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Showing posts with label Michelangelo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Michelangelo. Show all posts
Sunday, November 1, 2015

History Trivia - Vikings seize control of Eboracum (York)

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November 1 193 Pertinax became emperor of Rome whose reign lasted three months.  He was known as the first emperor of the tumultuous ...
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...
Wednesday, August 26, 2015

History Trivia - Julius Caesar invades Great Britain

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August 26  55 BC Julius Caesar and his Roman Legions invaded Great Britain.   1429 Joan of Arc made a triumphant entry into Paris....
Friday, March 6, 2015

History Trivia - birth of Cyrano de Bergerac

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March 6 1340 John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster was born.   1475 Michelangelo Buonarrotti was born. 1619 Cyrano de Bergerac ...
Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Cambridge University team discovers possible Michelangelo bronzes

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Dr Victoria Avery, keeper of applied arts at the Fitzwilliam Museum at the University of Cambrdige examines two bronze sculptures thought...
Saturday, November 1, 2014

History Trivia - Vikings seize control of Eboracum (York)

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November 1 All Saints Day. 193 Pertinax became emperor of Rome whose reign lasted three months.   He was known as the first empe...
Friday, October 31, 2014

History Trivia - Romulus Augustulus proclaimed Western Roman Emperor

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October 31  834 1st All Hallows Eve (Halloween) observed to honor the saints. 475 Romulus Augustulus was proclaimed Western Roman Em...
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...
Monday, August 11, 2014

History Trivia - Rodrigo Borgia elected Pope, taking the name Alexandeer VI

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August 11 480 BC Greco-Persian Wars: Battle of Artemisium – the Persians won a naval victory over the Greeks in an engagement fought nea...
Thursday, March 6, 2014

History Trivia - The real Cyrano de Bergerac is born

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March 6 1340 John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster was born.   1475 Michelangelo Buonarrotti was born. 1619 Cyrano de Bergerac wa...
Tuesday, February 18, 2014

History Trivia- Henry Tudor (Henry VIII) was created Prince of Wales.

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February 18  1229 The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor signed a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining Jerusalem, Nazare...