#OnThisDay in #history - in 1815, Anna Ella Carroll was born in Maryland #USA - as a child, she was educated by her father to act as his aide, which provided her a political and legal curriculum (her father was later governor of the state).
Anna wrote and published pamphlets for political candidates and causes. In 1860, with Abraham Lincoln's election, she freed all the people her family had enslaved, and later worked as a wartime advisor to the president. #OTD#histodons@histodons
#otd 1442 John V, Duke of Brittany died. He was buried in Tréguier Cathedral, but his tomb was destroyed. Today, this one commemorates him. #medieval#medievaldeath@medievodons
On this day in 1635, Elizabeth Maxwell Barkely died. Her funeral entry details her father, husband and daughter. See more 17th-century funeral entries in the Journals: https://bit.ly/barkely1635
#OTD in 1944, after 2 days of tortures Albino Abico (23), Italian partisan and veteran of the Russian campaign, was shot by nazi-fascist troops. Together with other 40 partisans liberated Baggio (Milan) and even repelled the 1st counterattack earlier that summer... There is still who affirms that the Italian partisans only came down from the mountains after the towns were liberated by the Allies... #WarInItaly @histodons
#OnThisDay in #history - in 663 (according to the Lunar calendar), the Battle of Baekgang (백강 전투) was fought between the forces of Baekje/Yamato Japan and Silla/Tang China. Baekje and Silla were two of three Korean kingdoms (the third being Goguryeo) vying for supremacy of the peninsula. The Tang and Silla wanted Goguryeo out of the way but they had to defeat Baekje, Goguryeo's ally, first. Baekje attempted to restore their former prince to power, but were defeated. #OTD#histodons@histodons
#otd 1231 Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Denmark, died. She was buried in Ringsted Church. The picture shows hair and a piece of silk, both found during a grave opening. #medieval#medievaldeath@medievodons@historikerinnen
#otd 1208: Shortly after the murder of her husband Philip II, Irene Angelina, Queen of the romans, died. She was buried in the monastery of Lorsch, where her bones were relocated to this tumba in 1475. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons@historikerinnen
On this day in 1733, Mary Perry Harvey died aged 28. The Journals show a rubbing of the coat of arms on her gravestone at Clogherny, Co. Tyrone: https://bit.ly/harvey1733
#OTD in 1644, Alice Thornton's sister, Katherine Danby, gave birth to her 15th child at Middleham Castle while her husband was a fugitive in the civil war. Alice, on horseback, nearly drowned in the river en route: 'the poor mare drew up her forefeet & I perceived she did swim' (Book1). See further https://thornton.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/posts/blog/2022-07-25-alice-thornton-middleham-castle/
#Otd 1346 John (‘the blind’) of Bohemia died. He was first buried in Altmünster Abbey in Luxembourg, but his remains made an adventurous journey over the centuries. Since 1945 they lie in the crypt of the Notre-Dame Cathedral, Luxembourg. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons@histodons Pic.: WC
On this day in 1743, Christopher Emett died aged 40. He was buried at Tipperary. Find out more about Tipperary parish church in the Journals: https://bit.ly/emett1743
#OTD in 1944, Vignale (Piemonte, N Italy): Nazi-fascist soldiers executed 13 young men (18-24yo) who refused to join the Italian Social Republic's army. #WarInItaly#WW2 @histodons@militaryhistory
#OTD 1787, the #ConstitutionalConvention debated when to end the slave trade.
Madison objected to the proposed date of 1808, explaining, “Twenty years will produce all the mischief that can be apprehended from the liberty to import slaves."
Learn more: https://vimeo.com/146647505
Photo of “E Pluribus Unum,” mosaic by Rebecca Warde, courtesy of Montpelier.
On this day in 1622, Pierce Talbot of Rathdown, Co. Wicklow, died. His funeral entry names his two wives, children and fathers-in-law. See more 17th-century funeral entries in the Journals: https://bit.ly/talbot1622
#OnThisDay in #history - in 1559, Sophie Brahe was born. Sophie was the youngest sister of astronomer and scientist Tycho Brahe, and she grew up interested in the sciences, encouraged by him. She learned about medicine, astronomy, and horticulture, often assisting Tycho at Uraniborg. Her astronomical measurements - made without a telescope - were passed on to Tycho's pupil, Johannes Kepler, which he used in his works and so she indirectly influenced Isaac Newton. #OTD#histodons@histodons
Poisoned during Holy Communion?! #otd 1313 Emperor Henry VII died and one of the most influential poison murder rumors of the Middle Ages entered the world. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons@histodons
Ms.: Codex Balduini, Landeshauptarchiv Koblenz, Best. 1 C Nr. 1 fol. 35r.
On this day in 1774, Ann Dempsey Phelan died. See this and other gravestone inscriptions from Shaen graveyard, Straboe, Co. Laois (Queen's), in the Journals: https://bit.ly/phelan1774
#OnThisDay in #history - in 1628, a courtier and #royal favorite, George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, was killed by John Felton. Parliament had twice wanted to impeach Villiers in his position as Lord Admiral as he was utterly incompetent and corrupt, but the king had protected him both times. The King already had a tenuous relationship with Parliament, but his relationship with Villiers was part of a confluence of factors which led him to rule w/o it for 11 years. #OTD#histodons@histodons
#otd 1311 died Count Eberhard I of Katzenelnbogen. He was laid to rest in the church of Eberbach Monastery, where this tomb still commemorates him today. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons
On this day in 1726, Joyce Sproule died aged 19. The Journals show a rubbing of the coat of arms on her gravestone at Athlone parish church, Co. Westmeath: https://bit.ly/sproule1726