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Showing posts with label Netherlands. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Netherlands. Show all posts
Thursday, March 29, 2018

Not Just at The End of Rainbows: 15th Century Pot of Gold Found in a Drain Pipe in the Netherlands

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Ancient Origins It wasn’t just an ordinary day at work for employees of a water company in the Netherlands, who earlier this month stum...
Sunday, May 29, 2016

History Trivia - Charles II arrives in London

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May 29   1660 Charles II arrived in London from exile in the Netherlands to reclaim his throne. Charles II was also born on this day.
Wednesday, November 18, 2015

History Trivia - William Tell shoots an apple of his son's head

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November 18  1307 William Tell shot an apple off of his son's head. The historical existence of Tell is disputed. According to p...
Friday, July 24, 2015

History Trivia - Mary, Queen of Scots, abdicates

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July 24 1411 Battle of Harlaw, Highland and Lowland Scots clashed at Red Harlaw, which was one of the bloodiest battles of Scottish hi...
Sunday, June 7, 2015

History Trivia - Rotterdam Netherlands founded

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June 7, 421 Eudocia Athenais married Byzantine Emperor Theodosius II who constructed a series of defensive walls that surrounded and p...
Friday, January 30, 2015

History Trivia - King Charles I of England beheaded

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January 30  1487 Bell chimes were invented. 1648 Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster and Osnabrück was signed, which ende...
Sunday, January 11, 2015

History Trivia - first official lottery held in England

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January 11 802 St. Paulinus of Aquileia died. He was royal master of grammar to Charlemagne at the Palace School and was appointed Patri...
Monday, January 5, 2015

History Trivia - Edward the Confessor dies

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January 5 1066, Edward the Confessor, King of England, died. Edward was the son of Æthelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy, was one of...
Tuesday, November 18, 2014

History Trivia - William Tell shoots an apple off of his son's head

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November 18  326 Old St. Peter's Basilica in Rome was consecrated. 942: Saint Odo of Cluny died. The second abbot of the great m...
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...
Thursday, July 24, 2014

History Trivia - Mary, Queen of Scots, forced to abdicate

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July 24  1148 Louis VII of France laid siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade. 1411 Battle of Harlaw, Highland and Lowland Scot...
Saturday, June 7, 2014

History Trivia - Anne of Bohemia dies from plague

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June 7 421 Eudocia Athenais married Byzantine Emperor Theodosius II who constructed a series of defensive walls that surrounded and prot...