#OnThisDay, July 18, in 1936, a military uprising led by the Fascist General Francisco Franco against the democratically elected government of Spain started the 3-year-long Spanish Civil War (depicted in While At War, 2019)
Are you a history podcast type? Then you likely know the Professor Buzzkill History Podcast. The current episode's about LAWYER JAILER ALLY FOE, my new book about the lawyers who helped run the concentration camps for Japanese Americans in WWII.
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To the right, the #elemental figures of Ignis (fire) and Aer (air) - the other two #elements are on the following page.
From the #16thCentury#pageantbook showing the 8 #pageants held for the Christening of Princess Elisabeth of Hesse in 1596.
Bavarian State Library: Cod.icon. 340.
Wie es 1883 am Toten Weib fast mal ein totes Weib gegeben hat. Zum Reitunfall der Kaiserin Elisabeth hier ergänzt & auch Fakten zur von ihrer Tochter Marie Valerie gestifteten, lange verschollenen & erst 2020 wiederentdeckten Votivtafel 💡 @histodons#herstory#history#wikipedia https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totes_Weib
On this day in 1836, Margaret Howe died aged 47. See this and other gravestone inscriptions from Ardcrony, Co. Tipperary, in the Journals: https://bit.ly/howe1836
#OTD 1884. Wie die Eisenbahn mal den gesamten Wiener Schubertbund (Chor mit rd. 130 Sängern) während dessen allerersten Tournee abgekuppelt in #Passau vergaß 😅 Dieser bedeutende Chor traf sich am 31. Juli in #augsburg auch mit der dortigen Liedertafel, die für dieses Ereignis ein großes Fest mit viel Sang & Klang in d Schießgraben-Gesellschaft am Königsplatz ausrichtete. Der Chor war in 5 verschiedenen Hotels untergebracht. @histodons#history#musicology@Bahnblogstelle https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiener_Schubertbund
#OnThisDay in #history - in 1918, Anna Demidova was killed by the Bolsheviks with the Romanov family. Anna was the daughter of a merchant & had gone to a school intended to educate her to be a maid-in-waiting for the royals. She earned a teaching certificate from there as well.
Anna went into exile with the Romanovs, & was executed alongside them, surviving the first round of bullets thanks gems sewn into a pillow. When found alive, she was stabbed to death. #OTD#histodons#Russia@histodons