This Week in History Series!

This Week in History: Week 32

 

August 3^rd: 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail on his first voyage with 3 ships called Santa Maria, Pinta and Niña from Palos de la Frontera in Spain for the "Indies".

 

August 4^th: 1914, World War One, Field Marshal Lord Kitchener became British Minister of War after Britain declared of war on Germany.

 

August 5^th: 1305, William Wallace, who led Scottish resistance to England, was captured by the English near Glasgow and taken to London for trial and execution. John de Menteith, a Scottish knight who was loyal to King Edward I turned Wallace over to English soldiers at Robroyston. Once in London and when he was tried, he was crowned with a garland of oak, suggesting he was the king of outlaws. It is said that his response when being charged with treason was: "I could not be a traitor to Edward, for I was never his subject." And asserted that the absent John Balliol was officially his king.

William Wallace

 

 

August 6^th: 1809, Birth of Alfred Lord Tennyson. He was born in Somersby, England. He was Poet Laureate of Great Britain. His best known work is The Charge of the Light Brigade.

 

August 7^th: 1957, Oliver Hardy, comedian of Laurel & Hardy, died at age 65.  He died in North Hollywood, California from Cerebral Thrombosis.

 

Oliver Hardy

 

August 8^th: 1918, World War I: The Battle of Amiens began, the Canadian, Australian and British broke through with 600 tanks.

August 9^th: 1655, Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell divided England into 11 districts.

 

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Claire

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