#OnThisDay in #history - in 1810, Elizabeth Gaskell (nee Stevenson) was born. Elizabeth was born in London to a well-to-do family. After her mother's death, she lived with her aunt in the countryside. There, she received a good education and after her marriage began to publish novels (all have been adapted by the BBC). She explored the lives of working class people in Manchester, and in her lifetime was lauded as the greatest English novelist since Jane Austen. @histodons#histodons#OTD
#otd 855 Emperor Lothar I died. He was buried in Prüm Abbey. In 1874, this tomb was created with the financial support of emperor Wilhelm I. #medieval@medievodons#medievaldeath Pic: Wikipedia Commons
On this day in 1753, Joan Whittle Power died aged 48. See this and other gravestone inscriptions from Dunhill, Co. Waterford, in the Journals: https://bit.ly/power1753
#OTD in 1943, during the Four days of Naples, Gennaro Capuzzo, 11yo was killed whilst attacking German tanks with hand grenades. Cappuzo is the youngest person ever awarded with the Gold Medal of Military Valour. 🌹🕯 #WarInItaly @histodons
Paul Blobel beaufsichtigte das Massaker von #BabynJar. In seiner Vernehmung spielte er die Zahl der Opfer und seine Beteiligung herunter, gab aber grundsätzlich zu, dass das Verbrechen stattfand.
#otd 1197 Emperor Henry VI died. He was initially buried in Messina, but was later interred in this porphyry coffin in Palermo Cathedral. #medieval # medievaldeath @medievodons@histodons
#otd (more precisely: between today and 9 October) 584 Chilperic I, king of Neustria died. The king was murdered during the hunt. #MedievalDeath#medieval@histodons
#OTD in 1943, Filippo Illuminatoz who was only 13yo, was killed in combat during the Four days of Naples. He attacked a German armoured car with hand grenades, advancing under heavy fire. #WarInItaly @histodons
#otd (more precisely: between today and 9 October) 584 Chilperic I, king of Neustria died. The king was murdered during the hunt. #MedievalDeath#medieval@medievodons
On this day in 1831, Henry Wetherall was baptised at Clondalkin, Dublin. He was the third foundling baptised there that year. See more transcripts of this parish register in the Journals: https://bit.ly/wetherall1831
On this day in 1744, Matthew Hore died aged 65. See this and other gravestone inscriptions from Kilconnell Abbey, Co. Galway, in the Journals: https://bit.ly/hore1744
#OnThisDay in #history - in 1828, Charlotte Seuerling died around age 45. Charlotte Antonia was the daughter of a performing family - her father ran the theatre where her mother was star - and she was blinded at age 4 due to a botched smallpox inoculation. Charlotte didn't let that stop her, she became a well-known musician, composing and performing on both the harp and guitar for her parents' productions. She played for the queen and was known as the Songmaiden. #histodons@histodons#OTD
#otd 1465 Isabelle de Bourbon, Duchess of Burgundy and wife of Charles the Bold, died. Her tomb in the Abbey of St. Michael in Antwerp was destroyed, but parts remain (today Amsterdam, Photo: 2021 during the exhibition “Remember Me”). #medievaldeath#medeival@medievodons@historikerinnen
On this day in 1863, Patrick O'Malley of Abbeyview died aged 56. See this and other memorial inscriptions from Kilconnell, Co. Galway, in the Journals: https://bit.ly/omalley1863
#OnThisDay in #history - in 1825, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was born in Baltimore. She was born to a free Black family but orphaned at age 3, when she was adopted by her abolitionist minister uncle. As a young woman, she published anti-slavery poetry and was the first Black woman to publish a short story in the USA.
She was a civil rights activist, gave lectures on abolition, & after the Civil War moved to the South to provide education to the newly freed people. #OTD#histodons@histodons
Samuel Rutherford Crockett was born #OTD, 24 Sep. A prolific & – in his lifetime – very successful author of more than 60 novels, he fell from fashion after WW1 & his books were dismissed as sentimental nostalgia. But there is much more to him: #Tolkien credits Crockett as an inspiration; & he quite possibly wrote the first car chase in fiction…
#otd 1143 Pope Innocent II died. He lies today in this coffin in Santa Maria in Trastevere - after an eventful journey through several locations and coffins. #medieval#medievaldeath@medievodons
On this day in 1722, Grace Connolly MacLoghlin died, reputedly killed by a 'dobhar-chú' water monster. The Journals show a carving of the monster on her gravestone at Conwal, Co. Leitrim: https://bit.ly/macloghlin1722
On this day in 1823, Jane Eliza Ledlie died aged 18. See this and other gravestone inscriptions from Mullaghglass, Co. Armagh, in the Journals: https://bit.ly/ledlie1823
#otd 880 died Carloman of Bavaria, Frankish king. He is buried in the collegiate church of Altötting, where this plate commemorates him. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons
On this day in 1799, Esther Green - daughter of Henry and Martha - was baptised at Rathmacknee, Co. Wexford. See more transcripts of this parish register in the Journals: https://bit.ly/green1799