This Week in
History: Week 20
May 11th: 1981, Bob Marley, the reggae
singer, died of brain & lung cancer at the age of 36.
May 12th: 1820, Birth of Florence Nightingale. Born
in Florence, Italy. She was a nurse during the Crimean War.
May 13th: 1607, English colonists that were
led by John Smith, landed near James River in Virginia, USA.
May 14th: 1643, Louis XIV (14th)
became King of France at the age of 4.
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| Louis XIV, aged 4. |
May 15th: 1567, Mary, Queen of Scots
married James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell.
May 16th: 1920, Joan of Arc (Jeanne D'arc)
was canonized as a saint.
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| Joan of Arc. |
May 17th: 1536, George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount
Rochford, the English brother of Anna Boleyn, beheaded after being tried and
convicted for high treason and incest at the age of 32.
Thank you for Reading!
Claire
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