This Week in
History: Week 22
May 25th: 1895, Oscar Wilde was sentenced
to 2 years imprisonment for gross indecency/ Sodomy, Homosexuality was a major
criminal offense at that time in Britain.
May 26th: 1896, The Last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II was crowned.
May 27th: 1703, St Petersburg (Changed to Leningrad
in 1924, but changed back to St Petersburg in 1991) was founded by Russian Tsar
Peter the Great.
May 28th: 1660, Birth of George I. Born in Hanover, Germany. He was the King of
England from 1714 to 1727.
May 29th: 1884, Irish writer Oscar Wilde
married Constance Lloyd at St. James Church, Paddington, London.
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| Wilde, with his wife Constance. |
May 30th: 1536, King Henry VIII married
Jane Seymour, his 3rd wife.
May 31st: 1443, Birth of Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England.
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| Lady Beaufort. Thanks for Reading! Claire x |
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