Historical Fun

In 392, the 17 year old Roman Emperor Valentinian II was found murdered by way of hanging. Although some have said it was suicide. Mainly the guy who did it. In 1536, Anne-My-Head-Feels-Loose-Boleyn was tried for treason . And adultery, and incest, and also revealing spoilers about Game of Thrones before her husband, King Henry VIII, had seen the latest episode. In 1567, Mary, Queen of Scots , married her 3rd husband, James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell, just three months after her second husband, Lord Darnley was assassinated. Not saying she did it, but she probably did. In 1800, King George III of he United Kingdom survived two separate assassination attempts. That's crazy. But not as crazy-bonkers-nutso as the king, who was whacko-jacko.  Ironically, James Hadfield, who unsuccessfully attempted to assassinate the king that day, was later tried and then acquitted by reason of insanity. On this day in history in 1928, Walt Disney intr...

Lord Darnley: Murdered by Mary, Queen of Scots On The 10th of February in 1567, the second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, Lord Darnley, was found strangled at Kirk o' Field House in Edinburgh, Scotland.   He was found after two separate explosions rocked the very foundations of the house.   The explosions emanated from two barrels of gunpowder strategically placed beneath Lord Darnley's bedchamber.   Darnley was found dead later that night outside with his valet, also dead, surrounded by a cloak, dagger, a chair and a goat. Wait, he was outside with his valet, in his nightgown, with a goat?   Oh, oops, not a goat. That should read "a coat". Easy mistake to make. But I should be more careful. That's how rumours start.   Lord Darnley was outside in just his nightshirt, with no injuries from the explosions. His valet was lying beside him, completely nekkid, with a charred hedgehog lodged inside his bottom and Lord Darnley's lipsti...