History Schmistory: May 27. King John Crowned.
Monday, May 27, 2024
1199. King John of England, who would go on to sign the Magna Carta, is crowned. During the ceremony, a heckler yelled “OK, you got your crown, now how about some rights?”
History Schmistory: May 26. Napolean gets crowned. Again.
Sunday, May 26, 2024
1805: Napoleon is crowns himself King of Italy. Oh, aren’t you the big man, Napolean?
History Schmistory: May 25. Another one Bede’s the Dust
Saturday, May 25, 2024
735: The Venerable Bede kicks the venerable bucket. A monk, scholar, teacher, and Doctor of the Church, Bede (also spelled Baeda or Beda) was the first English historian and is most well known for his extensive Ecclesiastical History of England, which would later serve as a major source for the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. His work had a significant influence on English and European scholarship.
History Schmistory: May 24. You say you want a revolution!
Friday, May 24, 2024
1543: Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer who first posited that the earth revolves around the sun, goes to the great constellation in the sky, aged 70.
He was a mathematician, astronomer, physician, quadrilingual polyglot, classical scholar, translator, artist, Catholic cleric, jurist, governor, military leader, diplomat and economist. His Linkedin account only listed the first five.
History Schmistory, May 24: Yo, Crusades!
Friday, May 24, 2024
1218 – The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt.
Ludicrous Latin: Noster populus facit discrepantiam!
Thursday, May 23, 2024
Our people make the difference!
Paris in the 60s. Mon Dieux!
Thursday, May 23, 2024
History Schmistory: May 23. Hot Time in the Old Town.
Thursday, May 23, 2024
1498: Girolamo Savonarola, Florentine priest, burnt at stake.
