circa 3400 BCE — The Sahara Desert assumes its modern form
It wasn’t always a desert. The Saharan plain was once open grassland with occasional forests. As late as the time...
August 1, 2023
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1117 BCE — Delilah cuts Samson’s hair
Samson is one of the great heroes of Judges era of the Israelites. A judge and priest, he was also...
January 19, 2023
469 BCE — Socrates is born
Socrates is one of the most influential, and also most enigmatic, figures in Western Philosophy. An Athenian who lived at...
December 14, 2022
1172 — St Christina the Astonishing experiences her first visions
Christina was still young, in just her early twenties, when she experienced her first vision – accompanied by a massive...
April 19, 2022
1212 — The Children’s Crusade sets out for the Holy Land
The Children’s Crusade is the name given to a variety of fictional and factual events which happened in 1212 that...
April 4, 2022
1501 — Anne Boleyn born
The exact date of Anne Boleyn’s birth has been lost to history, but 1501 is the earliest year she can...
February 26, 2022
1514 — Anne Boleyn arrives at the French court
Anne Boleyn was, at the very oldest, 12 years of age when she first arrived at the court of Paris...
February 26, 2022
1522 — Anne Boleyn returns to England
When Anne Boleyn returned to England, it was originally intended that she should marry James Butler, as part of an...
February 16, 2022
1529 — Catherine Parr marries Sir Edward Burgh
Catherine Parr was only about 17 when she first married. The marriage had been arranged by her father, Sir Thomas...
February 16, 2022
1533 — Hans Holbein draws a portrait sketch of Anne Boleyn
Or did he? This sketch, while definitely the work of Hans Holbein the Younger, may have been created as late...
February 16, 2022
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