Anne of Kiev
On the 19th of May, 1051, King Henry I of France married Anne of Kiev. Anne of Kiev (c. 1024–c. 1075), also known as Anna Yaroslavna, was a princess of Kievan Rus who became Queen of France through her marriage to Henry I of France. Her life forms a remarkable bridge...
Omar Khayyám
The Persian poet, mathematician and astronomer, Omar Khayyám, was born on the 18th of May 1048. Omar Khayyám (c. 1048–1131) was one of the most remarkable intellectual figures of the medieval Islamic world: a mathematician of the first rank, a serious astronomer, and...
Edward Stafford
On the 17th of May, 1521, Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham was executed for treason. He was one of the many victims of Henry VIII’s suspicions, although it was before his marriage to Anne Boleyn, and before his jousting injury. Having looked at it myself, I...
Medici
On the 16th of May, 1527, the people of Florence drove out the Medici family for the seconnd time, and re-established Florence as a republic. Both Catherine de Medici and Marie de Medici have featured in the Sir Anthony Standen Adventures. Let us take a closer look at...
Johannes Kepler
On the 15th of May, 1618, Johannes Kepler confirmed his previously rejected third law of planetary motion. He first formulated it on the 8th of March but rejected it after initial calculations. I find it extraordinary that in 1633 Galileo was tried for defending...
Battle of Lewes
The Battle of Lewes, fought on 14th of May, 1264, was one of the most dramatic confrontations of the Second Barons’ War and a turning point in the long struggle between the English Crown and its leading nobles. The clash pitted the forces of King Henry III against a...
Battle of Langside
The Battle of Langside was fought on the 13th of May, 1568, between the forces of Mary Queen of Scots and the supporters of her son, James VI. My ancestor, the Elizabethan spy, Sir Anthony Standen, was master of horse to Lord Darnley, and travelled to Edinburgh with...
Jagiellonian University
The Jagiellonian University was founded on the 12th of May 1364 in Kraków, Poland. Claire and I visited it last year. Unfortunately we didn’t get inside as it was closed during our stay. The library houses many treasures including the manuscript of De revolutionibus...
Edgar the Peaceable
On the 11th of May, 973, Edgar the Peaceable was crowned king of England in the first coronation ceremony for an English monarch. Edgar the Peaceable (c. 943–975), was King of the English from 959 until his death in 975. Though his epithet suggests a quiet and...
Anne of Kiev
On the 19th of May, 1051, King Henry I of France married Anne of Kiev. Anne of Kiev (c. 1024–c. 1075), also known as Anna Yaroslavna, was a princess of Kievan Rus who became Queen of France through her marriage to Henry I of France. Her life forms a remarkable bridge...
Omar Khayyám
The Persian poet, mathematician and astronomer, Omar Khayyám, was born on the 18th of May 1048. Omar Khayyám (c. 1048–1131) was one of the most remarkable intellectual figures of the medieval Islamic world: a mathematician of the first rank, a serious astronomer, and...
Edward Stafford
On the 17th of May, 1521, Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham was executed for treason. He was one of the many victims of Henry VIII’s suspicions, although it was before his marriage to Anne Boleyn, and before his jousting injury. Having looked at it myself, I...
Medici
On the 16th of May, 1527, the people of Florence drove out the Medici family for the seconnd time, and re-established Florence as a republic. Both Catherine de Medici and Marie de Medici have featured in the Sir Anthony Standen Adventures. Let us take a closer look at...
Johannes Kepler
On the 15th of May, 1618, Johannes Kepler confirmed his previously rejected third law of planetary motion. He first formulated it on the 8th of March but rejected it after initial calculations. I find it extraordinary that in 1633 Galileo was tried for defending...
Battle of Lewes
The Battle of Lewes, fought on 14th of May, 1264, was one of the most dramatic confrontations of the Second Barons’ War and a turning point in the long struggle between the English Crown and its leading nobles. The clash pitted the forces of King Henry III against a...
Battle of Langside
The Battle of Langside was fought on the 13th of May, 1568, between the forces of Mary Queen of Scots and the supporters of her son, James VI. My ancestor, the Elizabethan spy, Sir Anthony Standen, was master of horse to Lord Darnley, and travelled to Edinburgh with...
Jagiellonian University
The Jagiellonian University was founded on the 12th of May 1364 in Kraków, Poland. Claire and I visited it last year. Unfortunately we didn’t get inside as it was closed during our stay. The library houses many treasures including the manuscript of De revolutionibus...
Edgar the Peaceable
On the 11th of May, 973, Edgar the Peaceable was crowned king of England in the first coronation ceremony for an English monarch. Edgar the Peaceable (c. 943–975), was King of the English from 959 until his death in 975. Though his epithet suggests a quiet and...