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Showing posts with label Canterbury. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Canterbury. Show all posts
Saturday, June 18, 2016

History Trivia - Canterbury monks report explosion on the moon

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June 18   1178 Proposed time of origin of the lunar crater Giordano Bruno - five Canterbury monks reported an explosion on   the moon (o...
Thursday, June 2, 2016

History Trivia - Saxon King Ethelbert converts to Christianity

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June 2 597 Saxon King Ethelbert was the first English King to convert to Christianity and baptized by St. Augustine of Canterbury.  
Wednesday, July 15, 2015

History Trivia - The Rosetta Stone discovered

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July 15  971 Saint Swithin, the Bishop of Winchester, was reburied inside his cathedral. The day is celebrated in England as Saint Swi...
Tuesday, June 2, 2015

History Trivia - Geiseric the Vandal sacks Rome

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June 2 455 Geiseric the Vandal sacked Rome. 597 Saxon King Ethelbert was the first English King to convert to Christianity and bap...
Monday, December 29, 2014

History Trivia - Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, murdered

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December 29   1170 Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, was murdered while at vespers in Canterbury Cathedral by four knights of Ki...
Monday, July 14, 2014

History Trivia - Bastille Day

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July 14  664 Deusdedit of Canterbury, the first native-born holder of the see of Canterbury died. An Anglo-Saxon, he became archbishop i...
Wednesday, June 25, 2014

History Trivia - Five Canterbury monks report something exploding on the Moon.

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June 25, 253 Pope Cornelius died at Centumcellae where he was exiled during the Christian persecution under Trebonianus Gallus Augustus....
Wednesday, June 18, 2014

History Trivia - Swedish Vikings attack Constantinople

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June 18  860 Swedish Vikings attacked Constantinople. 1053 Pope Leo IX was taken prisoner by the Normans. 1155 German King Frede...