History Trivia

On April 26, 1478, Pazzi conspirators attacked Lorenzo and killed Giuliano de'Medici. AND on April 26, 1514, Copernicus made his first observations of Saturn.

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is widely believed to be the most useful and reliable history of England from the Roman conquest, through to the eleventh century. Although only nine copies of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle survive, at one time, there were multiple copies of the Chronicle, which were distributed to religious houses throughout England, with further copies being made by monks. Once copies had been made of the original, the documents were then independently updated at the monastery where they were housed. This means that there were many different versions in existence, each of which had initially been copied from the original.

History Trivia: Easter Rebellion in Dublin

April 24, 1916 : Easter Rebellion begins in Dublin. The Irish Republican Brotherhood, a secret organization of Irish nationalists led by Patrick Pearse, launched the so-called Easter Rebellion, an armed uprising against British rule. Assisted by militant Irish socialists under James Connolly, Pearse and his fellow Republicans rioted and attacked British provincial government headquarters across Dublin and seized the Irish capital's General Post Office. Following these successes, they proclaimed the independence of Ireland, which had been under the repressive thumb of the United Kingdom for centuries, and by the next morning were in control of much of the city. Later that day, however, British authorities launched a counteroffensive, and by April 29 the uprising had been crushed. Nevertheless, the Easter Rebellion is considered a significant marker on the road to establishing an independent Irish republic.

Happy Birthday William Shakespeare

The Great Bard, William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-on-Avon on April 23, 1564. Church records show that he was baptized on April 26. He was 52 years-old when he died on April 23, 1616, after having retired to Stratford three years earlier.

Cast your Runes

Today's Rune for your favorite author

Uruz is the Rune of harmony, order and inner strength. Often it marks endings and beginnings of periods in our lives. Uruz also symbolizes your ability to tackle new challenges by confronting them with the powers that lie within you. Opportunities probably abound for you right now.


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History Trivia

April 21, 753 B.C.: According to legend, Romulus and his twin brother, Remus, found Rome on the site where they were suckled by a she-wolf as orphaned infants. The Romulus and Remus myth originated sometime in the fourth century B.C. Marcus Terentius Varro, a Roman scholar, set the date of Rome's founding in the first century B.C.