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May 26, 2010
History Trivia
On May 26, 017 Germanicus of Rome celebrated his victory over the Germans. In 1328 William of Ockham was forced to flee from Avignon by Pope John XXII and in 1521 Martin Luther was banned by the Edict of Worms because of his religious beliefs and writings.
May 25, 2010
Famous Ancient Quotes
Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.
Do not consider painful what is good for you.
Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.
Your very silence shows you agree.
A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.
Euripides (484 BC - 406 BC)
Do not consider painful what is good for you.
Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.
Your very silence shows you agree.
A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.
Euripides (484 BC - 406 BC)
May 24, 2010
Renaissance Festival
May 22, 2010 -- Mary Ann and her fellow dancers from the Barony of the Lonely Tower participated in a Medieval Dance demonstration at the Ren Faire held at the James Arthur Vineyards in Raymond, NE. The Barony is located in the Kingdom of Calontir, a division of the Society for Creative Anachronism. For further information check out the sites below.
http://maryannbernal.com
http://www.lonelytower.org
http://www.sca.org
May 23, 2010
History Trivia
On the 23rd day of May in 1430 Joan of Arc was captured by Burgundians. She was then sold to the English. In 1533 Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon was declared null and void and in 1618 The Thirty Years War began when three opponents of the Reformation were thrown through a window.
May 22, 2010
History Trivia
May 22, 1246 Henry Raspe was elected anti-king by the Rhenish prelates in France. In 1455 King Henry VI was taken prisoner by the Yorkists at the Battle of St. Albans, during the War of the Roses and in 1570 Abraham Ortelius published the first modern atlas in Belgium. Also in 1859 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (the creator of "Sherlock Holmes," ) was born.
May 21, 2010
Annual Renaissance Festival May 22 2010
The 12th Annual Renaissance Festival is scheduled for Saturday May 22nd from 12:00-00 to 8:00 p.m. at the James Arthur Vineyards, 2001 West Raymond Road, Raymond, NE 68428. Your favorite author will be participating in a medieval dance demonstration which includes Rufty Tufty and Toss the Duchess.
History Trivia
On May 21 996 sixteen year old Otto III was crowned the Roman Emperor. In 1471 King Henry VI was killed in the tower of London. Edward IV took the throne and in 1536 the Reformation was officially adopted in Geneva, Switzerland.
May 20, 2010
History Trivia
T.E. Lawrence (born in Tremadoc, Wales, in 1888), known to the world as Lawrence of Arabia, was a legendary war hero, author, and archaeological scholar, who died on May 19, 1935. The retired Royal Air Force mechanic who lived under an assumed name succumbed to injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident six days before. His English translation of Homer's Odyssey was published under the name of T.E. Shaw. The Mint, a fictionalized account of Royal Air Force recruit training, was not published ...
May 19, 2010
History Trivia
On May 19 1535 French explorer Jacques Cartier set sail for North America. In 1536 Anne Boleyn, the second wife of England's King Henry VIII, was beheaded after she was convicted of adultery. In 1568, after being defeated by the Protestants, Mary the Queen of Scots, fled to England where she was imprisoned by Queen Elizabeth and in 1588 the Spanish Armada set sail from Lisbon, bound for England.
May 18, 2010
Famous Quotes
Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it.
He who will not economize will have to agonize.
Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.
They must often change who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.
~Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)
He who will not economize will have to agonize.
Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.
They must often change who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.
~Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)
