#OTD in 1943, Matera (Basilicata) was the first town in Southern Italy to rise in arms against the German invaders. Italian soldiers and civilians managed to drive the Germans out, but before leaving, they dynamited the Milizia Garrison (used as a prison) killing 15 people . #WarInItaly @histodons
On this day in 1634, Lawrence Masterson of Rossminoge, Co. Wexford, died in London. His funeral entry names his father and brother. See more 17th-century funeral entries in the Journals: https://bit.ly/master1634
On this day in 1725, James Houston died aged 48. The Journals show the symbols on his gravestone as well as other gravestone inscriptions from Larne, Co. Antrim: https://bit.ly/houston1725
#OnThisDay in #history - in 1580, Katherine Brandon died aged 61. The daughter of Maria de Salinas, one of Katherine of Aragon's Spanish ladies-in-waiting, the younger namesake of the queen was a powerful woman in her own right. Baroness Willoughby by birthright, Katherine was a religious reformer who helped publish Katherine Parr's prayer book and built churches for immigrants fleeing persecution. She also possibly helped author parts of Foxe's Book of Martyrs. #OTD#histodons@histodons
#OTD 1787 the full text of the #Constitution was printed for the public for the first time in the "The Pennsylvania Packet, and Daily Advertiser", issue No. 2690, published by Dunlap & Claypoole, Philadelphia.
On this day in 1624, Margaret Handcock Giggins died. Her funeral entry details her father and husband. See more 17th-century funeral entries in the Journals: https://bit.ly/giggins1624
#OTD in 1943 the Germans committed the first civilian massacre in mainland Italy. Troops under the command of J.Peiper killed 23 people (including the priest, who was burned alive) and burned 350 houses in Boves. #WarInItaly @histodons
#OnThisDay in #history - in 1915, Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte died aged 50. She was a public health and Indigenous rights advocate. As a child, she saw an older Indigenous woman die after a white doctor refused to treat her. This pushed Susan to become a physician herself, and she was one of, if not the first Indigenous person in the US to do so. She was valedictorian in her medical school cohort and went on to campaign for temperance and TB prevention and education. #OTD#histodons@histodons
On this day in 1763, Margaret Mahon Slater died aged 60. See this and other gravestone inscriptions from St. Finian's, Newcastle-Lyons, Co. Dublin, in the Journals: https://bit.ly/slater1763
#OTD in '43, Pasquale Sacco (London, 1900), an Italian carabiniere, took a group of children to cover during an Allied bombing. He was killed by a strafing aircraft whilst helping the last kid. Nobody knew about his heroism until 1995 when one of the kids he saved tried to find him. #WarInItaly @histodons
#OTD in 1912, during the Italo-Turkish war, the Battle of Kars Ras el Leben ended with an Italian victory after 3 days of combats. The Ottomans suffered 1000 KIA and 1000 WIA vs 61 Italian KIA and 113 WIA. #RegioEsercito#MilHis @histodons@militaryhistory
#otd 1179 Hildegard of Bingen died. Her remains remained in the Rupertsberg monastery near Bingen until the Thirty Years' War, when they were moved to the church of the Eibingen monastery. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons
On this day in 1635, Maurice Fitzgerald died. The Journals show a drawing of his elaborate tomb at the Collegiate Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Kilmallock, Co. Limerick: https://bit.ly/fitzg1635
#otd 921 died Ludmilla of Bohemia. According to the legend she was strangled with her veil. Wiki Commons has this image of the murder from the Latin translation (14th century) of the Dalimil Chronicle 'discovered' in 2005, but no reference. #medieval#medievaldeath@medievodons
On this day in 1774, Edmund O'Reilly died aged 52. The Journals show the inscription on his gravestone at St. Colmcille's, Inchmore Island, Lough Gowna, Co. Longford, and blazon the coat of arms that was carved on it: https://bit.ly/oreilly1774
#OnThisDay in #history - the Sultana Marija, Mara Branković, died in 1487 around age 70.
married off in an attempt get the Ottomans to stop invading Serbia (it didn't work), Mara was Sultana for about 16 years, and it was, as it was for so many medieval women, in her widowhood that she was able to guide her own destiny. She lived at the court of her step-son, Mehmed II and acted as a trusted advisor. She was well known for her influence, especially with the Church. #OTD#histodons@histodons
#TIH#OTD 14 Sep 1868: Birth of Alexander Horsburgh Turnbull (d. 1918 Jun 28), New Zealand merchant, dandy, & book collector. On his death, his collection became the nucleus of the Alexander Turnbull Collection, now held by the National Library of New Zealand. #BookHistory @bookhistodons
#otd 775 Emperor Constantine V died. His illness was interpreted as divine punishment for the disreputable ruler - here pictorially staged. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons
On this day in 1856, Mary Hannegan Callanan died aged 47. See this and other gravestone inscriptions from Kilconnell Abbey, Co. Galway, in the Journals: https://bit.ly/call1856
#OTD in 1944; Franco Cesana, the youngest partisan fallen in combat was killed near Modena. He was 13yo.
Franco joined a partisan group after the 8th of September 1943, when Turin was occupied by the Germans who started persecuting and deporting Jews. #WarInItaly@histodons