The 30th of November Is celebrated as “Cities for Life Day”. It began in 1786 on the day that the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, under Pietro Leopoldo, became the first civil state in the world to do away with torture and capital punishment. I confess that I had not known...

On the 29th of November, 1947, the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine was adopted by the UN General Assembly. The United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine of 1947 was a pivotal moment in the history of the Middle East, representing a formal international...

The Royal Society, formally known as The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is one of the oldest and most prestigious scientific institutions in the world. It was founded in 1660 during a period of profound intellectual transformation often...

On the 27th of November, 176 CE, Marcus Aurelius granted his son, Commodus, the rank of Imperator, and made him Supreme Commander of the Roman legions. I have written about Commodus before, and the Miracle of the Rain, but there must be more we can explore about...

It was on the 26th of November, 1922, that Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon became the first people in over 3,000 years to enter the tomb of Tutankhamun. In 2013 Claire and I cruised the Nile and visited Thebes and the Valley of the Kings. In 2020 we visited the...

Officially, the Cudgel War began in Ostrobothnia with an attack by peasants on Isokyrö's church on the 25th of November 1596. The Cudgel War, also known as the Club War, was a peasant uprising that occurred in Finland between 1596 and 1597, during the period when...

Two events caught my attention for the 24th of November. One was the publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species in 1859. It profoundly shaped how we view genesis, with or without a capital G. But I have already posted about Darwin, so I chose Genghis...

Wikipedia tells me that on the 23rd of November, 534 BC, Thespis of Icarius became the first recorded actor to portray a character on stage. This information comes to us via Aristotle.  Thespis of Icarius, also known simply as Thespis, is widely celebrated in the...

On the 22nd of November, 1718, the notorious pirate Blackbeard was killed when Lieutenant Robert Maynard, commanding HMS Pearl, boarded Blackbeard’s ship.  Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard, is one of history’s most notorious pirates. His name became synonymous...

The 30th of November Is celebrated as “Cities for Life Day”. It began in 1786 on the day that the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, under Pietro Leopoldo, became the first civil state in the world to do away with torture and capital punishment. I confess that I had not known...

On the 29th of November, 1947, the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine was adopted by the UN General Assembly. The United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine of 1947 was a pivotal moment in the history of the Middle East, representing a formal international...

The Royal Society, formally known as The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is one of the oldest and most prestigious scientific institutions in the world. It was founded in 1660 during a period of profound intellectual transformation often...

On the 27th of November, 176 CE, Marcus Aurelius granted his son, Commodus, the rank of Imperator, and made him Supreme Commander of the Roman legions. I have written about Commodus before, and the Miracle of the Rain, but there must be more we can explore about...

It was on the 26th of November, 1922, that Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon became the first people in over 3,000 years to enter the tomb of Tutankhamun. In 2013 Claire and I cruised the Nile and visited Thebes and the Valley of the Kings. In 2020 we visited the...

Officially, the Cudgel War began in Ostrobothnia with an attack by peasants on Isokyrö's church on the 25th of November 1596. The Cudgel War, also known as the Club War, was a peasant uprising that occurred in Finland between 1596 and 1597, during the period when...

Two events caught my attention for the 24th of November. One was the publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species in 1859. It profoundly shaped how we view genesis, with or without a capital G. But I have already posted about Darwin, so I chose Genghis...

Wikipedia tells me that on the 23rd of November, 534 BC, Thespis of Icarius became the first recorded actor to portray a character on stage. This information comes to us via Aristotle.  Thespis of Icarius, also known simply as Thespis, is widely celebrated in the...

On the 22nd of November, 1718, the notorious pirate Blackbeard was killed when Lieutenant Robert Maynard, commanding HMS Pearl, boarded Blackbeard’s ship.  Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard, is one of history’s most notorious pirates. His name became synonymous...