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facesofthevictorianera: The daughters of Queen Victoria...

Sat, 04 May 2013 14:51:45 +0100

The daughters of Queen Victoria mourning the death of their father, Prince Albert (1862)

portugalsecrets: 25 de Abril - Revolução dos Cravos The...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:27:27 +0100

25 de Abril - Revolução dos Cravos

The Carnation Revolution (Portuguese: Revolução dos Cravos), also referred to as the 25 April (Portuguese: 25 de Abril), was a military coup began on 25 April 1974 in Lisbon, Portugal, and which overthrew the dictatorial regime of the Estado Novo. The revolution started as a military coup organized by the Movimento das Forças Armadas (Armed Forces Movement, MFA), composed of military officers who opposed the regime, but the movement was soon coupled with an unanticipated and popular campaign of civil resistance. This movement would lead to the fall of the Estado Novo and the withdrawal of Portugal from its African colonies.

The name “Carnation Revolution” comes from the fact no shots were fired and when the population started descending the streets to celebrate the end of the dictatorship and war in the colonies, carnation flowers were put into the muzzles of rifles and on the uniforms of the army.

The Portuguese celebrate the national holiday of Freedom Day (Portuguese: Dia da Liberdade) on 25 April every year to celebrate these events.

roccocantodea: Leonardo da Vinci | The Mechanics of Man

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 01:14:33 +0100

The muscles of the shoulder and arm, and the bones of the foot, Fol. 14V

The vertebral column, Fol. 8V

The bones, muscles and tendons of the hand, Fol. 10R

The muscles and tendons of the lower leg and foot, Fol. 18R

The lungs and other viscera, c.1505

The skeleton, Fol. 13R

roccocantodea:

Leonardo da Vinci | The Mechanics of Man

The Rise and Fall of Rome 500 BC - 1461 AD

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:19:45 +0100

The Rise and Fall of Rome 500 BC - 1461 AD

unhistorical: April 14, 1865: Abraham Lincoln is...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 02:00:39 +0100

unhistorical:

April 14, 1865: Abraham Lincoln is assassinated.

Five days after the surrender and deactivation of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House (the effective end of the war), Abraham Lincoln was shot in the head by John Wilkes Booth, a stage actor and Confederate sympathizer. The demise of the Confederacy pushed Booth, a strongly pro-South, anti-Lincoln Maryland native, over the edge, and he abandoned a kidnapping plot that he and co-conspirators Lewis Powell, George Atzerodt, David Herold, Samuel Arnold, Michael O’Laughlen and John Surratt had been formulating since 1864 in favor of simple assassination.

On April 14, they learned that President Lincoln would be attending a performance of the play Our American Cousin at Ford’s Theatre, in Washington, D.C., later that evening. He and the conspirators gathered once more, and it was decided that Lewis Powell and David Herold would attack Secretary of State William Seward, that George Atzerodt would carry out an assassination attempt on Vice President Andrew Johnson, and that Booth himself would kill Lincoln. The only attack of these that resulted in a death was Booth’s. He entered the Lincolns’ private theatre box during a particularly humorous moment in the play and shot the President once in the head, before leaping onto the stage, where he yelled either the Virginia state motto - “Sic semper tyrannis” - or “the South is avenged!” Booth broke his leg sometime between the fall and his escape, and he went on the run before being shot outside a barn in Virginia on April 26.

Lincoln, meanwhile, was moved to a house across the street from the theatre; he was pronounced dead early the next morning, the day before Easter Sunday. Utterly divisive as a leader in life, Lincoln was nevertheless mourned by millions in both the North and South in death.

gunsandposes: VIKING MENAGERIE — Round Box Brooch, 700-900,...

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 17:04:56 +0000

gunsandposes:

VIKING MENAGERIE — Round Box Brooch, 700-900, copper alloy, made on the island of Gotland off the coast of Sweden:

“A menagerie of tiny animals inhabits the interlace patterns on this round brooch. The four oval compartments on the top show beasts with round eyes, open jaws, claw feet, and intricately entwined bodies. Known as a box brooch because it was used as a container for small objects, it would have been worn by a Viking woman on the island of Gotland to secure her shawl at the collar.”

Bonus fact: The local language of Gotland is Gutnish, which was spoken and written until the late medieval period.

(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

seetheconqueringherocomes: Wellington and Blucher Meeting...

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 17:04:04 +0000

seetheconqueringherocomes:

Wellington and Blucher Meeting Before the Battle of Waterloo by Robert Alexander Hillingford (1828-1904)

Hillingford was an English painter who specialised in historical paintings, particularly battle scenes. Towards the end of his life, he became increasingly interested in the Napoleonic Wars and this can be seen in his numerous paintings related to either Waterloo or Wellington. Though not always historically accurate (he once puts Wellington in a red coat at Quatre Bras), Hillingford captures and depicts a good likeness of the Duke in his paintings.

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Sun, 07 Oct 2012 20:57:09 +0100

Welcome to the new age of Daily History! Curiosities, things you...

Sat, 06 Oct 2012 21:00:46 +0100

Welcome to the new age of Daily History! Curiosities, things you didn’t know and if possible truly daily :)

New Content, New Format!

Fri, 05 Oct 2012 17:18:23 +0100

Well, I know this blog is a bit outdated in content but unfortunately I can’t keep up a historical daily routine. But that doesn’t mean this blog is condemned to failure, its quite the opposite, I’m thinking in a new way - historical of course - of remodeling this page with useful historical information, not with daily posts, but instead with facts and historical curiosities. That implies more work but not a day by day search.

Expect news very soon :)

People it’s time for some vacations and maintenance...

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 22:48:00 +0100

People it’s time for some vacations and maintenance :)

Thank you to all the followers of Daily History. Unfortunately everyone needs some vacations because of that Daily History will stop for a short time. The blog will return in September! Unfortunately August is a rich historical month with many events that I will have to skip this year, with some luck next year all the missed days will be filled with accurate information. Above you will find some of the events in August and late July.

28 July 1794 - Execution of Maximilien Robespierre and Louis Antoine de Saint-Just by guillotine;

3 August 1934 - Adolf Hitler becomes the supreme leader of Germany by joining the offices of President and Chancellor into Führer.

14 August 1385 - Battle of Aljubarrota. Portugal wins the battle against Castille even with much less troops regaining independence and ruling out Castilian ambitions to the Portuguese throne;

18 August 1870 - Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought;

23 August 1305 - Sir William Wallace is executed for High Treason at Smithfield in London.

PS: 51 post now and 51 followers. Thank you people!!!! ;)

July 15th 1099 – First Crusade: Christian soldiers take...

Sun, 15 Jul 2012 13:39:21 +0100

July 15th

1099 – First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final assault of a difficult siege.

July 14th 1789 – French Revolution: citizens of Paris storm the...

Sun, 15 Jul 2012 13:36:00 +0100

July 14th

1789 – French Revolution: citizens of Paris storm the Bastille. A day of great importance to France.

July 13th 1793 – Journalist and French revolutionary Jean-Paul...

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 13:43:00 +0100

July 13th

1793 – Journalist and French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat is assassinated in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday, a member of the opposing political faction.

July 12th 1191 – Third Crusade: Saladin’s garrison...

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 13:38:07 +0100

July 12th

1191 – Third Crusade: Saladin’s garrison surrenders to Philip Augustus, ending the two-year siege of Acre.

July 11th 1405 - Ming admiral Zheng He sets sail to explore the...

Wed, 11 Jul 2012 23:36:41 +0100

July 11th

1405 - Ming admiral Zheng He sets sail to explore the world for the first time. China was the first to try to explore the Indian Ocean, unfortunately they abandoned their exploration and destroyed their own ships decades later. European exploration was mainly from commercial control of silk, spice and gold. In the other hand, China had access to all of this resources making the exploration of the seas unnecessary. If Chinese exploration effort had continued Portugal wouldn’t stand a chance in the control of the Indian Ocean. Chinese supremacy was outstanding in terms of maritime warfare and ship’s scale.

July 10th 1584 - William I or Orange is murdered in his home in...

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 22:23:06 +0100

July 10th

1584 - William I or Orange is murdered in his home in Delft, Holland by Balthasar Gérard. The Prince of Orange was the leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish, that would set off the Eighty Years’ War, resulting in the later United Provinces Independence.

July 9th 1701 - War of the Spanish Succession: Austrians defeat...

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 01:33:49 +0100

July 9th

1701 - War of the Spanish Succession: Austrians defeat France in the Battle of Carpi.

July 8th 1099 - First Crusade: 15,000...

Sun, 08 Jul 2012 22:37:12 +0100

July 8th

1099 - First Crusade: 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march in a religious procession around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders look on.

July 7th 1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of...

Sat, 07 Jul 2012 18:10:32 +0100

July 7th

1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death. Joana was then considered a martyr and Pierre Cauchon accused of convicting an innocent woman.