March 2017

Happy New Year, AKA Lady Day, AKA 25 March!

March 25 is one of the quarter days that once marked the English year, called Lady Day (Our Lady’s Day) after the Virgin Mary. It was a very important in the Middle Ages, and was considered New Year’s Day for centuries (although New Year’s presents were typically given on the 1st of January, that was… Read more Happy New Year, AKA Lady Day, AKA 25 March!

King Wilhelm I of Prussia, First Ruler of a Unified Germany

Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig,  the future King of Prussia and first German Emperor, was born on 22 March 1797 in Berlin to Prince Frederick William and Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Wilhelm was a second son, and was steered toward a career in the military since he wasn’t expected to inherit the Prussian throne. The young Wilhelm took… Read more King Wilhelm I of Prussia, First Ruler of a Unified Germany

Genocidal Acts on American Soil: The Gnadenhutten massacre

When America began its war for independence, the Native Americas were as divided as those Americans descended from Europeans. The peoples known as the Delaware tribes (the Munsee– and Unami-speaking Lenni Lenape) were spilt almost 50/50 between supporting the British and supporting the Colonists. Some Lenape decided to take up arms against the American colonials… Read more Genocidal Acts on American Soil: The Gnadenhutten massacre

The Gothic

(Today I have a video chat up at Diary of an Eccentric, so you should drop by!)   Horace (Horatio) Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, passed away on 2 March 1797, leaving behind a literary and architectural legacy that would help shape the nature of Regency England and even the Victorian era. Walpole was the… Read more The Gothic