Suleiman the Magnificent
Suleiman the Magnificent, also known as Suleiman I, was the tenth and longest-reigning Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, ruling from 1520 to 1566. He is remembered as a symbol of imperial greatness, military prowess, and cultural flowering, presiding over a period often...
Automobile
On the 5th of November (my birthday, thank you!) 1895, George B Selden was granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile. George Baldwin Selden (1846–1922) was an American inventor and patent lawyer best known for his involvement in one of the most notable legal...
Antwerp
On the 4th of November, 1576, Spain captured the city of Antwerp during the Eighty Years’ War. My ancestor, the Elizabethan Spy, Sir Anthony Standen was working for Walsingham during this stage of the Eighty Years’ War, as narrated in The Spy who Sank the Armada. The...
William Howard Taft
Running through the possible events to write about for the 3rd of November, I am drowning in US presidents who took office on this day. I shall choose William Howard Taft because he’s often a pointless answer on Pointless and I don’t know much about him. William...
George Bernard Shaw
The great playwright, George Bernard Shaw, died on the 2nd of November, 1950, aged 94. George Bernard Shaw was born on the 26th of July, 1856, in Dublin. He was a towering figure in the world of literature, known for his wit, sharp intellect, and profound influence on...
Michelangelo
On the 1st of November, 1512, the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, was exhibited to the public for the first time. Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, widely known simply as Michelangelo, is one of the most emblematic figures of the...
John Dalton and Colour Blindness
On the 31st of October, 1794, John Dalton gave a lecture to the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society on the subject of colour blindness. He suffered red green colour blindness, which is a bit of a sore subject with me. I was at primary school when the dreaded...
Enigma
I have long been fascinated by codes and cyphers, as readers of my Sir Anthony Standen Adventures will be aware. So today’s post is about Enigma. On the 30th of October, 1942, Lieutenant Francis Anthony Blair Fasson was drowned together with Able Seaman Colin Grazier...
Palestine
On the 29th of October, 1941, over 10,000 Jews were massacred by German soldiers at the Ninth Fort in Kaunas, Lithuania. The holocaust was already well underway. In the wake of the holocaust it is virtually impossible to deny the right of the Jewish people to a...
Suleiman the Magnificent
Suleiman the Magnificent, also known as Suleiman I, was the tenth and longest-reigning Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, ruling from 1520 to 1566. He is remembered as a symbol of imperial greatness, military prowess, and cultural flowering, presiding over a period often...
Automobile
On the 5th of November (my birthday, thank you!) 1895, George B Selden was granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile. George Baldwin Selden (1846–1922) was an American inventor and patent lawyer best known for his involvement in one of the most notable legal...
Antwerp
On the 4th of November, 1576, Spain captured the city of Antwerp during the Eighty Years’ War. My ancestor, the Elizabethan Spy, Sir Anthony Standen was working for Walsingham during this stage of the Eighty Years’ War, as narrated in The Spy who Sank the Armada. The...
William Howard Taft
Running through the possible events to write about for the 3rd of November, I am drowning in US presidents who took office on this day. I shall choose William Howard Taft because he’s often a pointless answer on Pointless and I don’t know much about him. William...
George Bernard Shaw
The great playwright, George Bernard Shaw, died on the 2nd of November, 1950, aged 94. George Bernard Shaw was born on the 26th of July, 1856, in Dublin. He was a towering figure in the world of literature, known for his wit, sharp intellect, and profound influence on...
Michelangelo
On the 1st of November, 1512, the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, was exhibited to the public for the first time. Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, widely known simply as Michelangelo, is one of the most emblematic figures of the...
John Dalton and Colour Blindness
On the 31st of October, 1794, John Dalton gave a lecture to the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society on the subject of colour blindness. He suffered red green colour blindness, which is a bit of a sore subject with me. I was at primary school when the dreaded...
Enigma
I have long been fascinated by codes and cyphers, as readers of my Sir Anthony Standen Adventures will be aware. So today’s post is about Enigma. On the 30th of October, 1942, Lieutenant Francis Anthony Blair Fasson was drowned together with Able Seaman Colin Grazier...
Palestine
On the 29th of October, 1941, over 10,000 Jews were massacred by German soldiers at the Ninth Fort in Kaunas, Lithuania. The holocaust was already well underway. In the wake of the holocaust it is virtually impossible to deny the right of the Jewish people to a...