Historical Fun

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY - 31st of AUGUST   31st of August, 1422, King Henry V of England , the second king from the House of Lancaster, died of Something-Wrong-With-Me-Poops and That-Curry-Has-Some-Serious-Consequences.   This left his son, Henry VI, free to claim the throne. He demanded all bow down to him as supreme ruler of the milky-milky-sucky-nipple people.   What?   Henry VI was only 9-months-old when he became king.   31st of August 1803, Lewis and Clark began their most famous of expeditions to the west when they left Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.   It would take the entire journey, and more than a few coincidences, before Lewis found out that Clark had a secret identity.   31st August, 1888, Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. Although never proved, the common consensus is that she was killed by a secret society of aliens who had been living in London for the last three hundred years.   Nah, Mary Ann Nichol...

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY - 30th of AUGUST     30th of August, 526, King Theoderic the Great, king of the Ostrogoths , a bird-like race of people who dressed in black and moped around all day with a depressed look on their faces, who lived in Italy, died of the Great Pooping, or, as it is better known, craps-a-lotta-blood. Or dysentery.   His 10-year-old son, Athalaric, took over, although it was his mother, Amalasuntha, who ruled as regent. Athalaric is known for his excesses. He drank a huge amount, ate even more, and wiped his nose on the crushed up remains of white hedgehogs. Oh, to be ten again. Those were great years.   30th of August, 1483, Louis XI, King of France, died. He had various nicknames, such as The Cunning, and The Universal Spider, because he was extremely cunning and devious, and because he had eight hairy legs.   At school he was known as Louis-You-Got-A-Huge-Snout, and Wets-His-Bed.   Both of...

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY - 29th of AUGUST.   29th August, 1350, an English fleet under the command of Edward III , and his son, the Black Prince, who wasn't black, defeated a Castilian fleet at the Battle of Winchelsea, in the sea, where the water is, under the command of a soldier of fortune. If you have a problem, and no one else can help, and you can find him, maybe you can hire, Don Carlos de la Cerda.   29th August, 1475, the Kingdoms of England and France signed the Treaty of Picquigny , stating there would be an everlasting peace for both kingdoms. Which lasted about five minutes.   29th August, 1484, Pope Innocent VIII, who wasn't entirely innocent , as he approved the hunting and execution of a whole bunch of witches, became Pope.   Are you a witch?   Yes.   BURN YOU WITHCY WITCH WHO DOES WITCHY THINGS.   Did You Know: When a new Pope is elected, all the Cardinals have to take a gander at his swing-lows, t...