This Week In History Series!

This Week In History: Week 2!

 

January 5^th: 1836 - Davy Crockett arrived in Texas, joining the Texas Revolution. Crockett arrived just in time for the Battle of the Alamo, which he was later killed in, in the March 1836. He was known as the ‘King of the Wild Frontier.’

January 6^th: 1903 - Theoretical Physicist Albert Einstein, aged 23, married Mileva Maric. This was Einstein’s first wife, the following year they had a son.

Albert Einstein and his Wife, Mileva.

January 7^th: 1536 - Catherine of Aragon, 1st wife of King Henry VIII; died at the age of 50. Catherine died at Kimbolton Castle in Cambridgeshire. Catherine was buried in Peterborough Cathedral with the ceremony due to a Dowager Princess of Wales, not a queen. Henry did not attend the funeral and forbade Mary, her own daughter, to attend.

January 8^th: 1935 -   On this day, Elvis Aaron Presley was born. The King of Rock and Roll. Along with his twin brother Jesse Garon Presley, who was unfortunately stillborn.

Elvis Presley

January 9^th: 1982 - Kate Middleton was born on this day in Reading, England. Our future Queen, the Duchess of Cambridge and wife of Prince William.

January 10^th: 1870 - Deputy Sheriff Wyatt Earp, aged 21, weds Urilla Sutherland in Lamar, Texas. Unfortunately Urilla died of Typhoid Fever, she was Pregnant at the time.

January 11^th: 1787 - Titania & Oberon, moons of Uranus, discovered by William Herschel. They were named by his son John in 1847 and 1852, respectively, after his death.

All the Moons of Uranus.



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