://www.historynet.com/today-in-history#sthash.KeDR8KBM.dpuf (http://www.historynet.com/today-in-history#sthash.KeDR8KBM.dpuf)
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Post by: Jay Byrd on March 13, 2015, 07:38:52 AM
1519   Hernando Cortez lands in what will become Mexico. - See more at: http://www.historynet.com/today-in-history#sthash.2T3RN8PP.dpuf (http://www.historynet.com/today-in-history#sthash.2T3RN8PP.dpuf)
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Post by: Rowan MacD on March 16, 2015, 03:38:38 PM
1190: Massacre of the Jews at York
In one of the most shameful events in English history, an angry mob besieged Jewish residents of York in Clifford's Tower. Rather than be killed by their attackers, many of the Jews took their own lives, and some perished in the fire that followed. Those that survived the disaster were massacred.


Note: when visiting York in 2010; we climbed the hill to have a look at the tower.   I photographed the historical marker next to the tower at the top of the steps, and the other marker at the bottom.  I don't remember either one mentioning this event. 
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Post by: Jay Byrd on March 20, 2015, 08:26:29 AM
1413         Henry IV of England is succeed by his son Henry V.
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Post by: Jay Byrd on March 23, 2015, 08:12:15 AM
1657         France and England form an alliance against Spain.
1743         Handel's Messiah is performed for the first time in London.
1775         American revolutionary hero Patrick Henry, while addressing the House of Burgesses, declares "give me liberty, or give me death!"
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Post by: Jay Byrd on March 24, 2015, 09:00:33 AM
1208         King John of England opposes Innocent III on his nomination for archbishop of Canterbury.
1603         Queen Elizabeth I dies which will bring into power James VI of Scotland.
1663         Charles II of England awards lands known as Carolina in North America to eight members of the nobility who      assisted in his restoration.
1664         In London, Roger Williams is granted a charter to colonize Rhode Island.
1720         The banking houses of Paris close in the wake of financial crisis.
1721         In Germany, the supremely talented Johann Sebastian Bach publishes the Six Brandenburg Concertos.
1765         Britain passes the Quartering Act, requiring the colonies to house 10,000 British troops in public and private   buildings.
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Post by: Dinobabe on March 24, 2015, 09:52:16 AM
I love these, thank you!
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Post by: Jay Byrd on March 25, 2015, 09:05:28 AM
 708         Constantine begins his reign as Catholic Pope.
1634         Lord Baltimore founds the Catholic colony of Maryland.
1655         Puritans jail Governor Stone after a military victory over Catholic forces in the colony of Maryland.
1668         The first horse race in America takes place.
1776         The Continental Congress authorizes a medal for General George Washington.
1807         British Parliament abolishes the slave trade.
Title: Re: Today In History
Post by: Jay Byrd on March 26, 2015, 10:20:59 AM
March 26th

1517         The famous Flemish composer Heinrich Issac dies.
1799         Napoleon Bonaparte captures Jaffa, Palestine.
1804         Congress orders the removal of Indians east of the Mississippi River to Louisiana.
1804         The territory of New Orleans is organized in the Louisiana Purchase.
1827         German composer Ludwig Van Beethoven dies in Vienna. He had been deaf for the later part of his life, but said on his death bed "I shall hear in heaven."
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Post by: Jay Byrd on March 27, 2015, 07:39:46 AM
March 27

1350       While besieging Gibraltar, Alfonso XI of Castile dies of the black death.
1512       Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon sights Florida.
1802       The Treaty of Amiens is signed, ending the French Revolutionary War.
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Post by: Jay Byrd on March 30, 2015, 08:00:36 AM

March, 30


1492         King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella sign a decree expelling all Jews from Spain.
1840         "Beau" Brummell, the English dandy and former favorite of the prince regent, dies in a French lunatic asylum for paupers.
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Post by: Jay Byrd on March 31, 2015, 10:25:02 AM
March 31

1282         The great massacre of the French in Sicily The Sicilian Vespers comes to an end.
1547         In France, Francis–king since 1515–dies and is succeeded by his son Henry II.
1776         Abigail Adams writes to husband John that women are "determined to foment a rebellion" if the new Declaration of Independence fails to guarantee their rights.
1779         Russia and Turkey sign a treaty by which they promise to take no military action in the Crimea.
1790         In Paris, France, Maximilien Robespierre is elected president of the Jacobin Club.
1836         The first monthly installment of The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens is published in London.
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Post by: Rowan MacD on April 01, 2015, 08:21:26 AM
    On this date in 1204; Eleanor of Aquitaine died.   
    Eleanor was one of the most powerful women of High Medieval Europe.
    As Countess of Poitou, Queen of France and later Queen of England as the wife of Henry II; she influenced politics, sponsored the Courtly Love movement, and even went on crusade with her husband.
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Post by: Jay Byrd on April 01, 2015, 11:05:33 AM
April 1

On this day in 1700, English pranksters begin popularizing the annual tradition of April Fools' Day by playing practical jokes on each other.

Although the day, also called All Fools' Day, has been celebrated for several centuries by different cultures, its exact origins remain a mystery. Some historians speculate that April Fools' Day dates back to 1582, when France switched from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar, as called for by the Council of Trent in 1563. People who were slow to get the news or failed to recognize that the start of the new year had moved to January 1 and continued to celebrate it during the last week of March through April 1 became the butt of jokes and hoaxes. These included having paper fish placed on their backs and being referred to as "poisson d'avril" (April fish), said to symbolize a young, easily caught fish and a gullible person.
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Post by: Jay Byrd on April 02, 2015, 08:40:49 AM
April 2


1513                Ponce de Leon discovers Florida
1796         Haitian revolt leader Toussaint L'Ouverture takes command of French forces at Santo Domingo.
1801         The British navy defeats the Danish at the Battle of Copenhagen.
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Post by: Jay Byrd on April 03, 2015, 07:16:36 AM
April 3

628         In Persia, Kavadh sues for peace with the Byzantines.
1367         John of Gaunt and Edward the Black Prince win the Battle of Najara, in Spain.
1559         Philip II of Spain and Henry II of France sign the peace of Cateau-Cambresis, ending a long series of wars between the Hapsburg and Valois dynasties.
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Post by: Rowan MacD on April 03, 2015, 08:38:56 AM
1043: Edward the Confessor crowned.

Elected by popular acclamation, Edward (known as "the Confessor" for his piety) had Norman sympathies and had supposedly named William the Conqueror his successor, before choosing Harold Godwinson on his death-bed.
   His actions resulted in the Battle of Hastings, the death of the last Anglo-Saxon King, and the the Norman Conquest of England.
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Post by: Jay Byrd on April 06, 2015, 07:31:04 AM
April 6
1199         English King Richard I is killed by an arrow at the siege of the castle of Chaluz in France.

1814         Granted sovereignty in the island of Elba and a pension from the French government, Napoleon Bonaparte abdicates at Fountainebleau. He is allowed to keep the title of emperor.
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Post by: Jay Byrd on April 08, 2015, 11:11:52 AM
Born on April 8

563 BC         Gautama Buddha, founder of Buddhism.
1605         Philip IV, king of Spain and Portugal (1621-65).
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Post by: Jay Byrd on April 09, 2015, 08:20:06 AM
April 9


193         In the Balkans, the distinguished soldier Septimius Severus is proclaimed emperor by the army in Illyricum.
715         Constantine ends his reign as Catholic Pope.
1241         In the Battle of Liegnitz, Mongol armies defeat Poles and Germans.
1454         The city states of Venice, Milan and Florence sign a peace agreement at Lodi, Italy.
1682         Robert La Salle claims lower Mississippi River and all lands that touch it for France.
1731         British Captain Robert Jenkins loses an ear to a band of Spanish brigands, starting a war between Britain and Spain: The War of Jenkins' Ear.
1770         Captain James Cook discovers Botany Bay on the Australian continent.
1859         Realizing that France has encouraged the Piedmontese forces to mobilize for invading Italy, Austria begins mobilizing its army.

Born on April 9

1649         James Scott, Duke of Monmouth.
1821         Charles Baudelaire, French poet.
1926         Hugh Hefner, founder and publisher of Playboy magazine.
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Post by: Rowan MacD on April 09, 2015, 10:59:30 AM
 On this date in 1493-Edward IV of England died.

He was known for his his popularity, good looks and charm.
Edward's military skill has been somewhat overlooked through the centuries, but he won the throne through victorious battles in the Wars of the Roses and was crowned when he was not yet 20.
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Post by: Rowan MacD on April 11, 2015, 08:24:37 AM
on this day in 1514,  Donato Bramante died.

Bramante is considered to have introduced the "High Renaissance" style into architecture. His works include the Sant'Ambrogio, the Santa Maria Delle Grazie, and the Tempietto of San Pietro.

on this day in 1586, Pietro della Valle was born.
On an extended pilgrimage to the Holy Land, della Valle wrote letters describing his journey that are still valuable today for their detailed descriptions.
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Post by: Jay Byrd on April 14, 2015, 10:35:37 AM
April 14


1471         The Earl of Warwick, who fought on both sides in the War of the Roses, is killed at the Battle of Barnet with the defeat of the Lancastrians.
1543         Bartoleme Ferrelo returns to Spain after discovering a large bay in the New World (San Francisco).
1775         The first abolitionist society in United States is organized in Philadelphia.
1793         A royalist rebellion in Santo Domingo is crushed by French republican troops.
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Post by: Jay Byrd on April 15, 2015, 07:59:05 AM
 Born on April 15


1452         Leonardo da Vinci, Italian painter, sculptor, scientist and visionary
1684         Catherine I, empress of Russia
1741         Charles Wilson Peale, portrait painter and inventor
1800         Sir James Clark Ross, Scottish explorer who located the Magnetic North Pole.
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Post by: Rowan MacD on April 15, 2015, 12:17:47 PM
 Filippo Brunelleschi died on this date in 1446:

A pioneer of Italian Renaissance architecture and a talented sculptor, Brunelleschi is also credited with the rediscovery of the principles of linear perspective, which he demonstrated in an experiment involving a mirror and a painting of a street scene. His Duomo of the Florence Cathedral and the Pazzi Chapel are among his significant works.
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Post by: Jay Byrd on April 16, 2015, 09:30:53 AM
April 16


  69           Defeated by Vitellius' troops at Bedriacum, Otho commits suicide.
556         Pelagius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope.
1065         The Norman Robert Guiscard takes Bari, ending five centuries of Byzantine rule in southern Italy.
1705         Queen Anne of England knights Isaac Newton.
1746         Prince Charles is defeated at the battle of Culloden, the last pitched battle fought in Britain.
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Post by: Jay Byrd on April 17, 2015, 07:52:35 AM
April 17

858         Benedict III ends his reign as Catholic Pope.
1492         Christopher Columbus signs a contract with Spain to find a western route to the Indies.
1521         Martin Luther is excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church.
1524         Present-day New York Harbor is discovered by Giovanni Verrazano.
1535         Antonio Mendoza is appointed first viceroy of New Spain.
- See more at: http://www.historynet.com/today-in-history#sthash.0ckW55dF.dpuf (http://www.historynet.com/today-in-history#sthash.0ckW55dF.dpuf)
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Post by: Rowan MacD on April 17, 2015, 08:02:58 AM
1521:   Martin Luther appears before the Diet of Worms.

   Luther had been excommunicated, but Prince Frederick the Wise had refused to take any action against him. Instead he negotioated with Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, who gave Luther safe-conduct to appear before the assembly in Worms, Germany.
   When Luther appeared, he took a day to consider the charges against him, then refused to repudiate  his works unless convinced of error by Scripture or reason.
   Tradition has it he told the assembly: "Here I stand; I can do no other.
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Post by: Jay Byrd on April 21, 2015, 08:39:59 AM
April 21

753 BC         Traditional date of the foundation of Rome.
43 BC         Marcus Antonius is defeated by Octavian near Modena, Italy.
1526         Mongol Emperor Babur annihilates the Indian Army of Ibrahim Lodi.
1649         The Maryland Toleration Act is passed, allowing all people freedom of worship.
1689         William III and Mary II are crowned joint king and queen of England, Scotland and Ireland.
- See more at: http://www.historynet.com/today-in-history#sthash.nhAhWDHN.dpuf (http://www.historynet.com/today-in-history#sthash.nhAhWDHN.dpuf)
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Post by: Jay Byrd on April 22, 2015, 07:48:14 AM
April 22

  296         St. Gaius ends his reign as Catholic Pope.
536         St. Agapitus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope.
1500         Pedro Alvarez Cabral discovers Brazil.
1509         Henry VIII ascends to the throne of England upon the death of his father, Henry VII.
1529         Spain and Portugal divide the eastern hemisphere in the Treaty of Saragosa.
1745         The Peace of Fussen is signed.

Born on April 22

1451         Isabella I of Castile, Queen of Spain, patron of Christopher Columbus.
1707         Henry Fielding, English novelist (Tom Jones).
1724         Immanuel Kant, German philosopher.
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Post by: Rowan MacD on April 22, 2015, 09:26:31 AM
   On this day in 1451; future Queen Isabella of Castile was born. Her future marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon would eventually result in the kingdom of Spain, under her grandson, Charles V.

   Her fierce Catholicism led to the expulsion of Jews from Spain and the establishment of the Spanish Inquisition.

  She also supported the voyages of Christopher Columbus, for which she best known.

  Her youngest daughter Catherine would go on to become the first Queen of Henry VIII of England. 

 
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Post by: Jay Byrd on April 23, 2015, 09:06:26 AM
April 23

1348         The first English order of knighthood is founded.
1500         Pedro Cabal claims Brazil for Portugal.
1521         The Comuneros are crushed by royalist troops in Spain.
1661         Charles II is formally crowned king, returning the monarchy to Britain, albeit with greatly reduced powers.
1759         British forces seize Basse-Terre and Guadeloupe from France.

Born April 23

1564         William Shakespeare, English playwright and poet.
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Post by: Jay Byrd on April 23, 2015, 09:13:47 AM
1564
William Shakespeare born



According to tradition, the great English dramatist and poet William Shakespeare is born in Stratford-on-Avon on April 23, 1564. It is impossible to be certain the exact day on which he was born, but church records show that he was baptized on April 26, and three days was a customary amount of time to wait before baptizing a newborn. Shakespeare's date of death is conclusively known, however: it was April 23, 1616. He was 52 years old and had retired to Stratford three years before.

Although few plays have been performed or analyzed as extensively as the 38 plays ascribed to William Shakespeare, there are few surviving details about the playwright's life. This dearth of biographical information is due primarily to his station in life; he was not a noble, but the son of John Shakespeare, a leather trader and the town bailiff. The events of William Shakespeare's early life can only be gleaned from official records, such as baptism and marriage records.

He probably attended the grammar school in Stratford, where he would have studied Latin and read classical literature. He did not go to university but at age 18 married Anne Hathaway, who was eight years his senior and pregnant at the time of the marriage. Their first daughter, Susanna, was born six months later, and in 1585 William and Anne had twins, Hamnet and Judith. Hamnet, Shakespeare's only son, died 11 years later, and Anne Shakespeare outlived her husband, dying in 1623. Nothing is known of the period between the birth of the twins and Shakespeare's emergence as a playwright in London in the early 1590s, but unfounded stories have him stealing deer, joining a group of traveling players, becoming a schoolteacher, or serving as a soldier in the Low Countries.

The first reference to Shakespeare as a London playwright came in 1592, when a fellow dramatist, Robert Greene, wrote derogatorily of him on his deathbed. It is believed that Shakespeare had written the three parts of Henry VI by that point. In 1593, Venus and Adonis was Shakespeare's first published poem, and he dedicated it to the young Henry Wriothesley, the 3rd earl of Southampton. In 1594, having probably composed, among other plays, Richard III, The Comedy of Errors, and The Taming of the Shrew, he became an actor and playwright for the Lord Chamberlain's Men, which became the King's Men after James I's ascension in 1603. The company grew into England's finest, in no small part because of Shakespeare, who was its principal dramatist. It also had the finest actor of the day, Richard Burbage, and the best theater, the Globe, which was located on the Thames' south bank. Shakespeare stayed with the King's Men until his retirement and often acted in small parts.

By 1596, the company had performed the classic Shakespeare plays Romeo and Juliet, Richard II, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. That year, John Shakespeare was granted a coat of arms, a testament to his son's growing wealth and fame. In 1597, William Shakespeare bought a large house in Stratford. In 1599, after producing his great historical series, the first and second part of Henry IV and Henry V, he became a partner in the ownership of the Globe Theatre.

The beginning of the 17th century saw the performance of the first of his great tragedies, Hamlet. The next play, The Merry Wives of Windsor, was written at the request of Queen Elizabeth I, who wanted to see another play that included the popular character Falstaff. During the next decade, Shakespeare produced such masterpieces as Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, and The Tempest. In 1609, his sonnets, probably written during the 1590s, were published. The 154 sonnets are marked by the recurring themes of the mutability of beauty and the transcendent power of love and art.

Shakespeare died in Stratford-on-Avon on April 23, 1616. Today, nearly 400 years later, his plays are performed and read more often and in more nations than ever before. In a million words written over 20 years, he captured the full range of human emotions and conflicts with a precision that remains sharp today. As his great contemporary the poet and dramatist Ben Jonson said, "He was not of an age, but for all time."
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Post by: Jay Byrd on April 24, 2015, 09:15:44 AM
April 24

858         St. Nicholas I begins his reign as Catholic Pope.
1519         Envoys of Montezuma II attend the first Easter mass in Central America.
1547         Charles V's troops defeat the Protestant League of Schmalkalden at the battle of Muhlburg.
1558         Mary, Queen of Scotland, marries the French dauphin, Francis.
1792         Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle composes "La Marseilles". It will become France's national anthem.
- See more at: http://www.historynet.com/today-in-history#sthash.vSxxPrhu.dpuf (http://www.historynet.com/today-in-history#sthash.vSxxPrhu.dpuf)

Born on April 24

1620   John Graunt, statistician, founder of demography.
1743   Edmund Cartwright, English parson who invented the power loom.
1766   Robert Bailey Thomas, founder of the Farmer's Almanac.
1769   Arthur Wellesley, general during the Napoleonic Wars, Duke of Wellington. - See more at: http://www.historynet.com/today-in-history#sthash.vSxxPrhu.dpuf (http://www.historynet.com/today-in-history#sthash.vSxxPrhu.dpuf)





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Post by: Jay Byrd on April 27, 2015, 09:05:18 AM
April 27


1296         Edward I defeats the Scots at the Battle of Dunbar.
1509         Pope Julius II excommunicates the Italian state of Venice.
1565         The first Spanish settlement in Philippines is established in Cebu City.
1773         British Parliament passes the Tea Act.
1746         King George II wins the battle of Culloden.

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Post by: Jay Byrd on May 12, 2015, 10:53:28 AM
Today in History
May 12



254         St. Stephen I begins his reign as Catholic Pope.
1588         King Henry III flees Paris after Henry of Guise triumphantly enters the city.
1641         The chief advisor to Charles I, Thomas Wentworth, is beheaded in the Tower of London
1780         Charleston, South Carolina falls to British forces.
1851         The Tule River War ends.
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Post by: Jay Byrd on June 23, 2015, 10:04:11 AM
Today in History
June 23

1683         William Penn signs a friendship treaty with the Lenni Lenape Indians in Pennsylvania.
1700         Russia gives up its Black Sea fleet as part of a truce with the Ottoman Empire.
1758         British and Hanoverian armies defeat the French at Krefeld in Germany.
1760         Austrian forces defeat the Prussians at Landshut, Germany.
1848         A bloody insurrection of workers erupts in Paris.
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Post by: Jay Byrd on June 24, 2015, 11:43:36 AM
Today in History
June 24


217 BC      Carthaginian forces led by Hannibal destroy a Roman army under consul Gaius Flaminius in a battle at Lake Trasimene in central Italy.
1314       Scottish forces, led by Robert the Bruce, win an overwhelming victory against English King Edward II at the Battle of Bannockburn.
1340       The English fleet defeats the French fleet at Sluys, off the Flemish coast.
1497       Explorer John Cabot lands in North America in present-day Canada.
1509       Henry VIII is crowned King of England.
1664       The colony of New Jersey, named after the Isle of Jersey, is founded.
1647       Margaret Brent, demands a voice and a vote for herself in the Maryland colonial assembly.
1675       King Philip's War begins.
1812       Napoleon crosses the Nieman River and invades Russia.
1859       At the Battle of Solferino, also known as the Battle of the Three Sovereigns, the French army, led by Napoleon III, defeats the Austrian army under Franz Joseph I.
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Post by: Jay Byrd on June 25, 2015, 11:24:34 AM
Today in History
June 25

841         Charles the Bald and Louis the German defeat Lothar at Fontenay.
1658         Aurangzeb proclaims himself emperor of the Moghuls in India.
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Post by: Sir Ironhead on June 26, 2015, 12:43:22 AM
Additions to yesterday:

1876 - Battle of the Little Bighorn
1950 - Korean War starts
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Post by: Jay Byrd on June 26, 2015, 10:38:58 AM
Today in History
June 26

1096         Peter the Hermit's crusaders force their way across Sava, Hungary.
1243         The Seljuk Turkish army in Asia Minor is wiped out by the Mongols.
1541         Former followers murder Francisco Pizarro, the Spanish Conqueror of Peru.
1794         The French defeat an Austrian army at the Battle of Fleurus.
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Post by: Jay Byrd on June 29, 2015, 09:57:11 AM
Today in History
June 29


1236         Ferdinand III of Castile and Leon take Cordoba in Spain.
1652         Massachusetts declares itself an independent commonwealth.
1767         The British parliament passes the Townshend Revenue Act, levying taxes on America.
1862         Union forces, falling back from Richmond, fight at the Battle of Savage's Station.
1880         France annexes Tahiti.
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Post by: Jay Byrd on June 30, 2015, 10:14:35 AM
Today in History
June 30

1520         Montezuma II is murdered as Spanish conquistadors flee the Aztec capital of Tenochtilan during the night.
1857         Charles Dickens reads from A Christmas Carol at St. Martin's Hall in London–his first public reading.
1859         Jean Francois Gravelet aka Emile Blondin, a French daredevil, becomes the first man to walk across Niagra Falls on a tightrope.
1908         A mysterious explosion, possibly the result of a meteorite, levels thousands of trees in the Tunguska region of Siberia with a force approaching twenty megatons.

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Post by: Jay Byrd on July 17, 2015, 09:23:02 AM
Today in History
July 17

1453         France defeats England at Castillon, France, ending the Hundred Years' War.
1762         Peter III of Russia is murdered and his wife, Catherine II, takes the throne.
1785         France limits the importation of goods from Britain.
1791         National Guard troops open fire on a crowd of demonstrators in Paris.
1799         Ottoman forces, supported by the British, capture Aboukir, Egypt from the French.
1801         The U.S. fleet arrives in Tripoli.
1815         Napoleon Bonaparte surrenders to the British at Rochefort, France.