“A fop: which name arose from a club, called the Maccaroni Club, instituted by some of the most dressy travelled gentlemen about town, who led the fashions; whence a man foppishly dressed, was supposed a member of that club, and by contraction styled a Maccaroni.”
March 16, 1815: Prince Willem of the House of Orange-Nassau proclaims himself King of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, the first constitutional monarch in the Netherlands.
March 17, 1805: The Italian Republic (with Napoleon as president) becomes the Kingdom of Italy (with Napoleon as King).
March 18, 1834: Six farm laborers from Tolpuddle, Dorset, England are sentenced to be transported to Australia for forming a trade union.
March 19, 1812: The Spanish Constitution of 1812 is established by Spain’s first national sovereign assembly.
March 20, 1815: Napoleon enters Paris with 140,000 regular troops and approximately 200,000 volunteers, beginning his Hundred Days.
March 21, 1801: The Battle of Alexandria is fought between British and French forces near the ruins of the Nicopolis in Egypt.
March 22, 1809: Charles XIII succeeds Gustav IV Adolf to the Swedish throne.
If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.
–Emily Dickinson
https://www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org/about_emily_dickinson
This week’s Favorite is not for the faint of heart–nor for the weak of mind. It’s an article I came across while doing some research into Regency-era medicine, appearing in the journal Medical Humanities. Jane Austen’s health problems and death at age 41 are most often attributed to Addison’s disease. This article, however, lays out a rather compelling case that the ailment she suffered from was in fact Hodgkin’s disease. It’s a bit dense with medical terminology, so you’ll need your brain at full power. But if you’ve watched enough episodes of House you should be able to get through it 😉
You can find the full text of the article here.
“Habitual malevolence; want of humanity.”
March 9, 1796: Napoleon marries his first wife, Josephine de Beauharnais.
March 10, 1804: A formal ceremony is conducted in St. Louis, Missouri to transfer ownership of the Louisiana Territory from France to the US.
March 11, 1702: The Daily Courant, England’s first national daily newspaper, is published for the first time.
March 12, 1689: The Williamite-Jacobite War begins in Ireland.
March 13, 1781: William Herschel discovers Uranus.
March 14, 1794: Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin.
March 15, 1820: Maine becomes the 23rd US State.
Whatever you are, be a good one.
–Abraham Lincoln
http://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/abrahamlincoln
It’s still very much the depths of winter here in Michigan, so our Favorite this week is reminder that warmer weather is on its way. That it includes a healthy dose of Georgian, Regency, and Victorian men is purely coincidence 😉
Clips used by the video’s creator include:
Amazing Grace 2006
Casanova 2005
Emma 1996
Northanger Abbey 2007
North & South 2004
Persuasion 2007
Pride & Prejudice 1995, 2005
Sense & Sensibility 1996, 2008
The Shadow in the North 2007
Wives & Daughters 1999
“Sick of the lombard fever; i.e. of the idles.”
March 2, 1798: The Bank of England issues the first one- and two-pound banknotes.
March 3, 1875: The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Quebec.
March 4, 1675: John Flamsteed is appointed the first Astronomer Royal of England.
March 5, 1872: George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
March 6, 1834: York, Upper Canada is incorporated as Toronto.
March 7, 1814: Napoleon wins the Battle of Craonne against General Blucher.
March 8, 1817: The New York Stock Exchange is founded.
Cora Lee, Regency Romance Author 