by David West | Mar 1, 2025 | News
On the 1st of March, 1516, the first New Testament was published in Greek by Erasmus. Erasmus was born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, around 1466. He was the illegitimate son of a priest and received his early education in monastic schools. After joining the...
by David West | Feb 28, 2025 | News
On the 28th of February 1646 Roger Scott was tried for sleeping in church in Massachusetts. The trial of Roger Scott is a lesser-known but notable event from colonial America, particularly in Massachusetts Bay Colony. Scott was punished for “repeated sleeping in...
by David West | Feb 27, 2025 | News
On the 27th February 1594, Henry of Navarre was crowned at Chartres Cathedral. He is the only French monarch to have been crowned there, because Reims and Paris were occupied by the Catholic League. Henry of Navarre (1553 – 1610), later known as Henry IV of...
by David West | Feb 26, 2025 | News
On the 26th of February 1924 the trial of Adolf Hitler, for treason after the Beer Hall Putsch, began in Munich. The Beer Hall Putsch, also known as the Munich Putsch, was a failed coup attempt by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) to overthrow the German...
by David West | Feb 25, 2025 | News
On the 25th of February, 1836 Samuel Colt patented his first revolver. Colt was born on the 19th of July, 1814, in Hartford, Connecticut. From a young age, he showed an interest in mechanics and chemistry. At 16, while working on a farm, he became fascinated by the...
by David West | Feb 24, 2025 | News
On the 24th of February 1797 a French invasion force, of between one and two thousand men, surrendered to Welsh women in tall black hats at Goodwick Sands near Fishguard. The French invasion at Goodwick Sands was the last time a foreign military force attempted to...
