On this day in 1825, John Sayers died aged 80. See this and other gravestone inscriptions from the old graveyards in Glenarm, Co. Antrim, in the Journals: https://bit.ly/sayers1825
We know that Demas was born #OTD in 1777 because Isaac Hite recorded his birthdate after receiving Demas and his family as a wedding gift from James Madison Sr.
#OTD in 1845, 250 veterans of the Battle of Baltimore were honored in Washington DC on the battle’s
31 st anniversary – and they took time to honor their wartime First Lady.
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Emperor Andronikos I Komnenos died #otd 1185. An angry mob is said to have maltreated him for days. Among other things, his hand was cut off, his teeth were knocked out and his eyes were gouged out. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons
On this day in 1829, Jane Lovett Burke died aged 36. See this and other gravestone inscriptions from St. Nicholas's graveyard, Dundalk, Co. Louth, in the Journals: https://bit.ly/burke1829
#OnThisDay in #history - in 1569, Vincenza Armani died around age 39. She was a multi-talented woman who was a lace maker, composer, poet, wax sculptor, and the first known prima donna of the Italian #stage - She was a famous actress and singer, who specialized in commedia dell'arte.
She became famous from her first performance in 1565, in which she played a male character for the Zan Ganassa company in Mantua.
She was likely poisoned by a jilted ex-lover. #OTD@histodons#histodons
Robin Jenkins (1912–2005), one of Scotland’s most prolific & acclaimed 20th-century novelists, was born #OTD, 11 Sept. In this paper from 2012, Dr Linden Bicket argues that Jenkins anticipates the urban realist fictions of Galloway, Kelman & Welsh
#TIH#OTD 11 Sep 1942: Death of Adriano Cappelli (b. 1859), Italian archivist & palaeographer at Parma State Archives, best known for his Lexicon Abbreviaturarum—a dictionary of c.14,000 abbreviations from #MedievalManuscripts. #palaeography#manuscripts#BookHistory
#otd 1375 died Frederick II of Bülow, Bishop of Schwerin. This double brass tomb slab in the cathedral there shows him to the right of his great-uncle, who as Gottfried I was also Bishop of Schwerin. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons
On this day in 1849, William Arthur Harvey was born at Wellington Cottage, Wexford. The Journals show this and many other notes that were made in Meadows family bibles: https://bit.ly/meadows1849
#OnThisDay in #history - The She-Majesty Generalissima of the English Cavaliers, Henriette Marie, died at the age of 59. She had been married to Charles I, king of #England when she was 15 years old. Henriette Marie was a loyal wife and queen, fundraising on the Continent during the English Civil Wars. Profoundly determined, she survived being shot at and escaped sharing in her husband's execution by protecting their children and taking them to France. #OTD#histodons@histodons@royalhistory
On this day in 1723, Mary Key died aged 13. She was buried at the Church of St. Carthage, Rahan, Co. Offaly (King's). Find out more about this church in the Journals: https://bit.ly/key1723
#otd 1087 William I, known as William the Conqueror, died. In the manuscript of his Historia Anglorum, the chronicler Matthew Paris highlighted the death with an inverted coat of arms. #mediaval@medievodons@histodons#medievaldeath
On this day in 1757, Patrick Roarch died aged 18. He was buried at Fennor, Co. Meath. Find out about the ruins of Fennor Church in the Journals: https://bit.ly/roarch1757
On this day in 1671, John Leslie died at 100 years of age. The Journals give a translation of the Latin inscription on his gravestone at Glaslough Church, Donagh, Co. Monaghan: https://bit.ly/leslie1671
#OTD 1787 the #ConstituionalConvention appointed a Committee of Style “to revise the
stile of and arrange the articles which had been agreed to by the House," including #JamesMadison.
Gouverneur Morris was the lead writer, penning “We, the People of the United States...”
#OnThisDay in #history - Elizabeth I was born in 1533. The only surviving child of Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII, Elizabeth was generally not raised as an heir to the throne - her little brother was born in 1537, and she had an older sister, Mary. The unlikely queen came to the throne in 1558. Elizabeth had the longest reign (44.5 years) of the Tudors, and one of the longest in English history. She is remembered as the Virgin Queen for never having married. #OTD#histodons@histodons@royalhistory
On this day in 1838 James Donleavey died aged 47. See this and other gravestone inscriptions from Sligo Abbey, Co. Sligo, in the Journals: https://bit.ly/donl1838
#OnThisDay in #history - in 1620 Isabella Leonarda was born in #Italy - at age 16, Isabella entered an Ursuline convent, where she began her prolific #music#composition career. She was well known for her skills in her home city of Novara, and wrote at least 200 songs. She also taught the nuns in her convent how to play music. She was the first woman to publish her sonatas, and did so throughout her life. She died at age 83, after a 60 year long career. #OTD#histodons@histodons