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Showing posts with label Florence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Florence. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 4, 2015

History Trivia - English Cardinal Thomas Wolsey arrested

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November 4, 1333 The River Arno flooding caused massive damage in Florence  as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani. ...
Tuesday, September 8, 2015

History Trivia - Michelangelo's David unveiled in Florence.

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Sept 8 1011 St. Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, was captured by marauding Danes, held prisoner for months, and eventually murdered...
Tuesday, January 27, 2015

History Trivia - temple of Castor and Pollux, the Heavenly Twins, dedicated

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January 27 484 BC, the temple of Castor and Pollux, the Heavenly Twins, was dedicated. 98 Trajan became Roman Emperor after the de...
Sunday, November 9, 2014

History Trivia - Queen Catherine Howard confined in London Tower.

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November 9 694 Egica, a King of the Visigoths of Hispania, accused the Jews of aiding Muslims, and sentenced all Jews to slavery. Pe...
Monday, September 8, 2014

History Trivia - St. Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, captured by marauding Danes

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Sept 8  1011 St. Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, was captured by marauding Danes, held prisoner for months, and eventually murdered. ...
Tuesday, August 26, 2014

History Trivia - Julius Caesar and his Roman Legions invade Great Britain

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August 26  55 BC Julius Caesar and his Roman Legions invaded Great Britain. 1017 Turks defeated the Byzantine army under Emperor Rom...
Friday, July 18, 2014

History Trivia - Great fire of Rome while Emperor Nero allegedly fiddles

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July 18 390 BC Roman-Gaulish Wars: Battle of the Allia – a Roman army was defeated by raiding Gauls, leading to the subsequent sacking o...
Tuesday, May 13, 2014

History Trivia - Cardinal Richelieu of France created the table knife.

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May 13 1497 Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia) excommunicated Girolamo Savonarola (Italian Dominican friar and an influential contributo...
Monday, November 4, 2013

History Trivia - Cardinal Wolsey arrested

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November 4 1333 The River Arno flooding caused massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani. ...