On this day in 1627, James Galwey died. His elaborate tomb in the Galway Chapel at St. Multose Church, Kinsale, Co. Cork, is described and explained in the Journals: https://bit.ly/galwey1627
#OnThisDay in #history - in 1764 Henriette Julie de Lemos was born in the Holy Roman Empire, & her family were of Portuguese & Jewish descent. Henriette grew up in a time of Jewish Emancipation in Berlin and was very well educated. She hosted a literary salon in Berlin after her marriage (her husband led a science group) that became well known. Because of this, she was part of a circle of intellectual elites, artists & authors. She even taught Hebrew to her attendees. #OTD#histodons@histodons
#otd 1235 Henry I, Duke of Brabant (called 'the Courageous'), died in Cologne. He was buried in St. Peter's Church at Leuven. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons
On this day in 1841, John Burdett died aged 65. See this and other gravestone inscriptions from St. Mary's, Dublin, in the Journals: https://bit.ly/burdett1841
Marion duPont Scott, the last private owner of #Montpelier, died at home #OTD in 1983, at the age of 89.
In her will, Mrs. Scott expressed a desire that her heirs would transfer Montpelier to The National Trust for Historic Preservation so that it could be restored & furnished to the time period of #JamesMadison. #sschat#histodons#HistoryTeacher#apgov#ushistory@academicchatter
#TIH#OTD 04 Sep 1827: The Great Fire of Turku began. By the next day it had destroyed 75% of the city, then Finland’s largest and the site of key governmental and administrative institutions. Most Finnish #archives, including practically all #medieval material, were destroyed. #BookHistory @bookhistodons@medievodons
On this day in 1718, Archibald McNeill died. He was buried at Billy, Co. Antrim, where he had been a vicar. Find out more about Archibald and his ancestors in the Journals: https://bit.ly/mcneill1718
#otd 1402 died Gian Galeazzo Visconti, the first duke of Milan. This impressive tomb in the Certosa di Pavia commemorates him. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons
On this day in 1760, James Maguire died aged 56. The Journals show a rubbing of the coat of arms on his gravestone at Pubble graveyard, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh: https://bit.ly/maguire1760
#OTD in 1917 the Italian Chilean pilot Arturo Dell'Oro rammed an Austrian Hansa-Brandenburg C.I with his Nieuport XI because his machinegun jammed. He was 21yo.
He received the Gold Medal of Military Valour for this action. #WW1#WarInItaly@histodons
#otd 1295 died Christian of Mühlhausen, bishop of Samland and auxiliary bishop of Mainz. This epitaph in the Divi Blasii Church in Mulhouse commemorates him. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons
On this day in 1706, William Crawford (Crafford) of Farranacardy died. The Journals show the inscription on his gravestone at Sligo Abbey and blazon the coats of arms that were carved on it: https://bit.ly/crafford1706
#OnThisDay in #history - according to tradition, a widow named Stamira sacrificed her life to help save her city, Ancona #Italy in 1173. Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa sieged the city after it allied with the Byzantines. Attacked by Venice as well, Ancona had been under siege for over 4 months. To gain some respite, Anconitans threw a barrel with resin over the walls, but couldn't light it - Stamira ran out and did so herself, buying time for her neighbors. #OTD#histodons@histodons
A birthday 🧵 for Violet Jacob (1863–1946) – poet, novelist, short story writer, & key figure in the 20th-century Scottish renaissance & #Scots language revival – born #OTD, 1 September
On this day in 1721, Jane Robison died. See this and other gravestone inscriptions from Celbridge graveyard, Kildrought parish, Co. Kildare, in the Journals: https://bit.ly/robison1721
#OnThisDay in #history - in 1869, Mary Ward died aged 42. She was an astronomer, author, and artist from #Ireland She was also an expert at microscopy, and her drawings of specimens were published by David Brewster in his articles and books. She was one of 3 women on the mailing list of the Royal Astronomical Society (Queen Victoria and Mary Somerville were the others). Her cousins experimented with steam cars, and she was the first person to have been killed by one. #OTD#histodons@histodons
Whether diarrhoea or heart attack: #otd 1442 Henry V of England died on campaign in France. His remains were brought back to England and buried in Westminster Abbey. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons
On this day in 1693, James Sterling died. The Journals show the inscription on a monument to him at the church in Longford town, where he was rector for 33 years: https://bit.ly/sterling1693
#OnThisDay in #history - in 1797 Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin was born in #England - daughter of political feminist author Mary Wollstonecraft and novelist William Godwin, Mary wed Percy Bysshe Shelley when she was 19. They lived abroad, her returning to England after Shelley's death. She worked as a writer and editor, collecting and annotating her husband's works and creating historical novels, biographical pieces, as well as her best known novel, Frankenstein. #OTD#histodons@histodons
#OTD 1787 Charles Pinkney moved “no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the authority of the U. States." Federal officials wouldn't have to pledge belief in God, Christianity, or Protestantism.
#OTD at the 1787 Constitutional Convention, Pierce Butler proposed what became known as the Fugitive Slave Act, requiring the return of any enslaved person who escaped to another state.
Weeks earlier, Madison wrote his father, speculating on the whereabouts of escaped slave Anthony. #sschat#histodons#HistoryTeacher#apgov#ushistory@academicchatter
#otd 1483 Louis XI of France died. He was buried in Notre-Dame de Cléry in Cléry-Saint-André, where you can apparently admire his skull today (left), next to that of his wife Charlotte of Savoy (right). #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons
On this day in 1737, Ann Kinneer Lumley died aged 30. The Journals show the inscription on her gravestone at Waterford Cathedral and blazon the coats of arms that are carved on it: https://bit.ly/lumley1737