1534 — Catherine Parr marries John Neville, Baron Latimer
A year after the death of her first husband, Catherine Parr remarried. Her new husband was nearly twice her age,...
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May 1536 — Katheryn Howard begins an affair with Henry Mannox
Katheryn Howard was 12 or 13 years old when her affair with her music teacher, Henry Mannox, began. Mannox’s age...
February 14, 2022
1537 — Hans Holbein paints a portrait of Jane Seymour
Holbein had been in England for a while at this point, and had painted a portrait of Anne Boleyn for...
February 12, 2022
1538 — Hans Holbein paints a portrait of Anna of Cleves
In 1538, Han Holbein the Younger painted what would become his most controversial work, a portrait of Anna of Cleves....
February 6, 2022
1689 — Pompeii is rediscovered
When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, it did so with considerable force. The very shape of the mountain was...
September 14, 2021
1789 — Marie Antionette (allegedly) says “Let them eat cake”
The French phrase “Qu’ils mangent de la brioche” is usually translated as “Let them eat cake”, and is widely attributed...
June 14, 2021
September 18, 1941 — Elizabeth Taylor is first contracted in Hollywood
Elizabeth Taylor was only 8 years old when she was first signed with a Hollywood studio. The studio in question,...
January 9, 2019
1942 — Franz Werfel’s “The Song of Bernadette” is published
A Jew from Prague who fled the Aunschluss in 1938, Franz Werfel was also a playwright noted for his satirical...
December 29, 2018
May 1979 — The Boys Next Door release “Shivers”
It’s unabashedly a good thing that Nick Cave decided that suicide really didn’t suit his style. From relatively inauspicious beginnings,...
August 4, 2015
2525 — Something happens. Really.
Although Zager and Evans were quite happy to prophesy on at 1010 year intervals from 2525, they seem to have...
August 1, 1999
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