This Week in History Series!

This Week in History: Week 17

 

April 20^th: 1912, Bram Stoker, Irish theatre manager and writer. Mostly famous for Dracula, died at the age of 64.

 

April 21^st: 1509, Henry VIII was crowned King of England, following the death of his father, King Henry VII

 

April 22^nd: 1870, Birth of Nikolai Lenin, [Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov], Mostly known as Vladimir Lenin, a Bolshevik/USSR revolutionist and Premier of Russia.

 

April 23^rd: 1564, Birth of William Shakespeare. Born in Stratford upon Avon. He was an English Poet and playwright.  Also in 1616, William Shakespeare (Julian calendar) died aged 52.

William Shakespeare.

 

 April 24^th: 1558, Queen Mary Stuart of Scotland (Known as Mary, Queen of Scots) married French crown prince Francois, making him King Consort of Scotland. They were married in Notre- Dame Cathedral.

 

April 25^th: 1599, Birth of Oliver Cromwell, Puritan lord protector of England from 1653 to1658. He was born in Huntingdon.

 

April 26^th: 1923, English Prince Albert, Duke of York (Later King George VI) at the age of 27 married Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon,(The Queen Mother.) aged 22 at Westminster Abbey.

  

Lady Elizabeth and Prince Albert.

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Claire
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