Lord Byron
On the 7th of February 1812, Lord Byron (George Gordon Byron) made his maiden speech in the House of Lords. He spoke in defence of the Luddites. The trial of the Luddites took place during the height of the Luddite movement, a workers’ rebellion against mechanisation...
Suffragettes
On the 6th February 1918 women over the age of 30 were granted the vote in the United Kingdon. The suffragettes were a group of women activists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries who fought for women’s right to vote. Their movement, which emerged primarily in...
King Alfonso V
On the 5th of February 1428 King Alfonso V ordered Sicily’s Jews to attend conversion sermons. Yet he was, for the time, relatively supportive towards his Jewish subjects. King Alfonso V of Aragon, also known as Alfonso the Magnanimous, was a prominent figure of the...
John Rogers
On 4th February 1555 John Rogers, a reformer and bible translator, was the first Protestant to be burnt at the stake at Smithfield by Queen Mary I, Bloody Mary, as she has come to be known. I have finished reading A Woman of Noble Wit, by Rosemary Griggs, and posted a...
Henry of Navarre
On the 3rd of February 1576 Henry of Navarre escaped from Paris. Henry of Navarre’s escape from Paris is a tale of political intrigue, religious conflict, and remarkable cunning during a time of turmoil in France. Henry, a Protestant (Huguenot) leader and heir to the...
Edward Seymour
On the 2nd February 1550 Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset and former Lord Protector, was released from imprisonment in the Tower of London. Edward Seymour is a character in the book I am nearing the end of reading, A Woman of Noble Wit by Rosemary Griggs. Rosemary is...
Mary Queen of Scots
On 1st February 1587 Queen Elizabeth I signed the death warrant for her cousin Mary Queen of Scots. Mary, a figure steeped in tragedy and intrigue, was born in December 1542 and became queen when she was just six days old. Her tumultuous life was marked by political...
Treaty of Lyon
The Treaty of Lyon, signed on 31st January 1504, was a significant diplomatic agreement between the Kingdom of France and the Kingdom of Spain. This treaty arose from the complex political landscape of early 16th-century Europe, marked by territorial disputes,...
Civil War
The 30th January stands out for me due to two events related to the English Civil War. On this date in 1647 King Charles I was sold by the Scottish Presbyterians to the English Parliament for around £100,000. That is probably around £15 to 20 million in today’s money....
Lord Byron
On the 7th of February 1812, Lord Byron (George Gordon Byron) made his maiden speech in the House of Lords. He spoke in defence of the Luddites. The trial of the Luddites took place during the height of the Luddite movement, a workers’ rebellion against mechanisation...
Suffragettes
On the 6th February 1918 women over the age of 30 were granted the vote in the United Kingdon. The suffragettes were a group of women activists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries who fought for women’s right to vote. Their movement, which emerged primarily in...
King Alfonso V
On the 5th of February 1428 King Alfonso V ordered Sicily’s Jews to attend conversion sermons. Yet he was, for the time, relatively supportive towards his Jewish subjects. King Alfonso V of Aragon, also known as Alfonso the Magnanimous, was a prominent figure of the...
John Rogers
On 4th February 1555 John Rogers, a reformer and bible translator, was the first Protestant to be burnt at the stake at Smithfield by Queen Mary I, Bloody Mary, as she has come to be known. I have finished reading A Woman of Noble Wit, by Rosemary Griggs, and posted a...
Henry of Navarre
On the 3rd of February 1576 Henry of Navarre escaped from Paris. Henry of Navarre’s escape from Paris is a tale of political intrigue, religious conflict, and remarkable cunning during a time of turmoil in France. Henry, a Protestant (Huguenot) leader and heir to the...
Edward Seymour
On the 2nd February 1550 Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset and former Lord Protector, was released from imprisonment in the Tower of London. Edward Seymour is a character in the book I am nearing the end of reading, A Woman of Noble Wit by Rosemary Griggs. Rosemary is...
Mary Queen of Scots
On 1st February 1587 Queen Elizabeth I signed the death warrant for her cousin Mary Queen of Scots. Mary, a figure steeped in tragedy and intrigue, was born in December 1542 and became queen when she was just six days old. Her tumultuous life was marked by political...
Treaty of Lyon
The Treaty of Lyon, signed on 31st January 1504, was a significant diplomatic agreement between the Kingdom of France and the Kingdom of Spain. This treaty arose from the complex political landscape of early 16th-century Europe, marked by territorial disputes,...
Civil War
The 30th January stands out for me due to two events related to the English Civil War. On this date in 1647 King Charles I was sold by the Scottish Presbyterians to the English Parliament for around £100,000. That is probably around £15 to 20 million in today’s money....