History Schmistory, March 29: Beethoven Rolls Over!
Saturday, March 29, 2025
1795 – Beethoven (age 24) debuts as pianist in Vienna.
History Schmistory, March 28: Mona Winks!
Friday, March 28, 2025
1794 – The Louvre Museum in Paris opens to the public.
History Schmistory, March 26: What do you think of our government, baby?
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
1871 – Paris Commune, often said to be the first example of working people taking power, is founded.The commune ended after just two months. Great veggie meals and ultimate frisbee, but, unfortunately, no one wanted to do the dishes or clean the bathrooms.
History Schmistory, March 25: A lotta good that King’s Ransom did us.
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
1199 – Richard I (Lionheart) is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6. Richard was kidnapped in Austria on his way back from the Crusades, held in Castle Durnstein, and was exchanged for a “King’s Ransom” raised by his resourceful and intrepid mother, Eleanor of Acquitaine.
History Schmistory, March 23: B & F become BFFs!
Sunday, March 23, 2025
1657 – Britain & France form alliance against Spain.
History Schmistory: March 22. Hey! This doesn’t work on my Kindle!
Saturday, March 22, 2025
1457. The Gutenberg Bible became the 1st printed book.
History Schmistory, March 21. Francophile joins the Cabinet
Friday, March 21, 2025
1790. Thomas Jefferson reports to President Washington in New York as Secretary of State. Jefferson would later live in Paris where he would become a movie star.
History Schmistory, March 20: You’re Fired
Thursday, March 20, 2025
1890. German emperor Wilhelm II fires republic chancellor Otto Von Bismarck.
History Schmistory, March 18: Start Your Engines!
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
1858. Rudolf Diesel, German engineer and Diesel motor inventor, is born. He wears cool clothes, but, turns down a part in “Fast and Furious.”
History Schmistory: St. Patrick’s Day
Monday, March 17, 2025
St. Patrick’s Day is observed on March 17 because that is the feast day of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. It is believed that he died on March 17 in the year 461 AD.
