Monday 31 August 2015

This Week in History Series!


This Week in History: Week 36

August 31st: 651, Death of Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne. He was an Irish bishop and missionary.
 
September 1st: 1914, Russia changes name of St Petersburg to Petrograd.
 
September 2nd: 1944, Holocaust diarist Anne Frank was sent to Auschwitz.
September 3rd: 1658, Death of Oliver Cromwell. He was an English general from 1653-58 & Lord Protector, he died at 59.
September 4th: 1682, English astronomer Edmund Halley observed the comet named after him.
September 5th: 1698, Russian Tsar Peter the Great imposed a tax on beards.
September 6th: 1941, All Jews over age 6 in German territories were ordered to wear a star.
 
Thanks for Reading!
 
Claire
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