History Schmistory: May 25. Another one Bede’s the Dust
Sunday, May 25, 2025
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!
Saturday, May 24, 2025
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!
Saturday, May 24, 2025
1218 – The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt.
Ludicrous Latin: Noster populus facit discrepantiam!
Friday, May 23, 2025
Our people make the difference!
Paris in the 60s. Mon Dieux!
Friday, May 23, 2025
History Schmistory: May 23. Hot Time in the Old Town.
Friday, May 23, 2025
1498: Girolamo Savonarola, Florentine priest, burnt at stake.
Ludicrous Latin: Ne auderis delere orbem rigidum meum!
Thursday, May 22, 2025
Don’t you dare erase my hard disk!
