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And Then She Kissed Him

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Tag Archives: Louis XVI

This Week In History: May 11-17

11 Monday May 2015

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Arthur Phillip, George III, Greek War of Independence, Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Napoleon, smallpox vaccination, Spencer Perceval, This Week In History

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May 11, 1812: Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the House of Commons, London.


May 12, 1821: The first big battle of the Greek War of Independence against the Turks occurs in Valtetsi.


May 13, 1787: Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England with eleven ships full of convicts to establish a penal colony in Australia.


May 14, 1796: Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination.


May 15, 1800: George III survives an assassination attempt by James Hadfield, who is later acquitted by reason of insanity.


May 16, 1770: Fourteen-year-old Marie Antoinette marries fifteen-year-old Louis-Auguste, who later becomes Louis XVI of France.


May 17, 1809: Napoleon orders the annexation of the Papal States to the French Empire.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This Week In History: January 19-25

19 Monday Jan 2015

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American War of Independence, Ciudad Rodrigo, Elizabeth Blackwell, Louis XVI, Swiss Guards, The Wedding March, This Week In History, University of Calcutta

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January 19, 1812: After a ten day siege, the Duke of Wellington orders British soldiers of the Light and Third divisions to storm Ciudad Rodrigo.


January 20, 1783: Great Britain signs a peace treaty with France and Spain, officially ending hostilities in the American War of Independence.


January 21, 1793: Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine.


January 22, 1506: The first contingent of Swiss Guards arrives at the Vatican.


January 23, 1849: Elizabeth Blackwell is awarded an M.D., becoming the first female doctor in the US.


January 24, 1857: The University of Calcutta is founded.


January 25, 1858: Queen Victoria’s daughter Victoria marries Friedrich of Prussia, using Felix Mendelssohn’s The Wedding March as part of the ceremony.


 

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