https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/posts/ Recent content in Posts on Life In Good Measure Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Sat, 04 Jul 2026 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-signers-of-the-united-states-declaration-of-independence/ Sat, 04 Jul 2026 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-signers-of-the-united-states-declaration-of-independence/ There were 56 of them - signers of the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4th, 1776 - i.e. 250 years ago today. Here below you will see a list of them in chronological order, with the state in brackets. 1723-0205 John Witherspoon* Scottish-American signer of the Declaration of Independence – Gifford, Scotland (1794/72) 1725-1111 George Mason* planter/politician/ signer of the Declaration of Independence – Fairfax County, Virginia, British America (1792/66) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-the-bronx/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-the-bronx/ This one in our series Streets & Squares is part of the New York series, divided into five, i.e. its boroughs Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and the Bronx. So, here follows a list of some people with streets, roads or parks named after them in the Bronx. The addresses are in alphabetical order. Clicking at the address will lead you to the location in Google Maps, and clicking at the person’s name will take you to his or her Wikipedia page. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-tokyo/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-tokyo/ We head in Streets & Squares this time to Tokyo, the capital of Japan. A very challenging place to do what we have done so far with other cities around the world! Partly because of the language of course, but also because it is hard to find the streets signs on the corners, or street names à la Google on the streets! Still, the challenge is accepted, and as always in Streets & Squares, clicking on the address links leads you to Google Maps, and clicking on the names to the person’s Wikipedia page. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/a-friend-in-need/ Sat, 14 Feb 2026 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/a-friend-in-need/ is a friend indeed. Or so we hear. A friend can be pure poison, and it make take decades till one realizes that the “friend” actually was a fiend. Of course, people may change a bit over the years, but sometimes it takes a major conflict to realize that your friend never really had your best interest or any interest in mind, but was always concerned with his or her own. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/emmerdale/ Thu, 12 Feb 2026 08:34:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/emmerdale/ actors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Emmerdale_characters xxxxxx 1938-0912 Patrick Mower* as Rodney Blackstock (2000-). From oOxford, Oxfordshire, England 1948-0519 Chris Chittell* as Eric Pollard (1986-). From Aldershot, Hampshire, England 1962-0110 Claire King* (b Seed) as Kim Tate (1989-). From Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England 1962-1215 Nick Miles* as Jimmy King (2004-), From Moseley, Birmingham, England 1964-0906 Tony Audenshaw* as Bob Hope (2000-). From Denton, Lancashire, England 1968-0828 Mark Charnock* as Marlon Dingle (1996-). From Bolton, Lancashire, England https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/voices-voices/ Thu, 12 Feb 2026 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/voices-voices/ This is not about hearing voices that aren’t there - to most people - but about voices that we all do hear. Do we hear them in exactly the same way? Maybe. But we all know for sure that they all differ in major and minor ways. Human voice is actually a very interesting subject to study. Here is one. Our own voices sound different to us than to others, that we know. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/act-your-age/ Sat, 17 Jan 2026 19:29:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/act-your-age/ The mere title makes you feel ill, doesn’t it?! Unless you belong to the group of people who really believe that one should. Act one’s age. What does it even mean? That one should look and behave like most of the people that age do – or did or have done the past decade or so ? With total disregard of personal preferances but succumbing to prevalent expectations – whatever they are, in whatever culture. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/places-of-hurt/ Sat, 17 Jan 2026 12:24:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/places-of-hurt/ Imagine if there was a map where you could see the places on Earth with the most amount of human suffering. A crazy thought, right? You might right away think of the myriad places of wars. Or all the hospitals and other places where people have been treated with various illnesses, or waiting to die. Or homes with domestic violence scattered allover this beautiful planet. But might not delivery rooms be where the most physical hurt is experienced? https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/environmental-decisions/ Mon, 12 Jan 2026 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/environmental-decisions/ We are constantly facing them these days – environmental decisions. Just taking the escalators down to the subway, you may pass three divergent posters advising you to: a) stop buying bread in those plastic bags b) buy our delicious puddings, available in these stores along your route c) invest in your future by opening a savings account in our bank Which of these is the most sensible alternative these days? Being environmentally aware you would of course opt for the first one. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/if-i-were-an-animal/ Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:01:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/if-i-were-an-animal/ Ever thought about that? Many of us have. And our answers even to ourselves may differ depending on our cicumstances. But many of us do toy with the idea. For human life can be a struggle, and the life of many an animal seem so much easier. Though of course that is not necessarily so. For even with this, the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-salzburg/ Sat, 20 Dec 2025 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-salzburg/ xxx Title: Exploring the Enchanting Streets of Salzburg: A Glimpse into History and Culture Introduction: Salzburg, the picturesque Austrian city nestled against the stunning Alps, is renowned for its rich history, cultural heritage, and charming streets that wind through its heart. Each street in Salzburg has a story to tell, often named after notable individuals who have left an indelible mark on the city’s past. In this article, we’ll take a delightful stroll through some of the most captivating streets in Salzburg and learn about the personalities they are named after. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-5th-century/ Thu, 18 Dec 2025 19:32:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-5th-century/ IMPORTED FROM WORDPRESS The Roman Empire was going through tempestuous times, and was divided into the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire, also known as Byzantium (until 1453). Several signal events from the 4th to 6th centuries mark the period of transition during which the Roman Empire’s Greek East and Latin West divided.XXXX 401 Leo I the Thracian* Eastern Roman emperor (457-474) – Thracia (474/73) 401-0410 Theodosius II* Eastern Roman emperor (402-450)/sole ruler since 408 – (450/49) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/modern-family/ Tue, 16 Dec 2025 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/modern-family/ xxxx Modern Family xxxx The Cast: 1946-0412 Ed O´Neill* as Jay Prichett from Youngstown, Ohio 1967-0822 Ty Burrell* as Phil Dunphy, from Grants Pass, Oregon 1970-0303 Julie Bowen* as Claire Dunphy, from Baltimore, Maryland 1971-0909 Eric Stonestreet* as Cameron Tucker, from Kansas City, Kansas 1972-0710 Sofia Vergara* as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett, from Barranquilla, Colombia 1975-1022 Jesse Tyler Ferguson* as Mitchell Prichett from Missoula, Montana 1988-1107 Reid Ewing* as Dylan Marshall, from Florida USA https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/if-you-were-a-cheese/ Sat, 13 Dec 2025 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/if-you-were-a-cheese/ cccccc If you were a cheese. what kind of cheese do you think you were? Camembert. Edam. Smooth, regular cheese. Not raising any eyebrows, you go through life smoothly and blend in well. Emmenthal. With lots of airy holes, but the taste is mature. You made a lot of mistakes, took leaps of faith, stretched yourself thin. But when all is said and done, you arrive to a point in your life that seems mature, mellow and worth it all! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/depression/ Thu, 11 Dec 2025 18:14:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/depression/ XX topic When a relative of mine was diagnosed as suffering from depression, and suicidal She, who had never exercised in her life - so wanted to go to a gym if that was available in the place she was staying https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-salt-lake-city/ Thu, 20 Nov 2025 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-salt-lake-city/ xxx Salt Lake City in Utah, United States. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_from_Salt_Lake_City A to Z FROM SALT LAKE CITY i.e. a list of people born in Salt Lake City. Just another fun way to know something more about the city. We pick a couple of people for each alphabet, if possible. The numbers you see at the end of each line indicate the year of birth. This list is updated from time to time. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/composers-of-film-music/ Tue, 18 Nov 2025 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/composers-of-film-music/ Earlier in Journeys of Life, we’ve had an article on composers. This time we will deal solely with composers of film music. What would a great film be without great music? Original score, songs? The list below will present some of the most unforgettable, magnificent scores and their composers, and the film where the music appeared, whether awarded or not. But before reading any further, go and have a look at what Wikipedia has to say about film scores. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/coincidentally/ Sat, 15 Nov 2025 19:38:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/coincidentally/ The image: lines crossing each other. Draw one yourself !! Our lives are full of them. Funny coincidences. Whether we attach any meaning to them, or just see them as what we usually call them - funny coincidences - there they are, enriching, xxxxxxing and perplexing our lives, in the myriad ways they may manifest. They may entertain us, perplex us, challenge us. An example. Doing online crossword puzzle on the subway on her way to work. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/identifying/ Fri, 14 Nov 2025 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/identifying/ There are many ways with which we can identify with another person. It is much harder to do that with say, a dog - no matter how much we love our pets - Let’s go on an imaginary journey of identification. We embark on it anywhere in the world, and the only common thing we all share on that journey is that it takes place on our home planet earth. We move from the apparently easiest identifiable to the apparently least identifiable parts of our selves. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/transparency/ Thu, 13 Nov 2025 19:39:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/transparency/ We humans have a need to cover our bodies, and for good reason. All the biological ones, and psychological. It’s a pretty necessary thing to do – unless you’re on a nudist beach, in the privacy of a bathroom, with your lover etc. So usually we do cover our bodies. And we often over our thoughts and intentions as well. It is a necessary thing to do in order to protect our integrity and proceed with our objectives. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/inertia/ Thu, 13 Nov 2025 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/inertia/ We’ve all probably experienced it at one point or another: the curse of inertia. Inertia could be seen as the other side of the coin where “the better side” has rest (add italics) printed on it. But whereas rest is a positive and necessary thing, really needed as a balancing ingredient between action, inertia is its negative counterpart, making it difficult to go back to action. And we can see it happening in so many areas of our lives. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/may-i-say-something/ Wed, 12 Nov 2025 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/may-i-say-something/ Tempo. It all comes down to tempo. Sometimes we are just too slow to get our ideas crossed, and others too fast to get theirs. Sometimes we suffer from a chronic illness that makes us unable to express ourselves in the manner or speed we would prefer. In such instances it may be particularly frustrating to “take part” in a conversation. By the time you finally remember what to say or have found the right words to what you want to say, the conversation may have proceeded too far from that point, and you end up saying nothing, thinking that others would not catch on your drift at all anymore. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/chicago-p-d/ Wed, 22 Oct 2025 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/chicago-p-d/ The NBC police procedural drama series Chicago P.D. xxxxxxxxx 1959-0403 Amy Morton as Sergeant Trudy Platt - Oak Park, IL USA 1960-0312 Jason Beghe as sergeant Hank Voight – New York City, NY USA 1961-0311 Elias Koteas as Senior Detective Alvin Olinsky – Montreal, QC Canada 1963-1115 Kevin J. O’Connor as Commander Fischer – Chicago, IL USA 1969-1214 Archie Kao as Detective Sheldon Jin – Washington, D.C. USA 1970-1014 Jon Seda as Antonio Dawson – Manhattan, NY USA https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1-to-1000/ Sat, 18 Oct 2025 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1-to-1000/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudius 10BC-0801 - Claudius* Roman emperor (41-54) - Lugdunum, Gaul (54/63) Here you have birth dates for people born before the year 1000. The birth dates tend to be not-exact, and often lack other identifying information. This article will later on most probably be divided into centuries, but for now this will do. These years here are mainly to give some historical perspective, and at the same time list some of the most well-known people born in those very distant times. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/sins-updated/ Sat, 18 Oct 2025 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/sins-updated/ When you here the word sin, the first thing that springs to mind is the Bible, right? The story of the ten commandments, and if you break any of them, you are committing a sin. Not all of us are religious, but we can still appreciate the idea of sin. Let’s go through each of them, with a little twinkle in our eyes. Let us also employ the idea presented by Shirley MacLaine in her book xxxxx, namely that Live is backwards Evil, so not to really live and let live, is tantamount to being the opposite of life, i. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/mortality/ Thu, 16 Oct 2025 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/mortality/ Xxx We all know we are at some point of our lives going to die. No matter how strong we live, no matter what we believe, no matter how much we have, we are going to die. And that doesn’t necessarily sound so bad, at least not to many of you who have had near-death-experiences. The creative urge leaves you oftentimes kind of sidetracked when it comes to mortality. It is hard to fathom that there comes a point when you can’t create anymore. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-sounds-of-forests/ Thu, 16 Oct 2025 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-sounds-of-forests/ xxx https://www.treehugger.com/listen-to-woodlands-around-the-world-with-this-forest-soundmap-5070780 Updated https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-traits-we-pick-up/ Thu, 16 Oct 2025 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-traits-we-pick-up/ We are our own people. We are born with certain characteristics which develop thru time and in their own way depending upon where we live and who we grow up with. But then there are certain traits that we might want to adopt as we move along our lifeline. Traits that seem desirable to us for some reason, but traits that we don’t really have naturally. Traits that reminds us of the person we picked it from, and want to keep the fond memory of. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/1883/ Mon, 13 Oct 2025 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/1883/ xxxx The series 1883, xxxxx 1944-0809 Sam Elliott* actor – Sacramento, CA USA 1967-0501 Tim McGraw* as James Dutton. Country music singer/record producer/actor – Start, LA USA 1967-0921 Faith Hill* (b Perry) as Margaret Dutton. Country music singer/record producer/actress/m to Tim McGraw – Star, MS USA 1975-0523 LaMonica Garrett* as Thomas. Slamball player/actor – San Francisco, CA USA 1980-0601 Marc Rissmann* as Josef. Actor – Berlin, West Germany 1984-1004 James Landry Hébert* actor – Lafayette, LA USA https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/dream-on/ Mon, 13 Oct 2025 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/dream-on/ xxx For sure, the majority of our dreams are about digesting what has happened during the last hours of our waking hours. They are like a waste product of our subconscious, helping us to sort out the important bits from the mountain of detailed, but sometimes subtle and flighty experiences. But then there are the gems. And those dreams usually occur in the early hours or just before we would wake up. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/troy-fall-of-a-city/ Mon, 13 Oct 2025 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/troy-fall-of-a-city/ xxxx the 2018 BBC One/Netflix production, Troy: Fall of a City. xxxxx Cast: 1953-1012 David Threlfall* as Priam, the last king of Troy, father of Paris – Manchester, Lancashire, England 1962-1001 Hakeem Kae-Kazim* as Zeus – Lagos, Nigeria 1967-0612 Frances O’Connor* as Hecuba, mother of Paris – Wantage, Berkshire, England 1971-1230 Chris Fisher* as Deiphobus, brother of Paris – Pasadena, CA USA 1973-1103 Johnny Harris* as Agamemnon, the king of Mycenae – Lambeth, London, England https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/up-and-down-we-go/ Sun, 12 Oct 2025 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/up-and-down-we-go/ xxx In 1852, Elisha Otis introduced the safety elevator, which prevented the fall of the cab if the cable broke. He demonstrated it at the New York exposition in a dramatic, death-defying presentation in 1854. The first such passenger elevator was installed in New York City three years later, on 23 March 1857. Persons of interest in the history of elevator x 1811-0803 Elisha Otis* founder of the Otis Elevator Company – Halifax, Vermont USA (1861/49) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/actresses-of-today/ Sun, 12 Oct 2025 07:52:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/actresses-of-today/ xxx 1969-0514 Cate Blanchett* actress - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1970-0303 Julie Bowen* actress – Baltimore, Maryland USA 1970-0307 Rachel Weisz* actress – London, England 1970-0324 Lara Fynn Boyle* actress/producer – Davenport, Iowa USA 1970-0429 Uma Thurman* actress – Boston, Massaschusetts USA 1972-0830 Cameron Diaz* actress – San Diego, California USA 1972-0927 Gwyneth Paltrow* actress – Los Angeles, CA USA 1972-1101 Jenny McCarthy* actress – Evergreen Park, Illinois USA 1975-0331 Emma Atkins* actress – Morecambe, Lancashire, England https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/older-dads/ Mon, 22 Sep 2025 08:43:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/older-dads/ As we know, there is no real limit to the age that men can become fathers - as opposed to women becoming mothers. Men have throughout history fathered childen at a ripe age, and that was never something to scorn, especially if the father was in good means, and health. Today also, men can easily choose to become a father - perhaps for the first time in their life, but usually having gone through a mariage or two before that - ccccc' https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-behavior-panel-comments/ Mon, 22 Sep 2025 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-behavior-panel-comments/ Zach Elwood - Oct 4, 2024You might appreciate learning this information about Chase Hughes (of the Behavior Panel): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t1DMxmqJOk https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-behavior-panel/ Mon, 22 Sep 2025 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-behavior-panel/ xxxxx The Behavior Panel started in early 2020 on YouTube, is fast becoming the leading source for learning body language and nonverbal communication. Started by Scott Rouse who teamed up with Greg Hartley, Mark Bowden, and Chase Hughes. The world’s leading behavior experts weigh in. Since xxxx An online educational group that focuses on teaching people about the science and psychology behind body language. Not easy to find anything personal about these guys, but here below is something, à la Journeys of Life: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/builders-of-bridges/ Thu, 18 Sep 2025 19:27:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/builders-of-bridges/ xxx So here is a list of the most famous bridges in the world, and who designed them. In the brackets the two points of origin of the bridge. ALPHABETICAL LIST OF THE BRIDGES Brooklyn Bridge (New York 1883) Manhattan to Brooklyn. Crosses the East River. Designed by John A. Roebling (1806-1869) engineer from Mühlhausen, Kingdom of Prussia. George Washington Bridge (New York/New Jersey 1931) Manhattan to New Jersey. Crosses the Hudson River. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/vips-of-the-16th-century/ Thu, 18 Sep 2025 02:05:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/vips-of-the-16th-century/ xxxx 1580-xxxx William White* Mayflower passenger/father of the first English child born in America (onboard the Mayflower) – England (1621/c.40) 1580-xxxx Edward Wightman* the last person to be burned at the stake in England for heresy – Hinckley, Leicestershire, England (1612/c.31) 1580-0112 Jan Baptist van Helmont* chemist/ physiologist/physician – Brussels, Spanish Netherlands (1644/64) 1583 Individual post 1585-0909 Cardinal Richelieu* (b Armand Jean du Plessis) clergyman/ statesman – Paris, Kingdom of France (1642/57) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/our-solar-system-in-espoo/ Wed, 17 Sep 2025 13:41:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/our-solar-system-in-espoo/ The title may be confusing, and that is to be expected. But our solar system really does exist in the capital area of Finland - only in miniature. And not just any miniature, but a giant one. More confusing? Well, a hobby astronomer by the name of Leo Sulamaa had a brilliant idea in the 1990’s. He wanted people to understand the distances between the different planets of our solar system to the Sun and in relation to one another. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/giving-credit-to-fred-rogers/ Wed, 17 Sep 2025 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/giving-credit-to-fred-rogers/ In Europe perhaps less known, but in the United States known by most, and loved by many. Mr. Rogers, a character played by Fred Rogers (1928-2003), xxx Mister Rogers' Neighborhood xxx The US national debut of the show occurred on February 19, 1968. It aired on NET and its successor, PBS, until August 31, 2001. Senate hearing in May 1969: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C5PMPIdG_Y&ab_channel=Mdriver1981 MEEEEE: Write also about the new upcoming film, starring Tom Hanks as Mr. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-handmaids-tale/ Wed, 17 Sep 2025 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-handmaids-tale/ The Handmaid’s Tale, the televison series based on the best-selling 1985 dystopian novel with the samel title, written by Margaret Atwood, - xx The main cast of the series in chronological order 1956-0130 Ann Dowd* actress – Holyoke, MA USA 1970-0527 Joseph Fiennes* actor – Salisbury, Wiltshire, England 1978-0324 Amanda Brugel* actress – Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada 1981-0122 O. T. Fagbenle* actor/writer/director – London, England 1981-0916 Alexis Bledel* actress – Houston, TX USA https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/love-war/ Tue, 16 Sep 2025 09:58:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/love-war/ With all the news on a daily basis, makes you almost forget that there is a lot of love going on in the world as well. But we of course don’t hear about that nearly as much as about the negative stuff going on in the world. Wars, terrorism, hate crimes, accidents, environmental disasters, climate change, and any other event that has a negative connotation. But there actually is so much love going on in the world as well. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/places-of-emotions/ Sun, 14 Sep 2025 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/places-of-emotions/ This is a new article series that concerns what role places play in our lives on an emotional level. I give you an example. We can talk about places of hurt for instance. Meaning what sort of places leave us hurting the most https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/superheroes/ Sun, 14 Sep 2025 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/superheroes/ HEROES & SUPERHEROES Make a list of superheroes portrayed by different actors and actresses. But also an article about why we “need” them, or want to watch them on screen. Alphabetical order, Marvel or DC behind. So these are “the good guys”. The name links go the Wikipedia page of the actor/actress, the year link to the movie/television series. AQUAMAN 1979-0801 Jason Momoa – Honolulu, Hawaii (Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice, 2016 - Justice League, 2017 - Aquaman, 2018) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/native-americans-on-the-screen/ Sat, 13 Sep 2025 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/native-americans-on-the-screen/ xxxxxxxx 1855-0920 Dark Cloud* (b Elijah Tahamont) silent film actor/a chief of the Abenaki, a First Nations band government - Odanak, QC Canada (1918/62) 1883-0305 Edwin Carewe* (b Jay John Fox) Chickasaw actor/screenwriter/director – Gainesville, TX USA (1940/56) 1891-0815 Chief Yowlachie* Native American actor - Yakima, WA USA (1966/74) 1933-0927 Will Sampson* Muscogee painter/rodeo performer/actor (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest) – Okmulgee, OK USA (1987/53) 1936-0817 Floyd “Red Crow” Westerman* Dakota Sioux country music singer/ actor/political activist - Lake Traverse Indian Reservation, SD USA (2007/71) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/outlander/ Sat, 13 Sep 2025 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/outlander/ xxxx The television series Outlander xxxx The cast: 1974-0307 Tobias Menzies* as Frank Randall & Jonathan “Black Jack” Randall – North London, England 1979-1004 Caitríona Balfe* as Claire Fraser – Dublin, Ireland 1980-0430 Sam Heughan* as Sam Fraser – Balmaclellan, Scotland Updated 30.4.2022 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/our-great-conductors/ Fri, 12 Sep 2025 07:41:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/our-great-conductors/ Many of the following names have appeared previously in the article on Our Great Composers, published earlier here in Journeys of Life. Now we would like to bring forth the conductors (who very often compose as well), past and present. And here to the list is threefold for further scrutiny. And as in the Composers, you can see one sample work associated with each person in the last one, i.e the alphabetical list. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/from-puddles-to-oceans/ Thu, 11 Sep 2025 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/from-puddles-to-oceans/ When spring advances, and the puddles get smaller, it is interesting to see that what constituted a small obstabcle just a week ago or so, now seems like something we really want to avoid. And instead of just walking through it, we do perhaps our uttermost to avoid getting our shoes wet at all. But when it comes to oceans, there is no way we get by by ourselves for there is just too much water between the dry lands. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1230s/ Sat, 06 Sep 2025 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1230s/ In the year 1230, Bulgarian tsar Ivan Asen II defeats the Emperor of Thessalonica, and quickly extends his control over most of Thrace, Macedonia, and Albania (Mar 9), (), the Teutonic Knights are invited into Prussia in order to forcibly convert the Prussians and Yatvags to Christianity, and the Sena Dynasty of Bengal falls. 1231 1232 1233 1234 1235 1236 1237 1238 1239 Individual post add here the link!!!!!!!!!!!!! In the year 1239, Pereyaslavl in Kievan Rus' is sacked by the Mongols (Mar), the Hungarian king Béla IV allows some 40,000 Cumans (pagan nomads fleeing the Mongols) to settle in Hungary after their leader has promised to convert to Christianity (autumn), a Crusader force under King Theobald I of Navarre arrives at Acre where plans are made to prepare an expedition against the Ayyubids in Egypt (Sep 1) the Kievan Rus' town Chernigov is attacked and pillaged by the Mongols (Oct 18), the Crusader army led by Henry of Bar is defeated by the Egyptians near Gaza (Nov 13) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-mathematics-of-weightloss/ Tue, 26 Aug 2025 18:56:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-mathematics-of-weightloss/ Have you too wondered where the fat goes when we loose weight? Well, wonder no more for the Australian scientist and public speaker Ruben Meerman explains it so well in TED Talk - part of his educational pursuits in Australia and around the world. He wrote the bestseller Big Fat Myths that answers the question: When you lose weight, where does the fat go? To put it simply, it’s all about chemistry, and more precisely, about the correlation between and the chain reaction of the key elements we people need for living. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/spouses-sharing-birthdays/ Sat, 23 Aug 2025 13:34:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/spouses-sharing-birthdays/ xxxxx 1922-0919 Emil Zátopek* long-distance runner/OG – Kopřivnice, Czechoslovakia (2000/78) 1922-0919 Dana Zátopková* (b Ingrová) athlete (javelin/OG)/wife of Emil Zátopek – Fryštát, Czechoslovakia (2020/97) Updated 23.8.2022 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/centenarians/ Sat, 23 Aug 2025 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/centenarians/ Do you know anyone over hundred years of age? Chances are that if you live in Japan, you do. In September 2018 Japan’s centenarian population hit a record-high of 69,785 with women accounting for about 88 % of the total. Chances are also that some distant day in the future, hundred years will be the new middle age. But for now it means being very old, and people who have lived that long, have certainly something worthwhile to tell us younger people. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/living-history/ Thu, 12 Jun 2025 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/living-history/ Are you one of those people who thought history was such a boring and unnecessary subject in school, and an adolescent had much better things to do and more important things to learn than reading about people long since gone, and wars waged ? You’re in good company. So many of us think/thought the same way. But alas, just as much as that is true when speaking of the youth, just as much it is true that the older we get, the more past events start to interest us – even when they have nothing to do with us. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/memories-unlocked/ Sat, 17 May 2025 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/memories-unlocked/ Menories. A word so powerful and carried with so many layers, dimensions and xxxx and tied with all sorts of emotional and personal xxxx that makes it hard to put into words. But you only need to read one good book, watch one good movie, or talk with one deep-minded person to get a good idea what xxxx x Rebecca . film , based on the novel by xxxx, put it so accurately: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/strongman/ Wed, 14 May 2025 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/strongman/ xxxxx xx Strongman competitions. 1969-1221 Magnus Samuelson* strongman/arm wrestling champion/actor – Linköping, Sweden 1970-1201 Jouko Ahola* strongman/power-lifter/actor – Hämeenlinna, Finland https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/chains-of-births/ Thu, 08 May 2025 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/chains-of-births/ Here’s something else for you: a chain of births where one element of chain is born the same month (or even the same day) that the previous one died. Just a play with dates really, but also a whirlwind through the ages. Some of the people in this chain are very well-known, some less so. But they are nevertheless all parts of this chain in their own right. 1879-0314 Albert Einstein* theoretical physicist/N – Ulm, Würtemberg, German Empire (18. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/professional-names/ Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/professional-names/ Have you ever heard of nominative determinism? Not many of us have - that is why the title of this story is a more familiar one, though even that may lead your thoughts to something else. But we all do sometimes bump into this phenomenon. It is the hypothesis that people tend to gravitate towards areas of work that fit their names - either first or last names. The another matter entirely is that some people change their names to fit their profession. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/1000-years-ago-today-8/ Fri, 18 Apr 2025 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/1000-years-ago-today-8/ Bolesław I the Brave (967–1025), is crowned in Gniezno, the first capital of Poland, as the first king of Poland. He had been the Duke of Poland and Bohemia, but takes now advantage of the interregnum in the of Holy Roman Empire. Emperor Henry II (1014-1024) had died without any heirs, thereby ending the Ottonian Dynasty. The Salian Dynasty of the Holy Roman Empire is founded by Conrad II. The dynasty provided four kings of Germany (1024–1125), all of whom went on to be crowned Holy Roman emperors (1027–1125). https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/serial-killers/ Fri, 18 Apr 2025 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/serial-killers/ xxxx 1405-09xx Gilles de Rais* soldier/ convicted serial killer – Champtosé-sur-Loire, France (1440/35) 1560-0807 Elisabeth Báthory* serial killer – Nyírbátor, Kingdom of Hungary (1614/54) 1826-0731 Juhani Aataminpoika* horse thief/serial killer – Vesivehmaa, GD of Finland (1854/28) 1845-0916 Matti Haapoja* convicted serial killer – Isokyrö, GD of Finland (1895/49) 1850-0527 Thomas Neill Cream* Scottish-Canadian physician/serial killer - Glasgow, Scotland (1892/42) 1861-0516 H. H. Holmes* serial killer – Gilmanton, NH USA (1896/34) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/stutter-stutter/ Fri, 18 Apr 2025 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/stutter-stutter/ xxx Stutter has nothing to do with being a successful individual, but it may hamper reaching that point in one’s life. Here is a list of people to whom also stuttering has been an impediment, yet not a defining one: x - Scatman John - https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/our-great-architects/ Thu, 17 Apr 2025 19:20:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/our-great-architects/ If you are curious about who has designed the most famous buildings in the world, look no further. The following is a list of architects with their biographical data, and - with Brown Bold - the building or area they are most known for. The links of the buildings take you usually to their Wikipedia page. 1423-0706 Antonio Manetti* mathematician/architect – Florence, Republic of Florence (1497/73) 1475-0306 Michelangelo* sculptor/painter/architect – Arezzo, Republic of Florence (1564) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/city-forests/ Thu, 17 Apr 2025 17:12:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/city-forests/ Are you one of those people who need a touch of nature during their city kaupunkiviikonloppu ??? To get away from the busy traffic, sidewalk slalom, the constant noise around you?! Here follows a quick look at where to go to find some peace not too far from the city you are visiting. Mind you, we’re not talking about parks here, but real forests where you can get the feeling of being enveloped - and empowered - by nature. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-voices-of-the-simpsons/ Thu, 17 Apr 2025 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-voices-of-the-simpsons/ The sitcom The Simpsons is a favorite television program fro many of us. Here is a simple list of thevoices behind the characters. Homer Simpson - Dan Castellaneta* actor/screenwriter – Chicago, IL USA (1957) Marge Simpson - Julie Kavner* actress/voice actress (Marge Simpson etc) – Los Angeles, CA USA (1950) Bart Simpson, part of the Simpson family - Nancy Cartwright* actress/voice actress (Bart Simpson etc) – Dayton, OH USA (1957) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/titanic-survivors/ Tue, 15 Apr 2025 10:52:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/titanic-survivors/ xxx CONTINUE FROM 2nd class passengers, after Hasano xxxx. RMS Titanic sank April 14th, 1912. https://titanic.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/ The last remaining survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912: ??????? xx/Titanic survivor 18xx-x 18xx-x 1856-1218 Ella Holmes White* widower/Titanic survivor – New York City, NY USA (1942/85) 55 (1) 18xx-x 1858-0115 Archibald Gracie IV* writer/the first adult survivor to die - Mobile, AL USA (1912/54) 54 (1) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/memorial-benches/ Sun, 13 Apr 2025 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/memorial-benches/ Have you ever walked in a park somewhere and seen benches with a (usually) metal plate attached to it, and an inscription of some sort? It prompts one to go closer and see what it says. Bench dedications are a great way to honor, memorialize and pay tribute to family or friends. Or perhaps to a group or an organization. It is not free of charge of course, for it costs to make the plate and attach it to the bench, but mainly it is a form of supporting the park or wherever the bench is situated. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/year-1514/ Tue, 31 Dec 2024 04:31:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/year-1514/ In the year 1514, a huge exotic embassy sent by King Manuel I of Portugal to Pope Leo X arrives in Rome, including Hanno, an Indian elephant (Mar 12), Louis XII of France makes peace with Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (Mar 13), Henry Grace à Dieu, the largest warship in the world at the time, is dedicated (Jun 13), Christian II is crowned King of Norway - this coronation will be the last in Norway for 304 years until the crowning of King Karl XIV Johan in 1818 (July 20), King Louis XII of France marries Mary Tudor (sister of King Henry VIII of England), as part of the Kingdom of England’s peace with France (Oct 9), Mary Tudor is formally crowned as the Queen consort of France (Nov 5) – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/citybikes-all-around/ Sun, 25 Aug 2024 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/citybikes-all-around/ To the delight for visitors and locals alike, there are city bikes in an increasing number of cities all around the world. In my hometown Helsinki we get to enjoy the yellow city bikes from April thru October, i.e. almost six months. Perhaps even longer in the future if climate change continues to give us shorter winters. In Helsinki the bikes are yellow. In Melbourne they are blue, in Amsterdam green, in Reykjavik pink. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/1000-years-ago-today-7/ Sat, 13 Jul 2024 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/1000-years-ago-today-7/ On July 13th, year 1024, emperor Henry II dies in his imperial palace at Göttingen (modern Germany). He leaves no heirs, thereby ending the Ottonian Dynasty. The Salian Dynasty of the Holy Roman Empire is founded by Conrad II. Updated 2024-1207 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/carlo-who/ Fri, 10 May 2024 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/carlo-who/ This time the male name in First Names First is Carlo – a name that essentially means “man”. As an Italian name it is a short form of Charles, and as a Spanish name, a short form of Carlos. So, take your pick, and find some inspiring stories behind these names. Give this a couple of minutes – for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/for-me-only/ Fri, 15 Mar 2024 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/for-me-only/ **Monthly publication days ** 1 Who Said That! 2 3 4 5 Did you know that… 6 7 8 9 10 First Names First (male) 11 Monthly Latin 12 13 14 15 Who Said That! 16 17 18 19 20 Streets & Squares 21 22 23 24 First Names First (female) 25 One Day in the Life of… (not every month) 26 27 28 29 Language Day 30 Blog stats Hits 200 - May 2018 300 - June 2018? https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/born-on-leap-day/ Thu, 29 Feb 2024 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/born-on-leap-day/ From Wiki: February 29, also known as leap day or leap year day, is a date added to leap years. A leap day is added in various solar calendars (calendars based on the Earth’s revolution around the Sun), including the Gregorian calendar standard in most of the world. 1812-0229 James Milne Wilson* engineer/ politician/to Tasmania at age 17 – Banff, Scotland (1880/68) 1884-0229 Richard S. Aldrich* politician – Washington D.C. USA (1941/57) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/1000-years-ago-today-6/ Wed, 13 Dec 2023 08:46:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/1000-years-ago-today-6/ The date is not that exact here either (as is the case with many of these distant events), but sometime during December of 1023, Abbad I, the eponymous founder of the Abbadid dynasty, declares the Taifa of Seville independent from Córdoban rule. Abbad I became the first independent Muslim ruler of Seville in Al-Andalus - the Muslim-ruled area of the Iberian Peninsula - and he stayed in power until his death in 1042. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/human-elements/ Mon, 13 Nov 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/human-elements/ xxxxx The human body is a wondrous complex. When it comes to elements, it comprises almost entirely of mere six of them. These are: oxygen (65%) carbon (18%) hydrogen (10%) nitrogen (3%) calcium (1.4%) phosphorus (1.1%) Another five elements make up about 0.85% of the remaining mass: sulfur potassium sodium chlorine magnesium All of these 11 elements are essential elements. This article aims in no way to be a giver of any medical advice, but just raise some ideas around the notion that the body is the temple of your soul, and must be taken care of with reverence. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-2022/ Fri, 22 Sep 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-2022/ In the year 2022, Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her Platinum Jubilee (Feb 6), Russian forces attack Ukraine (Feb 24), the global death toll from COVID-19 surpasses 6 million (Mar 7), the number of confirmed cases exceeds 500 million worldwide (Apr 13), Canada and Denmark end their competing claims for Hans Island by dividing the island roughly in half, ending what was referred to as the Whisky War (Jun 14), Shinzo Abe is assassinated in Nara (Jul 8), Queen Elizabeth II dies in Scotland, and is succeeded by Charles III (Sep 8), the world population reaches 8 billion (Nov 15) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/clark-who/ Sun, 10 Sep 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/clark-who/ This time the male name in First Names First is Clark - a name that is more often the last name, but we did find a few people that have it as the first name. The name Clark is of English and Scottish origin, and is derived from the Middle English word “clerk” which means “scholar” or “clergyman.” So, take your pick, and find some inspiring stories behind these names. Give this a couple of minutes – for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1520/ Mon, 04 Sep 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1520/ [caption id=“attachment_3160” align=“alignright” width=“373”]Stortorget in Stockholm’s Old Town - scene of the Stockholm Bloodbath in 1520[/caption] In the year 1520, King Christian II of Denmark and Norway defeats the Swedes at Lake Åsunden in Sweden (Jan 19), Pope Leo X threatens Martin Luther with excommunication (Jun 15), the Spaniards defeat the Aztecs at Otumba (Jul 20), Christian II makes his triumphant entry into Stockholm (Sep 7) and is crowned king of Sweden (Nov 4), whereupon the Stockholm Bloodbath takes place (Nov 8-10), Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan with crew become the first Europeans to sail from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific through the South American strait (Nov 28) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1522/ Sun, 27 Aug 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1522/ Costa Rica in Central America In the year 1522, the Spanish conquistador Gil González Dávila sets out from the gulf of Panama to explore the Pacific coast of Central America, later naming Costa Rica as he finds copious quantities of gold on that beach (Jan 26), Martin Luther’s translation of the New Testament into Early New High German is published in Germany, selling thousands in the first few weeks (Sep 21), the Ottomans break into Rhodes (Dec 18), with Suleiman the Magnificent accepting the surrender of the surviving Knights there - these eventually re-settle on Malta, and become known as the Knights of Malta (Dec 20) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/brianna-who/ Thu, 24 Aug 2023 20:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/brianna-who/ Brianna is a feminine English language form of the masculine Irish language name Brian - “Briana” being the original spelling. We present here max five names per year. So, take your pick, and find some inspiring stories behind these names. Give this a couple of minutes – for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them! Check for other names in First Names First! Brianna Wu* computer programmer/video game developer – WV USA (1977) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/brian-who/ Thu, 10 Aug 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/brian-who/ This time the male name in First Names First is Brian. We give you max five names per year. So, take your pick, and find some inspiring stories behind these names. Give this a couple of minutes – for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them! Brian Urquhart* international civil servant/author/ played a significant role in the founding of the United Nations – Bridport, Dorset, England (1919) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1502/ Mon, 07 Aug 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1502/ Guanabara Bay in Brazil In the year 1502, Portuguese explorers sail into Guanabara Bay, mistaking it for the mouth of a river, which they name Rio de Janeiro (Jan 1), Christopher Columbus leaves Spain for his fourth and final trip to the “New World” (May 11), the first encounter between Europeans and the Maya people of Central America takes place when the Columbus brothers anchor at Guanaja (Jul 30), Ismail I founds the Safavid dynasty (Nov 7), Moctezuma II is elected emperor of the Aztecs - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-52/ Sat, 29 Jul 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-52/ This time in Language Day we take up that one very sought after item during hot summer days - ice cream! Being a cold treat, the word “ice” is part of the word in many languages, so we give here also the word for ice, in brackets. Enjoy - your ice cream that is, of any type and flavor! And why not try this summer a vegan ice cream! ARABIC - Buaza (jalid) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1518/ Fri, 28 Jul 2023 07:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1518/ Battle of Brännkyrka, a painting by Johan Gustaf Sandberg (1830) In the year 1518, Swedish forces defeat the Danes in the Battle of Brännkyrka in southern Stockholm (Jul 27), a case of dancing mania breaks out in Strasbourg in Alsace, in which many people die from constant dancing (Jul-Sep), Kristian II of Denmark and his navy attempts to take Stockholm, and failing, leave Stockholm with hostages (Oct), the Tomb of Sikandar Lodi in Delhi, India, is completed - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/julia-who/ Mon, 24 Jul 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/julia-who/ This time the female name in First Names First is Juliana, and along with it Julianna and Julianne. So, take your pick, and find some inspiring stories behind the names. Give this a couple of minutes – for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them! Juliana Berners* nun/writer on heraldry, hawking and hunting – England (1388) Juliana of Stolberg* the mother of William the Silent – Stolberg, Saxony-Anhalt (1580/74) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-munich/ Thu, 20 Jul 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-munich/ Munich - München in German - is our city this time around in Streets and Squares. The capital and most populous city of the Free State of Bavaria in southern Germany. As always, clicking on the address will take you to Google Maps, and clicking on the name to Wikipedia. And here’s first some German for you: Brücke (bridge) - Platz (square) - Straße (street) class=“streetsign-holland” - StreetView - Wiki https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1532/ Sun, 16 Jul 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1532/ In the year 1532, São Vicente is established as the first permanent Portuguese settlement in Brazil (Jan 22), Atahualpa wins the civil war in the Inca Empire, defeating his brother, shortly before (Apr) the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro lands on the northern coast of Peru (May 13) and captures him in Cajamarca (Nov 16), Niccolò Machiavellis The Prince is published posthumously, and the Paris Parlement arrests the city’s beggars and force them to work in the sewers, chained together in pairs - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1239/ Wed, 12 Jul 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1239/ The Crusader States around 1240-1241. Map credit: Ziegelbrenner In the year 1239, Pereyaslavl in Kievan Rus’ is sacked by the Mongols (Mar), the Hungarian king Béla IV allows some 40,000 Cumans (pagan nomads fleeing the Mongols) to settle in Hungary after their leader has promised to convert to Christianity (autumn), a Crusader force under King Theobald I of Navarre arrives at Acre where plans are made to prepare an expedition against the Ayyubids in Egypt (Sep 1) the Kievan Rus’ town Chernigov is attacked and pillaged by the Mongols (Oct 18), the Crusader army led by Henry of Bar is defeated by the Egyptians near Gaza (Nov 13) – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/julian-who/ Mon, 10 Jul 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/julian-who/ Another one in the series First Names First! The male name Julian! Why not pick one of the names here, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about the person, and to see what if anything he could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. Lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us – let them! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/chocolate-makers/ Fri, 07 Jul 2023 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/chocolate-makers/ Marabou Symphony Chocolate! Oh that wonderful product that leaves our tastebuds craving for more! That notoriously calorie rich sweet that many of us love, especially in the cooler seasons when it will not risk melting, save in our hands, and mouths! So let’s celebrate it on this World Chocolate Day here in Journeys of Life as well by shedding some light on the makers of this treat! Cocoa - the basis of chocolate - has been around for ages. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1511/ Sun, 02 Jul 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1511/ The Strait of Malacca (in red, in today’s Malaysia), the vital sea passage between China and India In the year 1511, Portugal conquers Malacca - the first city in Southeast Asia to be taken by a Western nation - and gains control over the Strait of Malacca through which all sea-going trade between China and India is concentrated (Aug 15), the Treaty of Westminster creates an alliance between Henry VIII of England and Ferdinand II of Aragon against France (Nov), Diego Velázquez and Hernán Cortés conquer Cuba, the first black slaves arrive in Colombia, the Spanish conquest of Yucatán begins - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-51/ Thu, 29 Jun 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-51/ This time in Language day we embark on an imaginery journey through languages. We introduce one word in one language, and try to find the same word in another language, but meaning something else. We are looking for short stories of linguistic coincidences! When a Greek learns the Finnish word for thank you, Kiitos, he might be thinking of a whale - for that’s what whale is in Greek (although they do say φάλαινα as well). https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1473/ Tue, 27 Jun 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1473/ Construction of town walls in Celje (in today’s Slovenia) were started in 1450 and finished in 1473 In the year 1473, Leonardo da Vinci signs his drawing Landscape with a river, described as the first example of a pure landscape depiction in European art (Aug 5), Axayacatl, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan, invades the territory of the neighboring Aztec city of Tlatelolco, the city walls and defensive moat are built in Celje, Duchy of Styria, extreme heat causes the Danube to dry out in parts of Europe - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/felicia-who/ Sat, 24 Jun 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/felicia-who/ Two weeks ago we had here in First Names First the male name Felix, so today’s female name is Felicia! It derives from the Latin adjective felix, meaning “happy, lucky” (and in the neuter plural form felicia it literally means “happy things”). So, take your pick, and find some inspiring stories behind the names. Give this a couple of minutes – for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/als/ Wed, 21 Jun 2023 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/als/ This figure is from the journal article “Modelling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: progress and possibilities” and shows ten proposed disease mechanisms for ALS. Source: http://dmm.biologists.org/content/10/5/537 Did you know that today is the Global ALS Awareness Day? Celebrated every year on June 21st, by the International Alliance of ALS/MND Associations. A day of recognition of ALS/MND – a disease that affects people in every country around the globe. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - ALS for short - is a vile disease. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-fussen/ Tue, 20 Jun 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-fussen/ After Bangor last month, another smaller city in these Streets & Squares. The lovely German city of Füssen, situated one kilometer from the Austrian border in Bavaria, along the River Lech that starts at the nearby Forggensee and ends up far away in Formarinsee in Eastern Austria. This town is known more than anything else for its castles, one of which you see pictured here - the Neuschwanstein Castle - very familiar to many for us from the world of Disney. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/cleaning-smells-with-plants/ Sun, 18 Jun 2023 19:08:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/cleaning-smells-with-plants/ Spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum) Journeys of Life is about the lives of people, any people. Most of us would love to tread that journey - however short or long it is - in a healthy environment. But sometimes it is made hard for us. How many of you know that plants that beautify our homes, offices and other public places, can also help us get rid of bad smells? Like that cigarette smell left by the previous resident or your friendly neighbor? https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1534/ Sun, 18 Jun 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1534/ In the year 1534, Jacques Cartier explores Newfoundland, while searching for the Northwest Passage (May 10), Copenhagen opens its gates to the army of Lübeck and the Hanseatic League (Jun 23), leading the Danish nobility to recognize Christian III as King (Jul 4), over 200 Spanish settlers found what becomes Quito, Ecuador (Dec 4), Martin Luther’s translation of the complete Christian Bible into German is printed in Wittenberg, the first book in Yiddish is printed, translating difficult phrases in biblical Hebrew, the Ottoman army captures the city of Baghdad from the Safavids – and all these fine people were born: 1534-xxxx Lodovico Agostini* Italian priest/ singer/composer - Ferrara (1590/c. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1533/ Wed, 14 Jun 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1533/ Atahualpa (c.1502-1533), the last effective Inca emperor In the year 1533, King Henry VIII of England formally but secretly marries Anne Boleyn who becomes his second queen consort (Jan 25), and his marriage with Catherine of Aragon is declared annulled, not by the Pope though (May 23), Henry VIII is excommunicated by Pope Clement VII (Jul 11), the last effective Inca Emperor Atahualpa is executed at the orders of the Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro (Jul 26), Pizarro arrives in Cusco, Peru (Nov 15) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/felix-who/ Sat, 10 Jun 2023 20:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/felix-who/ This time in our series First Names First we have Felix! Below is a chronological list of some of the men born with that name. Pick one and then follow the Wikipedia link to read about these men, and to see what if anything they could contribute your life with. Give a couple of minutes of your life to this. Lives lived all have something to tell us – let them! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1523/ Tue, 06 Jun 2023 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1523/ June 6th is the Swedish National Day In the year 1523, Christian II is forced to abdicate as King of Denmark and Norway (Jan 20), Gustav Eriksson is crowned King Gustav Vasa of Sweden, whereby Kalmar Union is no more - and the modern Swedish nation is thus established, exactly 500 years ago today (Jun 6), Jan van Essen and Hendrik Vos, burned at the stake by Roman Catholic authorities in Brussels, become the first Flemish Lutheran martyrs (Jul 1), Chinese navy captures two Western ships whose cannons are later copied by them - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-50/ Mon, 29 May 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-50/ This is the 50th Language Day article, and what better way to celebrate it than do it in honor of Tina Turner who passed away five days ago! We presents here the widely known three words of the song The Best - absolutely one of her most memorable melodies - in all the languages we have here. Kurdish is in for the first time. The song was originally performed by the Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler, but it was Tina who made it a worldwide hit in 1989, and it has never diminished in appeal since then. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/new-sole-survivor/ Sat, 27 May 2023 08:41:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/new-sole-survivor/ So Survivor season 44 is behind us, and we have a new sole Survivor! Which we will not reveal here, of course, but he or she as well as all the other Sole Survivors are all listed in our Survivor Winners article that is being updated as each season has come to its end. So go and have a look at the winners - where they are from, who are the two 2-time winners, and which birth month has the most winners. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/pam-who/ Wed, 24 May 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/pam-who/ This is one in the series of articles titled “First Names First” and it is all for pure entertainment! We present a chronological list of persons with their first name here, and your task is to pick one. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-the-1200s/ Mon, 22 May 2023 19:05:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-the-1200s/ Coat of Arms of the University of Paris After touring an army through Aquitaine in the Kingdom of France, to assert his right to it, King John of England marries 12-year-old Isabella of Angoulême at Bordeaux, probably in order to strengthen his hold of that part of France (Aug 24), the Iroquois tribe invade modern-day Ohio from the north, the University of Paris receives its charter, the Mongols defeat Northern China - and all these fine people were born (adding a few as we go along): https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-bangor/ Sat, 20 May 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-bangor/ Steven King House in Bangor, Maine It is time again in Streets & Squares for a U.S. city (January, May and September ). This time a slighly smaller one, namely Bangor in Penobscot County, Maine, situated by the Penobscot River. Founded as Kendeskeag Plantation in 1791 and incorporated as a town in 1834. Bowdoin Street - James Bowdoin II (1726-1790) was a politician and American Revolutionary leader, shaper of the public opinion in the colonies. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1524/ Mon, 15 May 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1524/ The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge between Staten Island and Brooklyn, opened for traffic in 1964, was named in honor of the Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazano In the year 1524, the Florentine explorer Giovanni da Verrazano’s expedition makes landfall in Cape Fear (March) and sights later as the first Europeans the island of Manhattan (April), the Swiss physician Paracelsus visits Salzburg (summer), Protestant theologians Martin Luther and Andreas Karlstadt dispute at Jena (Aug), the Spanish conquistador Francisco Hernandez de Cordoba founds the city of Granada, Nicaragua, the oldest Hispanic city in the mainland of the Western Hemisphere (Dec 8) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/carlos-who/ Wed, 10 May 2023 20:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/carlos-who/ The name this time around in our series First Names First will be Carlos! The Spanish form of Carl. Why not pick one of the names below, follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Give a couple of minutes to this for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/firefly-lane/ Thu, 04 May 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/firefly-lane/ The picture here shows you the audio book version of the novel Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah. But you will guaranteed get more out of that great novel by watching the dramatized miniseries of it on Netflix, with the same title. The story takes place over the course of decades, and follows two lifelong best friends—Tallulah, or “Tully,” and Kate—beginning with their childhood on Firefly Lane. Down below we have gathered for you the cast of Firefly Lane, the actors and actresses appear here in cronological order. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/frances-who/ Mon, 24 Apr 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/frances-who/ Two weeks ago we had here in First Names First the male name Francis, so today’s female name is - you guessed right! - Frances! It can be a [male](http://1998-0120 Frances Tiafoe* tennis player – Hyattsville, MD USA) name too, but here we only consider the female ones. So, take your pick, and find some inspiring stories behind the names. Give this a couple of minutes – for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-6th-century/ Sun, 23 Apr 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-6th-century/ The Songyue Pagoda in Henan province in China, completed in 523 These years are so far back in time that they do not necessarily give much to you as genealogists. But it is a chance to have a quick look at this century, and to see who was born between 501 and 600. This will later on be divided into decades, with links appearing then here below. Exact dates of birth are hardly ever known (that xxxx after a year indicate a possible month and birth) here, and “aby” stands for approximate birth year. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-quito/ Thu, 20 Apr 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-quito/ This is part in the article series Streets and Squares that provide some background information on street signs around the world. It is a fun way to learn about the history and culture of the cities you visit or even live in! This time we target Quito, the capital city of Equador, South America. There are quite a few eponymous streets – and squares in Quito. The word eponymous means – in case you didn’t know it already – (of a thing) “named after a particular person or group” or (of a person) “giving their name to something”. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/genealogy-numbers/ Tue, 18 Apr 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/genealogy-numbers/ As you start researching into your family history, you quite soon come to realize the vastness of the task. The numbers keep doubling up as we move backwards in time. Starting with two parents, we would end up literally with thousands of forefathers and -mothers. But luckily we never need to deal with all of that data as most of us know only of a few generations backwards. Nevertheless, let’s look at some of these figures. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-7th-century/ Fri, 14 Apr 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-7th-century/ Arabs leaving a mosque in Tunis (image credit to the Detroit Publishing Company) The 7th century is a time of great turmoil. The rise of Islamic power drastically changes much of the Western Hemisphere, with the Byzantine Empire unable to prevent the new enemy from taking much of their land.The spread of Islam and the Muslim conquests begin with the unification of Arabia by Muhammad starting in 622. In the Iberian Peninsula, the 7th century was known as the Siglo de Concilios (century of councils), and in England, Northumbria established dominance in the British Isles from Mercia. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/francis-who/ Wed, 12 Apr 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/francis-who/ The name this time around in our series First Names First will be Francis! There is a separate article here for people mainly known as Frank, the short form of Francis. This name has always been a very popular name, but do you know which Francis we have in the picture? Pick one of the names below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he could contribute your life with. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/occupations-3/ Sat, 08 Apr 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/occupations-3/ Here is one more unusual occupation for you: prompter ! The exclamation mark there is a bit of a contradiction because a prompter is someone who is not supposed to make much noise at all, but remain in the background. Or, in this case, usually, in the foreground, as their job is to prompt or cue actors and actresses when they forget their lines. Or when they neglect to move on the stage to where they are supposed to be situated. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1541/ Tue, 04 Apr 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1541/ World Globe by Gerardus Mercator. Made in 1541 in Leuven, Belgium. Picture credit [Paul Hermans](http://Paul Hermans) In the year 1541, Santiago del Nuevo Extremo, the future capital of Chile, is founded (Feb 12), after three years of exile, John Calvin returns to Geneva to reform the church under a body of doctrine that comes to be known as Calvinism (Sep 13), Iceland adopts the Lutheran faith, the Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator makes his first globe - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-45/ Sat, 01 Apr 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-45/ Time for another great quote! This one is precise and to the point: “Get busy living or get busy dying." There is no time to waste for life is short, right? No matter how many lives we live. The choice - for all free people - is always there to make: whether to live, really live, the life that we were bestowed, and make the best out of it - minus the eventual lapses and mistakes that we all inevitably make. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-49-2/ Wed, 29 Mar 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-49-2/ Let’s have something really fun this time around in Language Day! Winter turning into spring (in the Northern hemisphere), and while there is still snow - and even ice - on the ground in some northern countries, we are seeing more and more of the so pleasantly warming sun, and welcoming the spring once again. But we can still muster a few snowballs, and maybe try to with one of them hit an oak tree that in a few weeks will be getting leaves, and acorns for squirrels to pick up and eat, and store. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1333/ Mon, 27 Mar 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1333/ In the year 1333, forces loyal to Emperor Go-Daigo enter and destroy the city of Kamakura - thus ends the Kamakura period, and the Kenmu Restoration begins (May 18), King Edward III of England seizes the Isle of Man from Scottish control (Jun 8), Alhambra is converted into a royal palace by Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada - and all these fine people were born: 1333-xxxx Jacques de Hemricourt* mayor of Liège/chronicler of the nobility of Hesbaye - Liege (1403/c. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/edith-who/ Fri, 24 Mar 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/edith-who/ Edith is the name this time around in our series First Names First! A pretty common name in the latter part of the 19th century, seems like. Why not pick one of the Ediths that you see below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Give a couple of minutes to this for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1544/ Wed, 22 Mar 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1544/ In the year 1544, the estates of Sweden swear loyalty to King Gustav Vasa and to his heirs, ending the traditional electoral monarchy in Sweden (Jan 13), French forces defeat forces of the Holy Roman Empire near Turin (Apr 11), Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, again invades eastern France (May), Mongols burn the suburbs of Peking, Portuguese explorers encounter the island of Taiwan, and call it Ilha Formosa (“Beautiful Island”), rats make their first appearance in North America - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-brussels/ Mon, 20 Mar 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-brussels/ The Atomium in Brussels This article in our article series Streets & Squares is about Brussels. The capital of Belgium, and also the center of the world’s attention, being de facto capital of the European Union. Because of this, its name is sometimes used metonymically to describe the EU and its institutions.The secretariat of the Benelux and the headquarters of NATO are also located in Brussels. Brussels was historically Dutch-speaking (using the Brabantian dialect), but over the two past centuries French has become the predominant language of the city. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1546/ Fri, 17 Mar 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1546/ In the year 1546, Trinity College in Cambridge is founded by Henry VIII of England (Dec 19), Michelangelo is made chief architect of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, the Spanish conquest of Yucatán is completed , Antonio Musa Brassavola of Ferrara publishes the first definitely recorded successful tracheostomy - and all these fine people were born: 1546-xxxx Sancho Dávila Toledo* bishop – Ávila, Old Castile (1625/79) 1546-0127 Joachim Frederick* (House of Hohenzollern) Elector of Brandenburg - Cölln, Margraviate of Brandenburg (1608/62) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/u-s-television-hosts/ Tue, 14 Mar 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/u-s-television-hosts/ Talk shows are an interesting piece of television, and there are of course thousands of them across the globe. Here you have some of the major American talk shows, and more specifically, the hosts and hostesses of those shows. Many of them worked with something else originally before embarking on their careers as talk show hosts. Such as in the fields of acting, journalism, law, literature, macadamia farming, psychology, stand-up comedy, and television production. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1266/ Sun, 12 Mar 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1266/ Outer Hebrides In the year 1266, the Moors yield Murcia to King James I of Aragon (Jan 31), peace settlement between Scotland and Norway results in the Outer Hebrides and Isle of Man being ceded to Scotland, and Scotland acknowledging Norwegian sovereignty over Shetland and Orkney (Jul 2), Niccolo and Maffeo Polo, father and uncle of Marco Polo, reach the Mongol capital Khanbaliq (modern-day Beijing], setting the stage for Marco’s famous expedition 5 years later, in the modern-day United States, a decades long period of drought begins in the Four Corners Region, putting an end to the ancient Puebloans Civilization - and all these fine people were born (as indicated by the xxxx after the year, none of the birthdates here are certain, but let’s go with this): https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/edward-who/ Fri, 10 Mar 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/edward-who/ The name this time around in our series First Names First will be Edward! Ed, the short form of Edward, will be given later on for men exclusively known as Ed. Why not pick one of these Edwards here below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Give a couple of minutes to this for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/main-events-births/ Tue, 07 Mar 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/main-events-births/ Every now and then, you get to hear the question: where were you when… a critical /major event in human history - happened? And you wind back and might remember too, where you were for example when United States Capitol attack took place, on January 6th, 2021. But let us look at this much further back, and in an altogether different way. Let’s see who was born on the same day that some major event in the world occurred. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1543/ Mon, 06 Mar 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1543/ The Lighthouse of Genoa In the year 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus publishes On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres, offering mathematical arguments for the existence of the heliocentric universe, and dies shorty after (May), King Henry VIII of England gets married for the sixth and last time (Catherine Parr), with princess Elizabeth attending the wedding (Jul 12), Mary Stuart is crowned the Queen of Scots at nine months old (Sep 9), the Lighthouse of Genoa is completed in present form, Mikael Agricola publishes his first book, Abckiria - the first book that was published in the Finnish language - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1550/ Fri, 03 Mar 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1550/ In the year 1550, Helsinki, the future capital of Finland, is founded by Gustav Vasa (Jun 12), chocolate is introduced to Europe (Jul 7), the first grammatical description of the French language is published by Louis Maigret, Nostradamus' first almanac is written (1550) - and all these fine people were born: 1550-xxxx William Barentsz* Dutch navigator/ cartogapher/Arctic explorer (Barents Sea) - Terscheling, Seventeen Provinces (1597/c.47) 1550-xxxx Matti Heikinpoika Seppälä** Finnish farmer/father of Jooseppi Matinpoika Seppälä - Sweden-Finland (after 1598) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/your-20th-century-list/ Wed, 01 Mar 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/your-20th-century-list/ If we were to pick people born during the 20th century - not relatives, but (other) public figures - that we most follow, respect, adore, look up to etc, it would most certainly, more than anything else, reflect who we ourselves are as people. Our choices would reflect our interests in life, our values, our likings, our origin. And no one list would look the same, but they would all differ depending on the aforementioned differentials. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-48/ Tue, 28 Feb 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-48/ Every fourth year we have the Summer Olympics. Which happens to always be the same year that the leap year occurs. So, next one will be in 2024, then 2028, and so on. For those of us who are into sports, it is an easy memory rule, easy to remember. But would you know how to say leap year in some other language? Or leap day? Let’s take here the word Leap Day, and then the sentence: I was born on a leap day. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/jigidi/ Sun, 26 Feb 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/jigidi/ If you are one of those people who enjoy making jigsaw puzzles, then here is one word for you: Jigidi. An online puzzle producing company created in Denmark in 2007. A family-owned business, run by Magnus and Mette. In the beginning it had of course just a few active users, but it has grown a lot since those days. Maybe something for you as well? Let’s hear what the creators say about this plentiful site: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/one-day-in-the-life-of-betty-lou-oliver/ Sat, 25 Feb 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/one-day-in-the-life-of-betty-lou-oliver/ Betty Lou Oliver, who had recently turned twenty, was working as an elevator operator for the Empire State Building that fateful day July 28, 1945. She was on the 80th story as a B-25, piloted by Captain William Smith, was heading straight for the building through the heavy fog over New York. At the time, the Empire State Building was the tallest in the world. The plane would crash into the 79th floor, one floor from where Betty was at that moment. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/marcia-who/ Fri, 24 Feb 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/marcia-who/ Marcia is the name this time around in our series First Names First! A very common name in the 1940s seems like. Why not pick one of the Marcias that you see below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Give a couple of minutes to this for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/find-a-grave/ Wed, 22 Feb 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/find-a-grave/ There is an online service that this site has found very helpful, but which many of you might be pretty unfamiliar with. Namely Find a Grave. With literally millions of cemetary records! Now, some of you might find it distasteful and/or uninteresting to even write/read about this, but the fact is that we all die, and the millions of people who have died before us have left a mark of some sort behind them - memories, inventions, books written, companies started, places named after them - descendants born. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-lima/ Mon, 20 Feb 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-lima/ Today Streets & Squares takes you to Lima, the capital and largest city of Peru. As always in Streets & Squares, clicking on the address links leads you to Google Maps, and clicking on the names to the person’s Wikipedia page. AVENIDA INCA GARCILASO DE LA VEGA - Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (1539-1616) was born as Gómez Suárez de Figueroa, son of a Spanish conquistador and an Inca noblewoman. He was a chronicler and writer who is known primarily for his chronicles of Inca history, culture, and society. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1551/ Sun, 19 Feb 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1551/ In the year 1551, the first officially established university in the Americas, the National University of San Marcos, is founded in Lima (May 12), Ottoman Turks and Barbary pirates invade the island of Gozo (Malta), enslave all inhabitants and transport them to the modern-day Libya (Jul), the Siege of Tripoli ends as the Knights of Malta surrender the town to the Ottoman Empire (Aug 15), Portugal founds a sugar colony at Bahia - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1554/ Thu, 16 Feb 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1554/ Saint Basil’s Cathedral, built on orders from Ivan the Terrible, commemorating the capture of Kazan and Astrakhan In the year 1554, São Paulo in Brazil is founded (Jan 25), after claiming the throne of England the previous year, Lady Jane Grey is beheaded for treason (Feb 12 ), the future queen, Princess Elizabeth, is imprisoned in the Tower of London (Mar 18), Queen Mary I of England marries King Philip of Naples (Jul 23), Mikael Agricola becomes the bishop of Turku, work begins on Saint Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-the-1260s/ Wed, 15 Feb 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-the-1260s/ In the year 1260, Kublai Khan becomes a claimant to the Mongol Empire, after the death of Möngke Khan (May 5), the Cathedral of Chartres is dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France (Oct 24), Croatia is divided into two sub-regions by King Béla IV of Hungary, the Japanese Shōgen era ends, and the Bun’ō era begins, and the German musical theorist Franco of Cologne advances a new theory of musical notation, in which the length of a musical note is denoted by the shape of that note, a system still used today. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/names-behind-names/ Sun, 12 Feb 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/names-behind-names/ Ever wondered who is behind the product you just bought? Or behind the company, disease, phenomenon? Well, wonder no more for here you have a long list of eponymous products, concepts, hotel chains, etc that bear the name of their creator, founder or co-founder, or what not. The companies shown here are given with either their original or more popular names. You see the date of foundation - if known - in brackets. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/mark-who/ Fri, 10 Feb 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/mark-who/ Mark is the name this time around in our series First Names First! A very common male name, and a form of the name Marcus (click here for that name). It is related to the Latin word Mars, meaning “consecrated to the god Mars”, and also may mean “God of war” or “to be warlike”. Below is a chronological list of some of them. Pick one name, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about the person, and see what if anything he could contribute your life with. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/empty-spaces/ Tue, 07 Feb 2023 12:56:32 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/empty-spaces/ If you are a frequent reader of the year files here in Journeys of Life, you may have noticed that there is an increasing number of empty spaces in many of the files. Dates with no names after them. This serves two purposes. Firstly, it makes editing easier when adding new entries. Secondly - and a far more important purpose - it gives you a reminder that you as a reader (and hopefully a patreon) can always fill those empty places with your own relatives and ancestors, to any of the years that we have here (which is quite a few). https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1556/ Mon, 06 Feb 2023 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1556/ In the year 1556, Swedish forces are victorious in the Russian attack on Viborg (Jan), the deadliest earthquake on record occurs in Ming dynasty (Jan 23), the Archbishop of Canterbury is burned at the stake for treason (Mar 21) Queen Mary I of England (Bloody Mary) starts the Plantations of Ireland, the earliest attempt at systematic ethnic cleansing in Ireland, Ivan the Terrible conquers Astrakhan, thus opening the Volga River to Russian traffic and trade - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-47/ Sun, 29 Jan 2023 16:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-47/ Here is something that all our lives depend on. Love. We give you first the word in the languages below, and then for some of them a piece of music about love! Later on more songs will be added here, and you are very welcome to suggest one! CHINESE ?? 愛 Ài - DANISH ?? Kærlighed - DUTCH ?? Liefde - ENGLISH ????????????? Love - Dance Me to the End of Love (Leonard Cohen 1984) - Make You Feel My Love (Bob Dylan 1997, here performed by Adele) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/krista-who/ Tue, 24 Jan 2023 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/krista-who/ This time in First Names First the name will be Krista. A name that you can pick out in quite a few countries today. Why don’t you pick one of the names below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about the person, and see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. Lives lived have all something to tell us – let them! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-the-1280s/ Mon, 23 Jan 2023 10:57:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-the-1280s/ In the year 1280, troops of the Emirate of Granada defeat those of the Kingdom of Castile and Kingdom of León (Jun 23), King Magnus III of Sweden founds a Swedish nobility, by enacting a law accepting a contribution of a cavalry member in lieu of ordinary tax payments (Sep 27), the Ancestors of the Māori people from eastern Polynesia become the first human settlers of New Zealand - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-new-orleans/ Fri, 20 Jan 2023 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-new-orleans/ New Orleans - La Nouvelle-Orléans in French - is the city this time around in our monthly series Streets & Squares. It is one of the three U.S. cities that we present here this year. New Orleans is located along the Mississippi River in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of Louisiana. Founded in 1718 by French colonists, New Orleans was once the territorial capital of French Louisiana before becoming part of the United States in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1561/ Sun, 15 Jan 2023 23:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1561/ The celestial phenomenon over Nuremberg, as printed in an illustrated news notice in April 1561 In the year 1561, the citizens of Nuremberg see what appears to be an aerial battle, followed by the appearance of a large black triangular object and a large crash outside the city (Apr 14), the English astrologer Francis Coxe is pilloried in London for his involvement in “sinistral and divelysh artes” (Jun 25), Madrid is declared the capital of Spain (May 8), Saint Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow is finished (Jul 12) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1563/ Thu, 12 Jan 2023 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1563/ Council of Trent, painting in the Museo del Palazzo del Buonconsiglio in Trento In the year 1563, Sarsa Dengel succeeds his father Menas as Emperor of Ethiopia (Feb 1), bubonic plague breaks out in London, killing thousands (Jun), the Northern Seven Years' War begins as Denmark–Norway and the Free City of Lübeck declare war against Kingdom of Sweden (Aug 13), the Council of Trent (opened in 1545) officially closes, reaffirming all major Roman Catholic doctrines (Dec 4) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/kurt-who/ Tue, 10 Jan 2023 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/kurt-who/ Another piece in our series First Names First! This time about Kurt. Pick one of the names that you see below. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Give a couple of minutes to this for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. PS. The year of birth given in brackets. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1497/ Sun, 08 Jan 2023 16:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1497/ The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci, painted ca 1495-1498 In the year 1497, Amerigo Vespucci allegedly leaves Cádiz for his first voyage to the New World (May 10), Vasco da Gama’s fleet departs from Lisbon, beginning his expedition to India (Jul 8), King of Denmark defeats Sten Sture the Elder at the Battle of Rotebro in Sweden (Sep 28), the Dominican church Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, containing the mural of The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci, is completed – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-26/ Thu, 05 Jan 2023 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-26/ the term baker’s dozen has a pretty ancient origin? What we mean with it is any group of 13 (of baked products), i.e. a dozen plus one. But how did it come to be? It is thought to come from the former practice among bakers and other tradespeople in medieval England of giving 13 items to the dozen as a safeguard against penalties for short weights and measures. Thing is, you might even get a beating if your pieces of bread were too small. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1566/ Tue, 27 Dec 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1566/ Mimura Iechika (1517–1566) In the year 1566, one of the first gun assassinations in Japanese (if not world) history takes place as Mimura Iechika is shot dead (Endo Ma (Feb 24), the foundation stone of Valletta, the future capital city of Malta, is laid (Mar 28), the construction of the white marble bridge across the river Neretva at Mostar (in modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina) begins (Jul 19) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/ruth-who/ Sat, 24 Dec 2022 13:14:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/ruth-who/ This time in First Names First Ruth. Another biblical name like the one we had two weeks ago, Seth. Pick one of the names below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about the person, and see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. Lives lived have all something to tell us – let them! Ruth Gordon* actress /screenwriter/playwright – Quincy, MA USA (1896) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1508/ Thu, 22 Dec 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1508/ In the year 1508, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, attacks the Republic of Venice (Feb), Lebna Dengel succeeds his father Na’od as Emperor of Ethiopia (Aug), Michelangelo begins painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling in the Holy See of Rome (Dec), the Church of San Rocco in Venice is completed - and all these fine people were born: 1508-0217 Bernardo Salviati* Italian condottiero/Roman Catholic Cardinal - Florence, Republic of Florence (1568/60) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-ystad/ Tue, 20 Dec 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-ystad/ Time for a smaller city again. Namely Ystad in the county of Scania (Skåne in Swedish) in the southernmost part of Sweden. Some of the main industries of the town are trade, handicraft and tourism. Ystad is also the setting of the Swedish crime drama Wallander where the city layout becomes quite familiar. As always, clicking at the address will lead you to Google Maps, and clicking at the name to the person’s Wikipedia page. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1509/ Sun, 18 Dec 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1509/ An example of the golden ratio. Picture credit Tom Blackwell In the year 1509, the Kingdom of France declares war on the Republic of Venice (Apr 7), Henry VIII becomes King of England (Apr 21), and marries Catherine of Aragon, Luca Pacioli’s De divina proportione, concerning the golden ratio, is published in Venice, with illustrations by Leonardo da Vinci (Jun 11), Maximillian I orders all Jews within the Holy Roman Empire to destroy all books opposing Christianity (Aug 19), Erasmus writes his most famous work, In Praise of Folly - and all of these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1568/ Wed, 14 Dec 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1568/ William of Orange (1533-1584), leader of the Dutch Revolt against the Spanish Habsburgs In the year 1568, the Habsburgs agree to pay tribute to the Ottomans (Feb 17), Mary, Queen of Scots, flees to England (May 16), where she is arrested by Queen Elizabeth I (May 19), William I of Orange invades the southeastern Netherlands (Oct 5), the Palace of Charles V in Granada is completed - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1190s/ Mon, 12 Dec 2022 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1190s/ King Richard I, also known as Richard the Lionheart, reigned for close to ten years (1189-1999) As there is so little exact data of births this far back in time, we concentrate here on historical background information, for hobby historians and genealogists. There will be no individual posts of this decade. The Third Crusade (1189–1192) was an attempt by three European monarchs of the Western Christianity (Philip II of France, Richard I of England and Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor) to reconquer the Holy Land following the capture of Jerusalem by the Ayyubid sultan Saladin in 1187. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/seth-who/ Sat, 10 Dec 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/seth-who/ Another one in First Names First! A chronological list of persons with their first name here. Pick one, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and see what if anything he could contribute your life with. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. Lives lived have all something to tell us – let them! This time it is about the name Seth. A familiar name from the Bible, as the third son of Adam and Eve, and brother of Cain and Abel. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1526/ Mon, 05 Dec 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1526/ A product from the Beretta Gun Company: Beretta-92FS In the year 1526, the new Mughal emperor Babur begins the richest dynasty in the world, the Mughal Empire, which lasts until 1857 (Apr 21), the first complete printed translation of the New Testament into the English language by William Tyndale arrives in England from Germany (spring), Emperor Go-Nara ascends to the throne of Japan (Jun 9), gunsmith Bartolomeo Beretta establishes the Beretta Gun Company, one of the world’s oldest corporations, Spanish conquistadors led by Francisco Pizarro and his brothers first reach Inca territory in South America - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-46/ Tue, 29 Nov 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-46/ A road sign in the two official languages in Wales This time - a month late, sorry about that, but hopefully worth the wait - we concentrate in Language Day on the Welsh language. Well yn hwyrach na byth (see below!). A Celtic language of the Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Historically, it has also been known in English as British, Cambrian, and Cymric. It might also be of interest to know about the Welsh people. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/for-the-love-of-football/ Mon, 28 Nov 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/for-the-love-of-football/ Anyone interested in the fantastic team sports of football (yeah we know, Americans mean something else with it), would love to watch the matches between the qualified nations in the ongoing football tournament in Qatar. Either in television or live on the scene. But this time around - as perhaps four years ago in Russia - it is a big if whether that love exceeds the disgust for everything surrounding this otherwise marvellous and exciting tournament. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1547/ Sun, 27 Nov 2022 16:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1547/ King Henry VIII of England (1491-1547). Picture credit: Paris Orlando In the year 1547, Grand Duke Ivan IV of Muscovy becomes the first Tsar of Russia, to be known also as Ivan the Terrible (Jan 16), King Henry VIII of England dies in London (Jan 28), and Edward VI of England is crowned at Westminster Abbey (Feb 20), the Duchy of Brittany unites with the Kingdom of France (Aug 13), Yarmouth Castle on the Isle of Wight is completed, Huguenots increasingly immigrate to the English county of Kent, Edward VI of England outlaws execution by boiling - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/carly-who/ Thu, 24 Nov 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/carly-who/ This time in First Names First Carly, the female variant of the male name Carl. It is also a pet form of given names such as Carla and Caroline, which each will have their separate articles. So here we concentrate solely on Carly. Pick one of the names below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1505/ Wed, 23 Nov 2022 11:22:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1505/ Martin Luther by his friend who was struck by lightning. A painting by Ferdinand Pauwels (1830-1904) In the year 1505, Martin Luther, then 22, vows to become a monk in a moment of terror, due to a near lightning strike during a thunderstorm, near the village of Stotternheim (Jul 2), the Kalmar Bloodbath takes place in Kalmar, Sweden (Jul), Portuguese reach Colombo, Sri Lanka (1505), the construction of Archangel Cathedral in Moscow begins, Bermuda is discovered by the Spanish explorer Juan de Bermúdez - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-ilford/ Sun, 20 Nov 2022 12:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-ilford/ Exchange Shopping Center on Cranbrook Road The city of Ilford in Essex, England will be the center of attention in this month’s Streets and Squares that provide some interesting background information on street signs around the world. It is a fun way to learn about the history and culture of the cities you visit or even live in! Ilford is situated in East London, in the London Borough of Redbridge. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1562/ Thu, 17 Nov 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1562/ Jean Ribault (1520-1565), painting by Calvin Bryant In the year 1562, the Huguenot wars begin in France (Mar 1), the French navigator Jean Ribault lands in Florida, in search of colony locations for French Huguenot Christians fleeing persecution in France (May 1), Bishop of Yucatan burns the sacred books of the Maya (Jul 12), John Hawkins initiates the English trans-Atlantic slave trade, shipping slaves from Sierra Leone to Hispaniola in the Caribbean (Oct) – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1570/ Mon, 14 Nov 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1570/ Abraham Ortelius World Map Typvs Orbis Terrarvm In the year 1570, Ivan the Terrible begins the Massacre of Novgorod (Jan 9), the assassination of Scottish regent James Stewart plunges Scotland into civil war (Jan 23), Abraham Ortelius publishes the first modern atlas, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, in Antwerp (May 20), the Kingdom of Livonia is established (Jun 10), the Ottoman conquest of Cyprus begins (Jul 3), the oldest law firm in operation, Thomson Snell & Passmore, is founded in Kent, England (Jul 22) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-9th-century/ Fri, 11 Nov 2022 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-9th-century/ This page comprises the years 801 thru 900. It will later on be divided into decades, but not into individual years. Until then this is a century page. But even when it is divided into centuries, we will keep this age intact, for easier reading for these are years that interest many of us with the rich Viking history and beginnings of England. The birth dates of many of these people you see here are uncertain (even the years), while the time of death is naturally more widely known. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/carl-who/ Thu, 10 Nov 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/carl-who/ This time in First Names First the North German male name Carl, very popular throughout ages. Variants of it include the Spanish Carlos, Italian Carlo, French Carle, Swedish and German Karl, Finnish Kaarlo, among others. But here we concentrate only at Carl and Karl. Carl Gyllenhielm* soldier/politician – Sweden (1574) Carl Gustaf Wrangel* military commander/statesman – Uppsala, Sweden (1613) Carl Piper* nobleman/statesman – Stockholm, Sweden (1647) Carl Bonde* royal counselor/ambassador – Stockholm, Sweden (1648) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-the-1250s/ Sat, 05 Nov 2022 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-the-1250s/ In the year 1250, Erik Eriksson dies (Feb 2) and Birger Jarl’s eldest son Valdemar I becomes the new king of Sweden (Feb), King Louis IX of France is released by his Egyptian captors after paying a large ransom and turning over the port city Damietta (Apr 30), the Rialto Bridge in Venice is converted from a pontoon bridge to a permanent, raised wooden structure, the German scientist Albertus Magnus isolates the element arsenic as the 8th discovered metal - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1573/ Tue, 01 Nov 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1573/ SONY DSC In the year 1573, Takeda Shingen defeats Tokugawa Ieyasu in the Battle of Mikatagahara (Jan 25), the Ottoman–Venetian War ends by a peace treaty (Mar 25), Spanish forces under the Duke of Alva capture Haarlem (Jul 12), Oda Nobunaga drives Ashikaga Yoshiaki out of Kyoto, effectively destroying the Ashikaga shogunate, and ending the Muromachi and Sengoku periods (Aug 27), Spanish forces take Tunis (Oct), the Spanish silver trade to China begins, most of the silver confiscated in the New World in Southern America - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/olivia-who/ Mon, 24 Oct 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/olivia-who/ Last time here in First Names First we had Oliver, so today it is time for its female counterpart Olivia! It is derived from Latin oliva meaning peace. Pick one of the names below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. Lives lived have all something to tell us – let them! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-cardiff/ Thu, 20 Oct 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-cardiff/ Cardiff Castle from late 11th century Streets & Squares proudly presents Cardiff - the capital and also the largest city of Wales. It is the county town of the historic county of Glamorgan. English and Welsh are the official languages of Wales which can clearly be seen when traveling there. And what is also clearly evident is how different the two languages are. Welsh is the most vibrant of the Celtic languages in terms of active speakers. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1536/ Mon, 17 Oct 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1536/ Monument of Pedro de Mendoza in Buenos Aires. Photo courtesy: Barcex, CC BY-SA 3.0, In the year 1536, Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires (Feb 2), the Inquisition is implemented in Portugal (Apr 30), Anne Boleyn, second queen of Henry VIII of England, is arrested on the grounds of incest, adultery and treason (May 2), later executed, and Henry marries Jane Seymour (May 30), English Bible translator William Tyndale is burned at the stake in Vilvoorde, Flanders (Oct 6) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/oliver-who/ Mon, 10 Oct 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/oliver-who/ Time for another First Names First! Oliver is the name of today, and two weeks from now the female variant of it, Olivia. Why not pick one of the names below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and see what if anything he could contribute your life with. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. Lives lived have all something to tell us – let them! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/formula-1/ Sun, 09 Oct 2022 07:49:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/formula-1/ Fast driving with fast men! What do they have in common - those men that is? And some of the few women in the circuit? It takes a special type of person for sure to sit in that cockpit and make those rapid decisions between success and failure - and life and death. Here is a chronological list of all the Formula One World Champions: 1906-1030 Giuseppe Farina* from Turin, Piedmont, Kingdom of Italy (1966/59) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1417/ Tue, 04 Oct 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1417/ “Last Of Gas Lamps Of London”, painting by Guneet Kaur (2017) In the year 1417, King Henry V of England begins using English in correspondence, marking the beginning of the restoration of English as an official language for the first time since the Norman Conquest some 350 years earlier (Aug 12), Henry V of England captures Caen, Normandy, which remains in English hands until 1450 (Sep 20), the use of street lighting is first recorded in London when the mayor orders lanterns with lights to be hung out on the winter evenings between Hallowtide and Candlemas – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1538/ Mon, 03 Oct 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1538/ Portrait of Francisco Pizarro (1478-1541) by Amable-Paul Coutan, 1835 In the year 1538, the Kingdom of Hungary is divided between the future Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I and the Voivode of Transylvania, John Zápolya (Feb 24), the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro seizes Cusco in Peru (Apr 26), the Dissolution of the Monasteries in England goes on with the dissolution of the newly founded Bisham Abbey (Jun 19), Bogotá in Colombia is founded (Aug 6), Henry VIII of England is excommunicated from the Roman Catholic church (Dec 17) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-44/ Sat, 01 Oct 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-44/ Time for another quote! Things that people have uttered in a moment of elation, insight, inspiration, wisdom, despair – or any other emotion. Try to guess or remember first who said that, and if you don’t know, you’ll see who it was at the very end of this article. These pieces are there to lift your spirits, brighten your day, increase your tolerance of fellow human beings – or just give you a temporary relief from whatever you were doing a moment ago – or what is going around you. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-45/ Thu, 29 Sep 2022 16:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-45/ Living in these days of great uncertainty, let’s have again some uplifting topic here. The article on the Welsh language can wait. Why not have a few - foreign - words about Happiness? That thing that we all strive towards, in our own unique ways. That thing that we sometimes stumble upon. That thing that we can define in so many individual ways. In some languages the word “happiness” may also mean “luck”, in the same way that the word “unhappiness” may also denote accident. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/sport-climbing/ Tue, 27 Sep 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/sport-climbing/ Whether we know them as boulderers, lead climbers, rock climbers or speed climbers, they are all essentially sport climbers. They’ve been around for decades, but recently more so as sport climbing is a rapidly growing sport. Pretty fascinating to watch too, and these days a professional sport just like any other! Here is one good page on everything you need to know about sport climbing. And if you wanto to know a little bit about how do the climbers manage to take those impossible looking grips (! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/lesley-who/ Sat, 24 Sep 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/lesley-who/ Another one in First Names First! A chronological list of persons with their first name here. Pick one, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. Lives lived have all something to tell us – let them! This time it is about women with the first name Lesley! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1574/ Thu, 22 Sep 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1574/ La Alameda in Seville, Spain. Atop the two columns: Hercules, the mythological founder of Seville, and Julius Caesar, referred to as the restorer of Seville during Roman rule. In the year 1574, the fifth War of Religion against the Huguenots begins in France (Feb 23), King Henry of Poland becomes King Henry III of France (May 30), Manila is made the capital of the Spanish East Indies and of the Philippines, which the Spanish Empire would control for the next three centuries (Jun 10), a plot to assassinate John III of Sweden is discovered (Sep), Chinese and Japanese forces attack Manila (Nov 29), but lose there to the Spanish colonial forces, La Alameda in Seville is laid out as Europe’s first public garden - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-tampa/ Tue, 20 Sep 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-tampa/ Northward view from Harbour Island towards Downtown Tampa Today our series Streets & Squares takes us to Tampa in Hillsborough County on the Gulf Coast of Florida. This lovely city was originally called Tampa Town, but in 1855 the name was shortened to simply Tampa. Of course, we also know it as Tampa Bay, as it is surrounded by the bay area water. Well, let’s see who are the people behind the eponymous street signs of Tampa! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1303/ Sun, 18 Sep 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1303/ The Pharos of Alexandria. Coloured engraving, ca. 1804-1811. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence In the year 1303, the Scottish are victorious over the English in Roslin, part of the First War of Scottish Independence (Feb 24), the Treaty of Paris ends the Anglo-French War of 1294–1303 (May 20), and Gascony is restored to England (May 29), a major earthquake near Crete badly damages the Lighthouse of Alexandria in Egypt, one of the seven wonders of the world (Aug 8), the Avoirdupois system of weights (pounds & ounces) and measures is introduced to England and Wales – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1572/ Wed, 14 Sep 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1572/ Summer (1572) by Giuseppe Arcimboldo (at Denver Art Museum) In the year 1572, the Sea Beggars, Netherlandish Calvinist rebels, capture the port city of Brielle, leading to a wave of uprisings in Holland and Zeeland against Spanish Habsburg rule (Apr 1), the Spanish commander in the Netherlands begins the victorious Siege of Haarlem, with the resistance nonetheless taken as an heroic example by the Orangists (Dec), the Neo-Inca State in Vilcabamba, the last independent remnant of the Inca Empire, is conquered by Spain, Giuseppe Arcimboldo paints Summer - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/growing-taller/ Mon, 12 Sep 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/growing-taller/ Imagine if people kept on growing all their lives! Not just their hair, nails, and waistline - or intelligence. But their height! So that the older you got, the taller you would be. And all the younger folks would automatically have to, physically, look up to all their elders, whether or not they did that mentally. We would naturally have major problems to deal with as far as health, infrastructure and housing was concerned. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/leslie-who/ Sat, 10 Sep 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/leslie-who/ Another one in First Names First! A chronological list of persons with their first name here. Pick one, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and see what if anything he could contribute your life with. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. Lives lived have all something to tell us – let them! This time it is about the name Leslie/Lesley! These names are used by both men and women, but here we concentrate of course on the men with that name. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/street-walking/ Tue, 06 Sep 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/street-walking/ Have you ever entertained an idea of walking all the streets of your hometown? Sounds a bit crazy, yeah? But there are actually people who do just that - walk all the streets of their hometown. Hometown because it is of interest, and it takes a lot of time so you’d better live there too! Here is an article about a man, Matt Green, who walked all the streets of his hometown, New York City. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/city-flags/ Tue, 30 Aug 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/city-flags/ Streets & Squares - one of our regular article series here in Journeys of Life - is published every 20th of a month. So far it has been 44 times! We’ve written - from our own particular perspective - about cities around the globe, and more will follow. Every 20th of a month! Now, we will be adding - to the already existing articles and all the following ones - something that might interest some of you: namely the flag, the coat of arms or the logo of the city in question. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-44/ Mon, 29 Aug 2022 12:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-44/ Language Day celebrates L I F E - in these somewhat dismal times - big time! By rendering the word for it here in a few languages, and showing some titles of movies and videos (music in bold) where the word “Life” takes center stage. And, whenever possible, in the original language, and possibly even with the lyrics translated! The film links lead you mainly to Wikipedia, and the musical links to YouTube. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1576/ Fri, 26 Aug 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1576/ The Pagoda of Cishou Temple In the year 1576, Hungarian Transylvanian Prince Stephen Báthory is crowned king of Poland (May 1), English navigator Martin Frobisher sights Greenland (Jul 11), Mughal Empire annexes Bengal (Jul 12), Spanish soldiers sack Antwerp, nearly destroying it (Nov 4), James Burbage opens London’s first permanent public playhouse, The Theatre (Dec), the city of Laihia in Finland is founded, the Pagoda of Cishou Temple in Beijing is completed - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/chloe-who/ Wed, 24 Aug 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/chloe-who/ This time in our series First Names First it is all about Chloe! Here below is a chronological list of some of the women born with that name. Pick one and then follow the Wikipedia link to read about these women, and see what if anything they could contribute your life with. Give a couple of minutes of your life to this. Lives lived all have something to tell us – let them! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/womens-tennis/ Mon, 22 Aug 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/womens-tennis/ Serena Williams, one of the greatest - if not the greatest - female tennis players in history, recently announced that she would be ending her career this year. There are always new and interesting players coming in the arena of this great sport, always someone to cheer and follow. But Serena will be greatly missed. in honor of her, and all the other sporting women out there, here is a another Journey of Life list for you! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-palermo/ Sat, 20 Aug 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-palermo/ Cathedral Santa Vergine Maria Assunta in Palermo Streets & Squares visits this time Palermo, the Sicilian city with an extremely colorful history. The capital of Kingdom of Sicily (1130-1816), the capital and then a city in Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1816-1861), then a part of the Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) and now the Italian Republic. Some vocabulary: giardino (garden), via (streets) GIARDINO GARIBALDI - Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882) Italian general and nationalist who helped bring about the Kingdom of Italy. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1274/ Mon, 15 Aug 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1274/ A version of the Yellow badge. The 1274 edict in England required Jews to wear a yellow badge shaped like the Ten Commandments. In the year 1274, nine-year-old Dante Alighieri first sees the 8-year-old Beatrice, his lifelong muse, in Florence (May 1), Pope Gregory X convenes the Second Council of Lyon where a settlement between the Catholic and the Orthodox Church is agreed over several key issues (May 7), prince Edward returns from the Ninth Crusade, to be crowned king EdWard I of England (Aug 2), and one of his first acts is to require all Jews to wear yellow badges (Aug 22), Kublai Khan attempts to invade Japan (Nov 4), but much of the fleet is dashed on the rocks and destroyed by a great typhoon that the Japanese call kamikaze (Nov 19) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1528/ Fri, 12 Aug 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1528/ In the year 1528, Gustav I of Sweden is crowned king of Sweden (Jan 12), the French fleet crushes the Spanish squadron trying to run the blockade of Naples (Apr 28), Genoese admiral Andrea Doria defeats his former allies, the French, and establishes the independence of Genoa (Sep 12), Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca and his crew become the first known Europeans to set foot on the shores of today’s Texas (Nov 6), Spanish Conquistador Francisco de Montejo attempts an invasion of the Yucatán, but is driven out by the Maya peoples, Montenegro gains autonomy under Ottoman power - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/colin-who/ Wed, 10 Aug 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/colin-who/ Another one in First Names First! A chronological list of persons with their first name here. Pick one, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. Lives lived have all something to tell us – let them! This time it is all about Colin! Colin Campbell* co-founder of the Swedish East India Company – Edinburgh, Scotland (1686) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/sisters/ Sun, 07 Aug 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/sisters/ The Andrews Sisters. Maxene (top left), LaVerne (top right), and Patty (center) in October 1943 We have previously published an article here titled Oh Brother, which is about sets of brothers who rose to fame as actors, directors, musicians, politicians, what have you. Now, on the International Sisters Day - celebrated on every first Sunday of August - is time for a like-minded article about sisters! Here first is a quick look, for your convenience, at the names (especially useful when the list gets longer - as it will): https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1464/ Sat, 06 Aug 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1464/ Elizabeth Woodville (1437-1492), Queen of England (1464-1470 and 1471-1483) In the year 1464, Edward IV of England marries Elizabeth Woodville, keeping the marriage a secret for five months (May 1), England and Scotland sign a 15-year-truce (Jun 11), Christian I of Denmark and Norway is no more king of Sweden (Jun 23), and Charles VIII of Sweden is re-elected to the throne of Sweden (Aug 9), Tenguella, the founder of the Empire of Great Fulo in Western Africa, becomes chief of the Fula people, still one of the largest ethnic groups in the Sahel and West Africa - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-43/ Mon, 01 Aug 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-43/ Picture credit: Luc Latulippe Time for another quote! Things that people have uttered in a moment of elation, insight, inspiration, wisdom, despair – or any other emotion. Try to guess or remember first who said that, and if you don’t know, you’ll see who it was at the very end of this article. These pieces are there to lift your spirits, brighten your day, increase your tolerance of fellow human beings – or just give you a temporary relief from whatever you were doing a moment ago – or what is going around you. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1578/ Sun, 31 Jul 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1578/ Letters patent (still in use, this one from 1888) is a legal instrument issued by a monarch, president or other head of state granting an office, right, monopoly, title or status to a person or corporation. In the year 1578, Humphrey Gilbert is granted letters patent from the English crown to establish a colony in North America (Jun 11), Swedish forces defeat the Russians in Wenden (in today’s Latvia) and proceed to take Polotsk (in today’s Belarus) (Oct 21), Sonam Gyrso becomes the third Dalai Lama of Tibet, fur trade begins in Newfoundland in North America - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-43/ Fri, 29 Jul 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-43/ This time in Language Day we take on a more general approach to what it is to use a language, any language, in our daily lives. And we take on a specific item there, i.e. the simple expression “Language!” And the idea that it is a good idea to once in a while - and in some very specific circumstances - to check ourselves as speakers of a language. How do we express ourselves, how do we say things in ways that may be interpreted by others as offensive? https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1580/ Wed, 27 Jul 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1580/ In the year 1580, King Philip II of Spain becomes King of Portugal in a personal union of the two crowns, maintaining Portuguese independence (Mar 25), England signs a commercial treaty with the Ottoman Empire (Jun), Buenos Aires is founded (Jun 11), Francis Drake returns to England after circumnavigating the globe (Sep 26) - and all these fine people were born: 1580-xxxx Casper Caspersson Reiher Jr.* rich landowner/Mayor of Helsinki - Reval, Swedish Estonia (1621/c. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1582/ Tue, 26 Jul 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1582/ In the year 1582, Russia cedes its conquered areas in Livonia (Northern Latvia and Southern Estonia) to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Jan 15), Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian Calendar , and Thursday October 4 of Julian calendar becomes in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain Friday, October 15 of the Gregorian, skipping over 10 days (Oct 4-15), future English playwright William Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway (Nov 29) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/laura-who/ Sun, 24 Jul 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/laura-who/ This time in **First Names First **it is all about Laura! So, take your pick! Find some inspiring stories behind the names. Give this a couple of minutes – for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them! Laura Mancini* the eldest of the five Mancini sisters/part of the Mazarinettes at the court of Louis XIV of France – Rome, Papal States (1636) Laura Bassi* Italian physicist/academic/the first woman to have a doctorate in science – Bologna, Papal States (1711) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-visby/ Wed, 20 Jul 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-visby/ Uddens gränd in Visby, Gotland This time in Streets &Squares we visit Sweden, and the island of Gotland. And even more precisely the Hanseatic city Visby on the western shore of the island. Visby has been on the map since the 10th century. So, lots of history here, and we get right on it! But before that, perhaps you want to get to the feeling of it all with this video about the medieval Visby: Visby’s Last Stand https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1584/ Sat, 16 Jul 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1584/ Ivan the Terrible (1530-1584), Grand Prince of Moscow and the first Tsar of all Russia In the year 1584, Archangelsk in northern Russia is founded (Jan-Mar), Ivan the Terrible of Russia dies, and is succeeded by his son Feodor (Mar 28), the conflict between Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu culminates in the Battle of Nagakute (May 17), Roanoke Island is located by the British (Jun 4), the Siege of Antwerp by the Spanish begins (Jul), William I of Orange is assassinated (Jul 10) – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/larry-who/ Sun, 10 Jul 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/larry-who/ Another one in our series First Names First! Your “task” – should you accept it – is to pick one of the names below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about the person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Lives lived have all something to tell us – let them! This time it is all about Larry, derived from Lawrence or Laurence, but here about people mainly known as Larry! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1330s/ Sat, 09 Jul 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1330s/ Two sides of a half groat with portrait of King Edward III. Photo credit Numisantica In the year 1330, King Edward III of England starts his personal reign by executing the regent Roger Mortimer (Oct 19), the Wallachians (Romanians) defeat the Hungarians, thus getting closer to independence (Nov 12), the British Isles are hit by a great storm, creating large areas of sand dunes on Anglesey (Dec 6), the city of Kirkkonummi in Finland is founded, Riga Castle is founded by the Livonian Order – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1362/ Thu, 07 Jul 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1362/ St Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland. Founded in 1191 In the year 1362, King Haakon VI of Norway, son of Magnus IV of Sweden, proclaims himself king of Sweden in opposition to his father - later reconciled, they rule Sweden together (Feb 15), a fire destroys much of St Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin (Apr 6), England and Castile form an alliance (Jun 22), the Chancellor of England opens Parliament with a speech in English for the first time, English now the official language in law courts instead of French (Oct 13) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/every-minute-every-second/ Tue, 05 Jul 2022 12:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/every-minute-every-second/ As you walk through life, you get to hear a lot of sayings thought out and uttered by myriad of people throughout decades, centuries. Sayings like “history repeats itself”. Sayings that tell us that life goes on like it always does no matter what happens. With its compulsory variations depending on who we are, where we are, and when we are. But do you ever pause to think that every minute, and perhaps every second, all things possible are happening somewhere in the world? https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1557/ Mon, 04 Jul 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1557/ In the year 1557, Spanish forces launch a surprise attack against the indigenous Mapuche in present-day Chile (Apr 30), Mary I of England joins her husband Philip II of Spain in his war against France (Jun 7), Spain becomes bankrupt, throwing the German banking houses into chaos, the Portuguese settle permanently in Macau with the permission of the Ming dynasty government, the Welsh mathematician Robert Recorde publishes The Whetstone of Witte, containing the first recorded use of the equals sign and also the first use in English of plus and minus signs - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1581/ Fri, 01 Jul 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1581/ In the year 1581, the English Parliament outlaws Roman Catholicism (Jan 16), Francis Drake is knighted by Elizabeth I (Apr 4), the Northern Netherlands (Union of Utrecht) proclaim their independence from Spain (Jul 26), Russia begins the conquest of Siberia (summer), Sweden captures Narva from Russia (Sep), Finland, part of Sweden since 1154, becomes a Grand Duchy - and all these fine people were born: 1581-xxxx Robert Shirley* traveler/adventurer/helped to modernize the Persian army - Wye, Kent, England (1628/c. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-42/ Wed, 29 Jun 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-42/ This time in Language Day we concentrate in a very common item, in use all around the world - the pencil! The English word for it comes from Old French pincel, from Medieval Latin pincellus, and from Latin penicillus “painter’s brush, hair-pencil,” literally “little tail,” being diminutive of peniculus “brush,” itself a diminutive of penis “tail”. In 1565 a large deposit of graphite was discovered in England. Extremely pure and solid, it could easily be sawn into sticks. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/claire-who/ Fri, 24 Jun 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/claire-who/ As you may have noticed, we tend to pick each month here in the **First Names First **male and female names that both start with the same letter. We had Clint two weeks ago, now it’s time for Claire. So, take your pick! Find some inspiring stories behind the names. Give this a couple of minutes – for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them! Claire Waldoff* (b Clara Wortmann ) cabaret singer – Gelsenkirchen, Westphalia, German Empire (1884) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/smallville/ Wed, 22 Jun 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/smallville/ Tom Welling as Clark Kent/Kal-El The American television series Smallville, which is based on the DC Comics character Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, has delighted a new generation of audience in the streaming services. And the older generations too of course! The series premiered in October, 2001, and the finale of its tenth and final season was seen in the United States in May, 2011. So, it’s been a while, but the story itself never gets old. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-liverpool-comments/ Mon, 20 Jun 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-liverpool-comments/ Angela Field - Nov 1, 2024There are conflicting views as to the irigin of the name “Penny Lane”. And there are so many famous names of Liverpudlians not mentioned in that list. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-liverpool/ Mon, 20 Jun 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-liverpool/ This article in our article series Streets & Squares is about Liverpool, a coastal city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside in western England. In the 19th century, Liverpool was a major port of departure for English and Irish emigrants to North America. With the metropolitan area it has today a population of well over two million people. Besides the port, Liverpool is of course world famous for its ardent football supporters - and the Beatles! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1586/ Wed, 15 Jun 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1586/ Mary, Queen of Scots, at Madame Tussauds in London In the year 1586, the deposed and imprisoned Mary, Queen of Scots, recognizes Philip II of Spain as her heir (Jun 16), English explorer Thomas Cavendish begins the first deliberately planned circumnavigation of the globe (Jul 21), Mary, Queen of Scots, is placed on treason trial, and then sentenced to death (Oct 15-25), Flemish mathematician Simon Stevin publishes a study showing that two objects of different weight fall with the same speed – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/clint-who/ Fri, 10 Jun 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/clint-who/ This time in First Names First we will concentrate on the name Clint, often the short form of Clinton. So take your pick, and find some inspiring stories behind these names. Give this a couple of minutes – for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them! Only the year of birth given here. 1828-1208 Clinton B. Fisk* Temperance Movement leader – York, NY USA (1890/61) 1881-1022 Clinton Davisson* physicist/N – Bloomington, IL USA(1958/76) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1565/ Wed, 08 Jun 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1565/ Christ the Redeemer (1931) overlooking the city of Rio de Janeiro In the year 1565, Ivan the Terrible starts the repression of the aristocrats (Jan 3), the city of Rio de Janeiro is founded (Mar 1), St. Augustine in Florida is established, becoming the oldest surviving European settlement in the modern-day United States (Sep 8), the first recorded naval battle between Japan and the West is fought in Fukuda Bay (Oct 18), the pencil is first documented, and becomes common in England - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-five-timers-club/ Mon, 06 Jun 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-five-timers-club/ Those of you who watch regularly the Saturday Night Live are very familiar with this concept: the Five-Timers Club. An exclusive club for celebrity guest hosts that have hosted the show at least five times. A fun addition to great entertainment that we get to see on Saturdays - or any other day of the week if you so please. The Five-Timers Club has been around since the December 8, 1990 episode. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1537/ Mon, 30 May 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1537/ In the year 1537, Pope Paul III declares in his Sublimis Deus that the natives of the New World are rational beings with souls who mustn’t be enslaved or robbed (Jun 2), the Catholic rebellion in Norway ends with the Siege of Hamar (Jun 23), the Spanish conquistador Rodrigo Orgóñez occupies and sacks the Inca center of Vitcos, but Manco Inca Yupanqui escapes and establishes the independent Neo-Inca State (Jul), and the Spaniards bring the potato to Europe - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-41/ Sun, 29 May 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-41/ Three gypsy ladies in the 1930’s Helsinki You readers of Language Day have come to see that this article series can contain most anything to do with languages. The lingual possibilities are countless and how could it be otherwise - there are thousands of languages and nations in the world. This time in Language Day, we concentrate on the language spoken by the Romanis. And more precisely, Romanis living in Finland and Sweden. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1590/ Fri, 27 May 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1590/ In the year 1590, Henry IV of France unsuccessfully attempts to besiege Paris (May), Anne of Denmark is crowned queen consort of Scotland (May 17), two women are burned as witches after witch trials in Kronberg, Denmark (Sep) which prompts the North Berwick witch trials in Scotland, confessions extracted by torture in Old Tolbooth in Edinburgh (Dec 7), compound microscope is invented, Japan is united by Toyotomi Hideyoshi - and and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1504/ Thu, 26 May 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1504/ In the year 1504, Svante Nilsson is elected Regent of Sweden (Jan 21), Christopher Columbus uses his knowledge of a lunar eclipse this night, to convince the indigenous Jamaican people to provide him with supplies (Feb 29), Michelangelo’s sculpture of David is erected in Florence (Sep 8), Isabella of Castille dies, ending her patronage for Columbus (Nov 26), Venetian ambassadors suggest to Turkey the construction of a Suez Canal, Leonardo da Vinci and Niccolò Machiavelli become involved in a scheme to divert the Arno River, cutting the water supply to Pisa to force its surrender – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/abigail-who/ Tue, 24 May 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/abigail-who/ As you may have noticed, we tend to pick each month here in the First Names First male and female names that both start with the same letter. So as we had Abraham two weeks ago, it is now time forAbigail ! Often shortened as Abby. So, take your pick! Find some inspiring stories behind the names. Give this a couple of minutes – for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-houston/ Fri, 20 May 2022 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-houston/ This article in our article series Streets & Squares is about Houston, the most populous city of Texas, founded by land investors on August 30, 1836, and incorporated as a city the following year. It is named after General Sam Houston, who was also president of the Republic of Texas, having won Texas’s independence from Mexico. Let’s see who are the people behind the eponymous street signs of Houston! As always in Streets & Squares, clicking on the address links leads you to Google Maps, and clicking on the names to the person’s Wikipedia page. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/bc-births/ Tue, 17 May 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/bc-births/ The Great Wall of China. Several of its walls were built from as early as the 7th century BC Well, here you have the very ancient births. As they are all BC (before Christ) or as some of us would prefer, BCE (before Common Era), the list differs from the usual. It starts from the most distant births, and ends with those closest to our time. This page is being updated on an ongoing basis. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/abraham-who/ Tue, 10 May 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/abraham-who/ This time in **First Names First it is all aboutAbraham! **An archaic name still in use, and very popular in the 17th century. Often shortened as Abe. So take your pick, and find some inspiring stories behind the names. Give this a couple of minutes – for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them! Abraham Ortelius* Flemish cartographer/cosmographer/creator of the first modern atlas – Antwerp, Habsburg Netherlands (1527) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1337/ Tue, 03 May 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1337/ In the year 1337, Edward the Black Prince, age 6, establishes the Duchy of Cornwall, becoming the first English Duke (Mar 16), Philip VI of France confiscates Gascony on the French coast from English control (May 24), Edward III of England formally rejects Philip VI’s claim to the French throne, and thus begins the Hundred Years’ War (1337-1453) (Oct), slavery is forbidden in Sweden, the famine in China, which had lasted since 1332 and killed 6 million people, comes to an end - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-42/ Sun, 01 May 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-42/ Time for another quote! Things that people have uttered in a moment of elation, insight, inspiration, wisdom, despair – or any other emotion. Try to guess or remember first who said that, and if you don’t know, you’ll see who it was at the very end of this article. These pieces are there to lift your spirits, brighten your day, increase your tolerance of fellow human beings – or just give you a temporary relief from whatever you were doing a moment ago - or what is going around you. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-40/ Fri, 29 Apr 2022 13:23:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-40/ Bula bula! This time in Language Day we have a special treat for all you Survivor fans out there! Some titbits of the Fijian language! An Austronesian language of the Malayo-Polynesian family spoken by some 350,000–450,000 ethnic Fijians (i.e. less than half the population) as their first language, and as their second, some 200,000 more. The traditional Fijian language is made up of a number of dialects, with the official interpretation being Bau Fijian. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1506/ Tue, 26 Apr 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1506/ In the year 1506, the classical statue of Laocoön and His Sons is unearthed in Rome, and placed on public display in the Vatican a month later (Jan 14), the Swiss Guard arrives at the Vatican, to serve as permanent ceremonial and palace guards (Jan 22), Pope Julius II lays the foundation stone of the new St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome (Apr 18), the Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Tatars of the Crimean Khanate (Aug 6), Leonardo da Vinci completes the Mona Lisa (according to Louvre) – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/barbara-who/ Sun, 24 Apr 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/barbara-who/ This time in the **First Names First **we will have Barbara/Barbra ! So, take your pick and choose at least one of the names below to read more about the person ! Find some inspiring stories behind these names. Give this a couple of minutes – for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them! Barbara Fugger* German businesswoman/banker – Augsburg (1419) Barbara Strozzi (B) (b Valle) singer/composer – Venice, Republic of Venice (1619) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-basel/ Wed, 20 Apr 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-basel/ The city we go this time in Streets & Squares is Basel, a city in northwestern Switzerland on the river Rhine. The official language of Basel is German - the Swiss variety of Standard German. As always, clicking on the address links leads you to Google Maps, and clicking on the names to the person’s Wikipedia page. Achilles Bischoff-Strasse - Achilles Bishoff (1795-1867) was a politician born in Basel, Swiss Confederacy. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1517/ Sat, 16 Apr 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1517/ In the year 1517, Cairo is captured by the Ottoman Empire, and the Mamluk Sultanate falls (Feb 3), xenophobic riots break out in London (May 1), Egypt becomes a province of the Ottoman Empire (Aug 25), Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Castle Church, and thus begins the Reformation (Oct 31) - and all these fine people were born: 1517-0117 Antonio Scandello* Italian composer – Bergamo, Republic of Venice (1580/63) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1255/ Mon, 11 Apr 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1255/ Bourges Cathedral, completed in 1255 In the year 1255, Guelph forces under Thomas II of Savoy invade the Ghibelline territory of Asti in Northern Italy, but is defeated by the Astigiani army led by William VII at Garzigliana (Feb 25), Llywelyn ap Gruffudd becomes the sole ruler of northern Wales (Jun), (), the Teutonic Knights in Prussia found Königsberg (modern-day Kaliningrad) and name it in honour of King Ottokar II of Bohemia, the Gothic cathedral at Bourges (a future Unesco World Heritage Site) in central France is completed, and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/barry-who/ Sun, 10 Apr 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/barry-who/ This time in our series First Names First we have Barry ! Below is a chronological list of some of the men born with that name. Pick one and then follow the Wikipedia link to read about these men, and to see what if anything they could contribute your life with. Give a couple of minutes of your life to this. Lives lived all have something to tell us – let them! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1510/ Sat, 09 Apr 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1510/ In the year 1510, Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Goa (Feb 27), the Holy League defending the Italian states attacks the French-occupied Genoa (Jul), Goa becomes a Portuguese colony (Nov 23), the first pocket watch is built, sunflowers are brought to Europe - and all these fine people were born: 1510 -xxxxx Mikael Agricola* Finnish Lutheran clergyman/founder of literary Finnish/prominent proponent of the Protestant Reformation - Pernå, Finland, Sweden-Finland (1557/c. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1227/ Fri, 08 Apr 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1227/ The Amida Buddha Statue in Kamakura. Sōtō Zen is the largest of the three traditional sects of Zen in Japanese Buddhism. In the year 1227, the Livonian Brothers of the Sword conquer Danish Estonia, and Reval is given town rights under Riga law (Jan), King Valdemar II of Denmark is defeated in the Battle in Bornhöved, whereby the Danish border with the Holy Roman Empire is moved to the Eider River, in effect until 1806 (Jul 22), Genghis Khan dies in Western Xia (Aug 18), Grand Prince Yaroslav II leads a devastating attack from the Novgorod Republic on Baltic Finnic peoples called “Yem” (Häme in modern Finnish) in eastern Fennoscandia, the Japanese priest Dōgen Zenji leaves China, and goes on to introduce Sōtō Zen Buddhism into his native Japan - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1282/ Wed, 06 Apr 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1282/ In the year 1282, the attack of Dafydd ap Gruffydd at an English castle, later supported by his brother, leads to the final English conquest of Wales (Mar), the Sicilian Vespers begins against the rule of Angevin King Charles I of Sicily (Mar 30), Peter III of Aragon becomes King of Sicily (Sep 4), the technology of watermarks is introduced by paper manufacturers of Bologna, Archbishop of Canterbury orders all the synagogues of London to close, and forbids Jewish doctors from practicing on non-Jews - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-2021/ Mon, 04 Apr 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-2021/ In the year 2021, supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump attack the United States Capitol (Jan 6), the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases exceeds 100 million worldwide (Jan 26), NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter, part of the Mars 2020 mission, performs the first known powered flight on another planet (Apr 19), the 2020 Summer Olympics begin in Tokyo (Jul 23), the United States withdraws its last remaining troops from Afghanistan, ending 20 years of operations there (Aug 30), El Salvador becomes the first country in the world to accept Bitcoin as an official currency (Sep 7), the number of recorded deaths from COVID-19 surpasses 5 million (Nov 1), Russia’s anti-satellite weapon test creates a cloud of space debris (Nov 16) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1552/ Sun, 03 Apr 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1552/ Metz Cathedral in Metz, Lorraine, France In the year 1552, the privileges of the Hanseatic League are abolished in England (Feb 24), Metz Cathedral is consecrated (Apr 11), Ivan the Terrible conquers Khanate of Kazan (Oct 15), King Edward VI of England founds 35 grammar schools by royal charter, Bartolomeo Eustachi presents his discoveries in Tabulae anatomicae on the structure of the inner ear and heart (but the fear of the Inquisition delays its publication until 1714) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-41/ Fri, 01 Apr 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-41/ Reflections of sun in a drop. Photo credit Aakash Kumar Time for another great quote! We present here a famous or great quotation, and reveal at the end of the article who said that. This time it is all about love! So, who do you think said _Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier. _ We are all like walking suns. And even though some of us prefer to hide behind clouds - or are for a reason or another forced to do so - there is light within all of us. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1591/ Thu, 31 Mar 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1591/ The Rialto Bridge in Venice, Italy In the year 1591, Japanese tea-master Sen no Rikyū commits seppuku on the order of Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Apr 21), Ivan the Terrible’s son Tsarevich Dimitriis is found dead, perhaps murdered by his rival Boris Godunov who becomes tsar (May 15), the Portuguese invasion of Jaffna Kingdom in Sri Lanka begins (Oct 26), the Rialto Bridge in Venice is completed – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-39-2/ Tue, 29 Mar 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-39-2/ The previous Language Day was published exceptionally already on February 22nd due to the article on Kalevala taking precedence on the 28th, the National Kalevala Day in Finland. But now we are back on the 29th, and this time Language Day deals with a very current topic. War. Let us take an anti-war stance here as well. First the word for war, and then the sentence here below in a few languages. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1377/ Sun, 27 Mar 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1377/ The four suits of playing cards from the 14th century. Here the Trentine pattern, related to the Bergamo and Brescia patterns. In the year 1377, the 10-year old Richard II (grandson of Edward III) is crowned king of England (Jul 16), the Trezzo sull’Adda Bridge in Lombardy is completed, becoming the longest arch bridge in the world to be built for four centuries, Novgorod raids Ostrobothnia in Finland, Prince John of Castile issues prohibitions against card games, followed by the cities of Florence and Basel - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/questioning-questions/ Sat, 26 Mar 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/questioning-questions/ Most of us grow up thinking that a question deserves an answer. So we answer most questions - especially when we are kids - to the best of our ability, and possibly with a degree of politeness and kindness. And we expect the same favor returned to us - if we do ask. And so the conversations in our lives go on, with us posing questions, expecting ensuing answers, sharing experiences, coming up with deductions, commitments, new ideas, and so forth. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1569/ Fri, 25 Mar 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1569/ Old lottery tickets In the year 1569, the first recorded lottery in England is performed nonstop until May, with the proceeds going to public works (Jan 11), the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania become the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Jul 1), Siam becomes a vassal of Burma (Aug 2), three northern earls lead a unsuccessful rebellion against Queen Elizabeth I in an attempt to place Mary, Queen of Scots, on the English throne (Nov-Dec) – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/whitney-who/ Thu, 24 Mar 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/whitney-who/ First Names First has today as first name (more common as a last name though) Whitney which was a very popular name given to girls in the 1980s - even before the fame of Whitney Houston, but especially after that. Below is a chronological list of some of these women. Pick one name and then follow the Wikipedia link to read about them, and to see what if anything they could contribute your life with. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1594/ Tue, 22 Mar 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1594/ Equestrian portrait of Henry IV of France in Paris. Photo credit Jastrow In the year 1594, the Polish king Sigismund is crowned King of Sweden (Feb 19), Henry IV is crowned King of France after converting to Catholicism (Feb 27), Willem Barents makes his first voyage to the Arctic Ocean, in search of the Northeast Passage (Jun 5), the city of Groningen submits to Dutch troops, bringing the whole northern Netherlands under the Dutch Republic (Jul 22), Jesuits found St. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-kyiv/ Sun, 20 Mar 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-kyiv/ Independence Square in Kyiv, Ukraine The city we go to this time in Streets & Squares is Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. Previously also known by its Russian name Kiev, situated in the north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. A city that at the moment is the center of attention of the whole world. As always, clicking on the address links leads you to Google Maps, and clicking on the names to the person’s Wikipedia page. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/prepping-for-life/ Fri, 18 Mar 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/prepping-for-life/ Since years back it has been a popular pastime for some of us to check on YouTube for all sorts of survival and prepper videos. Preppers, i.e. people getting ready to live without societal support in times of disaster, are growing in numbers by the second. National and global events always trigger the escalation of prepping, but even when the times are calmer and seem more secure, and there really doesn’t seem to be a whole lot to worry about for the majority of us, prepping will always be something that people just do naturally. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1558/ Thu, 17 Mar 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1558/ In the year 1558, French troops take Calais, the last continental possession of the Kingdom of England (Jan 7), the Livonian War begins as the Russian tsar Ivan IV attacks Livonia (Jan 22), the city of Pori is founded on the shores of the Gulf of Bothnia (Mar 8), King Sigismund II Augustus appoints an Italian merchant to organise a consolidated postal service in Poland, the origin of Poczta Polska (Oct 17), the Elizabethan era begins in England as Catholic Queen Mary dies and is succeeded by her younger Protestant half-sister Elizabeth, who will rule for 44 years (Nov 17) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1596/ Tue, 15 Mar 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1596/ A traffic sign in Spitsbergen: “Applies to the whole of Svalbard” In the year 1596, the Dutch navigator Willem Barents begins his third and final Arctic voyage (May 18), Willem Barents discovers Spitsbergen (Jun 17), the German lay astronomer David Fabricius discovers Mira (Aug), Diego de Montemayor founds the city of Monterrey, Mexico (Sep 20), the Cudgel War begins in Finland, when poor peasants rise up against the Swedish troops, nobles and cavalry who taxed them (Nov 25), Elizabeth I of England decrees that all Africans should be removed from the British realm, in reaction to the food crisis - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1597/ Sun, 13 Mar 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1597/ Monument for Jaakko Ilkka, the Finnish leader in the Cudgel War (Nuijasota in Finnish, 1596-1597) in Ilmajoki, Finland. Photo credit to Antti Helin In the year 1597, Bali is discovered by the Dutch explorer Cornelis Houtman (Feb), the last battle of the Cudgel War is fought on the Santavuori Hill in Ilmajoki, Ostrobothnia (Feb 24), a Dutch expedition returns to Amsterdam after having successfully reached Java, breaking the Portuguese monopoly on Spice trade (Aug 14), Alchemia, a pioneering chemistry textbook, is published by the German polymath Andreas Libavius, Jacopo Peri writes Dafne, now recognised as the first opera - and all these fine people were born: 1597-0112 François Duquesnoy* Flemish Baroque sculptor/active in Rome - Brussels (1643/46) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/walter-who/ Thu, 10 Mar 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/walter-who/ This time in our series First Names First we will have Walter! Below is a chronological list of some of them. Pick one name and then follow the Wikipedia link to read about these men, and to see what if anything they could contribute your life with. Give a couple of minutes of your life to this. Lives lived all have something to tell us – let them! Walter Raleigh* soldier/ explorer/statesman - East Budleigh, Devon, England (1552 or 1554) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1527/ Tue, 08 Mar 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1527/ The Persian polymath Avicenna (980-1037) In the year 1527, Ferdinand I of Austria becomes King of Croatia (Jan 1), Spanish and German troops led by the Duke of Bourbon sack Rome (May 6), the Narváez expedition to conquer Florida sets sail from Spain , and the Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden whereby Lutheranism is adopted as the state religion, in place of Roman Catholicism (Jun 17), Jakarta is founded (Jun 22), in a display of his contempt for conventional medicine, Paracelsus burns Canon of Medicine by the Persian polymath Avicenna (Jun 23), the first known letter in English is sent from North America (Aug 3) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/vasaloppet/ Sun, 06 Mar 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/vasaloppet/ Vibeke Skofterud from Norway, women’s winner in 2012 There is a big celebration today in Mora, Sweden! For it is 100 years since the very first Vasaloppet took place in 1922. Vasaloppet is an annual long distance cross-country ski race held on the first Sunday of March. The 90 km (56 mi) course starts in the village of Sälen and ends in the town of Mora in Dalarna, Sweden. It is the oldest cross-country ski race in the world, as well as the one with the highest number of participants. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-25/ Sat, 05 Mar 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-25/ the recommendation to walk 10,000 steps daily is a truly arbitrary one? For the figure 10,000 is based on a marketing gimmick in Japan in the 1960s - and the fact that there is a kanji sign for the number 10,000 in the Japanese language. The advertisement you see here admonishes people with the slogan “Let’s walk 10,000 steps a day!” 一日一万歩あるきましょ Ichi-nichi ichi-man po arukimashou! So the device was neatly called a Manpokei - 万歩計. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1575/ Thu, 03 Mar 2022 16:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1575/ Old Swedish medicin bottles In the year 1575, William I of Orange founds Leiden University in the Netherlands (Feb 8), Oda Nobunaga defeats Takeda Katsuyori in Japan’s first modern battle in Nagashino (Jun 28), captains of vessels flying the Spanish flag are legally required to maintain a logbook, the Dutch pharmacist Anthonius Busenius is authorized to sell some of the medicin at the Royal Castle to the people of Stockholm (the first time such happens), the bubonic plague decimates Venice - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1542-2/ Wed, 02 Mar 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1542-2/ Flag of San Diego In the year 1542, Guadalajara in Mexico is finally founded by the Spaniards after aggressive opposition from local tribes (Feb 14), Portuguese explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo mistakes California for an island and claims it for Spain (Jun 27), Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo lands in what is now San Diego Bay, and names it “San Miguel”; it will later become the city of San Diego (Sep 28), the earliest written example of the Romani language appears - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/kalevala/ Mon, 28 Feb 2022 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/kalevala/ Today is Kalevala Day in Finland, celebrated each February 28th in honor of the Finnish national epic, Kalevala. So here is, for anyone interested in the Finnish language and folklore, Kalevala a là Journeys of Life! The first edition of the Kalevala appeared in 1835. It was compiled and edited by Elias Lönnrot on the basis of the epic folk poems he had collected in Finland and Karelia. Not that long ago, Kalevala used to be something that Finnish kids got acquainted with in the third grade, having to learn a few lines by heart and then recite them in front of the class. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/100-years-of-readers-digest/ Sat, 26 Feb 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/100-years-of-readers-digest/ Reader’s Digest logo. Pegasus was added in 1939 by Lila Wallace. This month marks 100 years since the first edition of the legendary Reader’s Digest, published in Greenwich Village, New York by the married couple DeWitt and Lila Acheson Wallace. The first 5000 issues were delivered by mail to subscribers on February 5th 1922, and, thanks to an increasing demand, you could by 1929 buy the magazine in the stands. In 1934 it doubled its pages from 64 to 128. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/ella-who/ Thu, 24 Feb 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/ella-who/ This time in “First Names First” **it is all about Ella! **Pick one of the names below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us – let them! Ella M. S. Marble* (b Smith) educator/ physician/activist – Gorham, ME USA (1850) Ella Wheeler Wilcox* author/ poet – Johnstown, WI USA (1850) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-38/ Tue, 22 Feb 2022 08:30:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-38/ This month we publish Language Day exceptionally before the 29th. For three reasons, really. The obvious reason being that there is no 29th this month. The second reason is that on the 28th, which was to be the exceptional publication day for this month’s Language Day, is occupied by Kalevala Day - more about that later. And the third reason is that today, February 22nd 2022, is the magical day of Twos that just cannot be ignored! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-rovaniemi/ Sun, 20 Feb 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-rovaniemi/ This time in our article series Streets & Squares we will go to Rovaniemi, a city in northern Finland - a polar circle city as it is situated on the 66th degree of latitude, or more precisely about 6 kilometres south of the Arctic Circle. The Sami name for the city include Ruávinj_a_rgâ, Roavvenjárga, Roavenjárga, and Ruäʹvnjargg. As always in Streets & Squares, clicking on the address links leads you to Google Maps, and clicking on the names to the person’s Wikipedia page. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1279/ Tue, 15 Feb 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1279/ Haapsalu in Estonia In the year 1279, Kublai Khan becomes the emperor of all China, the Mongol Empire reaching its largest extent (Mar 19), a meeting in Alsnö in Sweden decrees that anyone with horse and rider is exempted from taxation, and that farmers must offer accomodation to higher-ups (Aug 23 ), the Royal Mint of England moves into the Tower of London, and the town of Haapsalu, Estonia is founded - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/elliott-who/ Thu, 10 Feb 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/elliott-who/ This time in First Names First we will concentrate on the name Elliot/Eliot. Take your pick, and find some inspiring stories behind the names. Give this a couple of minutes – for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them! Only the year of birth given here. Elliot E. Cohen* the founder and first editor of Commentary – Des Moines, IA USA (1899) Eliot Ness* Prohibition agent – Chicago, IL USA (1903) pic https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1429/ Tue, 08 Feb 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1429/ Joan of Arc at the Siege of Orléans. A painting by Jules Eugène Lenepveu, picture credit Tijmen Stam In the year 1429, Joan of Arc enters Orléans with a relief expedition, the Battle of Orleans becoming the watershed of the Hundred Years' War between France and England (Apr 29), the last English siege fortification at Orléans falls as Joan of Arc becomes the hero of the battle by returning, wounded, to lead the final charge (May 7), fire destroys the city of Turku in Finland, Ulugh Beg Observatory in Samarkand is completed - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1548/ Sun, 06 Feb 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1548/ Hôtel de Bourgogne (1548-1783) was built for the first authorized theater troupe in Paris, the Confrérie de la Passion (Brotherhood of the Passion) In the year 1548, firearms are used for the first time on a battlefield in Japan (Feb 14), a marriage treaty is signed between Scotland and France as five-year-old Mary, Queen of Scots, is betrothed to the future King Francis II of France (Jul 7), La Paz in Bolivia is founded (Oct 20), the Burmese–Siamese War goes on, the first Finnish New Testament is printed in Stockholm, the first theater in Paris, Hôtel de Bourgogne, is built - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/ski-jumpers/ Fri, 04 Feb 2022 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/ski-jumpers/ Finnish memorial stamp for Matti Nykänen, Olympic gold medalist in Calgary in 1988 Ski jumping takes a special character. Not just anybody would, even with proper training, dare to start sliding down the ski hill, and then jump at the speed of around 100km/h (62 mph). So, here follows a list of male ski jumpers. With their best individual placement in the Olympics and/or the World Championships, abbreviated as OG (Olympic Gold), OS (Olympic Silver), OB (Olympic Bronze), WG (World Champion), WS (Silver medalist) and WB (Bronze medalist). https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-40/ Tue, 01 Feb 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-40/ Another piece in our series Who Said That! We present a quotation, a few ideas around it, and finally the person behind it. There are so many good quotes by people throughout history that reflect the complexities of life that do not change a whole lot, no matter which era you live in. So, who do you think said the following: “Your life is bigger than any one experience!” https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-the-1270s/ Sat, 29 Jan 2022 23:33:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-the-1270s/ Rock of Cashel (Carraig Phádraig) in County Tipperary, Ireland In the year 1270, King Louis IX of France launches the Eighth Crusade, in an attempt to recapture the Crusader States from the Mamluk sultan Baibars (summer), Yekuno Amlak claims the imperial throne and establishes the Solomonic Dynasty in Ethiopia, lasting until 1974 (Aug 10), King Louis IX dies while besieging the city of Tunis (Aug 25), the cathedral on the Rock of Cashel in Ireland is completed, and a census of the Chinese city of Hangzhou establishes it as the most populous city in the world. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-37/ Sat, 29 Jan 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-37/ Hot air balloon (kuumailmapallo in Finnish) This article is mainly for all you studying the Finnish language, or anyone interested in linguistic idiosyncharies! You might have heard that there are lots of long - very long - words in the Finnish language. That is true. And even though Finnish in no way has a monopoly on long words, their abundance in the language is something you just get used to early on. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/a-few-bad-men/ Thu, 27 Jan 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/a-few-bad-men/ You might have heard the expression “a few good men”. Perhaps seen the film with that title. The idea being that it may take only a few good men - and/or women - to turn a bad thing or circumstance into something better, against all odds. It takes dedication, perseverance and belief in what one is doing. The opposite is also true. It may take only a few bad men (and women, but more seldom) to turn a good thing or circumstance into something worse, perhaps much worse. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1598/ Wed, 26 Jan 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1598/ Ruins of the penitentiary on Sarah Island, part of the Macquarie Harbour Penal Station in Tasmania, Australia. Picture credit: Scott Davis In the year 1598, Boris Godunov seizes the throne of Russia (Feb 21), Tycho Brahe publishes his star catalogue, listing the positions of 1004 stars (May), an allied Korean and Chinese fleet defeats the Japanese navy, ending the Japanese invasions of Korea (Dec 19), the Parliament of England passes the Vagabonds Act, that allows transportation of convicts to colonies, the Kingdom of Nuevo México is founded – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/betty-who-2/ Mon, 24 Jan 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/betty-who-2/ Betty White (1922-2021) in 1988 As you may have noticed, we tend to pick each month here in the **First Names First male and female names that both start with the same letter. So as we had Benjamin two weeks ago, it is now time for Betty! ** So, take your pick, and find some inspiring stories behind the names. Give this a couple of minutes – for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-dread-of-intellectual-fall/ Sat, 22 Jan 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-dread-of-intellectual-fall/ When do we reach our intellectual peak? When our thoughts and reasoning seem to travel in the speed of light, and we absorb everything we experience with such lightness - at the age of fifteen perhaps? Or later? Twenty-one? No matter which age, there comes a time when we start noticing the decline. It is inevitable, like all the phases of life. Of course we get less agile physically - if we now ever were that in the first place - and lose a lot of our physical strength and capacities. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-missoula/ Thu, 20 Jan 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-missoula/ Once in a while we visit here in Streets & Squares some smaller city anywhere in the world. This time it will be Missoula in the mountaineous state of Montana, United States. Missoula was founded in 1860 as Hellgate Trading Post while still part of Washington Territory. By 1866, the settlement had moved upstream 5 miles east, and been renamed Missoula Mills, later shortened to Missoula. The city is divided by Clark Fork River. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/1000-years-ago-today-5/ Mon, 17 Jan 2022 01:58:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/1000-years-ago-today-5/ Olof Skötkonung as depicted on a coin of his from around 1030 This one did not necessarily happen exactly 1000 years ago for the exact date remains unknown. But sometime during the winter of 1021 and 1022, the King of Sweden, Olof Skötkonung, dies at the age of 41 - or 42 - in the village of Husaby in southwestern Sweden. He had ruled Sweden since 995, i.e. since his teenage years. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/four-centuries-done/ Sun, 16 Jan 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/four-centuries-done/ A 17th Century Mill in Castelnaudary, France Photo courtesy Max Pixel As of today, Journeys of Life contains year files for four whole centuries. That is, the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Those plus some of this 21st century we now live in span the years 1601 and 2021. The year files aim to give you a quick look at any of these years with some background information and the most notable persons born at that time. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1340s/ Sat, 15 Jan 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1340s/ In the year 1340, King Edward III of England is declared King of France (Jan 26), Rotterdam in the County of Holland is officially declared a city (Jun 7), the kings of Castile and Portugal defeat the Nasrid ruler of Granada and his Moroccan allies (Oct 30), and there are around 74 million Europeans. 1340-0305 Cansignorio della Scala* Lord of Verona - Verona (1375/35) 1340-0306 John of Gaunt* English prince/military leader/statesman - Ghent, Flanders (1399/59) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1601/ Fri, 14 Jan 2022 08:16:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1601/ In the year 1601, Valladolid becomes the capital of the Hispanic Monarchy until Madrid takes over in 1606 (Jan 11), William Shakespeare’s Hamlet has possibly its first performance (spring), Jesuit Matteo Ricci becomes the first European to enter the Forbidden City in Beijing, invited by the Ming Dynasty Emperor, a rainy summer causing a bad harvest leads to severe famine in Russia and the Baltic Sea countries - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1603/ Thu, 13 Jan 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1603/ One of the many statues of Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616). Picture credit Yanajin33 In the year 1603, French explorer Samuel de Champlain sails to Canada (Mar), Queen Elizabeth I dies, having ruled since 1558, and Tokugawa Ieyasu is granted the title of _shōgun, _establishing the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo – thus the 265-year-long Edo period begins (Mar 24), James I is crowned as King of England with limited ceremonies due to plague (Jul 25), Acadia, the French colony in North America, is founded - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-16/ Tue, 11 Jan 2022 12:33:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-16/ Not all work is compensated. But we all deserve to get paid for our work. Sometimes the compensation is ridiculously small, and we may sell ourselves short. We can think of a million occasions when compensation has not been forthcoming at all. Or maybe we get rewarded, paid for our work retroactively through completely different people and for completely different reasons. There is a Latin saying for this what should be so obvious, yet remains so elusive: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/benjamin-who/ Mon, 10 Jan 2022 14:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/benjamin-who/ This time in **First Names First **it is all about **Benjamin!**Often shortened as Ben, and a popular name since the 1800th century, seems like. So take your pick, and find some inspiring stories behind the names. Give this a couple of minutes - for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them! Benjamin Bramer* mathematician/architect/inventor – Felsberg, Germany (1588) Benjamin Keach* Baptist preacher – Buckinghamshire, England (1640) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/100-greatest-nhl-players/ Sun, 09 Jan 2022 04:49:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/100-greatest-nhl-players/ This is for you hockey lovers! The list of the 100 Greatest NHL Players (NHL 100) according to NHL. A centerpiece in honoring 100 years of NHL hockey, selected by distinguished members of the hockey community. There are so many great hockey players that it can’t have been an easy task to select the greatest. Nevertheless, this is the official list of the National Hockey League. Shown here a là Journeys of Life - chronologically, showing also the possible other professions or activities of the player, and followed by a monthwise list. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1610/ Tue, 04 Jan 2022 19:10:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1610/ [caption id=“attachment_3118” align=“alignleft” width=“379”]The four Galilean moons compared to Earth and its moon[/caption] In the year 1610, Galileo Galilei first observes the four Galilean moons of Jupiter: Ganymede, Callisto, Europa and Io (Jan 7), Polish troops occupy Moscow (Jul 4), Henry Hudson sails into what is now known as Hudson Bay, believing it was the Pacific Ocean (Aug 2), the Tuscans fight the Turks (Oct 10), the Orion Nebula is discovered, first shipments of tea to Europe by the Dutch East India Company are made around this time - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-39/ Sat, 01 Jan 2022 16:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-39/ Happy New Year 2022! So, it is the first of the month, and time again for another great quote! This one rings so true for all ages, no matter when we live, how educated we are and what opportunities we are given. It takes faith and courage to overcome this obstacle: _“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-36/ Wed, 29 Dec 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-36/ Countries have different ways of denoting floors in a building. If you’re used to one system, it may be confusing to encounter another one as you travel abroad. This article might help you with that. The European method of naming floor levels starts with zero (0). Zero is the ground floor, and the one above it the first floor (1), two flights up the second floor and so on. Here follows a simple list of floor systems in some countries. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1469/ Mon, 27 Dec 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1469/ In the year 1469, King Edward IV of England is taken prisoner after the Battle of Edgecote Moor (Jul 26), Edward is released and resumes the throne (Sep), Ferdinand II of Aragon marries Isabella I of Castile, thus unifying Spain (Oct 19), Moctezuma I dies and is succeeded by Axayacatl as the Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan - and all these fine people were born: 1469-0213 Elia Levita* Hebrew grammarian/scholar/poet - Neustadt, Holy Roman Empire (1549/79) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1614/ Sun, 26 Dec 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1614/ Osaka Castle (1597), one of Japan’s most famous landmarks In the year 1614, Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe in Jamestown, Virginia (Apr 5), hostilities resulting from an attempt by Toyotomi Hideyori to restore Osaka Castle begin, outraging Tokugawa Ieyasu (Nov 19), the Siege of Osaka begins (Dec 4), Christianity is banned throughout Japan (1614), the Rosicrucian Order is instituted in the Holy Roman Empire - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/tina-who/ Fri, 24 Dec 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/tina-who/ This time in First Names First we have** Tina/Tiina!** Often sort for Christina, Christine, Kristina etc. But here taken as the preferred first name. So pick one of the names below, and then follow the Wikipedia link to see what if anything the person could contribute your life with. Why not give a couple of minutes of your life to this for lives lived have something worthwhile to tell us – let them! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1620/ Wed, 22 Dec 2021 02:00:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1620/ [caption id=“attachment_3123” align=“alignright” width=“357”]A merry-go-round at the London Zoo (photo by Elliott Brown)[/caption] In the year 1620, the first merry-go-round is seen at a fair in Philippapolis, Turkey (May 17), the oldest stone church in French North America is begun in Quebec (Jun 3), Johannes Kepler’s mother is arrested for witchcraft (Aug 7), Mayflower departs from Plymouth, England (Sep 16) and arrives with the pilgrims and planters at Cape Cod in Massachusetts (Nov 21), a severe frost freezes the Thames in London, the modern violin is developed, witch hunts begin in Scotland - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-loviisa/ Mon, 20 Dec 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-loviisa/ A good idea to do in Loviisa: walk the Myllyharju nature trail, and climb the three-storey Kukkukivi sightseeing tower (1906). This time Streets and Squares visits Loviisa, a tiny, picturesque town on the southern coast of Finland some 90 km east of Helsinki. It is a bilingual city (Finnish & Swedish), and was actually known until 1752 as Degerby. Its current name it received from the Swedish king Adolf Fredrik, who so liked the city when he was visiting there that year that he named it after his wife, Queen Lovisa Ulrika. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/become-a-patron/ Sun, 19 Dec 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/become-a-patron/ Journeys of Life has been around for quite a while now. Our aim has always been to have stories of interest accompanied by cool or telling images tied to the theme. The bulk of the site are the year files though. For this is a site specifically geared for genealogists, and others interested in either personal or public history. Then there are all the article series, many of which have an article appearing on a certain fixed date. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1622/ Sat, 18 Dec 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1622/ In the year 1622, in the Gregorian calendar, January 1 is declared as the first day of the year, instead of March 25 (Jan 1), Jamestown massacre in Virginia begins the_ American Indian Wars_ (Mar 22), Portuguese forces successfully defend Macau from the Dutch fleet, keeping a Portuguese foothold in the Far East (Jun 24), Armand Jean du Plessis becomes Cardinal Richelieu (Sep 5), the first Huguenot rebellion ends (Oct 18) – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1625/ Thu, 16 Dec 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1625/ The official flag of New York City. The seal depicts Dexter, a sailor representing the first European settlers, and Sinister, a native Manhatten indian. The shield has sails of a windmill, and flour barrels representing industry, and beavers, taken from the seal of New Netherland. Picture credit Dave Fletcher In the year 1625, Charles Stuart succeeds to the throne on the death of his father, King James I of England (Mar 27), the Dutch settle in Manhattan, founding the town of New Amsterdam, an English colony is established in Barbados, Johann Rudolf Glauber discovers sodium sulfate in Austrian spring water – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1602/ Mon, 13 Dec 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1602/ Comparison of the antiquated view and the outcome of Galileo’s experiment In the year 1602, the Dutch East India Company is established with the intention of capturing the spice trade from the Portuguese (Mar 20), the alliance of Persia and Spain declare war on the Ottoman Empire, the Portuguese are expelled from Bahrain, Galileo begins his study of falling bodies around this time - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/miss-world/ Sat, 11 Dec 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/miss-world/ Ksenia Sukhinova, Miss World 2008 Miss World pageant is the oldest of the Big Four international beauty pageants, created by Eric Morley in 1951. The corner stone of the pageant has always been, and still is, beauty. Naturally. But it has come a long way from the winner touring with Bob Hope and having a girly role in the next James Bond film. These days it is for many of the participants a stepping stone to a diversity of careers. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/teemu-who/ Fri, 10 Dec 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/teemu-who/ This time in First Names First we concentrate on the Finnish male name Teemu. And it is a very Finnish name indeed, evidenced by all of the men you see here below being Finns. The name is derived from the Greek name Nicodemus (Νικόδημος) which comes from the words nike (victory) and demos (people), i.e. the winner of people. Teemu Selänne* hockey player/OS/SC – Helsinki, Finland (1970) pic Teemu Keskisarja* historian/author – Helsinki, Finland (1971) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/occupations-2/ Wed, 08 Dec 2021 14:49:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/occupations-2/ A month ago we started a new article series here in Journeys of Life - Occupations! In these articles we go through some lesser known occupations. Occupations and job titles that may leave some of us wondering what the work actually entails. So, this time around we talk about best boy. Which many of us have surely seen at the end credits of a film. But do you know what it means? https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1583/ Tue, 07 Dec 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1583/ The Spring of Kirsten Piil. His discovery of a natural spring drew large crowds in the area. This attracted entertainers and hawkers, whose presence led to the creation of Dyrehavsbakken. In the year 1583, as of the start of the year, the Gregorian calendar - the calendar used in most of the world - is 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeats Shibata Katsuie at Shizugatake, and goes on to commence construction of Osaka Castle (May), Sir Humphrey Gilbert claims the island of Newfoundland on behalf of England, marking the beginning of the British Empire (Aug 5), the world’s oldest operating amusement park, Dyrehavsbakken, is founded - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1399/ Sun, 05 Dec 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1399/ Achaea on Peloponnesos, Greece In the year 1399, Richard II of England (a.k.a. Richard of Bordeaux) is taken prisoner upon his return from Ireland (Aug 19), the English parliament accepts Henry Bolingbroke as the new king of England (Sep 30), and he is crowned as Henry IV (Oct 13), the Principality of Achaea resists an invasion by the Ottoman Empire, Novgorod forces make frequent attacks in northern Finland, the Kingdom of Mysore (surviving until 1950) in India is founded - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1630/ Thu, 02 Dec 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1630/ In the year 1630, native American Quadequine of the Wampanoag tribe introduces popcorn to English colonists (Feb 22), Swedish warships depart from Stockholm for Central Europe (Jun 6), and a month later make landfall at Peenemünde in Pomerania (Jul 6), the Treaty of Stettin is signed; Sweden gets full military control over Pomerania (Sep 4), the city of Boston, Massachusetts, is founded (Sep 7), the Deccan Famine begins in India, and it will kill 2 million people during the next two years - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-35/ Mon, 29 Nov 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-35/ Korean stop sign, saying “Jeongji”. But for sure, many do have the English word STOP on them too. Let us stop for a minute and have something else here in Language Day - a quick look at the Korean language for us who know absolutely nothing about it! This is a very simple introduction to Korean, and more precisely, the language spoken in South Korea. Many of us Westerners don’t even know whether the Korean characters are alphabets or logographic characters like the Chinese script, or kanji in Japanese. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1400/ Sun, 28 Nov 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1400/ In the year 1400, Henry IV of England executes Earls of Kent, Huntingdon and Salisbury, and the Baron de Despencer for their attempt to have Richard II restored as king (Jan) who then soon dies in captivity (Feb 14), the English occupy Edinburgh, but fail to capture Edinburgh Castle (Aug), the Mississippian Culture starts to decline, the Kingdom of Kongo begins, remaining mostly independent for nearly 500 years - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1434/ Sat, 27 Nov 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1434/ The Nantes Cathedral, completed 457 years later, in 1891 In the year 1434, the foundation stone of Nantes Cathedral in France is laid (Apr 14), miner Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson begins a rebellion against King Eric of Pomerania (Jun), eventually leading the king to lose his power in Sweden (Aug 16), the Medici family rises to prominence in Florence, Portuguese traders deliver their first cargo of African slaves to Lisbon - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/giving-thanks/ Thu, 25 Nov 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/giving-thanks/ It is Thanksgiving Day today - in the United States. In Canada they already celebrated it, the second Monday in October. And yet in some other countries some other day. But no matter when that special day is, it is always time to appreciate and reflect upon our lives. Every day could be a thanksgiving day. A day to think what we are thankful for. Grateful for. And blessed with. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/delaney-who/ Wed, 24 Nov 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/delaney-who/ Delaney is the name in today’s First Names First! It is originally an Irish surname. As a first name it is not very common, and has been in fact been given to both men and women. Here treated as a girl’s name as this is the women’s day. So take your pick, and find some inspiring stories behind the names. Give this a couple of minutes for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1634/ Mon, 22 Nov 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1634/ Earth seen from the surface of the Moon In the year 1634, Belgian scientist Jan Baptist van Helmont is interrogated by the Spanish Inquisition and put on house arrest for his experiments into plant growth (Mar), Leonard Calvert arrives in Maryland, establishing St. Mary’s and an institution of higher learning which later becomes Georgetown University (May 25), Curaçao is captured by the Dutch, Johannes Kepler’s Somnium - fictional account of the view from the moon - is published posthumously by his son - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-jersey-city/ Sat, 20 Nov 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-jersey-city/ Jersey City seen from Ellis Island. Picture credit: Pavel Kuritsyn This time Streets & Squares goes to Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA. Jersey City is the second-most populous city of New Jersey, after Newark. It was incorporated as a city in February 1838. As always, clicking on the addresses will open Google Maps for you, and clicking on the names will (usually) lead to the person’s Wikipedia page. After each address there is usually also a link to Google’s street view which takes you straight to somewhere along that street. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1571/ Fri, 19 Nov 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1571/ The Eyalet of Kibris is today the Republic of Cyprus, comprising the Greek (southern ) and the Turkish (northern) side of the island In the year 1571, the Royal Exchange opens in London, England (Jan 23), Moscow is burnt by the Crimean army (May 24), Cyprus is established as an eyalet of the Ottoman Empire, and the first Turkish colony moves into the island (Aug 1), Taipalsaari in Southern Karelia, Finland is founded, the great silver flow that links the New and Old Worlds begins as mercury starts being used in the silver extraction process in the Potosí mine - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1605/ Tue, 16 Nov 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1605/ Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes. Picture credit Amazon In the year 1605, the first part of Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote is published in Madrid, and becomes a global bestseller almost at once (Jan 16), a proclamation declares all people of Ireland to be the direct subjects of the British Crown (Mar 11), Relation aller Fürnemmen und gedenckwürdigen Historien, generally recognised as the world’s first newspaper, is published in Strasbourg for the first time (Oct) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1579/ Sun, 14 Nov 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1579/ In the year 1579, the Union of Utrecht unites the northern Netherlands in a confederation called the United Provinces (Jan 23), Francis Drake lands in what is now California, and claims it for Queen Elizabeth I - that and the claim in Newfoundland becomes the basis for English colonial charters which will claim all land from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from “sea to sea” (Jun 17) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1209/ Fri, 12 Nov 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1209/ In the year 1209, settlers from Bristol celebrating Easter Monday are massacred in Dublin by warriors of the Irish O’Byrne clan (Apr), the University of Cambridge is founded, the London Bridge is completed by a stone-arched structure and with houses on it to pay for part of the maintenance, the Franciscan order of the Roman Catholic Church is founded by the Italian priest Francis of Assisi - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1636/ Thu, 11 Nov 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1636/ In the year 1636, King Christian of Denmark gives an order that all beggars able to work must be sent to build ships or to work as galley rowers (Mar 5), the Massachusetts Bay Colony organises militia to defend the colony against the Pequot Indians, later recognized as the founding of the United States National Guard (Dec 23), the shōgun forbids Japanese to travel abroad, and those abroad from returning home, Rhode Island is founded, the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) goes on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/dean-who/ Wed, 10 Nov 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/dean-who/ Today’s name in First Names First is Dean. So take your pick, and find some inspiring stories behind the names. Give this a couple of minutes - for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them! Dean Rusk* politician – Cherokee County, GA USA (1909) Dean Brooks* physician/actor (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest) – Colony, KS USA (1916) Dean Martin* actor/singer/producer – Steubenville, OH USA (1917) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/occupations-1/ Mon, 08 Nov 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/occupations-1/ Authentic gas lamps in Gornji Grad in Zagreb, Croatia - lit twice a day by lamplighters. Picture credit: Jorge Láscar You are now reading the first article of Occupations, a whole new category here in Journeys of Life! We look here at different occupations that people have had throughout history. Many of which continue to this day and are therefore well-known to anyone. Then many which are pretty obscure since they don’t exist anymore except as notes in historical context. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1616/ Sat, 06 Nov 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1616/ Cape Horn Monument in Chile (1992), paying homage to sailors who perished attempting to round Cape Horn. Picture credit Jens Bludau In the year 1616, English diplomat Sir Thomas Roe presents his credentials to the Mughal Emperor Jahangir, opening the door to the British presence in India (Jan 10), Dutch captain Willem Schouten rounds the southern tip of South America and names it Kaap Hoorn (Jan 29), William Shakespeare dies (Apr 23), Pocahontas arrives in England with her family and the colonial governor of Virginia, never to see home again (Jun 12), the Tokugawa shogunate forbids foreigners other than Chinese from traveling and trading freely in Japan (Aug 8), the Blue Mosque in Istanbul is completed, Dutch traders smuggle the coffee plant out of Mocha - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-23/ Fri, 05 Nov 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-23/ instant baby formula has been around for centuries? And the first ones were not based on cow milk at all, but plant-based - made of corn and nuts? From the stories of Elizabeth Hanson who was captured by the Native American Abenaki in 1724, we get to know of her troubles of breastfeeding her daughter, two weeks old at the time of the kidnapping. The lack of nourishment and clothing resulted in inadequate milk production. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/1000-years-ago-today-4/ Thu, 04 Nov 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/1000-years-ago-today-4/ Brenner Pass at today’s Austria-Italy border. Photo credit: Sönke Kraft aka Arnulf zu Linden This time in our series 1000 Years Ago Today, the exact date is unknown. But sometime in November 1021, King Henry II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor and also known as Saint Henry the Exuberant, the last ruler of the Ottonian line, conducts his fourth Italian military campaign. He crosses the Brenner Pass, a mountain pass through the Alps with a 60,000-strong army, and reaches Verona in the Kingdom of Lombardia in northern Italy. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-38/ Mon, 01 Nov 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-38/ Time for another Who Said That! Try to guess or remember who is behind the quotation below, and if you don’t know, you’ll see who at the very end of the article. Remember to scroll slowly. So, who said: You can’t change what you don’t acknowledge! Whatever it is, you can’t change what you don’t acknowledge! Be it addiction (drugs, food, sex, gambling etc), obsession, co-dependency, any other emotional issue or bad habit, you have to face yourself in order to change the way you live. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1631/ Sun, 31 Oct 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1631/ In the year 1631, the Reval Gymnasium is founded in Estonia by the Swedish king Gustav II Adolf (Feb 16), John Winthrop becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts (May 18), William Claiborne sails from England to establish the first English settlement in Maryland (May 28), the first French newspaper, La Gazette, is founded (May 30), the death in childbirth of Mumtaz Mahal causes her husband Shah Jahan to commission the Taj Mahal at Agra, as a mausoleum for her (Jun 17), for the first time in several centuries, Mount Vesuvius at Pompeii erupts (Dec 16) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-34/ Fri, 29 Oct 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-34/ Mother tongue. The first language we learn, and usually by our mother, and father. Sometimes we get to learn two languages at once if the parents are from different linguistic background. And sometimes the third language enters the picture early on as we enter the school and the language of the land is not that of our parents. So, whatever else we may call the mother tongue - first language, native tongue, parent tongue - it will be the language of feelings and self-expression more than any other language we may learn. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/driving-through-ages/ Wed, 27 Oct 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/driving-through-ages/ One nice thing about watching old movies (or movies depicting old times) is that we get to see all those fancy car models from the past - don’t you think? Here is another way of looking at that. Let’s see what kind of cars people thru ages might have driven. Whether they drove the car themselves or just saw it passing by on the street - here’s what they might have seen. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1606/ Tue, 26 Oct 2021 12:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1606/ In the year 1606, Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon makes the first confirmed sighting of Australia by a European (Feb 26), the first version of the Union Flag is created, to be worn as a national flag by English and Scottish ships (Apr 12), the trial in the gravedigging scandal of Frankenstein begins (the details of which may have inspired the Frankenstein story (Sep 20), Charles IX of Sweden founds the city of Vaasa on the west coast of Finland (Oct 2) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/emily-who/ Sun, 24 Oct 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/emily-who/ Emily - and the versions of it in other languages - is the name in today’s First Names First! So take your pick, and find some inspiring stories behind the names. Give this a couple of minutes for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them! Émilie du Châtelet* natural philosopher/mathematician – Paris, Kingdom of France (1706) Emilie Petersen* Swedish philanthropist – Hamburg, Germany, Holy Roman Empire (1780) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1639/ Sat, 23 Oct 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1639/ In the year 1639, the first printing press in British North America is started in Cambridge, Massachusetts, by Stephen Daye (Jan), Harvard University is named for clergyman John Harvard (Mar 13), Swedish forces defeat the army of the Holy Roman Empire in Chemnitz, allowing them to advance into Bohemia (Apr 14), Jeremiah Horrocks makes the first successful prediction and observation of a transit of Venus (Dec 4), Sakoku, the isolationist foreign policy of Japan, comes fully into effect - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-the-1290s/ Fri, 22 Oct 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-the-1290s/ In the year 1290, King Edward I of England orders all Jews to leave England by November 1 (in the Hebrew calendar this is Tisha B’Av, a day that commemorates many calamities) (Jul 18), the country of Wallachia is founded (Aug 1), King Denis of Portugal decrees that Portuguese will replace classical Latin as the official language of Portugal, construction on the Akershus Fortress of Oslo, Norway begins - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-moscow/ Wed, 20 Oct 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-moscow/ Modern Moscow with its business center The city we go this time in Streets & Squares is Moscow, the capital of Russia, first documented in 1147. From the times of Tsardom of Russia it has evolved into a very modern city, the home of some 20 million people in the metropolitan area. Vocabulary: most мост (bridge), park парк (park), pereulok переу́лок (lane), proezd проезд (passage, thoroughfare), prospekt проспект (avenue), sad сад (garden), ulitsa улица (street). https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1640/ Tue, 19 Oct 2021 17:55:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1640/ A slightly more modern coffeehouse in Venice In the year 1640, John Punch becomes the first official slave in the English colonies as he is sentenced to life in servitude (Jul 9), the first Finnish University opens in Turku/Åbo (Jul 15), 41 Spanish delegates to Japan are beheaded in Nagasaki (Aug 9), the first book to be printed in North America - the Bay Psalm Book - is published, the first known European coffeehouse opens in Venice - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1642/ Sun, 17 Oct 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1642/ In the year 1642, Ville-Marie (the future Montreal) is founded as a permanent settlement (May 17), Abel Tasman discovers the island Van Diemen’s Land, later renamed Tasmania (Nov 24), (), Rembrandt finishes his painting, The Night Watch, some 300,000 people die when the Chinese army breaks the dams of the Yellow River in order to break a siege by rebels, the First English Civil War goes on – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1643/ Sat, 16 Oct 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1643/ A modern barometer. Picture credit Sally Hunter In the year 1643, a couple of months after sighting Tasmania, Abel Tasman sights Tonga (Jan 21) and then the Fiji Islands (Feb 6), Louis XIV becomes King of France, ruling 72 years, the longest reign of any European monarch in recorded history (May 14), the failed Dutch expedition to Chilean Valdivia - the last one undertaken by the Dutch on the west coast of the Americas - arrives back at Recife in Dutch Brazil (Dec 28), Evangelista Torricelli invents the mercury barometer - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1645/ Thu, 14 Oct 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1645/ In the year 1645, fearing the spread of the Black Death, Edinburgh Town Council prohibits all gatherings except weddings and funerals (Mar 31), Oliver Cromwell is confirmed as the Lieutenant-General of the Cavalry during the ongoing English Civil War (Jun 10), Jeanne Mance founds the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, the first hospital in North America (Oct 8), the English Civil War (1642–1651) goes on, wallpaper begins to replace tapestries - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/emil-who/ Sun, 10 Oct 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/emil-who/ Emil - and the versions of it in other languages - is the name in today’s First Names First! So take your pick, and find some inspiring stories behind the names. Give this a couple of minutes - for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them! Emil Skoda* Czech engineer/ founder of Skoda Works – Pizén, Bohemia, Austrian Empire (1839) Émile Zola* author – Paris, France (1840) pic https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1390/ Sat, 09 Oct 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1390/ The construction of the first Templo Mayor began sometime after 1325. It was rebuilt six times, and destroyed by the Spanish in 1521 In the year 1390, John VII Palaiologos becomes the new Byzantine Emperor (Apr 14), Robert III becomes King of Scotland (Apr 19), the Kingdom of Kaffa is established in present day Ethiopia, Templo Mayor is built in the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan, construction begins on San Petronio Basilica in Bologna, the Lithuanian Civil War goes on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1585/ Mon, 04 Oct 2021 22:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1585/ In the year 1585, the Spanish seize Brussels (Feb), Antwerp is captured by Spanish forces whereby its role as an important trade city is overtaken by Amsterdam (Aug 17), **a first group of colonists lands in the New World to create Roanoke Colony **on Roanoke Island, off the coast of North Carolina (Aug 17), Toyotomi Hideyoshi invades the island of Shikoku, the first recorded commercial importation of chocolate to Europe occurs with shipment from Veracruz in Mexico to Seville, Spain - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1650/ Sun, 03 Oct 2021 07:24:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1650/ [caption id=“attachment_3112” align=“alignleft” width=“382”]Wheelchair built by Stefan Farfler in 1655[/caption] In the year 1650, Oliver Cromwell defeats a Scottish army in the Third English Civil War, (Sep 3), Einkommende Zeitungen becomes the first newspaper published in Germany, Ethiopia deports Portuguese diplomats and missionaries, three-wheeled wheelchairs are invented in the German city of Nuremberg, cafés begin to become popular in Europe - and all these fine people were born: 1650-xxxx Rowland Ellis* Welsh Quaker leader/emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1686 - Wales (1731/c. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1652/ Sat, 02 Oct 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1652/ In the year 1652, Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck founds Cape Town in South Africa (Apr 6), Rhode Island passes the first law in North America, making slavery illegal (May 18), George Fox preaches to a large crowd on Firbank Fell in England, leading to the establishment of the Religious Society of Friends, a.k.a. Quakers (Jun 13), disastrous fire destroys almost everything in Oulu, Finland (Oct 2), John Milton loses the last of his eyesight, the lymphatic system is first described by both Olaus Rudbeck in Sweden and Thomas Bartholin in Denmark - and all these fine people were born: 1652-0107 Pavao Ritter Vitezović* polymath/historian/political theorist - Senj, Croatian Military Frontier, Habsburg Monarchy (1713/61) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-33/ Wed, 29 Sep 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-33/ The Lingsberg runestone known as U 240, from the 11th century. near Vallentuna, Sweden This time in Language Day an interesting, but not a very current subject: rune stones and the rune alphabet. A fitting subject nevertheless, and certainly something that most of us don’t know a whole lot about! Most runestones date from the late Viking Age and are located in Scandinavia, notably in Sweden. But a few are scattered elsewhere, in places visited by Norsemen. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/journeys-of-death/ Tue, 28 Sep 2021 05:08:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/journeys-of-death/ This site is mainly about life. About celebrating and commemorating the lives and all the various journeys of life that we people have, and have had throughout time. An intricate part of that journey, of anyone’s life, is death, and the way each and one of us perceives it. This is about celebrating that fact. Not in any macabre manner, but out of respect for the life we were given. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1654/ Mon, 27 Sep 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1654/ Magdeburg hemispheres In the year 1654, England and Sweden sign a commercial treaty (Apr 11), Oliver Cromwell creates a union between England and Scotland (Apr 12), the German scientist Otto von Guericke demonstrates the power of atmospheric pressure and the effectiveness of his vacuum pump, using the Magdeburg hemispheres, before he Imperial Diet in Regensburg (May 8), 23 Sephardic Jews arrive as refugees from Brazil in New Amsterdam and settling there, form a nucleus of what will be the second largest urban Jewish community in the history of New York City (Aug 22), construction of the Skokloster Castle in Sweden begins - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1531/ Sat, 25 Sep 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1531/ In the year 1531, the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro defeats the native inhabitants in the island of Puná, not long before the fall of the Inca Empire (Apr), Christian II’s failed invasion of Oslo begins (Nov), an enormous drought and locusts in Henan province in China results in some farmers turning to cannibalism, a witch-hunt is conducted in the German town of Schiltach, Kõpu Lighthouse in the Estonian island Hiiumaa is completed – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/brenda-who/ Fri, 24 Sep 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/brenda-who/ This time in First Names First we have** Brenda!** Pick one name below, and then follow the Wikipedia link to see what if anything the person could contribute your life with. Why not give a couple of minutes of your life to this for lives lived have something worthwhile to tell us – let them! Brenda Bell* pioneer amateur radio operator – Otago, New Zealand (1891) Brenda Bruce* actress – Prestwich, Lancashire, England (1919) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-the-1370s/ Wed, 22 Sep 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-the-1370s/ “La Bastille en 1420”, a painting by Théodore Hoffbauer (1839-1922) In the year 1370, the Treaty of Stralsund ends the war between Denmark and the Hanseatic League (May 24), Hugues Aubriot begins construction of the fortress of the Bastille in Paris, and the steel crossbow is first used as a weapon of war, and the Hundred Years' War (1337–1453) goes on. 1370-0411 Frederick I* Elector of Saxony - Dresden, Margravate of Meissen, Holy Roman Empire (1428/57) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-den-haag/ Mon, 20 Sep 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-den-haag/ This time Streets & Squares goes to Den Haag, or The Hague as it is called in English. It is the third-largest city in the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam. The Hague was first mentioned as Die Haghe in 1242, and in the 15th century the name des Graven hage (The Count’s Wood) came into use. The spelling “’s-Gravenhage” was officially used for the city from the 17th century onward. Today, this name is only used in certain official documents. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1646/ Sat, 18 Sep 2021 14:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1646/ Saul Attacking David by Guercino (1591-1666) In the year 1646, Roger Scott is tried in Massachusetts for sleeping in church (Feb 28), King Charles I of England surrenders his forces to a Scottish army in Nottinghamshire (May 5), France takes Dunkirk from the Spanish Netherlands for the first time (Oct 10), global temperatures begin to decline, as part of the Little Ice Age (Dec 21), Scottish Covenanters hand over King Charles to the Parliamentarians (Dec 23), the Italian painter Guercino paints Saul Attacking David - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1299/ Fri, 17 Sep 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1299/ All territories once possessed by the Ottoman Empire In the year 1299, Alauddin Khalji, sultan of Delhi, sends his generals to conquer Gujarat (Feb 24), the Scots take Stirling Castle from the English (Apr), the Ottoman Empire - lasting till 1922 - is founded by Osman I (Jul 27), Marco Polo is released from captivity by the Genoans (Aug) and becomes a wealthy mechant in Venice, Håkon V Magnusson becomes king of Norway (Nov 1), the city of Florence bans the use of Arabic numerals for commerce, allowing only Roman numerals - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/one-by-one/ Tue, 14 Sep 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/one-by-one/ Did you ever wonder as a child how Scrooge McDuck could dive in his money vault full of coins, and not get hurt? And why would he do that? Simply for fun and to relish the fact that he was rich? Even a child could understand though that all those coins didn’t appear there by chance, but through some sort of effort. Perhaps work. Or by being very thrifty. A characteristic that many a parent tries to instill in their offspring. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1657/ Mon, 13 Sep 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1657/ In the year 1657, the Jews of New Amsterdam in New Netherlands are granted freedom of religion, as full citizens (Apr 20), Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell confirms his refusal of the crown of England (May 8), the first eleven Quaker settlers arrive in New Amsterdam, and are allowed to practice their faith (Jun 1), England’s first chocolate house is opened in London, tea is introduced to England, and coffee to France - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-15/ Sat, 11 Sep 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-15/ One World Trade Center After a longer while, another Latin phrase. This time a very short one, but one full of promise, with its meaning “toward better things”. And suits today, as it is the 20th Anniversary Commemoration of what happened in the United States on September 11th, 2001. Ad meliora is actually part of the sentence Ad meliora (toward better things) et (and) ad maiora (toward bigger things) semper (always). https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/brent-who/ Fri, 10 Sep 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/brent-who/ This time in **First Names First it is about Brent! **Not a very common name, but pretty popular in Canada, seems like. Take your pick, and find some inspiring stories behind the names. Give this a couple of minutes for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them! Brent Ashabranner* Peace Corps administrator/ children’s books writer – Shawnee, OK USA (1921) Brent Spiner* actor/ musician/singer – Houston, TX USA (1949) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/beneath-the-surface/ Wed, 08 Sep 2021 20:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/beneath-the-surface/ There is always more than meets the eye. Don’t we know that! What goes on up front is seldom the same as what goes on beneath the surface at any given moment. No matter how good you are at analyzing the surface level, you still may remain totally in dark about the things happening underneath when there is no way of checking out what is or isn’t. Appearances deceive. Let’s go through some of the ways they do. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/when-4/ Tue, 07 Sep 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/when-4/ is it gonna end? It’s The Question millions of people ask these days. When can we live and go about our lives in a normal manner again? Finally cast away all this protective gear, and breathe normally? Like we used to not that long ago. There are definite signs in the air and everywhere that - no, not of it being over - but that we, so many of us, are getting so so fed up with having to gear up and be extra cautious. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1402/ Mon, 06 Sep 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1402/ In the year 1402, Welsh rebels defeat the English on the England/Wales border (Jun 22), the English Parliament passes penal Laws against Wales (Sep), Northern English nobles defeat a Scottish raiding army and capture their leader (Sep 14), the University of Würzburg is founded, the colonization of the Canary Islands marks the beginning of the Spanish Empire - and all these fine people were born: 1402-0206 Louis I* the Landgrave of Hesse - Spangenberg (1458/55) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1515/ Fri, 03 Sep 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1515/ In the year 1515, Manchester Grammar School becomes the first free grammar school in England (Jul 2), the Spanish Conquistador Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar founds Havana, Cuba (Aug 25), France restores its control of Milan (Sep 13), Thomas Wolsey is named Lord Chancellor of England (Dec 24), Albrecht Dürer finishes his woodcut Rhinoceros - and all these fine people were born: 1515-xxxx Roger Ascham* scholar/ didactic writer/tutor to Elizabeth I in Greek and Latin - Kirby Wiske, Yorkshire, England (1568/c. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-37/ Wed, 01 Sep 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-37/ Another piece in our series Who Said That! We present a quotation, a few ideas around it, and finally the person behind it. There are so many good quotes by people throughout history that reflect the complexities of life that do not change a whole lot, no matter which era you live in. So, who do you think said the following: _**“You don’t have anything to give that you don’t have. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1660/ Tue, 31 Aug 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1660/ Samuel Pepys' bookplate. The Latin translates as “Mind Makes the Man” In the year 1660, Samuel Pepys begins his diary, one of the most important primary sources for the English Restoration Period (Jan 1), in the Treaty of Oliva, peace is made between Sweden and major European powers (May 5), the first actress appears on the professional stage in England in a non-singing role (Dec 8), the Royal African Company is founded by James II of England, in order to trade slaves along the coast of West Africa - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-32/ Sun, 29 Aug 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-32/ There are a whole lot of loan words in English. Many more than you might think. Perhaps as much as 80% of words in the English language have a non-English origin. Most are of course from far back in time, but some are quite new. So new that you might recognize them right away if the source was your own mother tongue. Below there is an alphabetical list of some of these words. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1618/ Fri, 27 Aug 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1618/ The Statue of Sir Walter Ralegh (1554-1618) in Greenwich, London. Photo credit Loco Steve In the year 1618, Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary emotion (Mar 8), the Defenestration of Prague influences significantly the history of Europe and leads eventually to the Thirty Years' War, polarizing Europe on religious grounds (May 23), the English playwright Ben Jonson sets out on his walk from London to Edinburgh, Scotland – an unheard undertaking at the time (Jul 8), **Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded in London for allegedly conspiring against the King in 1603 **(Oct 29), the Thirty Year’s War goes on – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/like-bubbles-in-the-air/ Wed, 25 Aug 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/like-bubbles-in-the-air/ Like bubbles in the air, we are. Floating in the independent spheres of our own. Sometimes touching the surface of another, attaching to it. Sometimes floating alone till the eventual burst. But never being absorbed by another bubble, no matter how close we get. Independently our own, in each bubble there is everything we need, and each a reflection of its environment. And no matter how big or small we are, we are each perfect in our own way. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/ada-who/ Tue, 24 Aug 2021 06:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/ada-who/ This time in First Names First we have** Ada!** Pick one name below, and then follow the Wikipedia link to see what if anything the person could contribute your life with. Why not give a couple of minutes of your life to this for lives lived have something worthwhile to tell us – let them! Ada Lovelace* (b Byron) mathematician/writer/ often regarded as one of the first computer programmers – London, England (1815) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1663/ Mon, 23 Aug 2021 06:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1663/ In the year 1663, Emperor Reigen ascends to the throne of Japan (Mar 5), King Charles II of England issues the Charter of Carolina, establishing the Province of Carolina (Mar 24), the English Parliament passes the second Navigation Act, requiring that all goods bound for the American colonies have to be sent in English ships from English ports (Jul 27), severe frost hits England (Aug 28), the English polymath Robert Hooke discovers that cork is made of “tiny little rooms”, which he first calls “cells” - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1346/ Sun, 22 Aug 2021 06:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1346/ In the year 1346, a severe Black Death epidemic, the most fatal pandemic recorded in human history, begins in the Crimea (spring), Edward III and the English army begin an invasion of France (Jul 11), the English defeat the French in the Battle of Crécy, the first one in Europe where gunpowder is used (Aug 26), Denmark sells Danish Estonia to the Teutonic Knights (Aug 29), the English army defeats the Scots in the Battle of Neville’s Cross (Oct 17), the Black Death keeps spreading in Eurasia and North Africa, causing the death of 75–200 million people before ending in 1351 - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-montreal/ Fri, 20 Aug 2021 05:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-montreal/ As you may know, our article series Streets and Squares was created to provide interesting background information on street signs around the world. It is a fun way to learn about the history and culture of the cities you visit or even live in! This time we visit Montreal, the most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1642 as Ville-Marie (City of Mary), it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked hill in the heart of the city. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1665/ Wed, 18 Aug 2021 06:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1665/ Woolsthorp Manor, the birthplace and family home of Isaac Newton and where he stayed during the Great Plague (1665-1667) In the year 1665, Bucharest allows Jews to settle in the city, in exchange for an annual tax (Mar 16), as the Great Plague forces the closure of the University of Cambridge where Isaac Newton studies, he retires to his home for safety, and will there make many of his groundbreaking discoveries (Aug), the first play in English in the American colonies is performed in Pungoteague, Virginia (Aug 27), Robert Hooke’s Micrographia is published in London, first applying the term ‘cell’ to plant tissue (Sep) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1626/ Tue, 17 Aug 2021 06:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1626/ The Netherland Monument at an entrance to Battery Park. Photo credit: Tdorante10 In the year 1626, Sweden defeats a Polish army in Wallhof, Latvia (Jan 7), the director of New Netherland, Peter Minuit, buys Manhattan from a Native American tribe for some 60 guilders worth of trade goods (May 24), the new St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican is consecrated (Nov 18), Pasha Muhammad ibn Farukh, tyrannical Governor of Jerusalem, is forced out (Dec 1), the Würzburg and Bamberg witch trials, leading to the mass executions of hundreds of people, begin - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/4711/ Mon, 16 Aug 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/4711/ So have you tried the 4711 yet? The original Eau de Cologne 4711, named after its location at Glockengasse No. 4711 in Köln (Cologne), Germany. It was launched there in 1709 by the 23-year-old Giovanni Maria Farina, an Italian perfume maker who named his fragrance Eau de Cologne, in honor of his new hometown. In contemporary American English usage, the term “cologne” has become a generic term for perfumes - especially those marketed toward men. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1661/ Sun, 15 Aug 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1661/ Dutch Brazil, a.k.a. New Holland 1630-1654 In the year 1661, Russia cedes to Sweden all captured territories in the Treaty of Cardis (Jul 1), Portugal and the Dutch Republic sign a treaty whereby New Holland (a.k.a. Dutch Brazil) is ceded to Portugal (Aug 6), work begins on Versailles, John Evelyn publishes the pamphlet Fumifugium which becomes one of the earliest descriptions of air pollution - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1521/ Fri, 13 Aug 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1521/ Today, Aug 13th 2021, it is exactly 500 years since the end of the Aztec Empire (1428-1521) In the year 1521, Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther (Jan 3), the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Philippines (Mar 16), the Diet of Worms ends, and Martin Luther is declared an outlaw (May 25), Suleiman the Magnificent, leader of the Ottoman Empire, begins the siege of Belgrade (Jun 25), Gustaf Eriksson, the future King Gustaf Vasa, rebels against Kalmar Union (Aug),** Cuauhtémoc, the last Aztec Emperor, surrenders to Cortés whereby the Aztec Empire is incorporated into the Spanish Empire** (Aug 13) – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-maori/ Thu, 12 Aug 2021 09:42:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-maori/ When you hear the word Maori, what comes to your mind? Perhaps the Maori Haka dance? The video below is of the Maori All Blacks Haka before the rugby match between New Zealand and Canada in Vancouver, Canada, 2017. That’s something to behold! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnvI6V-TtLs The Māori are the indigenous Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand. They arrived from eastern Polynesia in several waves of waka (canoe) voyages between roughly 1320 and 1350. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/adolf-who/ Tue, 10 Aug 2021 11:00:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/adolf-who/ This time in First Names First we haveAdolf. And Adolph, Adolphe and Adolphus - all male names. Unfortunately Adolf was the name for that one dictator, but also the first (or in this case, the second) name for many good and brilliant men. No man owns a name, but nevertheless, after the Second World War, Adolf has for obvious reasons rarely been a name one would choose for their son. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/quien-mato-a-sara/ Sat, 07 Aug 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/quien-mato-a-sara/ or Who Killed Sara? is a Mexican television series created by José Ignacio Valenzuela, and released for Netflix in March 2021. The series tells about a man convicted for the murder of his sister, a crime that he did not commit. Not a kid-friendly series, that’s for sure. But certainly one worthy of watching. The cast is mainly Mexican, but also from Argentina, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Spain and Venezuela. Here below you see the main cast with their role names, and where the actors and actresses originate from. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/astrological-twins/ Tue, 03 Aug 2021 10:00:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/astrological-twins/ Journeys of Life started long ago in the blogspot.com environment as an idea to offer database for you readers interested in finding people who were born the exact same date as yourselves. Since then this site has gone through a lot of changes - development if you will. There still is the opportunity to find your astrological twin (not exact of course though since time and place of birth vary), but now there are also all the article series that we hope you are pretty familiar with by now: Did You Know That, First Names First, Language Day, Monthly Latin, One Day in the Life of, Streets & Squares, When, and Who Said That! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-36/ Sun, 01 Aug 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-36/ So, Who Said That! Try to guess first who said that, and if you don’t know, you’ll see who it was at the very end of the article. Remember to scroll very s l o w l y. Sometimes it is so obvious. That someone is very different from “the rest of us normal people”. And even if you add “more” before “normal”, it doesn’t much change the fact that there is no normal , and being “different” is an illusion. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1454/ Sat, 31 Jul 2021 11:14:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1454/ A letterpress machine from 1811 at the Deutsches Museum in Münich, Germany, not much different from the Gutenberg Press of 1454. Photo credit Andrew Plumb In the year 1454, the Thirteen Years' War begins as the citizens of Toruń rebel against the Teutonic Knights (Feb 2), Richard Plantagenet becomes Protector for King Henry VI of England who is in a catatonic state (Mar 27), King Henry regains his sanity (Dec), Isaac Zarfati, a French living in Ottoman Empire, sends a circular letter to several places in the Holy Roman Empire, urging the abused Jews there to come and live in the Ottoman Empire instead, the press of Johannes Gutenberg produces the first printed documents bearing a date - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-31/ Thu, 29 Jul 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-31/ The Watchtower’s Samoan edition Did you know that The Watchtower, started in 1879 by Charles Taze Russell and published monthly by the Jehovah’s Witnesses, is the most widely read magazine in the world? It has appeared with slightly different names, and has different editions even now, but you would have to live pretty isolated if you never had seen this magazine anywhere. The success of this theologically very conservative magazine is based on several factors. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1667/ Tue, 27 Jul 2021 05:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1667/ The Bay of New York Taken from Brooklyn Heights, a painting by William Guy Wall in the 1820s. Breuckelen was but one of the six Dutch villages in today’s Brooklyn, situated more or less where Brooklyn Heights is located. In the year 1667, the first theater in Scandinavia opens in Stockholm, Sweden (Feb), the blind, impoverished John Milton seals a contract for publication of Paradise Lost (Apr 27), the first human blood transfusion is administered successfully, from sheep to human, but the patient dies, and the doctor is accused of murder (Jun 15), Milton’s Paradise Lost is published, with great success (Oct), Brooklyn is chartered under the name Breuckelen by the Governor of New Netherland (Oct 18), Robert Hooke demonstrates that the alteration of the blood in the lungs is essential for respiration - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1441/ Sun, 25 Jul 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1441/ In the year 1441, King’s College in Cambridge is founded (Feb 12), Christopher of Bavaria becomes the King of Sweden (Sep 13), the Peace of Cremona ends the war between the Republic of Venice and the Duchy of Milan (Nov 20), the Maya civilization splits into warring city-states, the first black African slaves are brought to Europe at Lagos in Kingdom of Portugal - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/gemma-who/ Sat, 24 Jul 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/gemma-who/ This time in First Names First! it is all about Gemma! So pick one of the Gemmas that you see below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Give a couple of minutes to this for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Gemma Donati* wife of Dante Alighieri - Florence, Republic of Florence (1267) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-scots/ Thu, 22 Jul 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-scots/ Have you ever thought about the fact that many Scots are descendants of the Vikings?! Or how different the language Gaelic language is from English. A Scotsman might tell you: Fàilte gu Alba! But would you understand? That it means Welcome to Scotland! ? Anyways, this article is about the Scots people, not the country or the language(s) this time around. Here follows a list of famous Scots, all the way from the 13th century to our times. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-casablanca/ Tue, 20 Jul 2021 07:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-casablanca/ Hassan II Mosque on the Atlantic coast As you may know, our article series Streets and Squares was created to provide some interesting background information on street signs around the world. It is a fun way to learn about the history and culture of the cities you visit or even live in! This time we will visit Casablanca, the largest city of Morocco. Not the capital though for that is Rabat. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-2020/ Sun, 18 Jul 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-2020/ One of the many representations of the corona virus. See also COVID-19 Map (John Hopkins) In the year 2020, Chinese authorities publicly confirm human-to-human transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (Jan 20), the United Kingdom and Gibraltar formally withdraw from the European Union (Jan 31), the World Health Organization names the disease COVID-19 (Feb 11), WHO declares the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic (Mar 11), the death toll from COVID-19 exceeds 100,000 globally (Apr 10), fossils found in a Bulgarian cave belonging to Homo sapiens indicate that modern humans may have arrived in Europe thousands of years earlier than previously thought (May 11), China passes the controversial Hong Kong national security law (Jun 30), Africa is declared free of wild polio (Aug 25), skeletons of 200 mammoths are unearthed in Mexico City (Sep 3), the worldwide death toll from COVID-19 exceeds one million (Sep 29), a NASA spacecraft briefly touches down on the asteroid Bennu, and retrieves historical samples (Oct 20), the United Kingdom becomes the first nation to begin a mass inoculation campaign using the fully tested Pfizer vaccine (Dec 8), followed by the United States and Canada (Dec 14) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1670/ Sat, 17 Jul 2021 05:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1670/ In the year 1670, the Hudson’s Bay Company - a fur trading business for much of its existence - is founded in England, to operate in Canada (May 2), Spain recognizes Jamaica and the Cayman Islands as English possessions (Jul 18), Spanish frigates attack Charleston, South Carolina (Aug), Louis XIV authorizes the construction of Les Invalides in Paris as a home and hospital for aged and unwell soldiers (Nov 24), the first French settlers arrive in what is to become Senegal, Stenka Rasin begins the Cossack rebellion in Ukraine - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1671/ Wed, 14 Jul 2021 14:55:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1671/ In the year 1671, intoxicated Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, makes a fruitless attempt to steal the Crown Jewels of England and Scotlandfrom the Tower of London (May 9), the Ottoman Empire declares war on Poland (Jun 22), the world’s first school of architecture is founded in Paris (Dec 30), the first Jewish families settle in Berlin, moving from Vienna at the invitation of the Elector of Brandenburg - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-fresh-prince-of-bel-air/ Mon, 12 Jul 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-fresh-prince-of-bel-air/ From up left to right: Janet Hubert, Will Smith, Joseph Marcell, Alfonso Ribeiro, Karyn Parsons, James Avery and Tatyana Ali Time for another nostalgic view of another great television show. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. The title of the series is intricately tied with the career of Will Smith. He had achieved modest fame as a rapper under the name The Fresh Prince in the late 1980’s. And since there already was a comedy series Prince of Bel Air (first aired on ABC in 1986), NBC coined the title for Will Smith’s television series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/gene-who/ Sat, 10 Jul 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/gene-who/ Another piece in our series First Names First! Pick one of the names that you see below. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Give a couple of minutes to this for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. This time it is all about Gene - as the male name! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1674/ Wed, 07 Jul 2021 16:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1674/ In the year 1674, the Westminster Treaty is signed between England and the Dutch Republic (Feb 19), the Dutch Republic cedes its colony of New Netherland to England, including the capital New Orange which is returned to its English name of New York (Nov 10), Father Jacques Marquette founds a mission on the shores of Lake Michigan, which will gradually grow into the city of Chicago (Dec 4) – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1648/ Tue, 06 Jul 2021 11:00:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1648/ In the year 1648, the Russian explorer Semyon Dezhnyov embarks on the first recorded voyage through the Bering Strait, between Asia and North America (Jun), the Treaty of Westphalia ends the Thirty Years' War (Oct 24), France and the Netherlands agree to divide the Caribbean island of Saint Martin between them (Nov 11), rabbi Sabbatai Zevi declares himself the Messiah at Smyrna, Rembrandt paints Beggars at the Door - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-24/ Mon, 05 Jul 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-24/ “The last attack of the Swedes” by Magnus Adlercreutz, illustrating the heroic Swedish attack in the Battle of Oravais, which ultimately led to their defeat. one of the nicknames that the Finns have for their dear Western neighbors, the Swedes - namely Hurrit - may have a more dramatic background than usually considered? The Battle of Oravais was one of the decisive battles in the Finnish War (1808-1809) between Sweden and the Russian Empire, fought on September 14th, 1808 by the Gulf of Bothnia in western Finland. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1658/ Sat, 03 Jul 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1658/ In the year 1658, the Treaty of Roskilde brings peace between Sweden and Denmark (Feb 26), a Spanish invasion force fails to recapture Jamaica from the English (Jun 27), after Shah Jahan completes the Taj Mahal, his son deposes him as ruler of the Mughal Empire (Jul 31), Sweden attacks Denmark (Aug 7), Oliver Cromwell dies, and his son becomes Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland (Sep 3), the Dutch Navy forces the Swedish Navy to leave the coasts of Denmark (Oct 29), Dutch Jan Swammerdam becomes the first to observe and describe red blood cells - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-35/ Thu, 01 Jul 2021 09:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-35/ Here’s yet another piece in Who Said That! Depicting what we people have uttered in a moment of elation, insight, inspiration, wisdom, despair – or any other emotion. Try to guess/remember first who said that, and if you don’t know, you’ll see who it was at the very end of the article. Remember to scroll very s l o w l y. GET RID OF THE SHITTY SOUND. LIFE IS TOO SHORT. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1668/ Wed, 30 Jun 2021 03:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1668/ In the year 1668, the Triple Alliance of 1668 between England, Sweden and the Dutch Republic is formed (Jan), the British East India Company takes over Bombay (Sep 21), the first national bank in Europe, the Swedish Riksbank, is founded, the first volume of Jean de La Fontaine’s collected Fables is published - and all these fine people were born: 1668-xxxx Thomas Coram* sea captain/philanthropist - Lyme Regis, Dorset, England (1751/c. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-30/ Mon, 28 Jun 2021 23:33:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-30/ This time in Language Day we take a slightly different approach. Namely looking at an expression in the English language that has a foreign background. There will be other such articles later on. We start with Dutch treat. Most English speaking people know exactly what that means, but others perhaps not. A treat yes, but Dutch? Anything to do with the Netherlands? Everybody knows though what my treat means. I pay for everything - for me, you and perhaps even for the rest of the bunch. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/native-america-in-northern-america/ Sat, 26 Jun 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/native-america-in-northern-america/ Anyone born outside of the United States or Canada tends to underestimate the number of place names in Northern America that have a connection with Native Americans. Or the First Nations as they are called in Canada. They are many! For there have been so many native tribes. Many of them ring a bell with most of us, some are less known, many are either extinct today or are so little known that we just don’t recognize them. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1619/ Fri, 25 Jun 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1619/ The Pilgrims and members of the Wampanoag tribe (who ate at the first Thanksgiving) ate pumpkins and other squashes that are native to New England. In the year 1619, the first African slaves are brought to New England (though actually they were not the first ones) (August), 38 colonists from England land in Berkeley Hundred, Virginia and give thanks to God (considered by some to be the first Thanksgiving in the Americas) (Dec 4), Kajaani Castle in central Finland is built, the Danish–Dutch whaling settlement of Smeerenburg is founded in Svalbard, a Spanish expedition sails around Tierra del Fuego, mapping the coast of South America - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/charlotte-who/ Thu, 24 Jun 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/charlotte-who/ This time in “First Names First” it is all about Charlotte! Follow one of those Wikipedia links to read about the person, and then see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Or just thoughts for the day. Charlotte of Savoy* queen of France as the second spouse of Louis XI – Savoy, France (1441) Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus* – Nicosia, Cyprus (1444) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest/ Tue, 22 Jun 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest/ One of the most memorable movies of the last century. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, directed by Miloš Forman. Many of us have seen it at least once, some quite a few times. Some of us read the book by Ken Kesey before seeing the movie, and noticed how the main character switched from the Chief to the white guy. But nevertheless the film was every bit as good, if not better. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-sigtuna/ Sun, 20 Jun 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-sigtuna/ This time we head for Sigtuna in our article series Streets & Squares. A small town northwest of Stockholm which became the capital of the Swedes during the 970s. King Eric the Victorious, the founder of Sigtuna, lived there as did many kings after him, so Sigtuna remained an important town. It did that for almost 300 years until Stockholm took over as the number one city in Sweden. These days it is a nice place to visit for both domestic and foreign tourists with its long history and idyllic sites. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1656/ Fri, 18 Jun 2021 06:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1656/ In the year 1656, the first Jewish doctor in the Thirteen Colonies of America, Jacob Lumbrozo, arrives in Maryland (Jan 24), the Dutch capture the city of Colombo, Sri Lanka, marking the start of Dutch Ceylon (May 12), the pendulum clock is invented by Christiaan Huygens (Dec), the Stockholm Banco, the first bank to issue banknotes, is founded in Stockholm, Sweden – and all these fine people were born: 1656-xxxx Petronella Oortman* Dutch dollhouse enthusiast - Amsterdam (1716/60) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1607/ Thu, 17 Jun 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1607/ Pocahontas (c.1595-1617), daughter of Chief Powhatan, wife of John Rolfe In the year 1607, Jamestown, Virginia, is established as the first permanent English settlement in North America, beginning the American frontier (May 14), the first known performance of a Shakespeare play outside England in English takes place as Hamlet is performed aboard the East India Company ship Red Dragon off the coast of Sierra Leone (Sep 5), Halley’s Comet is seen by Johannes Kepler (Oct 27), Captain John Smith of the Jamestown Colony is captured by the Opchancanough tribe, and sent to Chief Powhatan for execution, but Pocahontas rescues him (Dec), Spain is effectively bankrupt - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-healing-power-of-music/ Tue, 15 Jun 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-healing-power-of-music/ Music heals. In the deepest abysses of sorrow, music heals, soothes, takes us somewhere with no time and space. Listening to a piece by Garth Brooks, Time by Hans Zimmer, Schindler’s List by John Williams etc etc, through the earphones at top volume and sobbing in rhythm with it all can be an utterly cleansing, cathartic experience. Here’s one more. On The Nature of Daylight by the British composer Max Richter. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1673/ Mon, 14 Jun 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1673/ In the year 1673, impostor Mary Carleton is hanged at Newgate Prison in London (Jan 22), Molière’s The Imaginary Invalid premiers in Paris (Feb 10), Test Act decreed that Roman Catholics and others who refuse to receive the sacrament of the Church of England cannot vote, hold public office, preach, teach, attend the universities or assemble for meetings in England (Mar 29), Dutch forces recapture New York from the English; the city is known as New Orange until regained by the English the following year (Aug 9) – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/when-3/ Sat, 12 Jun 2021 08:40:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/when-3/ I, years ago, visited Paris for the first time during one of my Interrail trips - the kind of traveling by train done by many young Europeans in the 1970s and 1980s, and which is still popular - I tried to get to see one of the most famous sights in the city, the Arc de Triomphe at the centre of Place Charles de Gaulle. And like an arch I walked around that big square, trying to find an entrance. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1611/ Fri, 11 Jun 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1611/ Hudson River, originating in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York and flowing southward toward the Atlantic Ocean In the year 1611, Denmark declares war on Sweden, then captures Kalmar (Apr 4), the Authorized King James Version of the Bible is published for the first time, in London (May 2), a mutiny on the ship Discovery leads to captain Henry Hudson (for whom both Hudson River and Hudson Bay are named), his son and seven crewmen to being set adrift in or near Hudson Bay, never to be seen again (Jun 22), Gustav II Adolf becomes the King of Sweden (Oct 30) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/charles-who/ Thu, 10 Jun 2021 07:06:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/charles-who/ This time in “First Names First” one of the most popular male names ever - Charles. Also the nickname derived from it, Charlie. Below you can see the list of these particular first names. Pick at least one of them, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and see what if anything he could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Or just thoughts for the day. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1675/ Tue, 08 Jun 2021 02:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1675/ The Prime Meridian passing through it, the Royal Greenwich Observatory gave its name to Greenwich Mean Time, the precursor to UTC In the year 1675, Native American Christian John Sassamon from the Massachusett tribe is killed (Jan 29), the killers convicted (Jun 8), and this helps spark the conflict known as King Philip’s (Metacomet) War, breaking out as the Wampanoags attack Swansea in Massachusetts (Jun 24), Brandenburg defeats the Swedes in the Battle of Fehrbellin (Jun 28), construction of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London begins (Aug 10), the Narragansetts sign a treaty with the English in Boston (Sep 18), United colonial forces attack the Narragansetts at the Great Swamp Massacre in New England (Dec 19), the American Indian Wars go on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1680/ Sun, 06 Jun 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1680/ In the year 1680, the first documented tornado in America takes place in Cambridge, Massachusetts (Jul 8), Pueblo Indians capture Santa Fe, New Mexico from the Spanish (Aug 21), the Whigs, opposing catholicism, burn effigies of the Pope in London (Nov 14), the city of Karlskrona is founded in Sweden, the first Portuguese governor is appointed to Macau - and all these fine people were born: 1680-xxxx Gundill Trabeen** mother of Petter Carlsson Hällström/married to Carl Esbjörnsson Skotte - Helsingborg, Swedish Empire (1711/30-31) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-22/ Sat, 05 Jun 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-22/ Fontaine Molière on Rue Molière in Paris during the fourth performance of Molière’s comédie-ballet The Imaginary Invalid ( Le malade imaginaire) on February 17th, 1673, something unexpected happens to the playwright Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (better known by his stage name Molière) who also plays the title role of the severe hypochondriac Argan? Molière collapses on the stage in a fit of coughing and haemorrhaging. He insists though on completing his performance. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1681/ Fri, 04 Jun 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1681/ In the year 1681, the first recorded boxing match in England takes place (Jan 6), Charles II of England grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that will become Pennsylvania (Mar 4), Canal du Midi in southern France is completed, creating a connection from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea (May 15), Roman Catholic Archbishop Oliver Plunkett is hanged in London and becomes the last Catholic martyr to die in England (Jul 1), France annexes the city of Strasbourg, previously a free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire (Sep 30) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1682/ Wed, 02 Jun 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1682/ Photo credit Wally Gobetz In the year 1682, Robert de La Salle claims the territory at the mouth of the Mississippi River as La Louisiane for France (Apr 9), Louis XIV of France moves his court to Versailles (May 6), the reign of Peter the Great officially begins in Russia (May 7), three women are hanged for witchcraft in Exeter, the last known in England (Aug 25), the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is founded by William Penn (Oct 27) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-34/ Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-34/ Time for another Who Said That! Try to guess or remember who is behind the quotation below, and if you don’t know, you’ll see who at the very end of the article. Remember to scroll slowly. So, who said: Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else. That’s something we know instinctively. That we are unique. But sometimes we may forget that the other person is that too. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1678/ Mon, 31 May 2021 07:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1678/ A Pinellas County fire engine in Largo, Florida In the year 1678, the first fire engine company in the future United States goes into service (Jan 27), the_ Test Act_ provides that members of both the House of Lords and House of Commons of England must swear an anti-Catholic oath, before taking office (Dec 3), about 1,200 Irish families sail from Barbados to Virginia and the Carolinas, the first chrysanthemums are planted in Europe – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1359/ Sun, 30 May 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1359/ In the year 1359, France repudiates the terms of the Second Treaty of London, dissatisfied with loss of French territory (May 25), King Erik Magnusson of Sweden dies, and sole power is restored to his father, King Magnus (Jun 21), Edward III invades France again, but is forced to accept lesser terms (Nov), Dmitry Donskoi becomes the Grand Duke of Moscow, Ismail II overthrows his uncle as King of Granada, Berlin joins the Hanseatic League - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-29/ Sat, 29 May 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-29/ There are so many languages in the world! But some of us - actually quite a few - go through life without learning - or needing to learn - any other language except the one provided to us since infancy, our mother tongue. Depending upon where you were born though, you may have been surrounded by other languages beyond your mother tongue to the extent that it has been only natural - or perhaps even necessary - to take up at least one of them. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1662/ Thu, 27 May 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1662/ The Sampling Officials by Rembrandt, 1662 In the year 1662, a short-lived experiment of the first public buses (holding eight passengers) begins in Paris (Mar 18), the hearth tax is introduced in England and Wales - a property tax considered among the first types of progressive tax (May 16), Charles II of England sells Dunkirk to his cousin Louis XIV of France (Oct 27), Rembrandt paints The Sampling Officials - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/one-day-in-the-life-of-richard-the-lionheart/ Tue, 25 May 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/one-day-in-the-life-of-richard-the-lionheart/ Statue of Richard the Lionheart in front of the British Parliament in London. Photo credit Alex-David Baldi Two of Europe’s most powerful rulers - Richard I of England (perhaps better known as Richard the Lionheart) and King Philip I of France, had met on the banks of the river Seine on January 13th, 1199, and made a truce. With a peace secured, Richard is now able to refocus on bringing internal order to the south of the Angevin Empire (i. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/francesca-who/ Mon, 24 May 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/francesca-who/ First a notification, if we may: Creative Commons turns 20 years today. Congratulations! You can take part in their Better Sharing campaign, honoring 20 years of commitment to open access and better sharing. So, once again time for the female name of the month in “First Names First”, namely Francesca. Why not follow one of those Wikipedia links to read about the person, and then see what if anything she could contribute your life with. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1513/ Sun, 23 May 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1513/ Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León meets with the Tequestas in southern Florida in April 1513 In the year 1513, the Spanish invasion of what is now Florida begins as Juan Ponce de León sights land, mistaking it for another island (Apr 2) before landing there (Apr 3), Christian II becomes King of Denmark and Norway (Jul 22), work on New Cathedral in Salamanca begins, Niccolò Machiavelli is banished from Florence by the House of Medici, and writes The Prince - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1684/ Sat, 22 May 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1684/ The Republic of Venice and its main territories over the course of its existence. Photo credit Ariel196 In the year 1684, the severe months-long frost in Britain, which even froze the River Thames, ends (Mar), the Republic of Venice declares war on the Ottoman Empire (Apr 25), René-Robert Cavelier sails again from France in order to establish a French colony on the Gulf of Mexico (Jul 24), Edmond Halley goes to Cambridge to discuss planetary motion with Isaac Newton (Aug), the British East India Company receives Chinese permission to build a trading station at Canton, the Swedification of Scania is accelerated by getting rid of the Danish-speaking teachers in the schools there - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-largo/ Thu, 20 May 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-largo/ We head in Streets & Squares this time to a slightly smaller city or shall we say town. That is, to Largo, the third largest city - after Clearwater and St. Petersburg - in Pinellas County, Florida. As well as the fourth largest in the Tampa Bay area. Largo was incorporated as a town in 1905. And yes, it is not to be confused with Key Largo, also in Florida. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1690/ Wed, 19 May 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1690/ In the year 1690, the clarinet is said to have been invented in Nuremberg, Germany (Jan 14), the Massachusetts Bay Colony issues the first paper money in North America (Feb 3), King William III of England defeats the deposed James II, who returns to exile in France (Jul 11), the English East India Company founds the future city of Calcutta (Aug 24), Barclays is founded in London, England (Nov 17), Uranus is first sighted and recorded, but mistakenly catalogued as a star (Dec) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1623/ Tue, 18 May 2021 12:03:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1623/ Schickard’s Calculating Clock In the year 1623, forces from the Kingdom of Kongo defeat the Portuguese in the Battle of Mbanda Kasi (Jan), the ship Anne arrives from England carrying more settlers to New Plymouth, Plymouth Colony (Jul), Rudbeckianska gymnasiet, the first gymnasium in Sweden, is founded, Wilhelm Schickard invents his Calculating Clock, an early mechanical calculator - and all these fine people were born: 1623-xxxx Jürgen Ovens* German portrait painter/art dealer - Tönning, Duchy of Schleswig (1678/55) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1692/ Mon, 17 May 2021 04:46:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1692/ In the year 1692, the Salem witch trials begin in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony with three women being charged of witchcraft (Mar 1), the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing Dynasty issues the Edict of Toleration, recognizing the Roman Catholic Church and legalizing missions and their conversion of Chinese people (Mar 22), the last of those convicted of witchcraft in the Salem witch trials are hanged, and the remainder are eventually released (Sep 22), a slave revolt is crushed in Barbados (Oct 21) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1615/ Wed, 12 May 2021 12:33:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1615/ A humpback whale fluke - all unique like human fingerprints In the year 1615, forces under shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu take Osaka Castle in Japan, and thus begins a period of peace which lasts nearly 250 years (Jun 4), several Spanish Basque whalers on a whaling expedition to the Westfjords Peninsula of Iceland are killed as they end up in a conflict with the locals (Oct) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/frank-who/ Mon, 10 May 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/frank-who/ Another piece in our series First Names First! Pick one of the names that you see below. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Give a couple of minutes to this for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. This time it is all about Frank! Frank James* Confederate soldier/ outlaw/the older brother of Jesse James – Clay County, MO USA (1843) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1647/ Sun, 09 May 2021 12:13:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1647/ In the year 1647, the Truce of Ulm ends for a while the power struggle in Bavaria between Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden (Mar 14), Peter Stuyvesant is appointed Director of New Amsterdam by the Dutch West India Company (Aug), England’s Puritan rulers ban Christmas, the word geysir is first used in Iceland - and all these fine people were born: 1647-0102 Nathaniel Bacon* Virginia colonist/rebel - Friston Hall, Suffolk, England (1676/29) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1485/ Fri, 07 May 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1485/ In the year 1485, the first outbreak of sweating sickness in England begins (Aug 5), King Henry VII of England is crowned, becoming the first monarch of the House of Tudor (Oct 30), Leonardo da Vinci starts producing a number of designs for flying machines, Leon Battista Alberti’s De Re Aedificatoria (published posthumously) becomes the first printed work on architecture - and all these fine people were born: 1485-xxxx Giovanni da Verrazzano* Florentine explorer of North America - Val di Greve, Republic of Florence (1528/c. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/indian-arrival-day/ Tue, 04 May 2021 23:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/indian-arrival-day/ By August 1834, slavery had been abolished in almost all parts of the British Empire. To replace the slaves working the plantations in the colonial Caribbean Islands, Guyana, Fiji etc, Britain introduced the system of indentured labor, recruiting people from their colonies. They would work more or less as slaves, but only for the term of their contract, after which they could decide either to go back to their home country, or stay and perhaps even get some land of their own to grow. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1540/ Mon, 03 May 2021 18:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1540/ Charles V Wall in Gibraltar In the year 1540, Thomas Cromwell is executed on order from Henry VIII who that same day marries his fifth wife (Jul 28), Gibraltar is sacked by the fleet of Barbary pirate Ali Hamet, leading to the building of the Charles V Wall (Sep), an expedition led by Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto destroys the village of Mabila (in modern-day Alabama), killing chief Tuskaloosa of the Mississippian chiefdom (Oct 18), Europe is hit by a heat wave and drought lasting for months, drying up Seine and Rhine and killing many - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-33/ Sat, 01 May 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-33/ “Contagious Laughter” Photo credit Ed Schipul We people are a funny sort. We can emulate the feelings and expressions of others, even when we ourselves are nowhere near that particular emotion at that particular time. For for the most part we can easily identify with it. Smiling, let alone laughing, can be such a contagious thing! You sit in a subway car and see someone start laughing out loud - and then not being able to stop laughing - and you may find it very hard, if not impossible, to prevent a smile spread across your own face. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/fleetwood-mac/ Fri, 30 Apr 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/fleetwood-mac/ Fleetwood Mac in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 2018. Photo credit Raph_PH The British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac - a band with their own unique beat that has garnered millions of die-hard fans till this day - was formed in London in 1967. By guitarist Peter Green, drummer Mick Fleetwood and guitarist Jeremy Spencer. And joined a few weeks later by bassist John McVie for the band’s 1968 debut album Fleetwood Mac. And as you may know, the name of the band was formed by the merging of Mick Fleetwood’s last name and the Mac from John “Mac” McVie. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-28/ Thu, 29 Apr 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-28/ Sun, the source of all life in our solar system, certainly earns its own Language Day article! From the linguistic point of view, you can easily see the similarities in several of the European languages in the words we have for sun, be they Germanic, Latin or Slavic languages. The Romans replaced the Greek word for sun, Helios, with the Latin Sol, a root word that continues to refer to the sun in the present day, but sol itself came from the Proto-Indo-European sóh₂wl̥. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1686/ Tue, 27 Apr 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1686/ The plaque of Café Procope on Rue de l’Ancienne Comédie in Paris In the year 1686, New York City and Albany are granted city charters by the colonial governor (Jul 22), the Swedish Church Law 1686 confirms Sweden as a Lutheran state, whereby even the Romani people are to be incorporated to the Lutheran Church and all children need to learn to read the scriptures (which more or less eradicates illiteracy in Sweden), Café Procope, the oldest coffeehouse in Paris, frequented by Marie Antoinette and Napoleon Bonaparte, is opened - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1693/ Sun, 25 Apr 2021 15:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1693/ The ruins of Heidelberg Castle near Mannheim, Germany In the year 1693, a major earthquake kills thousands in Sicily and Malta (Jan 11), the Palantine forces at Heidelberg Castle surrender to France (May 23), John Locke publishes his influential book Some Thoughts Concerning Education, while William Penn, the founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, publishes his proposal for European federation, a religious schism in Switzerland leads to the formation of the Mennonite Amish sect, the Nine Year’s War goes on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/jutta-who/ Sat, 24 Apr 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/jutta-who/ This month in “First Names First” is German month, so we continue here with the female name, namely Jutta - a German form of Judith. A name which is in use outside of Germany as well. Follow one of those Wikipedia links to read about the person, and then see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Or just thoughts for the day. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1604/ Fri, 23 Apr 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1604/ Othello and Desdemona, a painting by Fradelle from circa 1827 In the year 1604, Duke Carl becomes King Carl IX of Sweden (Mar 22), the Dutch begin contructing the city of Gothenburg in Sweden (Aug 21), William Shakespeare’s Othello is performed, probably for the first time, in London (Nov 1), construction of the Kajaani castle by order of King Carl IX begins in eastern Finland, France begins settling Acadia which becomes the first successful French North American colony, the first known English dictionary to be organized by alphabetical ordering, the Table Alphabeticall, is published - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1351/ Thu, 22 Apr 2021 03:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1351/ In the year 1351, Edward III of England institutes the Treason Act of 1351, one of the earliest statutes still in force under English law (Jan 14), in the Hundred Year’s War, the French are defeated by the English at the Battle of Taillebourg in Cascony (Apr 4), Zürich joins the Swiss Confederation (May 1), Vantaa in Finland is first mentioned, the Turks cross the Dardanelles into Europe for the first time, King Ramathibodi I ascends the throne in Ayutthaya (now Thailand) and begins to propagate Theravada Buddhism as the state religion - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-barcelona/ Tue, 20 Apr 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-barcelona/ In compliance with the voting results where you could choose between Barcelona, Casablanca and Visby, we now head in Streets & Squares to Barcelona - the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, and also the second most populous municipality of Spain. As always in Streets & Squares, clicking on the address links leads you to Google Maps, and clicking on the names to the person’s Wikipedia page. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1676/ Mon, 19 Apr 2021 12:33:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1676/ In the year 1676, as the leader of the Wampanoags nation Metacomet attacks Northampton, Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Council debates whether a wall should be erected around Boston (Feb 14), Metacomet, having waged a war throughout southern New England, is killed by another Indian (Aug 12), Sweden defeats the forces of Denmark in the Battle of Lund (Dec 4), Ole Rømer makes the first quantitative measurements of the speed of light (Dec 7), Anton van Leeuwenhoek discovers microorganisms, first coffeehouse in North America opens in Boston - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1248/ Sat, 17 Apr 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1248/ Cologne Cathedral in Cologne (Köln), Germany In the year 1248, the Gothic chapel Sainte-Chapelle is consecrated in Paris, France (Apr 26), the foundation stone of Cologne Cathedral is laid, with construction completed 632 years later in 1880! (Aug 15), Roger Bacon publishes the formula for black powder in Europe, Muslims are expelled from the Crown of Aragon, King Louis IX of France launches the Seventh Crusade, toward Egypt - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/tweets-sweets/ Fri, 16 Apr 2021 18:06:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/tweets-sweets/ From today on Journeys of Life is also in Twitter - better later than never, right?! At the same time we are replacing the old email address of kivita@gmail.com with a new one: jovestoneblog@gmail.com - also long overdue. So if you want to contact us by email, that’s the one to use starting today. Twitter, yes. There will be regular tweeting now. The tweets will be referring to either a recently published post or any of the older ones that seem a good option to tweet about. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-32/ Thu, 15 Apr 2021 12:55:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-32/ This one might hit a little sore spot. Or so it might seem. We all dream. Growing up, getting in the labor market, creating a career, family, traveling to places, climbing Mount Everest, you name it. We all have dreams. From the youngest age till the day we die perhaps. Dreams add spice to our lives and even hold it together, but at some point, if we don’t back them up with substance, they may become a bit unrealistic. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/earworms/ Mon, 12 Apr 2021 12:55:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/earworms/ Ever heard of the term earworm? I bet you have! Or if you for some inexplicable reason haven’t, I bet you have had the experience, time and time again! I hadn’t heard of the term (in any language, go fathom!) as I googled for an explanation why is it so hard to get rid of a melody in my mind. Earworm? What a strange word for such a neat thing. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1683/ Sun, 11 Apr 2021 16:45:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1683/ Frost Fair on the frozen river Thames in winter 1683 In the year 1683, a 173,000-man Ottoman force arrives at Vienna and starts to besiege the city (Jul 14), Germantown in Philadelphia is founded as the first permanent German settlement in North America (Oct 6), the English crown colony of New York is subdivided into 12 counties (Nov 1), the River Thames in London freezes, allowing a frost fair to be held (Dec), wild boars are hunted to extinction in Britain – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/jurgen-who/ Sat, 10 Apr 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/jurgen-who/ This time in First Names First we have a German name, **Jürgen.**Lately in use in Estonia as well. Why not pick one of the names below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about the person, and see what if anything he could contribute your life with. Lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us – let them! Jürgen Wullenwever* merchant/burgomaster of Lübeck – Hamburg, Germany, Holy Roman Empire (1492) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1624/ Fri, 09 Apr 2021 16:41:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1624/ Governors Island, south of Manhattan In the year 1624, as Oslo in Norway is destroyed once again by fire, King Christian IV of Denmark–Norway decrees its rebuilding on a new site, and to be named Christiania (May 24), the first Dutch settlers arrive in New Netherland as they disembark at Governors Island (Jun), Portuguese Jesuit priest António de Andrade becomes the first European to enter Tibet (Jul-Aug), the Japanese shōgun expels the Spanish from the land, and severs trade with the Philippines - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-21/ Mon, 05 Apr 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-21/ the reason why ambulances have the word AMBULANCE written as mirror writing on the front of the vehicle is so that drivers (of cars driving in front of them) would be able to see the word the right way around in their rear-view mirror? Some people are naturally good at mirror writing. Leonardo da Vinci for example wrote most of his personal notes in this way. But it is a phase that most of us go through in childhood. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/places-of-birth/ Sun, 04 Apr 2021 01:44:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/places-of-birth/ Our aim here in Journeys of Life is to indicate the place of birth as accurately as possible and by so doing give some of the historical context at a glance. Sometimes Wikipedia suggests the modern version of the area or country name, so it can be a challenge to find out under whose rule the city or area actually was at the time of birth. Because that is what we want to give here - the place of birth as it was known at the time of birth. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1390s/ Thu, 01 Apr 2021 23:20:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1390s/ Templo Mayor in Tenochtitlan like it used to look This article of the decade of 1390s will serve mostly as historical background material as individual year files will as a rule not be published. 1390 Individual post In the year 1390, Robert III becomes King of Scotland (Apr 19), the Kingdom of Kaffa is established in present day Ethiopia, Templo Mayor is built in the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan, and construction begins on San Petronio Basilica in Bologna. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1687/ Wed, 31 Mar 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1687/ The Temple of Athena Nike at Acropolis, Athens. Built around 420 BC, excavated in the 1830s. Painting from 1877 by Carl Werner In the year 1687, the French explorer Robert Cavelier is murdered by a crew member while searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River (Mar 19), Isaac Newton’s Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica is published in London, and becomes the foundation of modern physics (Jul 11), Venetian forces besiege the Ottoman garrison in the Acropolis of Athens whereupon the Temple of Athena Nike is demolished (Sep 23) and half the Parthenon destroyed when a cannon ball hits a powder magazine (Sep 16) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-27/ Tue, 30 Mar 2021 18:15:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-27/ Have you ever wondered what the term “polymath” entails? Anything to do with mathematics for example? Being in various ways talented in mathematics? You would be partly right. It may indicate being talented in mathematics, but also in many other fields of science as well. According to Wikipedia, “A polymath is an individual whose knowledge spans a substantial number of subjects, known to draw on complex bodies of knowledge to solve specific problems” https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1695/ Tue, 30 Mar 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1695/ In the year 1695, the Bank of Scotland is founded (Jul 17), a window tax is imposed in England and Wales, resulting in some windows being bricked up (Dec 31), a £2 fine is imposed for swearing in England, gold is discovered in Brazil, the Great Famine caused by early frost and bad harvests begins in the Swedish Empire, the famine in Scotland goes on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/identical-twins/ Sat, 27 Mar 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/identical-twins/ Aaron & Shawn Ashmore This is a fascinating subject when it comes to people: having a twin! For those of us who don’t have a twin (most of us), and in this case, an identical twin (almost all of us), it is pretty hard to fathom that there could be someone who looks just like you. And with whom you would be so much closer in every sense of the word from the moment you are born. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1389/ Fri, 26 Mar 2021 14:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1389/ Statue of Queen Margaret I in Roskilde, Denmark In the year 1389, Queen Margaret of Norway and Denmark, and the founder of the Kalmar Union, defeats the King of Sweden in battle, and becomes ruler of all three kingdoms (Feb 24), the Käpplinge murders take place in Stockholm (Jun), Serbs are victorious over the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Kosovo (Jun 15), Carmo Convent is built in Lisbon - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/tarja-who/ Wed, 24 Mar 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/tarja-who/ First Names First has mostly been about first names that are in promiment use either in the English-speaking countries, or internationally. But we will more and more take on names from other countries. Last time it was Tarmo, a male name in use mostly in Finland and Estonia. Today’s name is the female name Tarja. A common name in Finland a few decades ago, but not so much these days. Next month’s names will be German. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1219/ Tue, 23 Mar 2021 10:12:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1219/ In the year 1219, Danish crusaders conquer Tallinn, and what is to become **the flag of Denmark **(Dannebrog) allegedly falls from the sky during that battle (Jun 15), Damietta in Egypt falls to the crusaders during the Fifth crusade (Nov 5), the Egyptian city of Al Mansurah is founded, Genghis Khan summons Qiu Chuji to visit him, to advise him on the medicine of immortality (the Philosopher’s Stone) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1651/ Mon, 22 Mar 2021 12:20:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1651/ The premises of the first coffee house in England on High Street, Oxford, England - now The Grand Cafe In the year 1651, Charles II is crowned King of Scots (Jan 1), Spanish ship San José, loaded with silver, wrecks in the coast of Chile, the surviving crew killed by indigenous Cuncos (Mar 26), laws are passed in Massachusetts forbidding poor people from adopting excessive styles of dress (Oct 13), defeated Charles II escapes from England to France (Oct 15), the first coffee house in England is opened, in Oxford - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1499/ Sun, 21 Mar 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1499/ In the year 1499, Polydore Vergil completes De inventoribus rerum, the first modern history of inventions (Aug), Vasco da Gama returns to Lisboa after his first voyage (to India) (Sep 18), the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I is forced to grant the Swiss de facto independence in the Treaty of Basel (Sep 22), the Rebellion of the Alpujarras begins in the Kingdom of Granada, incited by the forced conversions to Catholicism of the Muslims living there (Dec 18) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-wellington/ Sat, 20 Mar 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-wellington/ We head in Streets & Squares this time to Wellington, Te Whanganui-a-Tara in Maori language. The capital city of New Zealand, located at the south-western tip of the North Island, which is the more populous one of the two large islands of New Zealand. On January 22nd in 1840, British colonists reached New Zealand, officially founding Wellington. As always in Streets & Squares, clicking on the address links leads you to Google Maps, and clicking on the names to the person’s Wikipedia page. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1240s/ Fri, 19 Mar 2021 00:33:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1240s/ Novgorod Republic (1136–1478) with Ladoga in the west In the year 1240, Russian prince Alexander Nevsky defeats the Swedes on the Neva river, securing Novgorod the all-important access from Lake Ladoga to the Baltic Sea (Jul 15), the Mongol ruler Batu Khan and his troops sack the Ruthenian city of Kiev (Dec 6), the civil war era in Norway ends - and all these fine people were born: 1240-xxxx Magnus III of Sweden* King of Sweden/son of Birger Jarl - (1290/c. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1688/ Thu, 18 Mar 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1688/ In the year 1688, the Glorious Revolution begins as William of Orange from Netherlands lands at Torbay, England with a multinational force of 15000 mercenaries (Nov 15), William of Orange enters London (Dec 18), the earliest known mention of the balalaika is made, Edward Lloyd opens the coffee house in London (a popular meeting place of the business-minded) that later develops into Lloyd’s of London - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1567/ Tue, 16 Mar 2021 02:05:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1567/ Uppsala Castle, the site of the Sture Murders In the year 1567, Portuguese forces drive the French out of Rio de Janeiro (Jan 20), a Spanish mercenary army surprises and kills a band of rebels in Oosterweel in the Habsburg Netherlands, beginning the Eighty Years' War (Mar 13), the infamous Sture Murders take place at Uppsala Castle in Sweden (May 24), Mary, Queen of Scots, is forced to abdicate and is replaced by her one-year-old son (Jul 24) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/when-2/ Mon, 15 Mar 2021 00:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/when-2/ When is a pretty new article series here in Journeys of Life that we attempt to develop into something much bigger. The stories here can entail most anything, and is really about creative writing – as opposed to some other article series here. The When can be a beginning of a question sentence, or a story that follows. These stories will typically be short ones, but can be long-reads as well. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1609/ Sun, 14 Mar 2021 01:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1609/ Reproduction of a Galilean telescope from circa 1620 In the year 1609, the Bank of Amsterdam is established (Jan 31), King Philip III of Spain signs an edict to expel all Moriscos from his country (Apr 4), Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian officials (Aug 25, Johannes Kepler publishes his first two laws of planetary motion, Cornelis Drebbel invents the thermostat - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/poll1/ Sat, 13 Mar 2021 03:20:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/poll1/ Take part in our very first poll - one of many - and tell us which city You would like to read about in the April edition of Streets & Squares! You have time to answer till the 1st of April. Streets & Squares is always published on the 20th, but this time you have a chance to influence which city it will be out of the three alternatives presented here. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/12-angry-men/ Fri, 12 Mar 2021 00:12:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/12-angry-men/ From left to right E.G.Marshall, John Fiedler, Henry Fonda, Ed Begley and Robert Webber The courtroom drama film directed by Sidney Lumet, 12 Angry Men, released in April 1957, is considered by many to be one of the best movies of the 20th century. This brilliant film has certainly earned a spot in the bucket list of any movie enthusiast. There have been remakes of the film, but the original seems in this case to be the best. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-14/ Thu, 11 Mar 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-14/ When you go to a museum, how awesome is it not to see all those old works of art painted or sculptured perhaps hundreds of years ago! As photography hadn’t been invented yet, the only way to immortalize or give shape to something was of course to paint or sculp it. There is a very suitable Latin phrase for this: “Ars longa, vita brevis”. Dissected this would be: ars (art) longa (long), vita (life) brevis (short). https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/tarmo-who/ Wed, 10 Mar 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/tarmo-who/ This time is First Names First we have a much less common name, as it seems to be in use only in Finland and Estonia. We are talking about the male name Tarmo. Pick one name, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about the person, and to see what if anything he could contribute your life with. Why not give a couple of minutes of your life to this for lives lived have something worthwhile to tell us – let them! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1659/ Tue, 09 Mar 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1659/ In the year 1659, Jan van Riebeeck produces the first South African wine, at the Cape of Good Hope (Feb 2), Swedish forces attack Copenhagen, but suffer heavy losses (Feb 11), the first known cheque in existence is written, in London (Feb 16), Christiaan Huygens’s important work on astronomy, Systema Saturnium, is published (Jul), Maria Theresa brings cocoa to Paris - and all these fine peope were born: 1659-xxxx Lawrence Washington* plantation owner/grandfather of George Washington - Bridges Creek, Westmoreland County, Colony of Virginia, British America (1698/c. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/masters-of-chess/ Mon, 08 Mar 2021 10:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/masters-of-chess/ Checkmate in a game of chess. Photo credit to Steve Buissine/Pixabay It is International Women’s Day today, so today’s article has appropriately a female angle to it. Have a good one, all you women out there! Chess has always been a popular game, but now more than ever after The Queen’s Gambit starting running in Netflix. After just four weeks it had become Netflix’s most-watched scripted miniseries. In many a home, the chess board has now become the center-piece on the living-room table instead of gathering dust in the attic. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1629/ Sun, 07 Mar 2021 12:33:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1629/ Rijksdaalder silver coins from the Batavia wreck In the year 1629, Massachusetts Bay Colony is granted a Royal Charter, and the county is the first to be created in British America (Mar 4), the Dutch East India Company ship Batavia is wrecked on a reef near Beacon Island, and following mutiny among the survivors, two exiled murderers become the first Europeans to settle in Australia (Jun 4), actresses are banned in Japan - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1475/ Sat, 06 Mar 2021 00:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1475/ Olavinlinna Castle in Savonlinna, Finland In the year 1475, Krim becomes a vassal state of the Ottoman Empire (Jun 1) , Edward IV of England lands in Calais to support the Duchy of Burgundy against France (Jul 4), George of Bavaria marries the Polish princess Hedwig Jagiellon, thus creating a strong alliance against the Ottoman Empire (Nov 14), building of the Olavinlinna Castle in eastern Finland near the Russian border begins - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-16/ Fri, 05 Mar 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-16/ the word taxi comes from the Greek word taxithi (ταξίδι) which means travel? And taxi being the means of travel. And that when you call a cab, you are calling a cabriolet? A term which originated from a carriage cabriolet, i.e. a light, two-wheeled, one-horse carriage with a folding top, capable of seating two persons. Taxi is a very universal word with only slight variations so it is easily recognizable wherever you are in the world. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1679/ Wed, 03 Mar 2021 22:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1679/ Malpas Tunnel in today’s France In the year 1679, there is a devastating fire in Boston (Nov 27), Černín Palace in Prague is completed, Europe’s first navigable canal tunnel, the Malpas Tunnel in France, is excavated, French explorer Daniel Greysolon, Sieur (Sir) du Lhut, becomes the first know European to explore what becomes Duluth, Minnesota - and all these fine people were born: 1679-xxxx John Deane* Royal Navy captain - Nottingham, England (1761/c. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/horripilation/ Wed, 03 Mar 2021 00:33:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/horripilation/ Doesn’t that’s sound a bit horrific? It is a term not necessarily known to all of us. But the phenomenon is commonplace, this erection of hairs on the skin due to cold, fear, excitement, euphoria or sexual arousal. Before that erection happens, there usually is a sudden surge of warmth throughout your body. In colloquial language, we know this phenomenon of course as goose bumps. The reason for that choice of words naturally being that our skin then looks like the skin of an unfeathered goose. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1641/ Tue, 02 Mar 2021 00:33:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1641/ The old square in Kristiansand, Norway In the year 1641, the Norwegian city of Kristiansand is founded by King Christian IV of Denmark (Jul 5), London theatres are ordered to close due to increase in cases of plague (Aug 5), Irish Catholics revolt against the English administration and Scottish settlers in Ireland (Oct 23), the Dutch found a trading colony on Dejima in Japan (that remains active until 1854), English law makes witchcraft a capital crime - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-31/ Mon, 01 Mar 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-31/ Off and on, we need something to enliven our lives. Bring something new to it, something exciting, something refreshing in order to feel alive instead of just going through the motions of the daily living. It can be a trip somewhere, having coffee with a friend in the city, applying fresh paint on the living room wall, starting a new hobby. Anything to break the routine. Then there is something we can’t quite control - or control at all! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-26/ Sun, 28 Feb 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-26/ Ever wonder where the expression Blood is thicker than water comes from? Or what it actually means? You might think that it means that family relationships and loyalties are the strongest and most important ones, keeping people closer together. Stronger than friendships or even love relationships - where although closeness and intimacy is tangible, no blood is shared. But actually the opposite is true. The Blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb is a medieval proverb that means that bonds of friendship or love will always be stronger than bonds of family. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-the-1210s/ Sat, 27 Feb 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-the-1210s/ Tristan and Isolde, a painting by Edmund Blair Leighton In the year 1210, King Eric X of Sweden is crowned, which is the first known coronation of a Swedish king (Nov 21), Genghis Khan' sons Jochi leads a Mongol campaign against the Kyrgyz, Gottfried von Strassburg writes his epic poem Tristan - and all these fine people were born: 1210-0505 Afonso III of Portugal* son of King Afonso II of Portugal - Coimbra, Kingdom of Portugal (1279/68) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/street-view/ Fri, 26 Feb 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/street-view/ Google Street View car in action in Helsinki, Finland Google’s Street View is a most wonderful tool for anyone who loves maps and travelling - which comprises if not most then at least millions of us! You get by fine with Google Maps alone, but the Street View really enhances the experience. The article series Streets & Squares here in Journeys of Life has so far only had links to Google Maps, but we are gradually adding also the Street View feature in all of the cities and towns that we present in the series. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1633/ Thu, 25 Feb 2021 07:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1633/ In the year 1633, Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition, and fire engines are used for the first time in England in order to extinguish a fire that breaks out at London Bridge (Feb 12), the Roman Catholic Church convicts Galileo Galilei of heresy (Apr 12) and forces him to recant his heliocentric view of the Solar System (Jun 22), Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu issues the Sakoku Edict outlawing Christianity and enforcing a policy of extreme isolationism - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/paula-who/ Wed, 24 Feb 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/paula-who/ This time in our series First Names First it is all about Paula! Here below is a chronological list of some of the women born with that name. Pick one and then follow the Wikipedia link to read about these women, and see what if anything they could contribute your life with. Give a couple of minutes of your life to this. Lives lived all have something to tell us – let them! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/three-centuries-done/ Tue, 23 Feb 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/three-centuries-done/ As of today, Journeys of Life contains year files for three whole centuries. That is, the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Those plus some of this 21st century we now live in span the years 1700 and 2019. The year files aim to give you a quick look at any of these years with some background information and the most notable persons born at that time. We now go on completing year files for individual years for the 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th centuries, and aim to gradually publish all years between 1500 and 1699. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1701/ Mon, 22 Feb 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1701/ A modern seed drill in action In the year 1701, the electorate of Brandenburg-Prussia becomes the Kingdom of Prussia, still part of the Holy Roman Empire, and with Berlin as its capital (Jan 18), captain William Kidd is hanged in London (May 23), a French emporium named Fort Ponchartrain (future Detroit) is founded (Ju 24), English agriculturalist Jethro Tull invents a drill for planting seeds in rows - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1704/ Sun, 21 Feb 2021 10:41:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1704/ WM Nafis, a German thorougbred In the year 1704, the first regular newspaper in the Thirteen Colonies, The Boston News-Letter, is published (Apr 24), Gibraltar is captured from Spain by English and Dutch forces (Aug 3), Darley Arabian, purchased by Thomas Darley in Syria, becomes the most important foundation sire of all modern thoroughbred racing bloodstock in England, the Great Northern War goes on its fifth year - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-reykjavik/ Sat, 20 Feb 2021 00:33:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-reykjavik/ A view from Hallgrimskirkja towards Skólavörðurstígur This is part in the article series Streets and Squares that provide some interesting background information on street signs around the world. A fun way to learn about the history and culture of the cities you visit or even live in! This time we go to Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland, founded in 1785. We don’t find many eponymous streets in Reykjavik, at least not ones named after people. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1319/ Fri, 19 Feb 2021 05:00:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1319/ In the year 1319, three-year-old Magnus Eriksson becomes King of Norway (May 8) and is then elected King of Sweden (the second longest-reigning monarch in Swedish history), thus establishing a union with Norway (Jul 8), Scottish troops defeat an English army in the Battle of Myton in Yorkshire, the first major engagement in the First Scottish War of Independence (Sep 20), James of Aragon renounces his right to inherit the Crown of Aragon and his marriage to Eleanor of Castile, in order to become a monk (Dec 22) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/popular-genealogy-sites/ Thu, 18 Feb 2021 07:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/popular-genealogy-sites/ Millions of people all over the world get the genealogy bug sooner or later, mostly later, in their lives. Luckily, these days when you want to know more about your family history, there are all kinds of online resources available. You always start small, but pretty soon realize how much information there is to both hold and have. It requires navigating the multigenerational web of births, and via marriages names change which complicates the search, and migrations to other countries add their own flavor to the quest. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1706/ Wed, 17 Feb 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1706/ Twinings tea room at 216 Strand In the year 1706, the founder of Twinings, Thomas Twining, opens the first known tea room at 216 Strand, London (Oct), the city of Albuquerque is founded, the English Parliament establishes the first turnpike trusts, the common method of road maintenance for the next 150 years - and all these fine people were born: 1706-0101 Nils Wallerius* physicist/ philosopher/theologian - Stora Mellösa, Swedish Empire (1764/58) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1710/ Tue, 16 Feb 2021 04:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1710/ [caption id=“attachment_3284” align=“alignright” width=“321”]Magnus Stenbock leading his troops in Helsingborg in 1710[/caption] In the year 1710, Danish invaders are decisively defeated by the Swedish army at the Battle of Helsingborg in Southern Sweden (Feb 28), the world’s first copyright legislation, Britain’s Statute of Anne, becomes effective (Apr 10), the Tuscarora nation in Carolina protest the seizure of their lands and enslavement of their people by the settlers there (Jun 8), the Great Northern War (1700-1721) goes on, Beijing becomes the largest city in the world - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-the-1380s-2/ Mon, 15 Feb 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-the-1380s-2/ In the year 1380, Olaf II of Denmark also becomes Olaf IV of Norway, thus also ruling over Iceland and the Faroe Islands (Feb), Caucer begins to write his greatest work, The Canterbury Tales, the last islands of Polynesia are discovered and inhabited - and all these fine people were born: 1380-xxxx Johann Schiltberger* German traveller/writer - Freising or Munich, Holy Roman Empire (1440/c.60) 1380-0211 Poggio Bracciolini* scholar/humanist - Terranuova, Republic of Florence (1459/79) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1698/ Sun, 14 Feb 2021 13:40:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1698/ In the year 1698, the first Scottish settlers leave for an ill-fated colony in Panama (Jul 14), English engineer Thomas Savery obtains a patent for a steam pump (Jul 25), Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax on beards so as to move his people away from Asiatic customs (Sep 5), Christiaan Huygens argues in his posthumously published book Kosmotheoros that other planets in the solar system could contain extraterrestrial life, starting a debate that goes on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1697/ Sat, 13 Feb 2021 01:13:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1697/ Tre Kronor painting by Govert Dircksz Camphuysen (1661) In the year 1697, Scottish student Thomas Aikenhead becomes the last person in Great Britain to be executed for blasphemy (Jan 8), tsar Peter the Great of Russia sets out to travel in Europe incognito (Mar 9), Charles XII becomes king of Sweden at age 14 (Apr 5), Tre Kronor castle in Stockholm burns to the ground (May 17), great famine still goes on in Northern Europe and Scotland - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1717/ Thu, 11 Feb 2021 03:44:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1717/ In the year 1717, the first ballet in Britain takes place at the Theatre Royal in London (Mar 2), Spain concludes its conquest of Sardinia (Oct 30), six men from the wrecked Whydah Gally are hanged in Boston for piracy and robbery (Nov 15), the Charleville musket enters service in France, Tatar invasions in Transylvania devastate many towns - and all these fine people were born: 1717-0118 Jean-François-Marie de Surville* merchant captain with the French East India Company – Port-Louis, Brittany, France (1770/53) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/paul-who/ Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/paul-who/ This month in “First Names First” it is all about Paul & Paula in the usual male and female posts respectively. The year in brackets indicates the year of birth. Why not follow one of those Wikipedia links to read about the person, and then see what if anything they could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Or just thoughts for the day. Paul Revere* silversmith/industrialist/Patriot in the American Revolution – Boston, Massachusetts Bay, British America (1735) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1712/ Tue, 09 Feb 2021 06:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1712/ In the year 1712, enslaved Africans revolt in New York City (Apr 6), Peter the Great moves the capital of Russia from Moscow to Saint Petersburg (May 19), a warrant is issued in Scotland for the arrest of outlaw Rob Roy MacGregor (Oct 3), John Arbuthnot creates the character of John Bull to represent Britain, the Great Northern War goes on - and all these fine people were born: 1712-xxxx Angélique du Coudray* pioneering midwife - Clermont-Ferrand, France (1794/c. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1539/ Sun, 07 Feb 2021 20:01:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1539/ In the year 1539, Spain annexes Cuba (Jan 14), the Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay, Florida with the goal to find gold (May 30), the first printing press in North America is set up in Mexico City, the Protestant Reformation i.e. the movement against papal authority goes on - and all these fine people were born: 1539-xxxx Humphrey Gilbert* adventurer/explorer/pioneer of the English colonial empire in North America - Greenway, Brixham, England (1583/c. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1720/ Sat, 06 Feb 2021 00:33:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1720/ In the year 1720, Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm, by and by ending the Great Northern War (Feb 11), Spanish forces assault the British settlement of Nassau in the Bahamas (Feb 24), Frederick I becomes the king of Sweden (Mar 24), the English stock market crashes (Sep), the Tuscarora people leave North Carolina as a result of European colonization, the world’s first yacht club is founded in Ireland, Jonathan Swift begins his Gulliver’s Travels - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1722/ Fri, 05 Feb 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1722/ In the year 1722, Dutch admiral Jacob Roggeveen lands on Easter Sunday on what is now Easter Island (Apr 5), The “Brown Bess” musket becomes the British Army’s standard infantry firearm for more than a century - and all these fine people were born: 1722-0103 Fredrik Hasselqvist* traveller/ naturalist - Törnevalla, Östergötland, Kingdom of Sweden (1752/30) 1722-0126 Alexander Carlyle* church leader/autobiographer - Cummertrees, Dumfriesshire, Scotland (1805/83) 1722-0207 Azar Bigdeli* Persian anthologist/poet - Isfahan, Safavid Empire (1781/59) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1612/ Thu, 04 Feb 2021 00:33:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1612/ In the year 1612, Axel Oxenstierna persuades the Riksdag of the Estates to grant the Swedish nobility the right and privilege to hold all higher offices of government (Jan 6), Galileo Galilei becomes the first astronomer to observe Neptune, yet he mistakenly catalogues it as a fixed star (Dec 28), many people are hanged for witchcraft in England, the Nagoya Castle is completed in Japan - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1711/ Tue, 02 Feb 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1711/ In the year 1711, King Louis XIV becomes the longest-reigning monarch in the world (surpassed by Queen Elizabeth in 2020) (Jun 18), the Tuscarora War begins when Tuscarora natives raid settlements in the Province of Carolina (Sep 22), Wall Street in New York City becomes the city’s first official slave market for the sale and rental of enslaved Africans and Indians (Dec 13), John Shore invents the tuning fork - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-30/ Mon, 01 Feb 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-30/ This time a little longer quotation, but one which describes so well its writer. Who might that be? “There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me." First of all, that is a masterful description of the star sign she was born under, Sagittarius. And the characteristics of which are seen in many of her novels. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1724/ Sun, 31 Jan 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1724/ Peter The Wild Boy as an older man. Picture credit to wellcom.org In the year 1724, the Dutch East India Company cargo ship Fortuyn sinks on its maiden voyage on the way to Batavia (Jan 18), Jonathan Swift distributes the first of his seven “Drapier’s Letters”, seeking to turn public opinion against Ireland (Apr 28), Peter the Wild Boy is captured near Helpensen in Hanover, but never adjusts to civilized society (Jul 27), Yeongjo becomes the new Emperor of Korea (Oct 16), China expels foreign missionaries, the oldest surviving publishing house in England is founded - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-25/ Fri, 29 Jan 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-25/ This time in Language Day we go through one word in daily use all over the world: grandmother! Let’s see the official (in bold) and the colloquial word (in italics) for these darlings in some of the countries in detail. Note that some languages make a distinction between maternal and paternal grandmothers (and grandfathers for that matter). The colloquial use given here are the most common ones. There may always be local and cultural variations. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/occupational-chronology/ Thu, 28 Jan 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/occupational-chronology/ If you ever wonder about the occupations given here after a person’s name, in the year files and elsewhere, here’s some clarification over the matter. The idea has been to see the chronology - that this site heavily leans upon - even in the small place allocated to each person in the year files. We go from youth to seniority. From relatively easy jobs to ones requiring more skill and/or more experience and maturity. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1329/ Wed, 27 Jan 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1329/ Tenhola Church from the late 15th century In the year 1329, King John of Bohemia captures the pagan fortress Medvėgalis in Lithuania and baptizes 6,000 of its defenders (Feb 1), the emperor of Ethiopia, Amda Seyon I, begins his campaigns in the southern Muslim provinces, providing for the spread of Christianity to frontier areas (Feb 18), over 160 people are killed in Braganstown massacre in Ireland (Jun 10), the town of Tenhola in southern Finland is founded - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1730/ Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1730/ [caption id=“attachment_1563” align=“alignright” width=“342”]Shearith Israel in New York City (Courtesy of Gryffindor)[/caption] In the year 1730, the first synagogue in New York City is dedicated (Apr 8), Mahmud I becomes the new Ottoman emperor, an empire that existed from around 1299 until 1922 (Sep 17), construction of the Ladoga Canal - one of the first major navigable canals - is completed in order to safeguard the passage for boats in the windy Lake Ladoga in Western Russia (Oct 22) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/erika-who/ Sun, 24 Jan 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/erika-who/ This time in “First Names First” it is all about Erika/Erica! A very international name as you can see in the list below. Why not follow one of those Wikipedia links to read about the person, and then see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Or just thoughts for the day. Erika Lindström* teacher/missionary /writer – Sund, Åland, GD of Finland (1879) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1731/ Sat, 23 Jan 2021 00:25:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1731/ In the year 1731, the Pacific Fleet of the Russian Navy is established by order of the Empress Anna of Russia, helping Okhotsk to develop into a major port (May 10), the oldest known sports score in history is recorded at a cricket match in England (Aug 23), Laura Bassi becomes the first official female university teacher, at the University of Bologna - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1733/ Fri, 22 Jan 2021 20:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1733/ In the year 1733, the Molasses Act is passed by British House of Commons, reinforcing the negative opinions of the British by American colonists (Mar 21), English replaces Latin and Law French as the official language of English and Scottish courts (Mar 25), the _Danish West India Compan_y buys the island of Saint Croix from France (Jun 15), the first Freemasons lodge opens in (British) America (Jul 30) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-washington-d-c/ Wed, 20 Jan 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-washington-d-c/ National Mall in Washington D,C. Photo credit: Matti Blume This time in Streets and Squares the capital of the United States of America, and the place that is all over the news this inauguration day: Washington D.C. Many of the streets in central Washington D.C. are state names, so we skip them as we are only looking for people here. We also look at the many parks of Washington D.C. And as always, clicking on the address links leads you to Google Maps, and clicking on the names usually to the person’s Wikipedia page. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1736/ Tue, 19 Jan 2021 02:30:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1736/ Bellevue Hospital in New York in the early days In the year 1736, Bellevue Hospital is founded in New York (Mar 31), Witchcraft Act of 1735 in Great Britain comes into effect, intending to end legal witch trials there (Jun 24), attempts to calculate the precise circumference of Earth start in today’s Ecuador (Oct 13), Benjamin Franklin builds the first volunteer fire company in Philadelphia (Dec 17) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1357/ Mon, 18 Jan 2021 12:15:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1357/ In the year 1357, Erik Magnusson is recognized as king of most of Sweden, in opposition to his father, King Magnus (Apr 28), Peter I becomes King of Portugal, after the death of his father, Alfonso IV (May 28), Charles Bridge in Prague is founded (Jul 9), influenza is first identified as a disease - and all these fine people were born: 1357-xxxx Art Óg Mac Murchadha Caomhánach* (Art MacMurrough-Kavanagh) King of Leinster - Leinster, Ireland (1417/c. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1559/ Sun, 17 Jan 2021 12:15:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1559/ Pensacola in northwestern Florida. Photo credit to TheCustomOfLife In the year 1559, Elizabeth I of England is crowned in Westminster Abbey (Jan 15), John Knox returns from exile to Scotland to become the leader of the beginning Scottish Reformation (May 2), a Spanish missionary colony arrives from Vera Cruz (Mexico) at Pensacola Bay, founding the oldest European settlement in the mainland U.S. (Aug 15), the University of Geneva is founded by John Calvin - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/wikipedia-birthday/ Fri, 15 Jan 2021 12:22:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/wikipedia-birthday/ Congratulations Wikipedia for your birthday on January 15th, and thank you for the 20 years of your existence! You have been part of my life for years, and these days on a daily level. And even though I personally have not collaborated much on making or improving your pages, I truly appreciate each and every one that do so. This blog Journeys of Life would not exist without you! Please go ahead and read about the making, sustaining and improving of Wikipedia thanks to the countless of people around the world who make it if not The Page but certainly one of the best pages or sites you can click online! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1669/ Mon, 11 Jan 2021 11:15:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1669/ In the year 1669, Samuel Pepys stops writing his diary (May 31), after 400 years of operation, the Hanseatic League holds its last official meeting in Lübeck (Jul), famine in Bengal kills 3 million people, phosphorus is discovered, Antonio Stradivari makes his first violin in Cremona - and all these fine people were born: 1669-xxxx Henrik Brenner* Finnish orientalist/Royal librarian - Kronoby, Ostrobothnia, Sweden-Finland (1732/c.63) 1669-0120 Susanna Wesley* known as mother of Methodism/25th of 25 children - London, England (1742/73) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/erik-who/ Sun, 10 Jan 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/erik-who/ Another piece in our series First Names First! Pick one of the names that you see below. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Give a couple of minutes to this for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. This time it is all about Erik! (Eric will have its own post) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1708/ Fri, 08 Jan 2021 12:47:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1708/ Charles XII of Sweden (reign 1697-1718) In the year 1708, Charles XII of Sweden invades Russia by crossing the frozen Vistula river (Jan 1), Menorca is captured by British forces (Aug 18), Peter the Great of Russia defeats the forces of the Swedish Empire in Lesnaya (in today’s Belarus) (Oct 9), fearful of a Swedish attack, the Russians blow up the city of Tartu, the Great Northern War (1700-1721) goes on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1419/ Thu, 07 Jan 2021 10:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1419/ The New Town Hall in Prague, the site of the First Defenestration of Prague In the year 1419, Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England, which brings Normandy under the control of England (Jan 19), the first Defenestration of Prague occurs in Bohemia, leading later to the Hussite Wars (Jul 30), Madeira Islands are discovered by the Portuguese, the University of Rostock is established - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1664/ Tue, 05 Jan 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1664/ The flag of New York in 1664 In the year 1664, Robert Hooke discovers Jupiter’s Great Red Spot (May 9), the world’s oldest private newspaper still published - Gazzetta di Mantova - is first published in Mantua, Italy (Jun), Kronenbourg Brewery is founded in Strasbourg (Jun 9), Director-General Peter Stuyvesant surrenders New Amsterdam to the British, who rename the city New York (Aug 27) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1734/ Mon, 04 Jan 2021 11:20:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1734/ Salzburger Emigrants, picture from c. 1732 In the year 1734, Salzburgers - Lutherans expelled by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Salzburg - set sail for the British Colony of Georgia, in America (Jan 8), French and Swiss troops suppress the slave insurrection in the Danish West Indies after six months and restore control of the plantations to the Danish owners (May 27), Jamaica’s Governor John Ayscough declares martial law to fight the slave rebellion that began the previous year (Oct 23) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1525/ Sun, 03 Jan 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1525/ Cuauhtémoc, the last Aztec Emperor In the year 1525, the last Aztec Emperor, Cuauhtémoc, is killed by the Spanish Conquistador Hernán Cortés (Feb 28), the first human rights related document written in Europe, the pamphlet The Twelve Articles, is published in the German town of Memmingen (Mar 20), Martin Luther marries ex-nun Katharina von Bora (Jun 13), European-brought diseases sweep through the Andes, killing thousands, including the Inca, the Navarre witch trials begin - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/v-i-p-s-per-year/ Fri, 01 Jan 2021 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/v-i-p-s-per-year/ Happy New Year! Let’s start this year with a massive piece! One that we hope will give you readers massive enjoyment. And which will definitely be one of the cornerstones of Journeys of Life. An admittedly entirely subjective article on people throughout history whose lives have impressed if not their contemporaries then certainly posthumously. We give here one person for each month of the year. This page is of course being updated on a continual basis as the site grows. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1409/ Wed, 30 Dec 2020 09:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1409/ Harlech Castle, built between 1282 and 1289 onto a rocky knoll by the Irish Sea in northern Wales In the year 1409, the Welsh surrender Harlech Castle to the English (Jan 1), the controversial ecumenical council of the Catholic Church, the Council of Pisa, opens (Mar 25) and deposes popes (Jun 5), the University of Leipzig opens (Dec 2), the University of Aix-Marseille is founded as University of Province (Dec 9), admiral of the Ming empire fleet from China deposes the king of Sri Lanka - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-24/ Tue, 29 Dec 2020 10:55:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-24/ A polyglot myself, I luckily stumbled the other day upon a great new acquaintance as far as language sites go. An Italian polyglot by the name of Stefano whose knowledge and interest in my mother tongue Finnish truely impressed me. He has a YouTube site called linguaEpassione with lots of quality content, and more coming of course. Stefano’s thoughts about studying Finnish and the response from Finns to his avid interest in their small language reminded me of the response I got from my Greek teacher in Stockholm University. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1740/ Mon, 28 Dec 2020 10:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1740/ [caption id=“attachment_1544” align=“alignright” width=“358”]Fort Matanzas today, with the flag of Florida[/caption] In the year 1740, Jews are expelled from Little Russia, part of present day Ukraine (Jul 11), the song Rule, Britannia! is first performed in England (Aug 1), troops of the Dutch East Indian Company start the massacre of thousands of Chinese Indonesians in Batavia, present day Jakarta (Oct 9), Spain begins construction on Fort Matanzas on the Florida’s Atlantic coast to safeguard the strategic inlet of Matanzas, the southernmost access for boat travel between St. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1735/ Sun, 27 Dec 2020 16:05:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1735/ Mumbai Harbor in 1731, four years before the shipbuilding begins there ©Heritage Images/Leemage In the year 1735, the Russian Empire and Persia sign the Treaty of Ganja, and form a defensive alliance against the Ottoman Empire (Mar 10), the Kingdom of France approves the issue of “card money” to serve as currency in its Louisiana territory in America (Sep 14), the first successful appendectomy is performed in London (Dec 6), shipbuilding industry begins in Mumbai, Carl Linnaeus publishes his Systema Naturae - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1750/ Fri, 25 Dec 2020 10:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1750/ [caption id=“attachment_4294” align=“alignleft” width=“364”]Westminster Palace (1016, rebuilt 1834-1840), Westminster Bridge (1750) and Big Ben (1859)[/caption] In the year 1750, the Treaty of Madrid between Spain and Portugal authorizes a larger Brazil (Jan 13), riots break out in Paris fueled by rumors of police abducting children (May), Westminster Bridge is officially opened in London (Nov 18), Istanbul is devastated by several fires, Britain produces c. 2% of the world’s output of industrial goods, and thus begins the Industrial Revolution - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/dorothy-who/ Thu, 24 Dec 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/dorothy-who/ This time in our series First Names First it is all about Dorothy! Here below is a chronological list of some of the women born with that name. Pick one and then follow the Wikipedia link to read about these women, and see what if anything they could contribute your life with. Give a couple of minutes of your life to this. Lives lived all have something to tell us – let them! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1422/ Tue, 22 Dec 2020 00:03:39 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1422/ The Bulgarian Empire 681–1018 and 1185–1396/1422. Picture credit CC BY-SA 3.0, Link In the year 1422, the ninth month old Henry VI becomes King of England (Aug 31), Treaty of Melno establishes the Prussian–Lithuanian border and it remains unchanged until World War I (Sep 27), Henry VI is proclaimed King of France (Oct 21), Ottoman forces overrun the last domains of Constantine II of Bulgaria, thus ending the Bulgarian Empire - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-buenos-aires/ Sun, 20 Dec 2020 20:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-buenos-aires/ Time to have a city from South America here in Streets and Squares. Let’s have a look at Buenos Aires, the capital and the largest city of Argentina. As always, clicking on the addresses will open Google Maps for you, and clicking on the names will (usually) lead to the person’s Wikipedia page. AVENIDA JUAN B. JUSTO - Juan B. Justo (1865-1928) was a physician, journalist and socialist politician from Buenos Aires. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1439/ Sat, 19 Dec 2020 18:33:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1439/ In the year 1439, Władysław III’s army defeats the Hussite movement in Poland (May 4), Eric of Pomerania, King of Sweden, Denmark and Norway, is declared deposed in Sweden where Karl Knutsson Bonde continues to serve as Regent (Sep 29-Oct 1), Plymouth becomes the first town incorporated by the English Parliament (Nov 12), Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press, Strasbourg Cathedral is completed - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1755/ Sat, 12 Dec 2020 08:50:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1755/ In the year 1755, Moscow University is founded (Jan 23), France dispatches 3,600 troops to protect its Canadian colonies in Quebec from a British invasion, unaware that Britain’s warships had sailed toward Canada a few days before (May 3), France completes the construction of Fort Duquesne, later renamed Fort Pitt by the British, and three years later giving name to the city of Pittsburgh (May 24), the British clothes manufacturer Wolsey is established - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1553/ Fri, 11 Dec 2020 16:29:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1553/ Richard Chancellor’s voyage from England to Arkhangelsk in 1553. Picture courtesy Timewisetraveller In the year 1553, Lady Jane Grey is proclaimed Queen of England (Jul 10), but abdicates when Mary I is proclaimed the rightful Queen (Jul 19), English explorer Richard Chancellor reaches Arkhangelsk, whereby trade between England and Russia is opened (Aug), Anglican bishops in England are arrested, and Roman Catholic bishops restored (Sep) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/douglas-who/ Thu, 10 Dec 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/douglas-who/ douglas adams inspired “Hitch hikers guide to the galaxy” H2G2 Another piece in our series First Names First! This time about Douglas, sometimes shortened as Doug. Pick one of the names that you see below. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Give a couple of minutes to this for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1703/ Sun, 06 Dec 2020 10:21:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1703/ Daniel Defoe standing in the pillory in London. Photo credit Wellcome Library, London In the year 1703, Saint Petersburg is founded, following Peter the Great’s reconquest of Ingria from Sweden (May 27), Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for publishing his satirical political pamphlet The Shortest Way with the Dissenters (Jul 29), the first complete census in the world is completed in Iceland (Jun), the Man in the Iron Mask dies in the Bastille, France (Nov 19) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1747/ Wed, 02 Dec 2020 18:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1747/ In the year 1747, the first venereal diseases clinic opens in London (Jan 31), a combined French and Indian force attacks and defeats British troops at Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia (Feb 11), the Knowles Riot breaks out in Boston, protesting impressment into the British Royal Navy (Nov 17), James Lind’s experiment begins to prove that citrus fruits prevent scurvy, remains of the Temple of Apollo are discovered in Malta - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-29/ Tue, 01 Dec 2020 14:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-29/ Another great quote in our series Who Said That! A very current one these days with the ongoing idiosyncrasies of one Western politician, as opposed to those of a more accepted and honorable ways of behavior of one in a public office. Do you know who said this: “A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he who thinks in the upcoming elections”. There are politicians from all layers of society, with different backgrounds and varying abilities to handle the affairs of state or community. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-23/ Sun, 29 Nov 2020 12:15:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-23/ In these times of COVID-19 when traveling is scarce for whatever reason and wherever we are, it’s great to have access to the simple pleasures of Google’s Street View. Walking down the streets, driving through areas, watching what we might find behind a corner - even if some maps do need some updating too. And planning perhaps some future trip. So let’s explore a bit. À la Language Day. Let’s see how the word map translates in different languages. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1760/ Thu, 26 Nov 2020 14:55:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1760/ In the year 1760, the Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings (Mar 20), George III ascends to the English throne, to rule the next 60 years (Oct 25), the Seven Years' War (1756-1763) is raging on in Europe and the Americas, and eventually ends France’s position as a major colonial power in the Americas, Abu Dhabi is founded - and all these fine people were born: 1760-0119 Patrick Cotter O’Brien* gigantic showman - Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland (1806/46) 1760-0203 John Storm* American Revolutionary soldier - Latimore Township, Pennsylvania (1835/75) 1760-0310 Leandro Fernández de Moratín* dramatist/poet/translator - Madrid, Spain (1828/68) 1760-0501 1760-0503 William Scoresby* arctic navigator - Cropton, Yorkshire, England (1829/69) 1760-0510 Johann Peter Hebel* teacher/poet - Basel, German Empire (1826/66) 1760-0529 Charlotte Slottberg* ballerina-dancer - Stockholm, Sweden (1800/40) 1760-0605 Johan Gadolin* chemist/physicist/ mineralogist - Turku, Sweden-Finland (1852/92) 1760-0904 Knut von Troil* Finnish officer/civil servant/senator - Uppsala, Sweden (1825/65) 1760-1031 Katsushika Hokusai* painter of the famous The Great Wave off Kanagawa - Edo, Japan (1849/88) 1760-1121 Joseph Plumb Martin* American Revolutionary soldier/ narrative author - Becket, Province of Massachusetts Bay (1850/89) 1760-1214 Pehr von Afzelius* physician/professor - Larv, Västergötland, Sweden (1843/82) 1760-1217Deborah Sampson* first American female soldier - Plympton, Massachusetts, British America (1827/66) 1760-0 1760-0 1760-0 Updated 2024-1231 Helsinki Search for another year here https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/jill-who/ Tue, 24 Nov 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/jill-who/ Yet another piece in our series First Names First! This time about Jill! It is a short form of the name Jillian (Gillian), which in turn originates as a Middle English variant of Juliana, the feminine form of the name Julian. Below is a chronological list of some of the women born with that name. Pick one and then follow the Wikipedia link to read about these women, and see what if anything they could contribute your life with. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1764/ Sun, 22 Nov 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1764/ In the year 1764, the Sugar Act is passed in Great Britain, instrumental in the events leading to the American Revolution (Apr 5), eight-year-old child prodigy Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performs a private concert before King George III and Queen Charlotte in Great Britain (Apr 27), Baden becomes the first member state of the Confederation of Switzerland to declare a policy of remaining neutral in future conflicts, setting the basis for Swiss neutrality from 1815 onward (May 3), the oldest surviving newspaper in North America, the English-language Quebec Gazette, is established (Jun 21), the last British troops depart Havana as agreed in the treaty between Spain and Great Britain; Spain cedes West Florida to Great Britain for Cuba (Jul 6) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-edinburgh/ Fri, 20 Nov 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-edinburgh/ We head in Streets & Squares this time to a slightly smaller city or shall we say town. Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. As always in Streets & Squares, clicking on the address links leads you to Google Maps, and clicking on the names to the person’s Wikipedia page. ANN STREET - Ann Edgar, wife of the portrait painter Henry Raeburn (1756-1823). Raeburn designed Ann Street, and named it after his wife. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1549/ Wed, 18 Nov 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1549/ St. Olaf’s Church in Tallinn, Estonia In the year 1549, Salvador da Bahia, Brazil’s first capital, is founded (Mar 29), Francis Xavier arrives in Japan (Jul 27), the spire of Lincoln Cathedral in England is blown down,** leaving St. Olaf’s Church in Tallinn as the world’s tallest structure** - and all these fine people were born: 1549-0126 Francesco Bassano the Younger* painter - Bassano del Grappa, Venetian Republic (1592/43) 1549-0204 Eustache Du Caurroy* (B) composer - Gerberoy, France (1609/60) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-28/ Mon, 16 Nov 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-28/ After a long while, let us have another piece in the article series Who Said That! We present a quotation, a few ideas around it, and finally the person behind it. There are so many good quotes by people throughout history that reflect the complexities of life that do not change a whole lot, no matter which era you live in. So, who said: “Life is the farce that everyone has to perform. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/joe-who/ Tue, 10 Nov 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/joe-who/ In honor of the president-elect, let’s have this time in First Names First the name Joe! Often short for Joseph. Pick one of the names below, follow the Wikipedia link to read about the person, and then see what if anything he could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Or just thoughts for the day. Give a couple of minutes of your life to this. Lives lived may all have something worthwhile to tell us – let them! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1638/ Mon, 09 Nov 2020 10:37:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1638/ Flag of the city of Wilmington, built on the site of Fort Christina, the first Swedish settlement in North America In the year 1638, settlers from Sweden arrive on the ships and establish the settlement of New Sweden in Delaware, thus beginning the Swedish colonization of the Americas (Mar 29), Spanish troops defeat the Dutch in the Battle of Kallo near Antwerp (Jun 20), the Dutch settle in Ceylon and colonize Mauritius, the Finnish postal service is founded, New Haven, the first planned city in America, is founded - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/u-s-presidents-2/ Sat, 07 Nov 2020 19:29:40 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/u-s-presidents-2/ Mount Rushmore in South Dakota Here’s to you, president-elect Joe Biden! And all you readers of Journeys of Life. Something that Americans are supposed to know by heart early on - the names of U.S. Presidents. And something that only a few master all their lives. Of course, there’s no need to do that either. There are things far more important to remember, and only so much space and time to contain all the information we are supposed to digest in this digital age of ours. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-2019/ Sun, 01 Nov 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-2019/ In the year 2019, Pope Francis arrives in Abu Dhabi, becoming the first pope to visit the Arabian Peninsula (Feb 2), all Boeing 737 MAX aircraft are grounded worldwide after two disastrous crashes (Mar 10), Julian Assange is arrested after spending seven years in Ecuador’s embassy in London (Apr 11), astronomers announce the first discovery of water in habitable zone of an exoplanet (Sep 11), Greenland and Antarctica keep melting away, protests in Hong Kong go on, and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1716/ Sat, 31 Oct 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1716/ The rebuilt Boston Light from 1783 In the year 1716, the town of Crieff in Scotland is burned to the ground by Jacobites returning from a battle (Jan), the seventh Ottoman–Venetian War begins, but the Ottoman Empire unsuccessfully lays siege to Corfu (Jul 8), America’s first lighthouse, Boston Light, is built (destroyed in the American Revolution but later rebuilt), the pirate Blackbeard is given command of a Bermuda sloop in the Bahamas - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1737/ Thu, 29 Oct 2020 10:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1737/ In the year 1737, French scientists publish the first study of correlating past weather conditions with an examination of tree rings (Feb 27), the oldest existing English language newspaper in the world, The News Letter, is founded in Belfast, Ireland (Sep 1), Benjamin Franklin creates the first city-paid force, the Philadelphia Police Force, the direct male line of the Medici family becomes extinct, Richmond, Virginia is founded - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1770/ Mon, 26 Oct 2020 14:55:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1770/ [caption id=“attachment_1627” align=“alignright” width=“438”]Australia discoveries by Europeans before 1813[/caption] In the year 1770, the Boston Massacre takes place - an event that helps start the American Revolution five years later (Mar 3), James Cook and his crew complete the circumnavigation of New Zealand (Mar 26) and later become the first recorded Europeans to encounter the eastern coastline of the Australian continent (Apr 18), 14-year old Marie Antoinette marries Louis-Auguste, the future King Louis XVI, in Paris (May 7), James Cook claims the whole of eastern coast of Australia for Great Britain, later naming it New South Wales (Aug 22) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1772/ Sun, 25 Oct 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1772/ King Gustav III of Sweden In the year 1772, a group of white settlers in today’s Tennessee create the first non-colonial government body in British North America (May 8), the credit crisis of 1772 triggers financial panic and threatens the East India Company with bankruptcy (Jun 10), the second voyage of James Cook departs from Plymouth (Jul 13), a coup d’état by King Gustav III ends half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden (Aug 21), Scottish scientist Daniel Rutherford discovers nitrogen, isolating it from air - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/jodie-who/ Sat, 24 Oct 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/jodie-who/ This time in “First Names First” it is all about Jodie! It is a unisex given name, but here we deal with only the female side of it. Follow one of the Wikipedia links to read about the person, and then see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Or just thoughts for the day. Jodie Evans* political activist/author/ documentary film producer – Las Vegas, NV USA (1954) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1773/ Thu, 22 Oct 2020 12:33:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1773/ Demonstrators disguised as native Americans destroy tea shipment in Boston (designed by Wannapik) In the year 1773, the hymn that becomes known as Amazing Grace is first performed in Olney, England (Jan 1), the Parliament of Great Britain passes the Tea Act, designed to save the British East India Company by granting it a monopoly on the North American tea trade (Apr 27), America’s first insane asylum opens in Williamsburg, Virginia (Oct 12), Sons of Liberty steal aboard ships of the East India Company and dump their cargo of tea into Boston Harbor in protest against British tax policies - this becomes known as the** Boston Tea Party** (Dec 16) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-venice/ Tue, 20 Oct 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-venice/ This time in Streets and Squares we take a look at a very unique place. Venice in Italy. Or Venezia, as they say in Italian. Situated on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges. It is not easy to find eponymous streets in Venice, but still, there are some. And as always in Streets & Squares, clicking on the address links leads you to Google Maps, and clicking on the names to the person’s Wikipedia page. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1503/ Mon, 19 Oct 2020 09:33:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1503/ Cayman Islands, orginally called Las Tortugas (The Turtle Islands) due to the abundance of turtles there In the year 1503, Christopher Columbus discovers the Cayman Islands, which he names Las Tortugas (May 10), Naples is captured by the Spanish (May 13), King James IV of Scotland marries Margaret Tudor (Aug 8), Queen Isabella I of Spain prohibits violence against native tribes (Oct 30), Leonardo da Vinci probably starts work on painting the Mona Lisa in Florence, Vasco da Gama establishes India’s first Portuguese fortress at Kochi on the southwest coast of India - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/10th-century/ Fri, 16 Oct 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/10th-century/ The Eastern Hemisphere 900 AD This page comprises of the years between 901 and 1000. So, a hundred years of events and births! These will be later on divided into decades, but not into any individual years. 900s - 910s - 920s - 930s - 940s - 950s- 960s - 970s - 980s - 990s Greenland is discovered by the Norseman Gunnbjörn Ulfsson, Al-Azhar University in Cairo is founded (970-972), reindeer and bears become extinct in Britain, the last wild lion is seen in Europe, https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-the-1380s/ Tue, 13 Oct 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-the-1380s/ Map of Oceania In the year 1380, Olaf II of Denmark also becomes Olaf IV of Norway at the age of five (Feb), the Venetian fleet defeats the Genoese in the Battle of Chioggia (Jun 21), Geoffrey Caucer begins to write his greatest work, The Canterbury Tales, the last islands of Polynesia are discovered and inhabited - and all these fine peope were born: 1380-xxxx Johann Schiltberger* German traveller/writer - Hollern near Munich (1440/c. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1632/ Sun, 11 Oct 2020 08:24:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1632/ In the year 1632, Munich is captured by the Swedish army (May), Charles I of England issues a charter for the colony of Maryland (Jun 20), the University of Tartu officially opens in Swedish Livonia (Oct 15), the Swedish King Gustav II Adolf is killed in action in Lützen (Nov 16), the construction of the Taj Mahal begins, Catharina Stopia of Sweden becomes perhaps the first female diplomat in Europe, the Portuguese are driven out of Bengal - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/joel-who/ Sat, 10 Oct 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/joel-who/ This time in First Names First we will concentrate on Joel/Yoel - a male given name meaning “Yahweh Is God”. A pretty popular name around the world. Joel Rinne* actor – Asikkala, Grand Duchy of Finland (1897) Joel Barr* electrical engineer/part of the Soviet Atomic Spy Ring – New York City, NY USA (1916) Joel Grey* actor/ singer/director - Cleveland, OH USA (1932) Joel Ryce-Menuhin* pianist/psychologist – Sterling, IL USA (1933) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1707/ Thu, 08 Oct 2020 10:45:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1707/ In the year 1707, the new sovereign state of Great Britain comes into being as Scotland and England become one (May 12), the last recorded eruption of Mount Fuji begins in Japan (Dec 16), Charles XII of Sweden launches his campaign to conquer Russia, marching to the east from Leipzig with 60,000 men (Dec), Shaw’s Bridge in Belfast in constructed - and all these fine people were born: 1707-0102 Johann Adam Lehmus* German poet of numerous spiritual songs - Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (1788/81) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1516/ Wed, 07 Oct 2020 10:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1516/ Enjoying some beer in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife In the year 1516, the Reinheitsgebot is instituted in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, regulating the purity of beer permissible for sale (Apr 23), peace is declared between the Kingdom of France and the Holy Roman Empire (Dec 4), Thomas More publishes his most famous work Utopia, the Venetian Ghetto is instituted, the first ghetto anywhere in the world - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/javelin-throwers/ Tue, 06 Oct 2020 15:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/javelin-throwers/ Tero Pitkämäki from Finland throwing javelin Javelin throw is a separate event in light athletics, and also an event of the men’s decathlon and the women’s heptathlon. Sweden’s Eric Lemming, who threw his first world best (49.32 meters) in 1899 and ruled the event from 1902 to 1912, was the first dominant javelin thrower. Here below you see a list of the most successful javelin throwers, both male and female. Some of whom have in a similar way dominated the discipline, but perhaps not in as many years. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1628/ Sun, 04 Oct 2020 17:44:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1628/ In the year 1628, Oliver Cromwell makes his first appearance in the English Parliament (Mar 17), the Swedish 64-gun sailing ship Vasa sinks on her maiden voyage in Stockholm Harbor (Aug 10, The Collegiate School, the oldest surviving educational institution in North America, is established in New Amsterdam, the first black slaves arrive in Dutch Manhattan - and all these fine people were born: 1628-0112 Charles Perrault* author/folklorist - Paris, France (1703/75) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1637/ Fri, 02 Oct 2020 11:15:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1637/ The grand stairway of the Palais Garnier Opera in Paris, photo credt isogood In the year 1637, the tragicomedy Le Cid is first performed in Paris, France (Jan), Tulip mania - generally considered the first recorded speculative bubble - collapses in the Dutch Republic (Feb 3), the first English venture to China is attempted, with six ships to Macau and Canton (Jun 27), Pierre de Fermat makes a notation claiming to have proof of what will become known as Fermat’s Last Theorem, world’s first public opera house opens in Venice, Italy - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1780/ Wed, 30 Sep 2020 16:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1780/ [caption id=“attachment_4180” align=“alignright” width=“410”]Battle of Springfield, New Jersey in 1780[/caption] In the year of 1780, the legislature of Pennsylvania votes to approve the Act for the Gradual Emancipation of Slaves (Mar 1), Charleston in South Carolina is taken by British forces (May 12), the Continental Army defeats the British in New Jersey (Jun 23), French soldiers arrive in Newport, Rhode Island to reinforce the colonists in the American Revolutionary War (Jul 11), the French King Louis XVI abolishes the use of torture in extracting confessions (Aug 24), the American War of Independence (1775–1783) goes on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-22/ Tue, 29 Sep 2020 08:11:22 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-22/ People conversing in sign language. Photo credit Natural American Sign Language by daveynin This time in Language Day let’s have a look at sign languages. Since many of the ways we show our emotions and reactions with different gesticulations and facial expressions are universal, one might think that there could be just one universal sign language. But that is of course not the case. Sign languages are expressed through manual articulations in combination with non-manual elements. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1754/ Mon, 28 Sep 2020 02:01:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1754/ Stockholm Palace In the year 1754, the French and Indian War begins when the 22-year old George Washington leads a company of militia from the Colony of Virginia, in an ambush on a force of 35 French Canadians (May 28), the British North American Province of Georgia is created (Aug 6), Denmark establishes an office to oversee its colonial affairs of the Danish West Indies, later to become the U.S. Virgin Islands (Nov 28), the Swedish royal family moves in the new Stockholm Palace (Dec 7) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1784/ Sat, 26 Sep 2020 10:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1784/ In the year 1784, the Congress of the United States ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Britain to end the American Revolutionary War (Jan 14), the composition of water is revealed (Jan 15), the Emerald Buddha is installed at the Wat Phra Kaew in Bangkok (Mar 22), Russia establishes a colony at Kodiak, Alaska (Sep 22), the phenomenon of black holes is first posited in a paper by John Michell in London (Nov 27), - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/amanda-who/ Thu, 24 Sep 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/amanda-who/ Amanda Who? Check the list, and read about her! Picture courtesy of Gage Skidmore This time in “First Names First” it is all about Amanda! Follow one of the Wikipedia links to read about the person, and then see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Or just thoughts for the day. Amanda Rylander* stage actress – Jäder, Sweden (1832) Amanda Clement* athlete/umpire/ first woman paid to umpire a baseball game – Hudson, Dakota Territory (1888) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1782/ Tue, 22 Sep 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1782/ In the year 1782, the first American commercial bank opens (Jan 7), the bald eagle is chosen as the emblem of the United States of America (Jun 20), a fire in Constantinople destroys one-half of the city (Aug 21), the first franking privilege is granted for official correspondence in the United States (Oct 18), London creates the Foot Patrol for public security, the largest literary compilation in China’s history, Siku Quanshu, is completed, the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm is opened - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-denver/ Sun, 20 Sep 2020 07:42:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-denver/ This time in Today inStreets & Squares we visit Denver, the capital of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver has a lot of numbered avenues, but also a lot of eponymous streets and places. The city itself is named after James W. Denver, and nicknamed the Mile High City due to its official elevation being exactly one mile above sea level. According to Wall Street of the Rockies, “many of the namesakes of Colorado streets, towns, counties and landmarks, tell stories of the Wild, Wild West days before statehood. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1489/ Sat, 19 Sep 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1489/ In the year 1489, the Queen of Cyprus sells her kingdom to the Republic of Venice (Mar 14), Arthur Tudor is named Prince of Wales (Nov 29), typhus first appears in Europe, Johannes Widmann publishes his mercantile book containing the first printed use of plus and minus signs (in order to indicate trading surpluses or shortages) - and all these fine people were born: 1489-xxxx Margareta von Melen* (b Vasa) second cousin of King Gustav Vasa - Sweden (1541/c. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1785/ Wed, 16 Sep 2020 09:42:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1785/ In the year 1785, the first issue of the Daily Universal Register, later known as The Times, is published in London (Jan 1), the English Channel is crossed by air for the first time (Jan 7), a hot air balloon crashing in Ireland becomes the world’s first aviation disaster (May 10), the dollar is chosen as the money unit for the United States (Jul 6), the Treaty of Hopewell is signed between the United States of America and the Cherokee Nation (Nov 28) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1592/ Tue, 15 Sep 2020 11:59:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1592/ Inside the Trinity College, Dublin In the year 1592, Trinity College, Ireland’s oldest university, is founded (Mar 3), the Japanese invasions of Korea begin (Apr 13), the 1592–1593 London plague breaks out in England (Aug), English explorer John Davis probably discovers the Falkland Islands (Aug 9), Sigismund becomes the King of Sweden (Nov 17) - and all these fine people were born: 1592-xxxx Jooseppi Matinpoika Seppälä** father of Mikki Joosepinpoika Kokko (b Seppälä) - Sweden-Finland (after 1654) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1364/ Mon, 14 Sep 2020 10:33:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1364/ Bogdana Monastery in Moldavia In the year 1364, Albrekt of Mecklenburg becomes King of Sweden (Feb 15), Charles V becomes King of France (Apr 8), the Jagiellonian University is founded in Kraków (May 12), Bogdana Monastery is built in Moldavia - and all these fine people were born: 1364-0520 Henry “Hotspur” Percy* knight/fought in campaigns against the Scots and in the Hundred Years' War - Warkworth, Northumberland, England (1403/39) 1364-0911 Christine de Pizan* poet/author/political thinker - Venice, Republic of Venice (c. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1728/ Sat, 12 Sep 2020 09:29:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1728/ The colorful city of Nuuk, Greenland in 2018 - 290 years after it was founded In the year 1728, Peter II becomes the Tsar of the Russian Empire (Jan 9), Vitus Bering embarks on his first Kamchatka Expedition (Jul 14), confirming the presence of a strait - now known as Bering Strait (Aug 16), the City of Nuuk is founded in Greenland, as Fort Godt-Haab (Aug 29), English astronomer James Bradley uses stellar aberration to calculate the speed of light, and observes nutation of the Earth’s axis - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/armand-who-comments/ Thu, 10 Sep 2020 05:53:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/armand-who-comments/ Kevin Kivi - Oct 2, 2020Love your website. I noticed this page is missing Armand Assante. He is an actor. Most memorable for me is his role in Judge Dredd (1995) as Rico. He has also been in Gotti (1996) as John Gotti and American Gangster (2007) as Dominic Cattano. Oh, no Assante! Thank you for noticing that, I’ll be sure to add him in Armand Who? Please can I link this piece from you? https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/armand-who/ Thu, 10 Sep 2020 05:53:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/armand-who/ This time in First Names First we will concentrate on the name Armand which is the French form of Herman. So mainly in use in the French-speaking world. Also Armando, the Italian form of the name. Only the year of birth given here. 1585-0909 Cardinal Richelieu* (b Armand Jean du Plessis) clergyman/ statesman - Paris, Kingdom of France (1642/57) Armand de Kersaint* sailor/politician - Paris, France (1742) Armand de Gramont* Count of Guiche/adventurer/one of the greatest playboys of the 17th century – France (1637) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/year-files-adding-up/ Wed, 09 Sep 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/year-files-adding-up/ Lately there has been an abundance of year files being published here in Journeys of Life. And evidently there are a number of years yet to be published for our ambitious intention is to have an individual post for every year between the year 1000 and the current year. That’s a tall order, but one that we constantly aspire towards. So at times these year files take a major role in the publication schedule. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1742/ Tue, 08 Sep 2020 07:23:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1742/ The Great Music Hal in Fishamble Street, Dublin, where Messiah was first performed In the year 1742, Handel’s oratorio The Messiah is first performed in Dublin, Ireland in aid of local charities (Apr 13), mathematician Christian Goldbach first describes his conjecture “Every even number is the sum of two primes” - one of the oldest unsolved problems in mathematics (Jun 7), author Jonathan Swift is confined to home treatment for the remainder of his life (Aug 17), Swedish troops surrender to Russians in Helsinki (Aug 20) resulting in all of Finland falling for a while under Russian occupation (Sep), Spain completes the construction of Fort Matanzas to the south of St. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1595/ Mon, 07 Sep 2020 09:43:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1595/ Nuva Hiva of the Marquesas Islands, Polynesia In the year 1595, the first printed catalog of an institutional library appears in Leiden University Library (May 24), a Spanish expedition makes the first European landing in Polynesia, on the Marquesas Islands (Jul 21), the Spanish raid Cornwall, England (Jul 23), William Shakespeare’s Richard II is performed in London, probably for the first time (Dec 9), Sir Walter Raleigh travels up the Orinoco River in South America, in search of the fabled city of El Dorado - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1588/ Fri, 04 Sep 2020 06:49:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1588/ Duncannon Fort in Ireland, built in 1588 in expectation of an attack by the Spanish Armada. Picture courtesy by Paul O’Farrell In the year 1588, the Spanish Armada consisting of 130 ships begins to set sail towards the English Channel in order to invade England (May 28), much of the fleet is destroyed by storms (Aug 12), and the armada is finally defeated upon the coast of Ireland (Sep), the first biography of Nicolaus Copernicus is completed (Oct 7), three golden crowns, the national symbol of Sweden, are added to the 13th century Stockholm Castle, after which it is known by the name Tre Kronor - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1787/ Wed, 02 Sep 2020 09:22:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1787/ Replica of the figurehead of HMS Bounty In the year 1787, William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus (Jan 11), Captain Arthur Phillip leaves England with 11 ships carrying around 700 convicts plus crew and guards to establish a penal colony in Australia (May 13), the United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia (Sep 17), Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni premieres in Prague (Oct 29), Delaware becomes the first U. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-21/ Sat, 29 Aug 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-21/ The Tower of Babel by an anonymous artist, the Hendrick van Cleve construction The most beautiful language in the world. And the ugliest of them all. Which languages are we talking about here would you say? A hint: the emphasis is on the word you. For whether we find a language pleasing to the ear or not is an entirely subjective matter. A lot of it has to do with what your first language is and what other, perhaps foreign, sounds you were exposed to as a child. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1535/ Thu, 27 Aug 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1535/ Due to the numerous tortoises presiding there, the Galápagos Islands were initially called Insulae de los Galopegos - Islands of the Tortoises In the year 1535, Ciudad de los Reyes, i.e.future Lima & the future capital of Peru, is founded (Jan 18), the Galápagos Islands are accidentally discovered (Mar 10), Sir Thomas More, author of Utopia and one time Lord Chancellor of England, is executed for treason (Jul 6), the first complete English-language Bible is printed in Antwerp (Oct 4) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1751/ Tue, 25 Aug 2020 05:55:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1751/ Sámi with reindeer in the 1890’s In the year 1751, the Governor of French Louisiana issues the first police regulations for New Orleans in an attempt to combat crime in that city (Feb 18), cricket is first played in the American colonies in Greenwich Village (Apr 29), fire destroys 1000 houses in Stockholm, Sweden (Jul 31), 19-year old George Washington becomes seriously ill with smallpox in Barbados (Nov 17), the Cherokee nation signs a treaty with British colonial authorities (Nov 29), the Lapp Codicil of 1751 - still considered of importance - secures the right of the Sami to continue their nomadic lifestyle between borders - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/margaret-who/ Mon, 24 Aug 2020 07:51:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/margaret-who/ Margaret at age 13 This is a series of articles titled “First Names First” and it is all for pure entertainment! Below you can see the list of first names. Your task is to pick one (with a link). Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and then see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Or just thoughts for the day. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1466/ Sun, 23 Aug 2020 09:58:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1466/ A page from The Mentelin Bible In the year 1466, Karl Knutsson is asked to be the King of Sweden, again (Nov 1), the Kingdom of Georgia collapses into anarchy, the first printed German language Bible is produced, Louis XI of France introduces silk weaving to Lyon, the first known shop specialising in eyeglasses opens in Strasbourg - and all these fine people were born: 1466-xxxx Moctezuma II* a.k.a. Montezuma, 9th and the most famous ruler of the Aztec Empire/son of Axayacatl - (1520/c. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-dublin/ Thu, 20 Aug 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-dublin/ Chatham Street in Dublin This time Streets & Squares goes to Dublin, the capital and the largest city of Ireland. Situated at the river Liffley, it was founded as Dyflin (“black pool”) by the Norwegian Vikings in the year 841. Like always, clicking on an address will open Google Maps for you, and clicking on the names will (usually) lead to the person’s Wikipedia page. S in the list means south and N north of River Liffey. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1746/ Wed, 12 Aug 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1746/ In the year 1746, the three Scottish leaders of the Jacobite uprising are imprisoned for treason in the Tower of London (May 27), the wearing of the kilt is banned in Scotland as a means to bring the warrior clans under the British government control (Aug 1), the College of New Jersey - future Princeton - is founded in Princetown, New Jersey (Oct 22), Eva Ekeblad reports her discovery of making flour and alcohol from potatoes to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/marcus-who/ Mon, 10 Aug 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/marcus-who/ Another piece in our series First Names First! Pick one of the names that you see below. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Give a couple of minutes to this for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. This time it is all about Marcus/Markus! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/shot-putters/ Sat, 08 Aug 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/shot-putters/ Are you into athletics? As a spectator? Whether you are interested in the sprints or any other kind of running events, you may be like most of us sports fans and welcome the other events between races as well. Such as shot put. Here you have a list of the most famous shot putters - some of them Olympic gold medalists or world champions, some with lesser medals. But all with the passion to push that very heavy spherical object - men’s weighs 7. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1777/ Fri, 07 Aug 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1777/ The US flag with 13 stars, in use 1777-1795 In the year 1777, American forces under General George Washington defeat British troops at the Battle of Princeton (Jan 3), the Stars and Stripes is adopted by the Continental Congress as the flag of the United States (Jun 14), San Jose is founded (Nov 29), the United States celebrates its first Thanksgiving, marking October’s victory by the American rebels over the British troops at Saratoga (Dec 18), Captain Cook locates Kiritimati, later named Christmas Island (Dec 24), the American Revolutionary War goes on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-20/ Wed, 05 Aug 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-20/ light moves around 300 000 km in a second, whereas the speed of sound is only one millionth of it, around 330 meters per second? Based on that, there is a formula on how to count how far a lightning occurs once we know when the thunder occurs. And did you know that the person who invented the lightning rod was Benjamin Franklin? By the year 1750 Franklin - in addition to wanting to prove that lightning was electricity - began to think about protecting people, buildings, and other structures from lightning. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-1790s/ Sun, 02 Aug 2020 05:54:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-1790s/ [caption id=“attachment_1749” align=“alignleft” width=“367”]The Aztec Calendar Stone from late 15th or early 16th century[/caption] George Washington gives the very first State of the Union address, in the provisional capital, New York City (Jan 8), Sweden sends a battle fleet to Reval (now Tallinn) to get rid of the Russian troops wintering there, but lose (May 13), the future site of the U.S. capital is decided upon (Jul 16), Samuel Hopkins becomes the first to be issued a U. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1792/ Fri, 31 Jul 2020 04:00:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1792/ In the year 1792, the last Holy Roman Emperor, Francis II, takes office (Mar 1), the United States Mint is established (Apr 2), guillotine becomes the official method of execution in France (Apr 25), Denmark-Norway becomes the first country to outlaw slavery, The Tables of the Sun - an essential early work for navigation - is published, the French Revolution goes on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-20/ Wed, 29 Jul 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-20/ Yes! Jesari! This time in Language Day we concentrate in one single language. There will be other times too when we do the same. Today’s language will be Finnish, and we concentrate here on the peculiar way the Finns shorten words with the ending -ri. Sometimes a pretty long word in Finnish (a language of many, many long words) gets to be shortened to a mere three syllable word which of course is the main purpose with abbreviation of words. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1689/ Mon, 27 Jul 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1689/ In the year 1689, the Protestant William III and Mary II are proclaimed co-rulers of England, Scotland and Ireland (Feb 13), the pro-British New England Governor Sir Edmund Andros and other officials are overthrown by a “mob” of Bostonians (Apr 18), Peter the Great decrees the construction of the Great Siberian Road to China (Nov 22), Isaac Newton becomes a Member of Parliament - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1771/ Sun, 26 Jul 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1771/ HMS Endeavour In the year 1771, Gustav III becomes the King of Sweden (Feb 12), the first voyage of James Cook around the world ends as HMS Endeavour returns to England after almost three years (Jul 12), Russian troops occupy the Crimea during the Russo-Turkish War (Jul 13), the bubonic plague ravaging in Moscow causes riots there (Sep 15), the Dutch merchant ship Vrouw Maria sinks off the coast of Finland (Oct 9) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/priscilla-who/ Fri, 24 Jul 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/priscilla-who/ Yet another piece in our series First Names First! This time about Priscilla! Not a very common name for sure, but still, below is a chronological list of some of the women born with that name. Pick one and then follow the Wikipedia link to read about these women, and see what if anything they could contribute your life with. Give a couple of minutes of your life to this. Lives lived all have something to tell us – let them! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-georgetown/ Mon, 20 Jul 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-georgetown/ This is the 26th city in Streets & Squares, and today we visit Georgetown, the capital of Guyana which was a British colony called British Guiana, until 1966. Long before that, between 1667 and 1814, it was Dutch Guiana. At that time the capital was called Stabroek, but was renamed Georgetown by the British in 1812, in honour of the English monarch King George III. Georgetown sits on the Atlantic Ocean coast at the mouth of the Demerara River. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-office/ Sat, 18 Jul 2020 17:16:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-office/ How many of you have seen all the 201 episodes i.e. nine seasons of the American verson of The Office? This NBC mockumentary sitcom was developed for the American audience from the original British series with the same name - which also is full of that same crazy humor. Since then the franchise has been remade in many other countries as well. Anyways, if you haven’t seen it, there are luckily many avenues to do that. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1765/ Thu, 16 Jul 2020 13:55:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1765/ In the year 1765, the term Sons of Liberty is coined by Isaac Barré (Feb 8), James Watt receives the inspiration during a stroll that provides the breakthrough in his development of the steam engine (May 26), Russian Empress Catherine II issues a decree authorizing the new way to produce vodka (Aug 9), the much criticized Stamp Act (a way to help finance British military operations in colonial America) goes into effect in the thirteen American colonies (Nov 1), the first true restaurant opens in Paris - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1767/ Wed, 15 Jul 2020 17:08:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1767/ The tombstone of the Cherokee leader Oconastota in Monroe County, Tennessee In the year 1767, the first annual volume of The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris gives navigators the means to find longitude at sea (Jan 1), Norway’s oldest newspaper still in print, Adresseavisen, is first published (Jul 3), at a London hospital, Dr. William Watson becomes the first physician to conduct a controlled clinical trial (Oct 12), Oconastota and other leaders of native American tribes gather in New York to begin peace negotiations with the British Empire (Dec 29) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1479/ Tue, 14 Jul 2020 18:24:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1479/ In the year 1479, Ferdinand II ascends the throne of Aragon, and rules together with his wife Isabella I over most of the Iberian peninsula (Jan 20), Christopher Columbus marries Felipa Perestrelo Moniz, and receives as dowry her late father’s maps and papers (May 13), Munich Frauenkirche is completed - and all these fine people were born: 1479-0313 Lazarus Spengler* leader of the Protestant Reformation in Nuremberg/hymnwriter - Nuremberg, Germany (1534/55) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1714/ Sun, 12 Jul 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1714/ In the year 1714, with the defeat of Battle of Isokyrö, Sweden loses for years all of Finland to Russia (Feb 19), the Parliament of Great Britain votes to offer a huge reward for anyone who discovers a method to determine a ship’s close to exact longitude (Jul), the Ottoman Empire declares war on the Republic of Venice (Dec 9), Stockholm County is founded - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/pierre-who/ Fri, 10 Jul 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/pierre-who/ Another one in First Names First! A chronological list of persons with their first names here. Your “task” is to pick one, follow the Wikipedia link and see what if anything the person in question could contribute your life with. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. Lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us – let them! This time it’s all about the French name Pierre, also included names starting with Pierre. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-8th-century/ Thu, 09 Jul 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-8th-century/ Kalasan Temple in Java, constructed in 778 This page comprises the year 701 thru 800. It will later on be divided into decades, but not into individual years. Until then this is a century page. It was a century when Classical Maya civilization begins to decline, when the poem Beowulf was probably composed, and an account of Buddha’s life was translated into Greek. More info to be read under individual decades. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/all-and-random-posts-comments/ Wed, 08 Jul 2020 15:54:31 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/all-and-random-posts-comments/ Kevin Kivi - Oct 2, 2020Great addition to your website. I love both features! Thanks for your comment Kevin! Yes, I like this feature (Random articles) for example in Wikipedia (which I used a lot), so I thought it would be a nice addition here as well. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/all-and-random-posts/ Wed, 08 Jul 2020 15:54:31 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/all-and-random-posts/ Added today a new page in the upper part of the site page that will show you all the existing posts written here in Journeys of Life. As you click ALL POSTS and scroll down the page, new article posts will appear ten at a time. And if you want to read one, all you need to do is click on the title! Also added today Random Posts. That section you find on the right side of the page under List of Articles. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/all-posts/ Wed, 08 Jul 2020 13:55:14 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/all-posts/ You can now find all of the postings of Journeys of Life here by scrolling down the page. Keep in mind that the year posts are being continually updated. [ajax_load_more css_classes=“ajax-load-more-custom” post_type=“post” posts_per_page=“10”] https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1699/ Tue, 07 Jul 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1699/ Captain Kidd in New York Harbor. By J.L.G. Ferris, picture courtesy of Library of Congress In the year 1699, The Edinburgh Gazette is first published in Scotland (Mar 2), Thomas Savery demonstrates his first steam pump to the Royal Society of London (Jun 14), pirate Captain William Kidd is arrested and imprisoned in Boston, Massachusetts Bay (Jul 6), the Treaty of Preobrazhenskoye calls for the partition of the Swedish Empire - the Great Northern War follows (Sep 22), Peter the Great orders the Russian New Year changed, from 1 September to 1 January (Dec 20) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-19/ Sun, 05 Jul 2020 07:00:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-19/ the Waldorf-Astoria on Park Avenue in Manhattan, New York received the first part of its name from the small town that the first American multi-millonaire and the patriarch of the wealthy and influential Astor family, John Jacob Astor, was born in, in 1763? And that this grand hotel used to be two separate hotels - the Waldorf and the Astoria - built by two feuding relatives, William Waldorf Astor (opened in 1893) and John Jacob Astor IV (in 1897)? https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/star-trek-the-original-series/ Thu, 02 Jul 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/star-trek-the-original-series/ As popular as Star Trek: The Original Series was (and has always been), one wonders how come it only aired for three seasons. The fans protested of course, but NBC cancelled the show in February 1969 after just 79 episodes. The cancellation has been named one of the biggest TV blunders. Still, we do get to enjoy the three seasons of the Original Series, and all the other subsequent Star Trek series. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-27/ Wed, 01 Jul 2020 13:43:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-27/ After a long while, here is another great quotation for you in our series Who Said That! A very practical advice that truly doesn’t discern what age and time we live in. “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing” Here was certainly a person who lived up to his own advice. We can see that in his life, and we can see it in his creations. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-18/ Mon, 29 Jun 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-18/ This time in Language Day a word daily used and a product in high demand all over the world in 2020. The face mask. Or respirator. Like the one in this picture that looks pretty home-made - and is prettier that many of the more official face masks that seemed to be sold out in so many pharmacies and other stores everywhere. The picture at the bottom of the page taken end of March tells that story (EI hengityssuojia is Finnish for NO face masks). https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1763/ Sat, 27 Jun 2020 10:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1763/ [](By I, JF Lepage, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link) New France in 1750, photo credit to JF Lepage In the year 1763, the Treaty of Paris ends the Seven Year’s War, marking the beginning of an era of British dominance outside Europe. France cedes Canada (New France) to Great Britain (Feb 10), Chief Pontiac of the Odawa people begins “Pontiac’s War” in the Great Lakes region, resulting later in British policy changes (May 7), Touro Synagogue, the oldest synague bulding in the U. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1786/ Fri, 26 Jun 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1786/ Captain Cook’s first landing at Botany Bay 16 years earlier (1770) In the year 1786, Mozart’s opera The Marriage of Figaro premieres in Vienna (May 1), the Cabinet of Great Britain approves the establishment of a penal colony at Botany Bay, Australia (Aug), Reykjavik is founded (Aug 18), the Confederation Congress establishes the United States Mint to make common coinage and currency for the U.S., to replace individual state coins (Oct 16), Grand Duke of Tuscany promulgates a penal reform, making his country the first state to abolish the death penalty (Nov 30) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/wendy-who/ Wed, 24 Jun 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/wendy-who/ Another one in our series First Names First! Your “task” – should you accept it – is to pick one of the names below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about the person, and to see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Lives lived have all something to tell us – let them! This time it is all about Wendy! Not a very common name, but you might just find someone interesting here as well! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1599/ Mon, 22 Jun 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1599/ In the year 1599, the Kalmar Bloodbath takes place in Kalmar, Sweden (May 16), the Earl of Essex takes Cahir Castle in Ireland (May 29), a Dutch fleet returns to Amsterdam from the Second Dutch Expedition to Indonesia, carrying large amounts of pepper, cloves and nutmeg (Jul 19), the Swedish King Sigismund is dethroned by his uncle Duke Charles (Jul 24), the Åbo Bloodbath takes place in Swedish Finland (Nov 10) and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-chicago/ Sat, 20 Jun 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-chicago/ This time in Streets and Squares let us travel to the Windy City - Chicago - in the U.S. state of Illinois. By going through the streets and squares and other places of the city, we get to know more about its history - as with all the previous cities we have visited in this article series. The river that starts from Lake Michigan and divides the city is called - well, what do you know - Chicago River (with its South and North Branches), and later with the South Branch turning into Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1757/ Thu, 18 Jun 2020 17:50:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1757/ In the year 1757, Rigshospitalet is founded at Copenhagen (Mar 30), the works of Galileo Galilei espousing heliocentrism (that he had been condemned for in 1633 and kept under house arrest until his death) are removed from the list of books banned by Roman Catholic Church (Apr 16), Hungarian raiders plunder Berlin, Prussia (Oct 16), the French and Indian War (1754–1763) goes on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/saitama/ Thu, 18 Jun 2020 11:38:50 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/saitama/ .streetsign-us { border: 1px solid white; padding: 4px 12px; color: white; background-color: #01735C; font-weight: bold; /* line-height: 30px; */ } .streetsign-us:hover { text-decoration: none; color: white; background-color: #014034; } .streetsign-fr { border: 5px solid green; padding: 4px 12px; color: white; background-color: blue; font-weight: bold; line-height: 40px; } .streetsign-fr:hover { text-decoration: none; color: white; background-color: #010a40; } .streetsign-montreal { border: 1px solid white; padding: 4px 12px; color: white; background-color: #d62d20; font-weight: bold; /* line-height: 30px; */ } . https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/1000-years-ago-today-3/ Mon, 15 Jun 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/1000-years-ago-today-3/ Here’s yet another piece in this article series, taking us back exactly 1000 years. This time to June 15th in the year 1020. Troia is a city situated in the northernmost part of Apulia (shown in magenta in the map) , south of Benevento. According to legend, it was founded in the 10th century BC by the Greek hero Diomedes who had participated in the Trojan War and helped destroy the ancient Troy - a city in the northwest of Asia Minor (in today’s Turkey). https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1726/ Sun, 14 Jun 2020 16:33:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1726/ In the year 1726, Isaac Newton tells William Stukeley the story of how he developed his theory of gravity (Apr 15), Voltaire begins his exile in England (May 1), Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels is first published in London (Oct 28), the settlement of Montevideo is founded by the Spaniards (Dec 24) - and all these fine people were born: 1726-0116 Hugh Mercer* physician/to America at age 21/soldier and general in the American Revolution - Pitsligo, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (1777/50) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/william-who/ Wed, 10 Jun 2020 09:57:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/william-who/ Another one in First Names First! A chronological list of persons with their first names here. Your “task” is to pick one, follow the Wikipedia link and see what if anything the person in question could contribute your life with. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. Lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us – let them! This time it’s all about William. A name that has been widely used for centuries. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1793/ Thu, 04 Jun 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1793/ La Mort de Marat by Jacques-Louis David In the year 1793, Louis XVI of France is guillotined in Paris (Jan 21), George Washington is sworn in as President of the United States for his second term (Mar 4), Jean-Paul Marat is killed in his bath (Jul 13), the Louvre in Paris opens to the public as an art museum (Aug 10), New York City’s first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster (Dec 9), the French Revolution goes on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1449/ Tue, 02 Jun 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1449/ In the year 1449, the last in a line of rulers that can be traced to the founding of Rome, Constantine XI Palaiologos, is crowned Byzantine Emperor (Jan 6), the French recapture Rouen from the English (Oct 29), Karl Knutsson Bonde becomes the King of Norway (Nov 20) - and all these fine people were born: 1449-0101 Lorenzo de Medici* statesman/patron of Renaissance culture in Italy - Florence, Republic of Florence (1492/43) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1766/ Sun, 31 May 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1766/ The Law on the Freedom of Printing, December 2, 1766 In the year 1766, Savannah in the American colony of Georgia receives its first slaves, from Senegal (Apr 9), members of the Sons of Liberty in Manhattan erect their first liberty pole as a protest against the British rule (Jun 4), France cedes its rights to the Malouines Islands to Spain, later captured by the British and renamed the Falkland Islands (Oct 4), Sweden becomes the first country in the world to introduce constitutional protection of press freedom (Dec 2), James Christie holds the first sale at Christie’s auction house in London (Dec 5), and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-18-2/ Fri, 29 May 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-18-2/ How often do we get misunderstood when we try to tell our name, address, the license plate number (or rather, letter and number combination) of our car, etc? And when traveling abroad, it doesn’t help of course that each country has its own way of spelling. So here is a helpful list: spelling alphabets in different countries. The main order of all of the alphabets is as follows: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Å Ä Ö https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-vienna/ Wed, 20 May 2020 09:52:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-vienna/ This is the 24th city in Streets & Squares, and today we visit Vienna, the capital of Austria. The big river Donau flows to the east of the city, and Donau channel through it. Lots of eponymous streets here and a lot of history! As always, clicking on the address links leads you to Google Maps, and clinking on the names to the person’s Wikipedia page. Don’t forget to also read about the people born in this city throughout the years. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1794/ Sun, 17 May 2020 10:51:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1794/ In the year 1794, the French First Republic abolishes slavery (Feb 4), Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin (Mar 14), the U.S. Congress prohibits American ships from supplying slaves to any nation other than the United States (Mar 22), Horatio Nelson loses the sight in his right eye, in the British Siege of Calvi in Corsica (Jul 12), a great fire destroys 200 buildings in the French Quarter of New Orleans (Dec 8), coffee is forbidden by royal decree in Sweden - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/la-casa-de-papel/ Thu, 14 May 2020 12:33:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/la-casa-de-papel/ One of the most popular current television series produced in Spain must be the heist crime drama series Money Heist created by Álex Pina. A mastermind known as “The Professor” recruits a group of eight people who are each given a code names with a city. The group is to rob the Royal Mint of Spain, and somehow escape without anyone of them getting hurt or seized. Netflix acquired global streaming rights in late 2017. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-18/ Tue, 05 May 2020 20:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-18/ Bernard Baruch (1870-1965) the very same day the future president Donald Trump was born in Queens, New York, the so called Baruch Plan was proposed to the United Nations in that same city? The plan was a proposal by the United States government to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission (UNAEC) during its first meeting. On June 14th, 1946. Written largely by Bernard Baruch but based on the Acheson–Lilienthal Report. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/tarzan/ Mon, 27 Apr 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/tarzan/ Johnny Weismuller as Tarzan in 1932 Who of us hasn’t heard of Tarzan, the fictional character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The films and television series based on his 1914 book Tarzan of the Apes number quite a few. The most memorable actor portraying Tarzan is for many of us Johnny Weismuller, whereas the latest one is the Swedish actor Alexander Skarsgård in The Legend of Tarzan from 2016. Here below we have a list of all the actors that have portrayed this character throughout the years, both in films and in television series. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/anna-who/ Fri, 24 Apr 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/anna-who/ Another one in our series First Names First! Your “task” – should you accept it – is to pick one of the names below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about the person, and to see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Lives lived have all something to tell us – let them! This time it is all about Anna/Ana! Anna Maria Garthwaite* textile designer – Harston, Leicestershire, England (1688) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-vancouver/ Mon, 20 Apr 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-vancouver/ This time in Streets & Squares, the city of Vancouver! The westernmost city of Canada, named after the British Navy officer and explorer George Vancouver. As always in Streets & Squares, clicking on the address links leads you to Google Maps, and clicking on the names to the person’s Wikipedia page. Many of the streets in Vancouver are named after colonial imperialists, omitting the fact that there is a lot of First Nations history in Vancouver. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1627/ Fri, 17 Apr 2020 10:23:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1627/ In the year 1627, the Dutch ship ’t Gulden Zeepaert makes the first recorded sighting of the coast of South Australia (Jan), England lands the first European settlers on Barbados (Feb 17), Ottoman pirates start raiding Iceland (Jun 20) and capture hundreds of Icelanders to be sold into slavery on the Barbary Coast (by Jul 19), rock blasting is invented - and all these fine people were born: 1627-0125 Robert Boyle* chemist/physicist/ inventor - Lismore Castle, County Waterford, Ireland (1691/64) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-longing-for-humans-comments/ Tue, 14 Apr 2020 12:30:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-longing-for-humans-comments/ Johnny Johnsson - May 0, 2020Now that there are too many people in the woods, and many not remembering to keep their distance! Is it so in Finland? You in Finland seem to appreciate the tranquility of the forest more than Swedes! As you know, I love the forests, and unfortunately I see as few people there now as before the outbreak of the pandemic. Yes, I do believe that Finns might love forests a bit more than the Swedes. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-longing-for-humans/ Tue, 14 Apr 2020 12:30:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-longing-for-humans/ Rush hour at a Path station. Photo credit Dan DeLuca I started writing this article before COVID-19 caused by the SARS-CoV-2 changed things for us all. Now at the time of publication, it takes of necessity another turn. Hopefully the corona pandemic too. The article concerned our healthy longing for that quiet place away from the constant crowdiness and noise in the streets, escalators, corridores, stores and wherever people need to be and go. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1451/ Sun, 12 Apr 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1451/ In the year 1451, Murad II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire is succeeded by his son, Mehmed II (Feb 18), the French capture Bayonne, the last English stronghold in Goyenne in Southern France (Aug 20), the University of Glasgow is founded, the Great Peacemaker along with Jigonhsasee and Hiawatha, found the Iroquois Confederacy, comprising the Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga, and Seneca - and all these fine people were born: 1451-0114 Franchinus Gaffurius* music theorist/composer - Lodi, Italy (1522/71) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/andrew-who/ Fri, 10 Apr 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/andrew-who/ Yet another piece in our series First Names First! This time about Andrew! Below is a chronological list of some of them. Pick one name and then follow the Wikipedia link to read about these men, and see what if anything they could contribute your life with. Give a couple of minutes of your life to this. Lives lived all have something to tell us – let them! Andrew Melville* scholar/ theologian/religious reformer – Baldovie, Scotland (1545-1622) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1700/ Wed, 08 Apr 2020 14:55:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1700/ Battle of Narva in 1700 Protestant Western Europe, except England, start using the Gregorian calendar (Jan 1), the Great Northern War begins (Feb 12), Protestant Germany and Denmark-Norway adopt the Gregorian calendar (Mar 1), Russian army invades Swedish Estonia in Narva (Aug), the militaristic Swedish King Charles XII defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Narva (Nov 30), this is the year when calendars get switched, at different times in different countries - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1715/ Mon, 06 Apr 2020 15:33:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1715/ The Tuscarora War ends as the Tuscarora and their allies sign a peace treaty with the Province of Carolina (Feb 11), a total solar eclipse is seen across southern England, Sweden and Finland (the last total eclipse visible in London for almost 900 years (May 3), the first wet dock yard in the world opens in Liverpool (Aug 31), Swedish troops occupy Norway (Dec 24) – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-17/ Sun, 29 Mar 2020 20:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-17/ This time in Language Day one simple but very current word, sadly to say - otherwise depicting something fine and majestic, rooted in history. We talk about the disease COVID-19, which is colloquially called Corona and here we go through what that word is in some languages, in its meaning as the royal headwear. It does have another meaning as well of course, as currency for some monarchies - also very current as it threatens to wreck the economy of both individuals and countries worldwide. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/grace-who/ Tue, 24 Mar 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/grace-who/ Yet another piece in our series First Names First! This time about Grace! Below is a chronological list of some of them. Pick one name and then follow the Wikipedia link to read about these women, and see what if anything they could contribute your life with. Give a couple of minutes of your life to this. Lives lived all have something to tell us – let them! Grace Sherwood* (b White) farmer/ midwife//convicted of witchcraft – Pungo, Colony of Virginia (1660) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1564/ Mon, 23 Mar 2020 18:58:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1564/ Fort Caroline in Jacksonville, Florida In the year 1564, French settlers abandon Charlesfort, the first French attempt at colonizing what is now the United States, and establish Fort Caroline in Florida (Jun 22), the Ronneby Bloodbath takes place in Denmark (now in Sweden) (Sep 4), Spanish Conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi sails from Mexico, later to conquer the Philippine Islands (Nov 21) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-anywhere/ Fri, 20 Mar 2020 17:44:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-anywhere/ This time in Streets & Squares we won’t be dealing with any one city, but with any city in the world that is facing the serious threat of the COVID-19 virus, also known as the Corona virus. There actually is a city of Corona (crown in Spanish), or rather, several cities with that name. One in Riverside County in Southern California. There is also a town, city or community with that name in Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, South Dakota and Tennessee. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1617/ Wed, 18 Mar 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1617/ Sweden gains new areas in 1617 (Ingria in yellow, Kexholm in gray) In the year 1617, with the Treaty of Stolbovo, Sweden gains Ingria and Kexholm from Russia (Feb 27), the Spanish navy defeats a Dutch fleet in the Philippines (Apr 24), a naval battle between the Sicilians and Venetians ends inconclusively (Nov 17), at least seven women are sentenced to death by burning for witchcraft in Sweden – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1762/ Thu, 12 Mar 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1762/ St. Patrick’s Day in New York City in 2013 In the year 1762, Britain declares war on Spain and Naples (Jan 4), thousands of Sikhs are slaughtered in the Great Holocaust in Punjab, India (Feb 2), the first Saint Patrick’s Day Parade in New York City takes place in lower Manhattan (Mar 17), the Treaty of Saint Petersburg ends the war between Russia and Prussia (May 15), Catherine II becomes empress of Russia (Jul 9), the British East India Company seizes Manila from the Spaniards (Aug 10), and make it an Open Port (Oct 5) – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/gary-who/ Tue, 10 Mar 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/gary-who/ Yet another piece in our series First Names First! This time about Gary! Below is a chronological list of some of them. Pick one name, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about the person, and see what if anything he could contribute your life with. Give a couple of minutes of your life to this. Lives lived all have something to tell us – let them! Gary Cooper* actor – Helena, MT USA (1901) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/vikings/ Sat, 07 Mar 2020 13:33:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/vikings/ If you have yet to see the multinational drama television series Vikings, created and written by Michael Hirst for the History channel, I recommend that you do! Filmed in Ireland, it premiered in Canada in 2013. The sixth and the last season came out in December 2019. There is also a sequel series titled Vikings: Valhalla. Vikings is a violent series, depicting times when there were no firearms yet, but only anything sharp to maim or kill your enemy with - mostly kill. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-26/ Sun, 01 Mar 2020 20:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-26/ Time for another great quote by some of the great minds of men and women who have walked here before us. About the importance of bringing forth the goodness in each and one of us, to the benefit of ourselves, our loved ones, and in the broader context, the society and the whole world. Goodness is the only investment that never fails. How many examples could we give of this? Countless! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-16/ Sat, 29 Feb 2020 20:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-16/ This time in Language Day we talk about today´s topic, the Leap Day. The 29th day of February that occurs every four years - the same year as the Summer Olympics. You can read about Leap Year and Leap Day in Wikipedia’s extensive articles. Here let’s just go through what we call this particular day in different countries and languages, and the etymology of the word itself. Did you know that people born on a leap day may be called “leaplings” or “leapers”. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/susan-who/ Mon, 24 Feb 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/susan-who/ This time in First Names First we have** Susan** and the related names such as Susanne, Susanna, Suzanne and even Zuzana. Take your pick in the list, and find some inspiring stories behind these names. Give this a couple of minutes for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them! Susanna Hall* (B) (b Shakespeare) – Stratford-upon-Avon, England (1583) Susan B. Anthony* social reformer/ activist – Adams, MA USA (1820) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1738/ Sun, 23 Feb 2020 20:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1738/ In the year 1738, Jacques de Vaucanson stages the first demonstration of an early automaton in Paris (Feb 11), Samuel Johnson composes his first solemn prayer (Sep 18), Franz Ketterer produces one of the earliest cuckoo clocks, Rémy Martin is granted exclusive permission by King Louis XV of France to plant new vineyards, for impressing him with the quality of his cognac - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-athens/ Thu, 20 Feb 2020 20:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-athens/ We head in Streets & Squares this time to Athens, the capital of Greece since 1834, but in existence since times immemorial. Commonly thought be have been named after the Greek goddess Athena, yet modern scholars now generally agree that it is rather the opposite: the goddess takes her name from the city. Be it as it may, clicking on the address links leads you - as always in Streets & Squares - to Google Maps, and clicking on the names to the person’s Wikipedia page. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1529/ Thu, 13 Feb 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1529/ In the year 1529, the Westrogothian rebellion breaks out in Sweden (Apr 9), but the King persists, Buda (Sep 8) and Vienna (Sep 23) are invaded by the Ottomans, Thomas More succeeds Cardinal Wolsey as Lord Chancellor of England (Oct 26), Paracelsus visits Nuremberg - and all these fine people were born: 1529-xxxx Willem Bloys van Treslong* nobleman/military leader during the Dutch war of Independence/a leader of the Sea Beggars - Den Briel (1594/c. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-13/ Tue, 11 Feb 2020 14:55:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-13/ This time in Monthly Latin something simple. Two words that cover all of us. Or do they? UNUS MULTORUM i.e. one of many. One in a mass. An average person. Unus (one) multorum (of many). But as we all are but one, even when we have the power of/over many, the old hierarchical idea of the little man should in all honesty give way to the ideological side of those two words. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/sebastian-who/ Mon, 10 Feb 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/sebastian-who/ This time in First Names First ** Sebastian/ Sébastien! **Take your pick in the list, and find some inspiring stories behind these names. Give this a couple of minutes for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them! Sebastian Münster* cartographer/ cosmographer – Ingelheim, Germany (1488) Sebastian Franck* German freethinker/humanist/radical reformer – Donauwörth , Swabia (1499) Sebastian de Aparicio* Spanish colonist – A Gudiña, Ourense, Spain (1502) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1753/ Sun, 09 Feb 2020 08:33:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1753/ Phelp’s electro-motor printing telepraph from 1880’s In the year 1753, the concept of electrical telegraphy is first published (Feb 17), Sweden adopts the Gregorian calendar, and February 17 is followed directly by March 1 (Mar 1), Saint Patrick’s Day is observed for the first time officially (Mar 17), the British Museum is established in London, to be opened later (Jun 7), 21-year-old Major George Washington is commissioned to dissuade the French from occupying the Ohio Country (Oct 31) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1430s/ Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1430s/ In the year 1430, the Ottoman Empire captures Thessalonica after an eight-year siege (Mar 29), Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians, while leading an army to relieve Compiègne (May 23), Bratislava Castle is converted to a fortress, optical methods are first used in the creation of art - and all these fine people were born: 1430-0323 Margaret of Anjou* Queen of England by marriage to King Henry VI - Pont-à-Mousson, Lorraine, France (1482/52) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-25/ Sat, 01 Feb 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-25/ Not all of us are religious or even spiritual, but we all can experience unconditional love. Love that conquers all, love that makes everything seem mellow and easy until proven otherwise. Love that builds bridges out of nowhere, and just never dies. And faith isn’t of course just a religious thing, but simply a belief that most anything is possible if one believes that it can be done, or that it can happen. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/newsletter/ Fri, 31 Jan 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/newsletter/ At the start of the new decade, let’s introduce yet another new feature here at Journeys of Life. A monthly newsletter that you as a reader can subscribe to. Send your request to kivita@gmail.com, and you will receive our newsletter to the e-mail address provided by you. If you at any time want to unsubscribe, you can do so at the same address. These newsletters will consist of general site information as well as updates about recent articles and articles series. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-15-2/ Wed, 29 Jan 2020 12:33:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-15-2/ Since the year 2000, February 21st has been observed around the world as the International Mother Language Day, in order to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity, and multilingualism. In view of that, let’s see how the words mother & mother language (mother tongue) are said in some of the languages. Whether we speak just our mother tongue, or on top of that our father tongue (if it’s not the same as our mother’s), or acquire yet another language skill in childhood or later on in life, we can all appreciate the emotional familiarity of the very first language we learn. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1744/ Tue, 28 Jan 2020 14:14:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1744/ In the year 1744, France declares war on Great Britain (Mar 15), the first periodical written for women by a woman, The Female Spectator, is founded (Apr), The First Rules of Golf are drawn up at Leith in Scotland, for the first golf competition (Apr 2), HMS Victory sinks in a storm in the English Channel, the wreck of which is located in 2009 (Oct 4), the First Saudi State is founded by Muhammad bin Saud - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/frazier/ Sat, 25 Jan 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/frazier/ One of the most popular American sitcoms must be Frasier, the spin-off of Cheers. It premiered in the United States in September 1993. The cast of Frasier was not big, but all the more talented when it comes to producing quick-witted, brilliant comedy. Critically acclaimed, the show itself and the cast won 37 Primetime Emmy Awards. Frasier continued the story of psychiatrist Frasier Crane (from Cheers), returning to his hometown of Seattle where he started building a new life as a radio advice show host while reconnecting with his father Martin and brother Niles, and making new friends. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/greta-who/ Fri, 24 Jan 2020 09:12:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/greta-who/ This time in First Names First we will concentrate on the names Greta, Grete and Grethe. An old name that appears a lot in the news these days due to the environmental activist Greta Thunberg. Greta Hällfors-Sipilä* (b Hällfors) painter – Helsinki, GD of Finland (1899) Greta Kuckhoff* (b Lorke) German resistance fighter – Frankfurt an der Oder, German Empire (1902) Greta Garbo* actress – Stockholm, Sweden (1905) Grethe Meyer* architect/designer - Svendborg, Denmark (1918) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1745/ Wed, 22 Jan 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1745/ In the year 1745, the white colonialists on Jamaica foil a conspiracy by black slaves plotting to seize control (Feb 22), the Jacobite rising of 1745 - the last attempt to overtake the British rule for the Scots, begins (Aug 19), Catherine the Great marries Peter III of Russia (Sep 1), the French Army destroys, together with some native American tribes, the British American settlement at Fort Saratoga in New York (Nov 28) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-calgary/ Mon, 20 Jan 2020 08:11:11 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-calgary/ We head in Streets & Squares this time to Calgary, the largest city in western Canada. Situated in southern part of Alberta, at the confluence of the Bow River and the Elbow River. As always in Streets & Squares, clicking on the address links leads you to Google Maps, and clicking on the names to the person’s Wikipedia page. There are lots of numbered avenues and streets in grid style, a bit like in Manhattan, New York - most of them in downtown Calgary. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1749/ Sat, 18 Jan 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1749/ In the year 1749, the first issue of Berlingske, Denmark’s oldest continually operating newspaper, is published (Jan 3), King George II of Great Britain grants the Ohio Company land north of the Ohio River, with a condition: European families are to move there (May 19), the first recorded game of baseball is played in Surrey, England (Sep 12), King Louis XV of France issues a harsh ordinance against the increasing number of starving people moving into Paris (Nov 18), Indian tribes in North America continue losing their land - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/you-never-know/ Thu, 16 Jan 2020 20:34:06 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/you-never-know/ You never know when it is time for someone to go. Any time you meet a person it might be the last time you see him or her. This we know, logically. But we don’t know when it is time. Or sometimes we do. Like my grandma seemed to know as she was bidding me farewell me leaving for home after visiting her in another country. She was pretty old https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-12/ Sat, 11 Jan 2020 20:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-12/ This time in Monthly Latin about the fact that we human beings, as we learn all sorts of things about the world and ourselves and how we could use that knowledge and our special talents to advance our own interests, we mustn’t at the same time forget to contribute to the greater good of humanity as well. We are all fallible, all capable of making mistakes or being wrong for the simple reason that no one – quite naturally – can be expert on all facets of life. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/george-who-comments/ Fri, 10 Jan 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/george-who-comments/ Jude Meinhart - Apr 4, 2020It was helpful. Keep on posting! Very good info. Lucky me I discovered your site by accident (stumbleupon). I have saved it for later! Thank you! I’m glad you found something interesting. More articles coming up on a pretty regular basis :) Thanks for your comment Jude! Sorry it took a while to respond. I sure will keep on posting, in First Names First as well as all the other article series and the individual articles. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/george-who/ Fri, 10 Jan 2020 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/george-who/ This time in First Names First we will concentrate on George, one of the most popular boys' names through the ages. Other forms of George included here are Georg and Georges. Since there are so many Georges, maximum five names per decade are shown. George of Podebrady* King of Bohemia – Podèbrady Castle, Bohemia (1420) Georg von Peuerbach* astronomer/ mathematician/instrument maker – Linz, Austria (1423) George Sandys* traveller/colonist/poet – Bishopsthorpe, England (1578) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1589/ Mon, 06 Jan 2020 08:11:13 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1589/ In the year 1589, King Henry III of France and his designated successor, Henry of Navarre, besiege Paris (Jan), Henry III is assassinated (Aug 1), and dies (Aug 2), monks in the Pechenga Monastery are massacred by the Swedes in the Russo-Swedish War (Dec 25), Hiroshima is founded, the Bavarian brewery Hofbräuhaus is founded - and all these fine people were born: 1589-0108Ivan Gundulić* Croatian poet - Dubrovnik, Republic of Ragisa (1638/49) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-17/ Sun, 05 Jan 2020 08:11:50 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-17/ Bonngasse 515, Bonn two German composers, Johann Peter Salomon (1745-1815) and Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) were both born at Bonngasse 515 in Bonn, Germany? 35 years apart from each other. Beethoven who knew Salomon from his days in Bonn, wrote to fellow composer Ferninand Ries on hearing of his death, “Salomon’s death grieves me much, for he was a noble man, and I remember him since I was a child.” https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1789/ Fri, 03 Jan 2020 12:33:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1789/ In the year 1789, George Washington is elected as the first president of the United States (Feb 4), mutiny on HMS Bounty takes place (Apr 28), the French Revolution begins (Jul 14), William Herschel discovers Saturn’s moon Enceladus (Aug 28), r French physician Joseph-Ignace Guillotin proposes the use of a special device to carry out executions in France in a more human manner (Oct 10), Thomas Jefferson introduces the macaroni machine to United States from his trip to Europe - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-15/ Sun, 29 Dec 2019 15:36:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-15/ And. A word that never appears alone. Always preceded by something, and followed by something. Although it may sometimes start a sentence. But always loaded with promise and hope of continuation. So a very positive word, right? Which by itself doesn’t mean a thing. We’ll, of course it can be involved in a list of sinister things as well. And was also the first foreign word that I learned. We kids always walked to school, situated a couple of miles from our home. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/donna-who/ Thu, 26 Dec 2019 16:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/donna-who/ This time in First Names First it is all about Donna. It is Italian for “woman”, the original meaning being closer to “lady of the home”. It was a title of respect in Italy, equivalent to “Don” for men. Donna Reed* actress – Denison, IA USA (1921) pic Donna Axum* beauty pageant/author/philanthropist – El Dorado, AR USA (1942) Donna Leon* author – Montclair, NJ USA (1942) Donna Fargo* country singer – Mount Airy, NC USA (1945) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/one-day-in-the-life-of-christopher-haley/ Wed, 25 Dec 2019 08:11:27 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/one-day-in-the-life-of-christopher-haley/ Another one in our article series One Day in the Life of. November 24th, 2018 was supposed to be just another Saturday night for pastor Christopher Haley from Winnipeg as he was watching the match between Winnipeg Jets and hometeam St. Louis Blues at Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri. The Canadian supermarket chain Safeway (owned by Sobeys) has a continual promotion called “Score & Win” where it randomly selects a shopper to potentially win prizes for a player’s achievements. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-copenhagen/ Fri, 20 Dec 2019 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-copenhagen/ This is part in the article series Streets and Squares that provide some interesting background information on street signs around the world. A fun way to learn about the history and culture of the cities you visit or even live in! This time we go to Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark. The Danish name of the city, København, descends from the old Norse Kaupmannahofn, meaning merchants' harbor. Some vocabulary to help you along the way: allé (avenue), bro (bridge), gade (street), plads (square) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/reflecting-safety/ Wed, 18 Dec 2019 08:11:20 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/reflecting-safety/ One thing about living up in the northern latitudes is that you know for sure that it will eventually get dark pretty early in the day. And to be on the safe side in traffic, it is a good idea to have a safety reflector attached somewhere on your clothes, backpack or bag. It is in fact mandatory to wear one in countries like Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. We are all used to seeing reflective clothing worn professionally. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1530/ Tue, 17 Dec 2019 08:11:49 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1530/ In the year 1530, Florence is captured by Spanish troops (Aug 3), flood engulfs Rome (Oct 8), The Knights of Malta are formed (Oct 26), Martim Afonso de Sousa’s expedition sets out for the Americas from Portugal (Dec), Erasmus publishes A handbook on manners for children – and all these fine people were born: 1530-xxxx Jean Nicot de Villemain* diplomat/ scholar/famous for being the first to bring tobacco to France - Nîmes, Kingdom of France (1604/c. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/words-unsaid/ Fri, 13 Dec 2019 18:00:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/words-unsaid/ The words we didn’t say. How they haunt us sometimes. Maybe more than the words we did say. Even if those too might haunt us. At some point of your life you may realize that - despite all the inherent intentions of verbalizing your thoughts, encouraging your loved ones to spread their wings and soar high, expressing your love towards them, being a dear aunt or uncle, showing how much you actually care - you actually haven’t done much any of that. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/donald-who/ Tue, 10 Dec 2019 20:55:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/donald-who/ So another one in our recurring series First Names First. This time it is Donald, according to this little sample here most common especially in the 1930’s. 1897-0620 Donald Keyhoe* naval aviator/ufologist – Ottumwa, Iowa USA (1988/91) 1919-1005 Donald Pleasance* actor – Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England (1995/75) 1926-0921 Donald A. Glaser* physicist/neurobiologist/N – Cleveland, OH USA (2013/86) 1930-1226 Donald Moffat* actor – Plymouth, Devon England (2018/87) 1932-0709Donald Rumsfeld* businessman/politician – Evanston, IL USA https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/when/ Sun, 08 Dec 2019 19:10:48 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/when/ is a new article series here in Journeys of Life. It can entail most anything, and is really about creative writing - as opposed to some other article series here. The publication date will be the 8th of each month. The When can be a beginning of a question sentence, or a story that follows. These stories will typically be short ones, but can be long-reads as well. So we always start with When, and go on from there. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-15/ Fri, 06 Dec 2019 15:11:48 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-15/ two great industrialists - and later philanthropists - were born two days apart in July 1839? One on Long Island, New York, the other in Kastel, Germany. John from New York built an empire around oil, Adolphus from Kastel around beer. 1839-0708 John D. Rockefeller Sr.* industrialist/philanthropist - Long Island, NY USA (97) 1839-0710 Adolphus Busch* co-founder of Anheuser-Busch/philanthropist - Kastel, Hesse, Germany (1913/74) If you happen to be in Manhattan in New York City, it is pretty hard not to notice the name Rockefeller. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/untitled-reusable-block-2/ Mon, 02 Dec 2019 11:13:42 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/untitled-reusable-block-2/ 1545-xxxx John Gerard* botanist/author - Nantwich, Cheshire, England (1612/c.66) 1545-xxxx Jaakko Ilkka* landowner/ rebel leader – Ilmajoki, Sweden-Finland (1597/c.55) 1545-0101 Magnus Heinason* Faroese naval hero/trader/privateer - Faroe Islands (1589/44) 1545-0111 Guidobaldo del Monte* mathematician/ philosopher/ astronomer - Pesaro, Italy (1607/61) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1545-comments/ Mon, 02 Dec 2019 10:11:13 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1545-comments/ Ericka Stadden - Feb 1, 2020very interesting details you have remarked, thankyou for posting. Hi Ericka, and thanks a lot for your comment! I’m currently writing my first Newsletter, and you’ll be getting it soon too! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1545/ Mon, 02 Dec 2019 10:11:13 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1545/ Potosí in modern-day Bolivia, 2003 In the year 1545, the Scots defeat the numerically superior English forces at the Battle of Ancrum Moor (Feb 27), the Spanish conquistadores found the mining town Potosí, the huge silver deposits of which provide most of the wealth on which the Spanish Empire is based (Apr 1), Spanish explorer Ortiz de Retez sets out to navigate the northern coast of New Guinea (Jun 13), Henry VIII’s flagship, the Mary Rose, is sunk by the French (Jul 18) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-13/ Fri, 29 Nov 2019 08:11:13 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-13/ Let’s learn some Hawaiian this time around in Language Day. It is a Polynesian language and, along with English, the official language of the State of Hawaii. Read more about its background and politics here. This article will deal solely with the language itself. The Hawaiian alphabet has 13 letters. That is a lot less than in most languages. There are five vowels: a, e, i, o, and u - each with a long pronunciation and a short one. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1727/ Wed, 27 Nov 2019 08:11:41 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1727/ In the year 1727, the German composer Händel becomes Handel, a British subject (Feb 20), George II of Great Britain is crowned to the tunes of Handel’s Coronation Anthems, played at the coronations of British monarchs ever since (Oct 11), earthquake in Persia kills 77000 people (Nov 18), the first Amish move to North America - and all these fine people were born: 1727-0125 Aron Gustaf Silfersparre* baron/chamberlain – Stockholm, Kingdom of Sweden (1818/91) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/hannah-who/ Sun, 24 Nov 2019 08:11:46 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/hannah-who/ This time in First Names First **it is all about Hanna(h)! **Pick one of the names below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us – let them! Hannah Pritchard* actress - England (1711) Hannah More* religious writer/ playwright/philanthropist - Fishponds, Bristol, England (1745) Hannah Adams* author - Medfield, Massachusetts (1755) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/australia-divided/ Fri, 22 Nov 2019 08:11:25 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/australia-divided/ Previously in Journeys of Life we have had articles about the different states or provinces of the United States of America and Canada. This time we do the same with Australia. This in order to help you to figure out the abbreviations given concerning people born in Australia. Australia has six states, two major mainland territories and a few external territories, mainly islands. Here below the abbreviations for the six states. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-rome/ Wed, 20 Nov 2019 08:11:33 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-rome/ This time Streets & Squares goes to Rome, the capital of Italy - and the city where all roads lead to, or so they said! The river Tiber flows through this ancient city, and in the list below the locations are given either as ET (East of Tiber) or WT (West of Tiber). Vatican City is to the west of Tiber. Like always, clicking on the addresses will open Google Maps for you, and clicking on the names will (usually) lead to the person’s Wikipedia page. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1719/ Mon, 18 Nov 2019 09:03:42 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1719/ In the year 1719, Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe is published (Apr 25), the first issue of Pennsylvania’s first newspaper, the American Weekly Mercury, is published (Dec 22), Prussia conducts Europe’s first systematic census, the Great Northern War goes on - and all these fine people were born: 1719-xxxx Henry Berry* Liverpool’s second dock engineer - England (1812/c. 93) 1719-xxxx William Bradford* printer/soldier/leader during the American Revolution from Philadelphia - New York City, British America (1791/c. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1555-comments/ Wed, 13 Nov 2019 17:22:34 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1555-comments/ Bernard Skog - Feb 3, 2020This was a really wonderful article. Many thanks for providing this information. Awesome blog, thanks for the useful information. Thank you for your comment, Austin! More info on years past coming up as time goes by. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1555/ Wed, 13 Nov 2019 17:22:34 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1555/ In the year 1555, John Rogers - burned at the stake in London - becomes the first Protestant martyr under Mary I of England (Feb 4), Pope Paul IV creates the Roman Ghetto, the first Jewish ghetto in Rome (Jul 12), Russia breaks a 60-year-old truce with Sweden by attacking Finland, negro – the Spanish term for black person – is coined - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/hannes-who/ Sun, 10 Nov 2019 08:11:04 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/hannes-who/ This time in First Names First it is all about Hannes! A male name abundant in countries like Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Iceland, Sweden and Finland. So go ahead and pick one name, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and see what if anything he could contribute your life with. Lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us – let them! Hannes Ignatius* army general/advocate for independence - Helsinki, GD of Finland (1871-1941) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1519-comments/ Fri, 08 Nov 2019 11:06:51 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1519-comments/ CliftonMirkovich - Jan 2, 2020Personally,if all web owners and bloggers made good content as you did, the net will be a lot more useful than ever before I am trying to find things to improve my web site!I suppose its ok to use a few of your ideas!! Absolutely! You are so welcome! Loving the information on this website , you have done outstanding job on the posts. Hi Jerrica! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1519/ Fri, 08 Nov 2019 11:06:51 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1519/ Emperor Montezuma II welcomes Cortés in Mexico, photo credit to Architect of the Capitol In 1519, Hernán Cortés and his conquistadores land in Mexico (Mar 4), Martin Luther joins the debate regarding papal authority (Jul 4), Panama City is founded (Aug 15), Cortés enters the court of Aztec ruler Montezuma (Nov 8), cacao comes to Europe, St. Olaf’s Church in Tallinn, Estonia is completed, and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-11th-century/ Sun, 03 Nov 2019 08:11:13 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-11th-century/ The construction of the Tower of London begins in the year 1077 This page comprises of the years between 1001 and 1100. So, a hundred years of events and births! These will all be divided into individual decades later on, but not into individual years. This same category - the 11th Century - will be involving articles about events that happened during that century. 1000s - 1010s - 1020s - 1030s - 1040s - 1050s - 1060s - 1070s - 1080s- 1090s https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-24/ Fri, 01 Nov 2019 08:11:13 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-24/ Many of us enjoy walking in the woods, don’t we! Hiking, picking berries, listening to birds, or just walking there whether alone or in the company of friends. If you are one of these people, it is probably easy for you to identify with the following quote: “Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best” Imagine if some birds could and then would decide not to sing if they thought their song was not up to standard that day, or any day! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-12/ Tue, 29 Oct 2019 10:17:24 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-12/ This time in Language Day we concentrate on just one single language - as opposed to the usual multilingual theme we have here. This language is the Skolt Sami language. It is one of the many Sami languages spoken in the northern parts of Finland, Sweden and Norway, and all of them belong to the Uralic language group. Year 2019 is - among other things - the International Year of Indigenous Languages that are spoken by millions of people around the world. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-2018/ Sun, 27 Oct 2019 14:29:41 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-2018/ Cartoon for Saudi Arabia’s #women2drive Movement In the year 2018, in over 900 cities internationally, people participate in demonstrations against gun violence and mass shootings (Mar 24), cinemas open in Saudi Arabia for the first time since 1983 (Apr 18), Saudi Arabia allows women to drive (Jun 24), the Yellow Vest Movement begins its protests in France (Dec 1), at the Katowice Climate Change Conference, nearly 200 nations agree rules on implementing the 2015 Paris agreement (Dec 15), drone incident in the Gatwick Airport in London probably one of many to come (Dec 19) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1741/ Sat, 26 Oct 2019 09:36:05 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1741/ In the year 1741, Spain wins an impressive victory over Great Britain in the Battle of Cartagena de Indias, consolidating its supremacy in South America (May), Alexei Chirikov and his crew become the first Europeans to visit Alaska (Jul 15), the Battle of Colachel ends the Dutch colonial rule in India (Aug 10), Anders Celsius develops Centigrade, the predecessor of the Celsius scale (Dec 21) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/anne-who/ Thu, 24 Oct 2019 08:11:37 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/anne-who/ Another one in our series First Names First! Your “task” – should you accept it – is to pick one of the names below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about the person, and to see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Lives lived have all something to tell us – let them! This time it is all about Anne/Annie! Anne of Bavaria* queen consort of Bohemia (1329) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-nairobi/ Sun, 20 Oct 2019 08:11:54 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-nairobi/ Nairobi in the background. Courtesy of Rod Waddington Let’s head to our first African city in Streets & Squares: Nairobi, the capital and the largest city of Kenya. As always in Streets & Squares, clicking on the address links leads you to Google Maps, and clicking on the names to the person’s Wikipedia page. However, as there are not that many eponymous streets in Nairobi, we will allow here some cultural names as well. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-23/ Tue, 15 Oct 2019 08:11:25 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-23/ So time for another great phrase! This one - like so many others - comes with a message. It tells about the importance of daring to try, even when facing great adversity and risk of failure. In order to achieve something great, in order to fulfill a dream. If you don’t take the risk of missing while hitting that nail, you will never get it where you want it to be, and what you are building will not progress. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1775/ Sun, 13 Oct 2019 18:11:05 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1775/ In the year 1775, The American Revolution begins (Feb 9), the comedy Le Barbier de Séville is premièred in Paris (Feb 23), the Continental Congress names George Washington as commander of the Continental Army (Jun 14), Tucson, Arizona is founded (Aug 18), a smallpox epidemic begins in New England - and all these fine people were born: 1775-0120 André-Marie Ampère* physicist/ mathematician/ inventor - Lyon, Kingdom of France (1836/61) 1775-0210 Charles Lamb* essayist/ poet/antiquarian - Inner Temple, London, England (1834/59) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/alexander-who/ Thu, 10 Oct 2019 08:11:51 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/alexander-who/ Another one in our series First Names First! Your “task” - should you accept it – is to pick one of the names below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about the person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Lives lived have all something to tell us – let them! This time it is all about Alexander/ Aleksander! Alexander the Great* - Pella, Macedon, Ancient Greece (356 BC-323 BC) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1779/ Tue, 08 Oct 2019 08:11:17 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1779/ In the year 1779, James Cook is killed on his third voyage, on the Sandwich Islands (Feb 14), in support of the U.S., Spain declares war on Britain (Jun 16), Fort Nashborough (later Nashville) is founded (Dec 25), the city of Tampere, Finland is founded, the American Revolutionary War goes on – and all these fine people were born: 1779-xxxx Giacomo Beltrami * jurist/ author/explorer - Bergamo, Italy (1855/c.75) 1779-0101 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/untitled-reusable-block/ Mon, 07 Oct 2019 16:58:54 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/untitled-reusable-block/ 1779-0118 Peter Mark Roget* physician/ natural theologian/lexicographer - London, England (1869/90) 1779-0502 John Galt* political novelist/ entrepreneur – Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland (1839/59) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-14/ Sat, 05 Oct 2019 08:11:58 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-14/ Hopalong Cassidy airs on NBC June 24th, 1949 June 22nd of 1949 is a date of birth shared by three people from three different U.S. states who came to leave their mark on the American society, all in their own unique way? These people are Alan from Utah, Meryl from New Jersey and Elizabeth from Oklahoma. Alan was born as the first child and had six siblings who all became singers. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1723/ Tue, 01 Oct 2019 09:46:59 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1723/ In the year 1723, Baku surrenders to Russians in the Russo-Persian War, remaining part of Russia for twelve years (Jun 26), having seen the Palace of Versailles in France, Peter the Great opens the Peterhof Palace in Saint Petersburg (Aug), Antonio Vivaldi composes The Four Seasons - and all these fine people were born: 1723-0105 Nicole-Reine Lepaute* astronomer/mathematician - Luxembourg Palace, Paris, Kingdom of France (1788/65) 1723-0205 John Witherspoon* Scottish-American signer of the Declaration of Independence - Gifford, Scotland (1794/72) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-11/ Sun, 29 Sep 2019 08:11:39 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-11/ Let’s have this time around in Language Day a little play with words. Or rather, letters. Three single letters to be exact. The letters A, I and M. See, you can start learning a language with very little, and go on from there. With as little as three letters. Language learning is not just about learning by heart, or from example, or from practice. It is also about the light and humorous touch. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1649/ Fri, 27 Sep 2019 08:11:58 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1649/ St. Laurence’s gate in Drogheda, Ireland (photo by [Kieran Campbell](http://By Kieran Campbell, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=13762085)) King Charles I is is beheaded for high treason in London (Jan 30), an act declaring England to be a Commonwealth is passed (May 19), Tsar Alexis throws English merchants out of Moscow (Jun 1), Oliver Cromwell lands in Dublin, and begins the bloody Cromwellian conquest of Ireland (Aug 15) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/12521-comments/ Tue, 24 Sep 2019 06:39:59 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/12521-comments/ Tawnya Fysh - Mar 5, 2020Hi, We’re wondering if you’ve ever considered taking the content from jovestone.com and converting it into videos to promote on Youtube using Content Samurai? You simply add the text and it converts it into scenes that make up a full video. No special skills are needed, and there’s access to over 1 million images/clips that can be used. You can read more about the software here: https://turntextintovideo. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/12521/ Tue, 24 Sep 2019 06:39:59 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/12521/ This time in First Names First** it is all about Naomi! **Take your pick here, and find some inspiring stories behind the names. Give this a couple of minutes for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them! Naomi Judd* actress – Ashland, Kentucky USA (1946) Naomi Wolf* journalist/feminist/author – San Francisco, CA USA (1962) Naomi Watts* actress/film producer – Shoreham, Kent, England (1968) Naomi Campbell* model/actress/singer – London, England (1970) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/james-bond-comments/ Sun, 22 Sep 2019 08:11:38 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/james-bond-comments/ Ashely Basbas - Nov 5, 2020Can I recently say thats a relief to locate someone who in fact knows what theyre preaching about on-line. You actually realize how to bring a challenge to light making it critical. More people should check out this and see why side of the story. I cant believe youre no more well-known simply because you definitely possess the gift. Your style is so unique compared to other folks I have read stuff from. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/james-bond/ Sun, 22 Sep 2019 08:11:38 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/james-bond/ The legendary character James Bond a.k.a. 007, created by Ian Fleming is well-known to most of us, movie fan or not. Here follows a short but informative list on all the six actors that have so far played the role of James Bond. In brackets the age they reached on their birthday the year of release (so naturally slightly younger during the filming of the movie). Also given the leading actress of each film. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-winnipeg/ Fri, 20 Sep 2019 20:57:57 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-winnipeg/ This time Streets & Squares goes to Winnipeg, the capital and also the largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. Like always, clicking on the addresses will open Google Maps for you, and clicking on the names will (usually) lead to the person’s Wikipedia page. Please do open that Winnipeg’s Wikipedia link as it contains lots of useful and interesting information of the city. Here we just mention that Winnipeg lies at the bottom of the Red River Valley, a flood plain with flat topography. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1729-comments/ Wed, 18 Sep 2019 08:42:16 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1729-comments/ Gilbert Seabrooks - Dec 2, 2019Very interesting subject , appreciate it for posting . Thanks for that Gilbert! Please do go and have a look at some other years as well. And some of the other material. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1729/ Wed, 18 Sep 2019 08:42:16 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1729/ In the year 1729, Baltimore, Maryland is founded (Jul 30), over 200 colonists in Mississippi, mostly French, claiming land from the Natchez nation, are massacred by them (Nov 29), Fountain of Ahmed III in Istanbul is completed, Stephen Gray discovers electrical conduction - and all these fine people were born: 1729-0112 Edmund Burke* statesman/philosopher - Dublin, Ireland (1797/68) 1729-0112 Lazzaro Spallanzani* biologist/ physiologist/priest - Scandiano, Italy (1799/70) 1729-0122 Gotthold Ephraim Lessing* writer/philosopher/publicist - Kamenz, Saxony (1781/52) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-2017/ Mon, 16 Sep 2019 08:33:02 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-2017/ In the year 2017, Donald Trump becomes the 45th U.S. president (Jan 20), 74 people are killed at Grenfell Tower in London (Jun 14), Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi sets a new record price for any work of art with US$450 million at Christie’s in New York (Nov 15), the United States say they will withdraw from UNESCO, terrorist attacks keep shaking the world, and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/genealogy/ Wed, 11 Sep 2019 08:12:39 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/genealogy/ Hi there! This page is meant for all of you who are interested in genealogy. It aims to include all sorts of relevant information on the subject, and is being regularly updated. It seems like the older we get, the more interested we tend to become (or many of us do) in our relatives - dead or alive. Family history becomes something we want to share and get involved in. Journeys of Life has the ambition to provide a platform to satisfy this interest. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-11/ Wed, 11 Sep 2019 08:11:07 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-11/ After a short break, time for some Latin again! This time about the fact that even the wisest people make mistakes. We are all fallible, all capable of making mistakes or being wrong for the simple reason that no one - quite naturally - can be expert on every facets of life. In Latin, this would be Nemo mortalium omnibus horis sapit Broken into pieces for all you Latin lovers and/or students of the language: nemo (no) mortalium (mortal) omnibus (all) horis (hours) sapit (wise). https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/neil-who/ Tue, 10 Sep 2019 08:11:17 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/neil-who/ Another one in our series First Names First! Your “task” - should you accept it – is to pick one of the names below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about the person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Lives lived have all something to tell us – let them! Neil Simon* playwright/screenwriter – The Bronx, NY USA (1927) Neil Armstrong* astronaut/#1Moon1969 – Wapakoneta, Ohio USA (1930-2012) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1577/ Sun, 08 Sep 2019 16:21:36 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1577/ Francis Drake leaves Plymouth in England on an expedition against the Spanish along the Pacific coast of the Americas, and ends up circumnavigating the world (Dec 13), the MacDonald inhabitants of the Scottish island of Eigg are supposedly massacred by the Clan MacLeod, the church in San Pedro de Atacama in the Atacama Desert in Chile is built - and all these fine people were born: 1577-0208 Robert Burton* scholar - Lindley, Leicestershire, England (1640/62) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-13/ Sat, 07 Sep 2019 05:26:38 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-13/ Journeys of Life, originally at the address www.jovestone.wordpress.com, is being transferred to another domain, namely this one? The exiting address will remain only as a source and will not be updated after this month. The blog continues to employ Wordpress though, continuously grateful for all the wonderful features of it. Hope you all like the new looks of the blog! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1320s/ Tue, 03 Sep 2019 14:05:50 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1320s/ In the year 1320, the Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath (Apr 6), the Venetian Arsenal is rebuilt, enabling all the state’s navy and the larger merchant ships to be constructed and maintained in one place, Dante’s Quaestio de Aqua et Terra is published – and all these fine people were born: 1320-xxxx [Valdemar IV Atterdag](http://Valdemar IV Atterdag)* King of Denmark - Helsingør, Kingdom of Denmark (1375/c. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-22/ Sun, 01 Sep 2019 17:21:36 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-22/ Long time no see, but here is another one in our series Who Said That! Try to guess or remember first who said that, and if you don’t know, you’ll see who it was at the very end of the article. Remember to s c r o l l down very slowly so you won’t reveal who said that ahead of time! This quotation reminds us that we really do not need a whole lot to be happy. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1781/ Sat, 31 Aug 2019 09:19:48 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1781/ The Iron Bridge - the first major bridge in the world to be made of cast iron - opens in England (Jan 1), the planet Uranus is discovered (Mar 13), Spanish army puts down the Inca rebellions, and savagely executes Túpac Amaru II (May 18), Los Angeles is founded by a group of 44 Spanish settlers in California (Sep 4), the first bagpipes competition is held in Scotland (Oct 12), the American Revolution goes on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-10/ Wed, 28 Aug 2019 21:55:53 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-10/ Welcome back to Language Day! If you haven’t read the introduction yet, please do it here. This time we deal with the etymology of weekdays in a few languages. The first day of the week varies in different countries and cultures, but let’s take here Sunday as the first day for the sake of convenience. This may get a bit complicated and confusing, and if it does, just pick one or two languages, and go from there. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/click-to-view-the-world/ Tue, 27 Aug 2019 14:19:07 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/click-to-view-the-world/ https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-2016-2/ Tue, 27 Aug 2019 08:29:28 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-2016-2/ Barack Obama and Raúl Castro at the press conference in Havana. White House photo by Chuck Kennedy Barack Obama visits Cuba, marking the first time a sitting US president has visited the island nation since Calvin Coolidge visit in 1928 (Mar 21), The Gotthard Base Tunnel, the world’s longest and deepest railway tunnel, is opened in Switzerland (Jun 1), the United Kingdom votes in a referendum to leave the European Union (Jun 23), Donald Trump is elected US president (Nov 8) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1797/ Mon, 26 Aug 2019 14:55:24 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1797/ In the year 1797, John Hetherington causes a riot in London by wearing his newly invented top hat in public for the first time (Jan 15), Trinidad is invaded by the British (Feb 18), the last invasion of Great Britain begins (Feb 22), John Adams is sworn as the second U.S. president (Mar 4), Horatio Nelson is wounded at the Battle of Santa Cruz (de Tenerife) (Jul 24), Frederick William becomes King of Prussia (Nov 16) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/jessica-who/ Sat, 24 Aug 2019 17:59:12 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/jessica-who/ Another one in the series First Names First! Pick one name, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about the person, and to see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. Lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us – let them! Jessica Tandy* actress – London, England (1909) Jessica Lange* actress – Cloquet, MN USA (1949) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-oslo-2/ Tue, 20 Aug 2019 07:11:24 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-oslo-2/ This time in Streets and Squares we go to Oslo, the capital of Norway. Founded in the year 1040 as Ánslo, and called Christiania between 1624 and 1925. As always, clicking at the address will lead you to Google Maps, and clicking at the name to the person’s Wikipedia page. BISKOP GUNNERUS GATE - Johan Ernst Gunnerus (1718-1773) bishop/ botanist - Christiania, Norway DRONNING EUFEMIAS GATE - Euphemia of Rügen* (c. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1691-2/ Sat, 17 Aug 2019 08:33:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1691-2/ In the year 1691, a new governor arrives from England in New York (Mar 20), the Spanish Inquisition forcibly baptizes 219 Xuetas in Palma, Majorca, and burn alive at the stake the ones who try to escape (May 6), in New York, Jacob Leisler is hanged for treason by the English (May 16), Rolle’s Theorem is invented, the textile factory Barnängens Manufaktur is established in Stockholm, Sweden - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1653-2/ Thu, 15 Aug 2019 07:51:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1653-2/ In the year 1653, New Amsterdam - later renamed New York City - is incorporated (Feb 2), The Morning Star Rebellion breaks out in Sweden, against Queen Christina, the Taj Mahal mausoleum, the construction of which began in 1630, is completed at Agra, India - and all these fine people were born: 1653-xxxx Kaappo Matinpoika Saukko* (b Laurila) father of Elias Kaaponpoika Saukko - Laurila farm, Haapakoski, Lapua, Sweden-Finland (c. 1720/58-75) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/justin-who/ Sat, 10 Aug 2019 08:11:57 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/justin-who/ Another one in the series First Names First! Pick one name, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about the person, and to see what if anything he could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. Lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us – let them! 1971-1225 Justin Trudeau* politician – Ottawa, Ontario CAN 1981-0131 Justin Timberlake* singer/actor/dancer - Memphis, TN USA https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-9-comments/ Mon, 05 Aug 2019 08:11:12 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-9-comments/ Cody Bellflower - Apr 3, 2020Hi. I’m glad he found jovestone.com website, I really like it, the article is very useful and I shared it! 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One fantastic thing about Ashitaba (which translates “tomorrow’s leaf”) is that it does so well in cold as well, is quick to recover and, like MNN writes, “a leaf cut off in the morning will start growing back the next day. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/finnish-actors-2/ Thu, 01 Aug 2019 09:47:07 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/finnish-actors-2/ Peter Franzén Admittedly, I’m partial. Born and bred in Helsinki, my first list of actors and actresses are those born in Finland or are active in the Finnish film industry. Later on there will be others. The names below may be unknown to most of you, except perhaps a few at the end of the list. But like said, there will be others. The American actors, born in the U.S. or elsewhere, will be divided into neat, decade-long packages. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/one-day-in-the-life-of-sirkka-sari/ Thu, 01 Aug 2019 07:09:08 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/one-day-in-the-life-of-sirkka-sari/ Some eighty years ago, on the 30th of July in 1939, a young aspiring actress by the name of Sirkka Sari decides to go on the rooftop of the hotel that she’s staying at with the rest of the film crew. They have just finished filming Rich Girl where she played the leading role, and now a bit of a celebration is in order. Having seen the tall tower on top of the hotel, Sirkka decides to go and get a better look at the surrounding areas. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1758/ Sun, 28 Jul 2019 13:55:44 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1758/ In the year 1758, Carl Linnaeus introduces the term Homo Sapiens (Jan 1), one-piece pencil with eraser is patented (Mar 30), Halley’s Comet appears for the first time after Halley’s identification of it (Dec 25), the French build the first European settlement at the mouth of Buffalo Creek in New York, the Seven Year’s War goes on - and all these fine people were born: 1758-0106 Charles Ganilh* economist/politician - Allanche, Kingdom of France (1836/78) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/diana-who/ Thu, 25 Jul 2019 08:04:16 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/diana-who/ This is one in the series of articles titled First Names First and it is all for pure entertainment! We present a chronological list of persons with their first name here, and your task is to pick one. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-2015/ Mon, 22 Jul 2019 11:11:49 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-2015/ In the year 2015, WHO declares that rubella has been eradicated from the Americas (Apr 29), Cuba and the United States reestablish full diplomatic relations, thus ending a 54-year stretch of hostility between the nations (Jul 20), Queen Elizabeth becomes the longest-serving head of state of any nation in modern history (Sep 11), NASA announces that liquid water has been found on Mars (Sep 24), UN’s Climate Change Conference commits for the first time all countries to reduce their carbon emissions (Dec 12) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-honolulu/ Sat, 20 Jul 2019 17:21:01 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-honolulu/ This is the 16th article in the series Streets & Squares, and this time let’s make a digital trip to Honolulu, the capital of the State of Hawaii on the island of Oahu. Please do read the article Born in Hawaii previously published here in Journeys of Life. Many of the eponymous streets in Honolulu tell about the history of the native Hawaiians. Honolulu has been part of Kingdom of Hawai’i (1795-1893), the Territory of Hawaii of the United States (1898-1959), and since 1959, State of Hawaii. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1743/ Wed, 17 Jul 2019 07:11:35 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1743/ George II during the Battle of Dettingen In the year 1743, long-time governor of French Louisiana in New France is replaced by the Canadian-born Pierre de Rigaud (May 10), George II of Great Britain becomes the last British king to lead his own troops, in the Battle of Dettingen in Bavaria (Jun 27), France and the Allies of Britain conclude a treaty to provide care for each other’s wounded (Jul 28), Sweden and Russia sign the Treaty of Turku, Russia thereby acquiring parts of Eastern Finland (Aug 7), the last wolf in Scotland is shot - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/david-who-2/ Wed, 10 Jul 2019 08:39:02 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/david-who-2/ This is one in the series of articles titled First Names First and it is all for pure entertainment! We present a chronological list of persons with their first name here, and your task is to pick one. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1705-2/ Tue, 09 Jul 2019 07:06:31 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1705-2/ In the year 1705, Isaac Newton is knighted in Cambridge (Apr 16), the Dublin Gazette of Ireland publishes its first edition (Nov 5), construction of the Capitol Building in Williamsburg (capital of the Colony of Virginia) is completed (Nov), Edmond Halley predicts in Synopsis Astronomia Cometicae that comets sighted in 1456, 1531, 1607 and 1682 was one and the same and would return in 1758 (to be known as Halley’s Comet) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-9-2/ Sat, 29 Jun 2019 07:11:29 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-9-2/ Welcome once again to take a dive in languages - a big part in our journeys of life. Whether we actually make any journeys geographically or merely in our minds - digitally or otherwise. This time it will be about the third person singular - he and she. To the exclusion of all other aspects of gender specification. So without entering in the discussion when and why the two genders get grammatically separated, or what is the role of feminism in all of this, let’s just say that I myself found out only a couple of weeks ago that gender neutrality is not that uncommon after all. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-2014/ Thu, 27 Jun 2019 11:55:44 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-2014/ The Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa begins (Feb), Belgium becomes the first country in the world to legalize euthanasia (Feb 13), Russia formally annexes Crimea (Mar 21), a Malaysia Airlines plane is shot down over Ukraine (Jul 17), majority of Scotland votes to remain part of the United Kingdom, (Sep 18), IPCC warns that the world faces severe and irreversible damage from global emissions of CO2 (Nov 2), One World Trade Center in New York opens (Nov 3) – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/summertime/ Thu, 27 Jun 2019 11:53:47 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/summertime/ Lately the posting here has been scarce due to summer vacation, computer problems and also the forthcoming transfer to a new domain. The site will remain more or less the same, and will be back to its regular schedule with its regularly appearing posts along with the more individual posting of articles and year files, some time during the summer. Until then, we wish all our readers a wonderful summer! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/linda-who/ Mon, 24 Jun 2019 07:11:03 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/linda-who/ This time in First Names First it is all about Linda! Like with other names, this too is updated every now and then. Pick one, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about the person, and to see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Why not give a couple of minutes of your life to this for lives lived have something worthwhile to tell us – let them! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1756/ Fri, 21 Jun 2019 07:11:31 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1756/ In the year 1756, St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated in New York City for the first time (Mar 17), the Catherine Palace in Russia is completed (Jul 30), the Seven Year’s war - a global conflict involving every European great power of the time - begins, lasting until 1763, peasants in Prussia are forced to grow the unpopular and obscure potato, the first chocolate-candy factory begins operations in Germany - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1608/ Fri, 14 Jun 2019 07:11:39 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1608/ In the year 1608, Quebec City is founded by Samuel de Champlain (Jul 3), the first official English representative to India, Captain William Hawkins, lands at Surat, India (Aug 24), the University of Oviedo in Spain opens its doors to students (Sep 21), the first telescope (which Galileo later improves upon) is demonstrated by a Dutch spectacle maker in the Netherlands (Oct 2), the first cheques are used in the Netherlands (1608) – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/leonardo-who/ Mon, 10 Jun 2019 08:11:50 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/leonardo-who/ This time is First Names First we have Leonard/ Leonardo/ Leonhart! Pick one name, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about the person, and to see what if anything he could contribute your life with. Why not give a couple of minutes of your life to this for lives lived have something worthwhile to tell us – let them! Leonardo da Vinci* polymath/inventor/painter - Vinci, Republic of Florence (1452) Leonhart Fuchs* physician/botanist- Wemding, Bavaria (1501) Leonhard Euler* mathematician/astronomer/engineer – Basel, Switzerland (1707) Leonard Gyllenhaal* military officer/ entomologist – Ribbingsberg, Västergötland, Sweden (1752) Leonard Mudie* actor – Cheetham Hill, Lancashire, England (1883) Leonard Warren* (b Warenoff) opera singer - The Bronx, NY USA (1911) Leonard Bernstein* composer/conductor/ pianist – Lawrence, MA USA (1918) Leonard Nimoy* actor/director/ singer – Boston, MA USA (1931) Leonard A. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/1759/ Sun, 09 Jun 2019 07:59:54 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/1759/ https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/2013/ Sun, 09 Jun 2019 07:59:54 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/2013/ https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/830/ Sun, 09 Jun 2019 07:59:53 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/830/ https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/831/ Sun, 09 Jun 2019 07:59:53 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/831/ https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/539/ Sun, 09 Jun 2019 07:59:52 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/539/ https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/540/ Sun, 09 Jun 2019 07:59:52 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/540/ https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/196/ Sun, 09 Jun 2019 07:59:51 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/196/ https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/197/ Sun, 09 Jun 2019 07:59:51 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/197/ https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/home-2/ Sun, 09 Jun 2019 07:59:51 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/home-2/ https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/123/ Sun, 09 Jun 2019 07:55:04 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/123/ https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/10/ Sun, 09 Jun 2019 07:54:43 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/10/ https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/home/ Sun, 09 Jun 2019 07:54:43 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/home/ https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1696/ Sat, 08 Jun 2019 07:37:15 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1696/ In the year 1696,** Peter the Great becomes the sole tsar of Russia** (Jan 29), fleet of the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire clash near the Greek island of Andros (Aug 22), a famine wipes out almost a third of the population in Finland, window tax is introduced in England, construction of Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna begins - and all these fine people were born: 1696-0105 Giuseppe Galli Bibiena* Italian architect/designer - Parma (1757/61) 1696-0402 Francesca Cuzzoni* opera singer - Parma, Italy (1778/82) 1696-0611 James Francis Edward Keith* soldier/Prussian field marshal/Governor of Berlin - Inverugie Castle, Scotland (1758/62) 1696-0714 William Oldys* antiquarian/bibliographer - London, England (1761/64) 1696-0724 Benning Wentworth* governor - Portsmouth, Province of New Hampshire (1770/74) 1696-08xx Maria Tuomaantytär Västilä** (b Seppänen) mother of Jaakko Heikinpoika Renko - Seppänen farm, Hyyppä, Kauhajoki, Sweden-Finland (1779/83) 1696-0801 1696-0810 1696-0812 Maurice Greene* composer/organist - London, England (1755/59) 1696-0817 Jacob af Forselles* (b Forssell) merchant/ industrialist/mayor of Loviisa - Vehkalahti, Sweden-Finland (1768/72) 1696-0820 1696-0831 1696-1001 Simo Antinpoika Rasku* (b Seppälä) father of Valpuri Simontytär Renko - Ilmajoki, Sweden-Finland (1745/48) 1696-1010 Chen Hongmou* scholar/philosopher - Lingui, Guangxi, China (1771/74) 1696-1020 1696-1031 1696-1222 James Oglethorpe* soldier/philanthropist/founder of the colony of Georgia - Godalming, Surrey, England (1785/88) Updated 17. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/n-o-w/ Mon, 03 Jun 2019 07:11:52 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/n-o-w/ Now, let’s have a few words about that ever important word - now. So very important - and so hated by Procrastinators Ltd. It doesn’t take much energy to utter it, but oh boy what it entails! The energy you need to exude to make things happen! The courage to let go and let them happen! We say It’s now or never. Or like Golda Meir asked: If not now, when? https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-prague/ Sun, 02 Jun 2019 07:11:30 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-prague/ This time in Streets & Squares we go to Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. A city that is deemed by many to be one of the most beautiful and interesting cities in Europe. Lots of history there of course, and you can see that in the street signs as well - but it can be quite a challenge for a foreigner to recognize the names in eponymous streets. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1798/ Tue, 28 May 2019 18:01:53 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1798/ In the year 1798, French forces invade the Papal States and establish the (very short-lived) Roman Republic (Mar 7), the Naturalization Act of 1798 is signed into law, requiring immigrants to wait 14 years rather than five to become naturalized citizens of the United States (Jun 18), Napoleon occupies Cairo (Jul 24), conscription is made mandatory in France (Sep 5), Peasants' War against the French occupiers in Southern Netherlands begins (Oct 12), lithography is invented - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/catherine-who/ Fri, 24 May 2019 08:11:15 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/catherine-who/ This time is First Names First" it is all about Catherine/Katherine! Pick one name, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about her, and to see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Why not give a couple of minutes of your life to this for lives lived have something worthwhile to tell us - let them! Catherine of Bologna* nun/writer/artist – Bologna, Italy (1413) Catherine of Podebrady* Queen at age 13 – Podebrady, Bohemia (1449) Catherine of Aragon* Queen of England (1509-1533) as the first wife of King Henry VIII - Alcalá de Henares, Castile, Spain (1485) Catherine Parr* Queen of England (1543-1547) as the last wife of King Henry VIII/stepmother of Elizabeth I - Blackfriars, London, England (1512) Catherine Jagiellon* wife of King John III of Sweden – Krakow, Poland (1526) Catherine I of Russia* second wife of Peter the Great/Empress of Russia (1725-1727) – Viski, Latvia, Russian Empire (1684) Catherine II of Russia* “Catherine the Great” – Stettin, Pomerania, Prussia (1729) Catherine Huggins* actress/singer/director active in New Zealand – Louth, Lincolnshire, England (1821) Catherine Deneuve* actress/model/producer – Paris, France (1943) Catherine Austin Fitts* investment adviser – Philadelphia, PA USA (1950) Catherine Zeta-Jones* actress/philanthropist - Swansea, Wales (1969) Katherine Heigl* child model/actress – Washington D. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-12/ Wed, 22 May 2019 08:11:06 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-12/ [caption id=“attachment_10400” align=“alignright” width=“293”]Photo credit Arja Mielityinen[/caption] the funny looking tree (okay, there are admittedly a lot of funny looking trees around the world) in the picture taken in Icod de Los Vinos in Teneriffe, is actually not a tree at all, but a plant? It is called Millennium Dragon Tree (El Drago Milenario in Spanish), and there are claims of it being the oldest tree on the planet. But yes, even though it looks like a tree, it is nevertheless a plant - placed in the family of Asparagaceae, though in earlier classification systems, in the family Liliaceae. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/triple-gold-club/ Sun, 19 May 2019 11:36:22 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/triple-gold-club/ [caption id=“attachment_10453” align=“alignleft” width=“235”]TGC member Peter Forsberg[/caption] To be part of a winning team in Stanley Cup, World Championship and Olympic Games in ice hockey means belonging to the Triple Gold Club. To date (May 29th, 2022) there are 30 players who have accomplished that. They have all played either offense or defense. Here follows a list of them all (11 Canadians, 9 Swedes, 7 Russians, 2 Czechs, and one Finn). https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1677/ Thu, 16 May 2019 07:11:44 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1677/ In the year 1677, the first medical publication in America is produced (Jan 21), the Treaty of Middle Plantation establishes peace between the Virginia colonists and the local natives (May 29), Sweden defeats the Danes in the Battle of Landskrona (Jul 14), ice cream becomes popular in Paris - and all these fine people were born: 1677-xxxx Deborah Churchill* pickpocket and prostitute executed for being an accomplice to murder - Norfolk, England (1708/c. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-2013/ Tue, 14 May 2019 08:11:31 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-2013/ In the year 2013, a powerful meteor explodes over the city Chelyabinsk in Russia (Feb 15), Benedict XVI resigns as pope, the first to do so since 1415 (Feb 28), Boston Marathon bombing takes place (Apr 15), Citizen Hearing on Disclosure begins in Washington D.C. (Apr 29), Edward Snowden discloses U.S. government’s mass surveillance program to media (Jun 6), Chinese unmanned Chang’e 3 becomes the first spacecraft to “soft” land on the Moon since 1976 (Dec 14) – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/christopher-who/ Fri, 10 May 2019 08:11:03 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/christopher-who/ This time in First Names First it is all about Christopher/ Kristoffer! So, a chronological list of persons with their first name here - pick one, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us - let them! Christopher Columbus* explorer/navigator/colonizer – Genoa, Republic of Genoa (1451) Christopher Clavius* mathematician/ astronomer – Bamberg, Bavaria, Roman Empire (1538) Christopher Lee* actor – Belgravia, London England (1922) ChristopherPlummer* actor – Toronto, Ontario CAN (1929) Christopher Lloyd* actor – Stamford, Connecticut USA (1938) Christopher Connelly* actor – Wichita, Kansas USA (1941) Christopher Walken* actor – Queens, New York USA (1943) Christopher Mitchum* actor/screenwriter/businessman – Los Angeles, CA USA (1943) Christopher Guest* screenwriter/director – New York, NY USA (1948) Kristoffer Tabori* actor – Malibu, California USA (1952) Christopher Reeve* actor – New York, New York USA (1952) pic Christopher Lambert* actor – Great Neck, NY USA (1957) Christopher Atkins* actor – Rye, New York USA (1961) Christopher Meloni* actor – Washington D. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/fear-the-walking-dead/ Thu, 09 May 2019 08:11:35 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/fear-the-walking-dead/ Fans of the horror genre welcomed the post-apocalyptic AMC series Fear The Walking Dead back in 2015, the spin-off series of The Walking Dead. The series depicts the period slightly prior to when all started going wrong, upto the times when everything most anywhere was wrong. So if you like The Walking Dead, you’ll most probably like Fear the Walking Dead as well. With different characters, but with more or less the same predicaments. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1791/ Wed, 08 May 2019 09:13:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1791/ In the year 1791, the Big Bottom Massacre in the Ohio country takes place (Jan 2), Thomas Paine’s Rights of Man is published in London, defending i.a. the ongoing French Revolution (Mar 13), the construction of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin is finished (Aug 6), Washington, D.C., is named after President George Washington (Sep 9), the world’s first Sunday newspaper, The Observer, starts being published in London (Dec 4), the first American ship enters Japan, the French Revolution goes on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-walking-dead/ Mon, 06 May 2019 13:33:26 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-walking-dead/ AMC’s hugely popular series The Walking Dead is now into its 9th season, and doesn’t really show any signs of fading interest among its viewers. Popular around the globe, it certainly deserves its own article here in Journeys of Life. Not for the faint-hearted as we all know. The graphic and often downright dismal nature of the series is not for everyone. Nevertheless, we present here the main cast for all the seasons - chronological à la Journeys of Life - along with some trailers. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1796/ Sat, 04 May 2019 05:18:32 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1796/ In the year 1796, the capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York (Feb 1), the first smallpox vaccination is administered, in England (May 14), George Washington issues his Farewell Address, setting a precedent by declining to run for a third term (Sep 17), the Spanish government, not being able to supply its overseas colonies with all needed goods, lifts the restrictions against other countries trading there – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-21/ Wed, 01 May 2019 09:48:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-21/ This time in our series Who Said That! a quotation that rings true to many of us as most of us get to live a long life filled with opportunities - some grasped, some missed, and some passed: _“TWENTY YEARS FROM NOW _ YOU WILL BE MORE DISAPPOINTED BY THE THINGS THAT YOU DIDN’T DO THAN BY THE ONES YOU DID DO” These things can be most anything. Encouraging your kids to be the best they can be. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/ufology/ Tue, 30 Apr 2019 08:11:26 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/ufology/ Whether you believe it or not, there is ample evidence that the Earth has been visited by extraterrestrials for ages. Of course, many of us have also witnessed that, but since the mainstream media doesn’t yet deal widely with the subject, it is not “public knowledge”, but rather something that many people find something to ridicule. Yet there are hundreds of serious researchers who study these phenomena. You will see here below a list of them as well as others who can be associated with this field. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-8/ Mon, 29 Apr 2019 08:11:38 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-8/ Welcome again to Language Day! If you haven’t read the introduction yet, please do it here. This time we’ll go through that simple but oh so useful and such an appreciated word: Thank You! Here presented the most simple form of it in different languages, more or less corresponding to the English Thanks. The way the word is written in its own language is given after the language designation. How it is pronounced is for you to find out! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/stand-by-me/ Fri, 26 Apr 2019 09:45:31 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/stand-by-me/ [caption id=“attachment_8756” align=“alignright” width=“337”]Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Jerry O’Connell and Corey Feldman in Stand by Me (1986)[/caption] Many of us remember with fondness the movie with the same title as that fantastic piece of music, Stand by Me (released in April, 1961). The film premiered in 1986, and kind of gave that song to a whole new generation of music lovers! The movie is a coming of age story for four teenage boys, played by Wil Wheaton (as Gordie), River Phoenix (Chris), Jerry O’Connell (Vern) and Corey Feldman (Teddy). https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/jennifer-who/ Wed, 24 Apr 2019 07:11:57 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/jennifer-who/ This time in First Names First let’s got through women with the name Jennifer/Jenny. Your “task” – should you accept it – is to pick one of the names below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Lives lived have all something to tell us – let them! Jenny Lind* opera singer – Stockholm, Sweden (1820) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1507/ Mon, 22 Apr 2019 10:13:07 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1507/ Cosmographiae Introductio by the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller, with accompanying wall map. The German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller publishes his world map, naming the new continent America in honor of his friend Amerigo Vespucci (Apr), the Portuguese occupy Mozambique, King James IV grants a patent for the first printing press in Scotland , the Timurid Dynasty ends, the Aztec New Fire ceremony is held for the last time - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-puerto-de-la-cruz/ Sat, 20 Apr 2019 07:11:05 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-puerto-de-la-cruz/ Today in Streets & Squares we visit the city of Puerto de la Cruz in the Spanish island of Tenerife off the coast of Africa. Lots of eponymous streets here and a lot of history! As always, clicking on the address links leads you to Google Maps, and clinking on the names to the person’s Wikipedia page. AV. FAMILIA DE BETANCOURT Y MOLINA - Agustin de Betancourt y Molina (1758-1824) was an engineer, urban planner and construction manager born in Puerto de la Cruz. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-the-1440s/ Wed, 17 Apr 2019 07:11:16 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-the-1440s/ [caption id=“attachment_9839” align=“alignleft” width=“379”]Eton College Entrance[/caption] The Prussian Confederation is formed (Feb 21), Christopher of Bavaria is elected King of Denmark (Apr 9), the French serial killer Gilles de Rais - once a companion-in-arms of Joan of Arc - is hanged in Nantes (Oct 26), Eton College is founded - and all these fine people were born: 1440-xxxx Sten Sture the Elder* statesman/regent of Sweden - Sweden (1503/c. 63) 1440-0122 Ivan III of Russia* known as “Ivan the Great” and the “gatherer of the Russian lands” - Moscow, GD of Moscow (1505/65) 1440-0213 Hartmann Schedel* physician/historian/one of the first cartographers to use the printing press invented in 1447 - Nuremberg, Germany (1514/74) 1441 Individual post 1442-0428 King Edward IV of England*- Rouen, Normandy (1483/40) 1442-0703 Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado* 後土御門天皇 - Japan (1500/58) 1443-0629 Anthony Browne* knight - Parish, Surrey, England (1506/63) 1443-0909 Muhammad Jaunpuri* - Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, India (1505/61) 1443-1205 Pope Julius II* (b Giuliano della Rovere) chose his papal name in emulation of Julius Caesar - Albisola, Republic of Genoa (1513/69) 1444-xxxx Donato Bramante* Italian architect (St. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/little-house-on-the-prairie/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 07:11:51 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/little-house-on-the-prairie/ [caption id=“attachment_9268” align=“alignright” width=“266”]Michael Landon in 1974[/caption] Little House on the Prairie. Who hasn’t seen this American western drama television series or at least heard about it? About The Ingalls Family living in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, based on the best-selling series of Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Anyway, true to the idea with Journeys of Life, celebrating people in the entertainment industry and anywhere else, here is the cast for the series, in chronological order like always: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-20/ Mon, 15 Apr 2019 10:22:42 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-20/ This time in our series Who Said That! let’s go down the rabbit hole! Or literally explore where that phrase: Going down the rabbit hole originates in. The meaning of it is obvious to most of us. We see something, but want or need to know more about it and are willing to go to great measures and depths in order to find out, once and for all. So like the rabbit that disappears in its hole under ground to escape a danger, we dive into a hole - not to avoid danger, but possibly face it in letting ourselves get in circumstances unknown to us in order to find out what lies beneath the surface, what actually is there to know if you take that step. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/striking-up-a-conversation/ Fri, 12 Apr 2019 08:11:45 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/striking-up-a-conversation/ Whether you are the gregarious type or more prone to privacy, there are moments in life when you may want to strike up a conversation with a total stranger. Be it at a bus stop, a bar or a street corner, the consequences of unexpected openers can be far-reaching for both parties - or a pleasant break from your usual routine. Loneliness is such a common thing among the older population (and yes, even the younger) that striking a conversation with a senior citizen at a bus stop is often a most welcome thing. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/jeff-who/ Wed, 10 Apr 2019 07:11:58 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/jeff-who/ This time in First Names Firstis about Jeff and Jeffrey! Take your pick in the list, and find some inspiring stories behind these names. Give this a couple of minutes for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them! Jeffrey DeMunn* actor – Buffalo, NY USA (1947) Jeff Bridges* actor/singer/producer – Los Angeles, CA USA (1949) Jeff Goldblum* actor – West Homestead, PA USA (1952) Jeff Fahey* actor – Olean, NY USA (1952) Jeff Koons* artist - York, PA USA (1955) Jeff Daniels* actor – Athens, GA USA (1955) Jeff Foxworthy* actor/ comedian/writer – Atlanta, GA USA (1958) Jeffrey Dahmer* serial killer – Milwaukee, WI USA (1960) Jeff Probst* Survivor host/producer – Wichita, KS USA (1961) Jeff Beal* composer - Hayward, CA USA (1963) Jeffrey Dean Morgan* actor - Seattle, WA USA (1966) Jeffrey Wright* actor – Washington D. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/walking-walking/ Sun, 07 Apr 2019 08:11:27 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/walking-walking/ We learn to walk around the age of one - and what a delight that is for both the parents and child! And from then on - unless something unforeseen happens - we walk our whole lives. The steps we take are uncountable. But let’s say that we take an average 3000 steps a day during 10 years. That would make close to 11 million steps. So in 80 years one might take around 88 million steps. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-11/ Fri, 05 Apr 2019 07:11:49 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-11/ Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, decided this winter to introduce -as a trial basis - a new, gender equal approach to clearing roads and sidewalks from snow. The snowplows are to work the sidewalks and bicycle lanes first (and roads second) in order to favor women who use them much more frequently than men do. Men who tend to take (what is often the only) family car to work. This winter especially that decision has been met with great satisfaction as the sidewalks have often been so icy. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1713-2/ Thu, 04 Apr 2019 07:11:16 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1713-2/ [caption id=“attachment_9482” align=“alignleft” width=“356”]Fort Neoheroka historical marker near Snow Hill, NC[/caption] In the year 1713, Swedish troops are defeated by the Ottoman Empire in Moldova (Feb 1), Fort Neoheroka falls to the Carolina militia, ending the Tuscarora nation’s military strength (Mar 23), Spain cedes Gibraltar and Menorca to Britain (Mar 27), French residents of Acadia in eastern North America are given one year to declare allegiance to Great Britain, or leave Nova Scotia (Jun 23), the Tuscarora War between the settlers and the Tuscarora tribe goes on in North Carolina - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-2012/ Wed, 03 Apr 2019 08:44:33 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-2012/ In the year 2012, after 246 years since its first publication, the Encyclopedia Britannica discontinues its print edition (Mar 13), Edvard Munch’s The Scream sets a new world record for an auctioned work of art (May 22), the Summer Olympics begin in London, England (Jul 27), the Mars rover Curiosity successfully lands on Mars (Aug 6), Felix Baumgartner skydives from 24 miles (39 km) over Roswell, New Mexico (Oct 14) – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-19/ Mon, 01 Apr 2019 08:57:17 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-19/ It is April Fool’s Day folks! And even if the word fool connotes today something else - and hopefully brings a smile to your face - it is still a good day for this phrase: “The fool looks at a finger that points at the sky” That phrase appeared in the 2001 French romantic comedy film Amélie, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. And it’s not hard at all to understand what is meant by that. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/magical-moments/ Sat, 30 Mar 2019 09:11:15 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/magical-moments/ Life is a pretty humdrum existence most of the time. With some ups and downs, along with long stretches when nothing extraordinary or interesting seems to be happening. But in most everybody’s life there are also special moments, some of which are almost magical. Can you recollect any magical moments in your own life? It doesn’t have to be anything seemingly special. But rather something that feels special. Like this one instant when a teenager is waiting at a bus stop on her way home from school. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-7/ Fri, 29 Mar 2019 09:11:08 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-7/ This time in Language Day, let’s talk a little about countries. Anyone who watches international sports events such as the Olympic Games is well aware of that many national teams like to display the name of their country in their own language. Which can be very different from how it is said in English. So the list below shows what it might say on the shirt of an athlete (these days of course you often see the name of the athlete instead). https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/anybody-out-there/ Wed, 27 Mar 2019 07:45:34 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/anybody-out-there/ When you think about the ins and outs of things, don’t you think there should be something out there, in the universe, living more or less like we live here on Earth, circumstances withstanding? Let’s take this from start. Logically thinking, if you’re inside a box, and knowing what you know about the world (which is very limited for all of us), you would think that there is something outside the box as well. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/ipcc/ Mon, 25 Mar 2019 09:55:37 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/ipcc/ IPCC - the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - had it’s latest conference a couple of months ago in Katowice, Poland. Widely reported throughout the world, IPCC got a lot of attention. One of the speakers at the conference was Sir Richard Attenborough, whom most of us know from his splendid nature documentaries. He had an urgent message to give to the rest of the world. The organization is becoming increasingly familiar to most of us. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/maija-who/ Sun, 24 Mar 2019 09:11:07 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/maija-who/ This time in First Names First a Finnish name - Maija! The name Maija is half of the double connotation of “Matti ja Maija Meikäläinen” which roughly translated means Mr and Mrs Smith. And since we a fortnight ago already had Matti, the counterpart this month will be Maija. Some of them from other countries, and double names accepted here as well. And also the international Maya of course! Tyyne-Maija Salminen**(b Kivi) author – Tuusula, GD of Finland (1903) Maya Angelou* poet/writer/activist – St. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1778/ Fri, 22 Mar 2019 09:11:03 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1778/ [caption id=“attachment_9371” align=“alignleft” width=“299”]Display at West Point, NY consisting of thirteen links of The Great Chain[/caption] A long chain is stretched across the Hudson river to prevent the British fleet from advancing there (Apr 30), France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain (Jul 10), the Continental Congress passes the first budget of the United States (Sep 19), James Cook becomes the first European to land on Maui (Nov 26), the American Revolutionary War goes on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-sydney/ Wed, 20 Mar 2019 10:11:55 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-sydney/ Streets & Squares takes you this time to Sydney, the state capital of New South Wales on the east coast of Australia. As always, clicking on an address will take you to Google Maps, and clicking on a name to the person’s Wikipedia page. See who lies behind the name of these streets and squares. Alfred Street - Prince Alfred (1844-1900) Duke of Edinburgh, and the second son of Queen Victoria. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/government-1/ Mon, 18 Mar 2019 09:11:24 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/government-1/ Let’s have some fun - and points to ponder! Let’s explore the self from within on a “governmental platform”. Let’s assume that we are all governments onto ourselves - as we indeed are - and see what sort of roles we could be building within ourselves in order to make the most of our lives here on earth. So, let’s say that we have built-in ministers or agents for each purpose and opportunity in life. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/peter-paul-and-mary/ Sat, 16 Mar 2019 16:12:03 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/peter-paul-and-mary/ [caption id=“attachment_7121” align=“alignleft” width=“177”]Paul, Peter & Mary[/caption] Peter, Paul and Mary was a popular American folk group active between 1961 and 2009. For many of us pretty unknown or just a distant reminder of the past. But as you watch them perform - albeit seemingly old-fashioned in style and tempo - the emotions you sense there are really no different from any age we live in. If you are feeling stressed and in need to slow down a bit, watching these three singing will do the trick. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-18/ Fri, 15 Mar 2019 09:11:44 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-18/ This time in Who Said That! another quote to ponder upon. And if you want to try to guess or remember who said that, just remember to s c r o l l down very slowly so you won’t reveal it ahead of time! “WHEN ONE DOOR OF HAPPINESS CLOSES, ANOTHER OPENS_;_ BUT OFTEN WE LOOK SO LONG AT THE CLOSED DOOR THAT WE DO NOT SEE THE ONE WHICH HAS BEEN OPENED FOR US” https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1600/ Wed, 13 Mar 2019 10:45:43 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1600/ In the year 1600, Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome (Feb 17), Tycho Brahe observes a solar eclipse (Jul 10), and colleague Longomontanus works with him with Moon’s orbital theory (Jul), Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats Ishida Mitsunari and sets the stage for the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate. This begins the Edo period (Oct 21), sumo wrestling becomes a professional sport in Japan - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-10/ Mon, 11 Mar 2019 21:11:56 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-10/ Time for some Latin. This one is something that some of us dream of, but very few can realize. To be able to have so little that you can carry it all with you, anywhere you go. To have that freedom. It is about minimalism, the strive to have so little that material things do not present an obstacle to one’s living and moving around. Perhaps we can stretch this in our modern world to having everything you own fit in your camper. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/1000-years-ago-today-2/ Sun, 10 Mar 2019 10:11:56 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/1000-years-ago-today-2/ [caption id=“attachment_5123” align=“alignright” width=“375”]Yalu River between China and Korea[/caption] Here’s the second piece in our series 1000 Years Ago Today, published every now and then. When you think about it, not much of essence differentiates us from the people who lived a thousand years ago. Their surroundings and circumstances sure were different, but when it comes to basic human needs, desires, capabilities, ambitions etc, most of it is more or less the same for us and them. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/women-in-ufc/ Fri, 08 Mar 2019 19:25:12 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/women-in-ufc/ On this Women’s Day, let’s have something specially for women. Some of you might ask what makes a woman want to fight professionally? And the minute you do, you already know the answer. Fighting is not just for men. We all have the need to assert ourselves, defend ourselves and even attack when need be. And some of us want to watch people fight, professionally that is. There is big business built around all that. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/born-in-hawaii/ Thu, 07 Mar 2019 09:11:51 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/born-in-hawaii/ Let’s make a closer acquaintance with the Hawaiian islands, the chain of volcanic islands in the North Pacific Ocean. And then see who was born there throughout the years. First there was the Kingdom of Hawaii (1795-1898), then the Territory of Hawaii of the United States (1898-1959), and as of the 21st of August 1959, the State of Hawaii, the 50th and the most recent state of the United States. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-10/ Tue, 05 Mar 2019 09:11:53 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-10/ [caption id=“attachment_9012” align=“alignleft” width=“272”]A Three-Star restaurant according to the Michelin Guide[/caption] the world famous Michelin Guide is not just about restaurants, but actually a series of guide books, published by the French tire company Michelin for more than a century. The one giving those stars for restaurants and hotels around the world is called Michelin Red Guide, but in addition to that, Michelin also publishes a series of general guides to cities, regions, and countries, called the Michelin Green Guides. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-2011/ Sun, 03 Mar 2019 09:11:21 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-2011/ In the year 2011, a tsunami kills thousands in eastern Japan (Mar 11), U.S. President Barack Obama announces the death of Osama bin Laden (May 2), the planet Neptune completes its first orbit since its discovery in 1846 (Jul 12), domestic terror attacks take place in Norway (Jul 22), NASA announces that liquid water may be found on Mars (Aug 5), Occupy Wall Street protests begin in New York City (Sep 17), ETA declares an end to its 43-year long violent political campaign, and Muammar Gaddafi is killed in Libya (Oct 20), the Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity is launched towards Mars (Nov 26) – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/matti-who/ Sat, 02 Mar 2019 10:12:55 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/matti-who/ Once again, First Names First! A chronological list of persons with their first name here. Pick one, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about the person, and see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, encouragement, empathy, etc. Give a couple of minutes of your life to this. Lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us - let them! This time around it will be a Finnish name - Matti! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-6/ Thu, 28 Feb 2019 09:11:31 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-6/ This time in Language Day a very useful expression if you are traveling abroad. The one question that you need to ask when looking for a place, any place. You already know where you want to get to, and you only need to attach two simple words to it: where is? Of course you can always try English anywhere you go, but the fact is that not everyone knows English, so here goes: where is in several other languages. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-9/ Tue, 26 Feb 2019 09:11:30 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-9/ Time for another Latin phrase in our Monthly Latin series. This time about something that will become increasingly important in our modern world as we move towards times that will most probably challenge the ways we handle global adversity collectively. Sapiens qui prospicit  meaning “Wise is he who looks ahead” - or “Wise is he who foresees”. On a personal level it signifies naturally the wisdom in looking ahead in one’s life - making plans and foreseeing possible problems and obstacles in one’s attainment of goals. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/melissa-who/ Sun, 24 Feb 2019 09:11:11 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/melissa-who/ Yet another one in our series First Names First! Your “task” – should you accept it – is to pick one of the names below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Lives lived have all something to tell us – let them! Melissa Leo* actress – Brooklyn, NY USA (1960) Melissa Newman* artist/singer/daughter of Paul Newman – Hollywood, CA USA (1961) Melissa Sue Anderson* actress – Berkeley, CA USA (1962) Melissa Gilbert* actress/television director – Los Angeles, CA USA (1964) Melissa McBride* actress – Lexington, KY USA (1965) Melissa McCarthy* actress/producer/fashion designer - Plainfield, IL USA (1970) Melissa Francis* child actress/TV commentator – Los Angeles, CA USA (1972) Melissa O’Neil* singer/actress – Calgary, AB Canada (1988) Melissa Benoist* actress/singer/dancer – Houston, TX USA (1988) Updated 3. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1768/ Fri, 22 Feb 2019 19:09:28 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1768/ [caption id=“attachment_8860” align=“alignleft” width=“381”]Astley’s Amphitheatre in 1773[/caption] In the year 1768, the first modern circus is staged in London (Jan 9), a peace agreement is made between Britain and several native American leaders of both the northern and southern American lands (Mar 17), the New York Chamber of Commerce is founded (Apr 5), the island of Corsica is ceded to France (May 15), James Cook departs from Plymouth, England on his first voyage of discovery (Aug 8), the Russo-Turkish war begins (Oct 4), New Smyrna in Florida is founded as the largest attempt at colonization by the British in the New World – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-gdansk/ Wed, 20 Feb 2019 09:57:59 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-gdansk/ This time Streets & Squares will visit Gdansk on the Baltic coast in northern Poland, and - more precisely - by the Gulf of Danzig. Danzig is the former German name of Gdansk. There is an interesting list of German streets names correlating with their Polish version in Your Pocket. The Polish language is known for its rich consonants and a lack of vowels, so be prepared to tackle some pretty difficult words and names in this article. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/remember-when/ Sun, 17 Feb 2019 07:45:42 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/remember-when/ As we grow older, we all change in some major ways. Physically, naturally, comes to mind first. But there comes a whole package of psychological things as well. One of them being the eradication of some of the prejudices concerning old age. Here is one of them. Don’t we usually think that old people like to think of and talk about old times a lot? Well, many do and nothing wrong with that. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1709/ Fri, 15 Feb 2019 13:17:12 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1709/ In the year 1709, the Great Frost of 1709 in Western Europe begins, killing thousands (Jan 6), the production of hard-paste porcelain in Europe starts (Mar 28), Peter the Great defeats the Swedish forces at Poltava, and thus ends Sweden’s role as a major power in Europe (Jun 27), the city of Chihuahua in Mexico is founded (Oct 12), ten ships leave London for the New York Colony (Dec 25) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1621/ Wed, 13 Feb 2019 09:11:53 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1621/ **Mohegan leader Samoset greets the English settlers in Plymouth Colony **(Mar 16), first treaty between the Native Americans and the settlers is signed (Apr 1), the Dutch East India Company is founded (Jun 3), the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony and Wampanoags celebrate a harvest feast, later regarded as the First Thanksgiving (Oct), Gothenburg in Sweden is founded, the Dutch forces massacre thousands in Java for_ nutmeg _- and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/a-platform-for-genealogy/ Mon, 11 Feb 2019 09:11:07 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/a-platform-for-genealogy/ If you hadn’t figured it out yet, this site is basically offering to be a platform for genealogy. The groundwork is gradually being done to become just that, so that people like yourself could attach some of their own data in these pages. The data or information is never anything that could harm you or the members of your family, whether living or dead, for all that is needed here is what you see being repeated in every single year file: name, place and date of birth, main occupation or what the person in question was mainly known for, and also the possible date of death. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/matt-who/ Sun, 10 Feb 2019 06:23:55 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/matt-who/ Once again First Names First where we present a chronological list of persons with their first name here, and your task is to pick one. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Perhaps some inspiration. Give a couple of minutes of your life to this. Lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us - let them! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1587/ Fri, 08 Feb 2019 09:11:55 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1587/ [caption id=“attachment_8440” align=“alignleft” width=“310”]The motte of Fotheringhay Castle where Mary Stuart was imprisoned in 1587[/caption] Queen Elizabeth I signs the death warrant for Mary, Queen of Scots (Feb 1), beheaded a week later (Feb 8), a group of English settlers arrive on Roanoke Island off the coast of North Carolina, in order to re-establish the deserted colony (Jul 22), Toyotomi Hideyoshi becomes the Daijō-daijin in Japan - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-8/ Tue, 05 Feb 2019 03:17:09 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-8/ two among the most popular and likable individuals in the entertainment business in the last century - Marilyn Monroe and **Andy Griffith - **were born on the very same day, on June 1st, 1926? She in Los Angeles, California, he in Mount Airy, North Carolina. We all know of her tragic death - however that took place - in Los Angeles in 1962. She had turned 36 that summer. Griffith died 50 summers later at the age of 86, in Manteo, North Carolina. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-2010/ Sun, 03 Feb 2019 08:42:51 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-2010/ In the year 2010, the tallest man-made structure to date, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, is officially opened (Jan 4), volcanic ash from Mount Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland spreads to northern and western Europe, disrupting air traffic (Apr 14), Greece gets a hefty bailout package from the EU (May 2), Wikileaks leaks to the public thousands of internal U.S. reports (Jul 25), ISS surpasses record for longest human stay in space (Oct 22), Wikileaks releases new classified reports (Nov 28) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-17/ Fri, 01 Feb 2019 08:46:20 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-17/ [caption id=“attachment_8365” align=“alignright” width=“301”]Vase with Pink Roses, 1890. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington[/caption] This time in Who Said That! a quote from someone who knew how to live an eventful life. He wouldn’t settle for anything mediocre or devoid of authentic feeling, saying that “I WOULD RATHER DIE OF PASSION THAN OF BOREDOM_"_ And who was that? You might think it was someone who dove into passionate relationships with vengeance, not caring about the consequences of a potentially socially totally (or, at the very least, less) acceptable liaison or behavior. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/state-directory/ Thu, 31 Jan 2019 08:55:53 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/state-directory/ To facilitate the knowing, learning and memorizing the 52 U.S. states, each year file of Journeys of Life will now gradually display several links to the page “U.S. State Two Letter Abbreviations” where these state abbreviations are explained. This way they will hopefully become increasingly familiar to our non-American readers. You only need to open one link, and then you may want to keep that page open while reading Journeys of Life. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-5/ Tue, 29 Jan 2019 09:11:20 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-5/ The feeling when you are at the beginning of the runway. The plane has left the gates what may seem like a long time ago, now waiting for the permission for takeoff. The buzz of conversation between the passengers are louder than the engines, for a while. But there is in the air the anticipation of what is to come, and for that some of the passengers get really quiet. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1783/ Sun, 27 Jan 2019 09:11:47 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1783/ Great Britain acknowledges the independence of the United States of America (Feb 3), A Great Jubilee Day, celebrating the end of the American Revolution, is held in Trumbull, Connecticut (May 26), the eruption of Laki in Iceland kills tens of thousands and causes widespread famine in Europe (Jun 8), the Paris Peace Treaty ends formally the American Revolutionary War; with independence secured, this is the beginning of the Old West (Sep 3), the last British troops leave New York City, and George Washington triumphantly returns (Nov 25) – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/how-to-get-away-with-m/ Fri, 25 Jan 2019 07:55:09 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/how-to-get-away-with-m/ How many of you are following ABC’s prized television series How to Get Away with Murder? And how many of you have been left with the feeling of wanting for more the second you realize the episode you’re just been watching is ending, what with all those pretty awesome cliffhangers? It’s that good, and continues to hold us under its spell. So here is something for us fans, à la Journeys of Life: the cast of How to Get Away with Murder! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/courtney-who/ Thu, 24 Jan 2019 06:33:15 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/courtney-who/ Once again, First Names First! Pick one of the names below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. Lives lived have all something to tell us – let them! This time it is about Courtney/Courteney! Courteney Cox* actress – Birmingham, Alabama USA (1964) Courtney Love* singer/actress/visual artist - San Francisco, CA USA (1964) Courtney Thorne-Smith* actress - San Francisco, CA USA (1967) Updated 3. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1752/ Tue, 22 Jan 2019 09:11:45 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1752/ In the year 1752, the first hospital in the United States opens its doors in Pennsylvania (Feb 10), the British Empire start using the Gregorian calendar, thus Sep 2 becomes Sep 13 (Sep 2), British Canadian colonists in Nova Scotia make a peace treaty with the Mi’kmaq tribe (Nov 22), the first Shakespeare play in America takes place in Williamsburg, Virginia (Dec 5), the first public zoo in the world, Tiergarten Schönbrunn in Vienna, is founded - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-boston/ Sun, 20 Jan 2019 09:11:59 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-boston/ Streets and Squares goes this time to Boston, the capital of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and known to most of us for its Irish heritage. But its history goes way beyond that. As always, we leave out most people - even if they are well-known - who don’t have direct relation to the city. And along with the eponymous streets, there may be parks, bridges and other noteworthy public places. The address links lead to Google Maps, and the links of people to their Wikipedia pages, if such exist. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1725/ Sat, 19 Jan 2019 12:11:37 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1725/ In the year 1725, Catherine I becomes Empress of Russia on the death of Peter the Great,(Feb 8), the Treaty of Hanover: George I, growing concerned about a potential conflict with Spain, signed the agreement linking France, Prussia, and the Netherlands together in opposition to Spain (Sep 16), Freemasonry starts being established in France as an import from England - and all these fine people were born: 1725-xxxx 1725-xxxx Heikki Heikinpoika Lemvik** father of Mikko Heikinpoika Mustalampi - Lempäälä, Sweden-Finland (1805/79-80) 1725-xxxx Heikki Tuomaanpoika Messo** Finnish farmer/father of Antti Heikinpoika Vaittinen - Viipuri, Russian Empire (1764/34-43) aby 1725-xxxx 1725-xxxx 1725-xxxx John Morton* farmer/surveyor/signer of Declaration of Independence/ Finnish background through Martti Marttinen - Ridley Township, Delaware County, British America (1777/c. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/ask-your-grandma/ Thu, 17 Jan 2019 09:11:05 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/ask-your-grandma/ When we get older, we tend to appreciate old folks more. Not necessarily because we ourselves are getting older and can easier identify with them, no. But because they may not be there anymore to tell their stories, and we realize what we’ve missed. The missed opportunities to just having them around, and having them tell their stories. About themselves, about our parents, about our family history. Who else is gonna do that but they? https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-16/ Tue, 15 Jan 2019 07:21:14 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-16/ This time in Who Said That! a quote from a Jewish writer who shared a harsh past with his people, but emigrated to America before things got really bad in Europe. Remember to s c r o l l down very slowly so you won’t reveal who said that ahead of time! I did not become vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health of the chickens. And who was it again that said that? https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1613/ Sun, 13 Jan 2019 11:43:56 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1613/ [caption id=“attachment_7986” align=“alignleft” width=“341”]The Coat of Arms of the Romanov Dynasty[/caption] In the year 1613, the Romanov Dynasty begins in Russia (Mar 3), the first English child is born in Canada (Mar 27), fire destroys London’s famed Globe Theatre (Jun 29), the Algonquian princess Pocahontas is kidnapped by the English in Passapatanzy, Virginia, in order to ransom her for English prisoners - she later marries an Englishman (Apr 13), an agreement between Tokugawa Ieyasu and the East India Company permits English merchants to live and trade in Japan (Oct) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-8/ Fri, 11 Jan 2019 07:09:58 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-8/ Here’s yet another Latin phrase in our Monthly Latin series. This could easily have an exclamation mark attached to it, and physically speaking both hands on one’s cheeks for extra effect, for it carries a lot of feeling. Have you heard of: O Sancta Simplicitas meaning Oh, Holy Simplicity! The legend is that these were the last words spoken by the Czech theologian Jan Hus as he was being burned at stake during the general council of the Roman Catholic Church in Constance in the year 1415. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/connor-who/ Thu, 10 Jan 2019 10:08:36 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/connor-who/ Another one in First Names First! A chronological list of persons with their first name here. Pick one, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. Lives lived have all something to tell us – let them! This time it is all about Connor/Conor! Conor Oberst* singer/songwriter - Omaha, Nebraska USA (1980) Conor McGregor* mixed martial artist – Dublin, Ireland (1988) Conor Sheary* hockey player - Winchester, MA USA (1992) Conor Maynard* singer/songwriter/actor - Brighton, England (1992) Connor Wickham* football player - Hereford, England (1993) Connor Hellebuyck* hockey goalie – Commerce, Michigan USA (1993) Connor McDavid* hockey player – Richmond Hill, Ontario CAN (1997) Updated 10. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1635/ Tue, 08 Jan 2019 11:05:09 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1635/ In the year 1635, the Académie française is constituted (Feb 22), France declares war on Spain (May), the Royal Mail service - established in 1516 - is made available to the public in England (Jul 31), Thomas Parr, dead at the alleged age of 152, is buried in Westminster Abbey (Nov 15), Boston Latin School is founded as the oldest school in the United States, Japan forbids merchants to travel abroad under penalty of law – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1732/ Mon, 07 Jan 2019 09:11:59 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1732/ In the year 1732, Russia and Persia sign a peace treaty - Russia will no longer establish claims over Persian territories (Jan 21), James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of Georgia (Jun 9), the Russian geodesist Mikhail Gvozdev makes the first documented crossing of the Bering Strait (Aug), Russia approves the second Kamchatka expedition of Danish-born cartographer Vitus Bering, and the Admiralty orders him to sail east and try to claim uncharted lands in North America (Oct 16), the original Theatre Royal, Covent Garden is opened in London (Dec 7) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-7/ Sat, 05 Jan 2019 09:11:02 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-7/ we won’t be detecting - not even with the most powerful telescopes - the new Chinese space probe Chang’e 4 that just landed on the moon? The reason being of course that it landed on the other side of the Moon. The side we never see. And did you know that the video taken with the help of the most powerful telescope does get us surprisingly near this side of the Moon? https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-2009/ Thu, 03 Jan 2019 09:11:52 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-2009/ In the year 2009, the first block of the blockchain of the decentralized payment system Bitcoin is mined (Jan 3), Miracle on the Hudson takes place (Jan 15), the Icelandic banking system collapses (Jan 26), NASA’s Kepler is launched, in search for extrasolar planets in the Milky Way (Mar 7), Bolivia becomes the first South American country to declare the right of indigenous people to govern themselves (Aug 3) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/tomato-is-the-new-chocolate/ Wed, 02 Jan 2019 09:11:36 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/tomato-is-the-new-chocolate/ New Year’s resolutions, anyone? Traditionally, many of them have to do with losing some of those extra pounds and kilos accumulated in December - or many consecutive Decembers for that matter. I myself have every now and then thought of how to make it really really easy to eat healthy snacks instead of resorting to chocolate for that little bit of fast energy. Never mind if you just ate a ton of chocolate in December, the craving for chocolate can be a perennial threat to being fit for many of us. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-15/ Tue, 01 Jan 2019 01:33:40 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-15/ This time in Who Said That! some Roman wisdom! Remember to s c r o l l down very slowly so you won’t reveal who said that ahead of time! A hint though: this person lived a very long time ago (naturally - Roman wisdom), but most of us may actually remember him from history classes at school. Especially if your history teacher - or you yourself - happened to be particularly interested in Roman history. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-4/ Sat, 29 Dec 2018 06:33:48 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-4/ If you are planning to welcome the year 2019 abroad, you might want to wish Happy New Year in the local language! Never mind the pronunciation, just trying to say it may get you some new friends! Cin cin! Here’s how it is said - or rather, written - in the following countries and regions:  Albania: Vitin e ri të lumtur! Armenia: Shnorhavor Nor Tari! Շնորհավոր Նոր Տարի Basque Country (Spain): Urte berri on! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1769/ Thu, 27 Dec 2018 04:33:22 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1769/ In the year 1769, James Watt receives his first patent for an early version of his revolutionary Watt steam engine (Jan 5), James Cook arrives in Tahiti (Apr 13), France conquers Corsica (May 9), the settlement of California begins with the Spanish missions along the coast (May 14), Daniel Boone first begins to explore modern-day Kentucky (Jun 7), spinning frame is patented in England, able to weave fabric mechanically (Jul 3), massive droughts in Bengal (Sep), James Cook lands in New Zealand (Oct 7) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/one-day-in-the-life-of-maria-elisabeth-lammerhirt/ Tue, 25 Dec 2018 08:53:19 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/one-day-in-the-life-of-maria-elisabeth-lammerhirt/ It is Wednesday, the 8th of April, 1668. Maria Elisabeth Lämmerhirt, daughter of a furrier and coachman in the German city of Erfurt, is about to marry Johann whom she has known since childhood. The wedding will take place in the old church, Kaufmannkirche, in Erfurt. Little does she know what impact that decision is going to have on the world. She is 24, he 23 years of age. Her future husband is a musician, and the home they will be sharing will one day be full of music! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/eve-who/ Mon, 24 Dec 2018 06:08:25 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/eve-who/ Yet another one in our series First Names First! Your “task” - should you accept it – is to pick one of the names below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Lives lived have all something to tell us – let them! This time it’s all about Eva/Eeva/Eve/Evelyn Eva Tanguay* singer/entertainer/“The Queen of Vaudeville” - Marbleton, QC Canada (1878) Eva Dickson* (b Lindström) rally driver/aviator/travel writer - Steninge Slott, Sigtuna, Sweden (1905) Eve Arden* (b Eunice Mary Quedens) actress/comedian - Mill Valley, CA USA (1908) Evelyn Bryan Johnson* (b Stone) “Mama Bird”, the female pilot with the most number of flying hours in the world - Corbin, KY USA (1909) Eva Braun* Hitler’s wife – Munich, Bavaria, Germany (1912) Eva Gabor* actress /singer – Budapest, Hungarian Republic (1919) Eva Perón* First Lady/political activist – Los Toldos, Argentina (1919) Eeva Joenpelto* novelist – Sammatti, Finland (1921) Eva-Marie Saint* actress – Newark, NJ USA (1924) Eeva Kilpi* writer/feminist – Hiitola, Finland (1928) Eeva Ahtisaari* teacher/First Lady – Varkaus, Finland (1936) Eeva Tikka* writer – Ristiina, Finland (1939) Eeva-Riitta Siitonen* politician – Helsinki, Finland (1940) Eeva Litmanen* actress – Lappeenranta, Finland (1944) Efva Attling* silversmith/entrepreneur - Stockholm, Sweden (1952) Evelyn Ashford* athlete/ sprinter/OG – Shreveport, LA USA (1957) Eva Dahlgren* singer (Roxette) - Umeå, Sweden (1960) pic Eva Mendes* actress – Miami, FL USA (1974) Eva Longoria* actress/ producer/ activist – Corpus Christi, TX USA (1975) NB. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1644/ Sat, 22 Dec 2018 09:11:37 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1644/ In the year 1644, the first livestock branding law in America is passed (Feb 5 ), Chinese rebels sack Beijing, causing ultimately the collapse of the Ming Dynasty (Apr 25), Beijing is recaptured, and Manchu rule over China proper begins (Jun 6), the English Civil War goes on, Sigismund Column is erected in Warsaw, Abel Tasman maps the north coast of Australia, and all these fine people were born: 1644-xxxx Antonio Stradivari* luthier/ violin maker – Cremona, Italy (1737/ca92-93) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-tallinn/ Thu, 20 Dec 2018 09:11:39 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-tallinn/ This time in Streets & Squares we go to Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. Lots of eponymous streets here! You might also see the name Reval in lots of places - that’s the old name for Tallinn. A short vocabulary to assist you in orienting in this lovely Hanseatic city: maantee (road), park (park), plats (square), torn (tower), tänav (street). Most street names in Tallinn lack the word street though, and are solely identified by the short form or the bearer of the street in question. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/two-centuries-done/ Tue, 18 Dec 2018 09:11:23 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/two-centuries-done/ If you ever check the lists of birth dates here, you may have noticed that the 20th century has long since been completed. Now the same applies to the 19th century. So that makes a minimum 200 consecutive years that each have their own page with some background information and some appropriate picture attached, and of course the list of birth dates. These pages are being continually updated whenever some relevant information shows up. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1774/ Mon, 17 Dec 2018 09:11:22 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1774/ In the year 1774, the volunteer fire company of Trenton, New Jersey - possibly the oldest in the U.S. - is founded (Feb 7), the first Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia (Sep 5), compulsory education for children aged 6-12 is set by Archduchess Maria Theresa, the ruler of Austria, Hungary and Croatia (Dec 6), Captain James Cook discovers several islands, German cobbler Johann Birkenstock creates the first Birkenstock sandals - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-14/ Sat, 15 Dec 2018 18:18:40 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-14/ Who hasn’t heard the axiom A smile a day lengthens life. A smile can go a long way to brighten a day. It feels good to smile, but it may feel even better to bring a smile on someone else’s face. Smiling can trick your brain into happiness. The mere act of smiling can lift your mood, boost your immune system and possibly even prolong your life. WE SHALL NEVER KNOW ALL THE GOOD https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1799/ Fri, 14 Dec 2018 13:05:38 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1799/ In the year 1799, a ten percent income tax is introduced in Great Britain to raise funds for its war effort in the Napoleonic Wars (Jan 9), the Rosetta Stone is found at the port city of Rosetta by the river Nile in Egypt (Jul 15), HMS Lutine sinks off the Dutch coast, the bell of which is now used for ceremonial purposes in London (Oct 9), France adopts the meter as its official unit of length (Dec 10) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-7/ Tue, 11 Dec 2018 05:07:40 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-7/ Here’s another one in our Monthly Latin series. The phrase you see below is just as eternal as any other Latin phrase, and probably known by at least some of you. But do you know where it originates from? Read on and you will.  Disce ut semper victurus, vive ut cras moriturus  Learn as if always going to live; live as if tomorrow going to die. What a superb sentence that is! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/adam-who/ Mon, 10 Dec 2018 06:28:55 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/adam-who/ Another one in our series First Names First! Your “task” - should you accept it – is to pick one of the names below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about the person, and to see what if anything he could contribute your life with. Lives lived have all something to tell us – let them! This time it’s all about Adam! Adam Smith* economist/philosopher – Kirkcaldy, Scotland (1723) Adam Afzelius* botanist – Larv, Västergötland, Sweden (1750) Adam Opel* industrialist – Rüsselsheim, Hesse, Prussia (1837) Adam West* actor (Batman) – Walla Walla, WA USA (1928) Adam Arkin* actor – Brooklyn, NY USA (1956) Adam Baldwin* actor – Chicago, IL USA (1962) Adam Shankman* actor/director/ producer – Los Angeles, CA USA (1964) Adam Sandler* actor – Brooklyn, NY USA (1966) Adam Savage* special effects designer/Myth Buster – New York, NY USA (1967) Adam Alsing* television and radio presenter - Karlstad, Sweden (1967) Adam Goldberg* actor – Santa Monica, CA USA (1970) Adam Scott* actor/producer/ podcaster – Santa Cruz, CA USA (1973) Adam Rodriguez* actor/ screenwriter/director – New York, NY USA (1975) Adam Nelson* athlete/shotput – Atlanta, GA USA (1975) Adam Rayner* actor – Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England (1977) Adam Malysz* ski jumper – Wisla, Poland (1977) Adam Lambert* singer/ songwriter – Indianapolis, IN USA (1982) Adam Driver* actor – San Diego, CA USA (1983) picture Adam Buckingham* acrobatic gymnast (Spelbound) – England (1988) Adam McAssey* acrobatic gymnast (Spelbound) – England (1989) Adam Klein* homeless shelter manager/Survivor S33 – Burlingame, CA USA (1991) Adam Lowry* hockey player – St. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-2008/ Sat, 08 Dec 2018 03:05:56 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-2008/ [caption id=“attachment_6241” align=“alignleft” width=“329”]Australian Aboriginals Flag[/caption] Australia apologizes to the Stolen Generations, i.e. the Aboriginal Australians (Feb 13), bionic eyes are successfully implanted into two blind patients in London (Apr 22), Canada apologizes to the country’s First Nations for the Canadian Indian residential school system (Jun 11), SpaceX Falcon 1 becomes the world’s first privately developed space launch vehicle to successfully make orbit (Sep 28), Spotify music streaming service is launched in Sweden (Oct 7), Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System is published (Nov 1) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/u-s-presidents/ Fri, 07 Dec 2018 06:20:59 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/u-s-presidents/ This is something that Americans are supposed to know by heart early on - the names of U.S. Presidents. And something that only a few master all their lives. Of course, there’s no need to do that either. There are things far more important to remember, and only so much space and time to contain all the information we are supposed to digest in this digital age of ours. But it does come handy when needing to answer who was the 33rd president of the United States in Who Wants to be A Millionaire! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-6/ Wed, 05 Dec 2018 09:11:45 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-6/ Jerry Springer - whose show The Jerry Springer Show just recently ended after having run for close to 27 years - was born in a London bomb shelter in 1944 to two Jewish refugees who had fled from the Nazi holocaust? And that he, after having majored in political science, and then getting his law degree in 1968, worked as a political campaign adviser for Robert F. Kennedy till Kennedy was assassinated? https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1802/ Mon, 03 Dec 2018 09:11:36 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1802/ The Rosetta Stone is brought to England (Feb), Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata is published (Mar 3), Madame Tussaud first exhibits her wax sculptures in London (May), Napoleon reinstates slavery in the French colonies (May 20), war ends between Sweden and Tripoli (Oct 2), child labor in U.K. factories starts being regulated, pioneering a series of Factory Acts (Dec 2) - and all these fine people were born: 1802-xxxx Kamāmalu* Queen consort of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi as the wife of King Kamehameha II - Kawaihae, Hawaii (1824/c. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-13/ Sat, 01 Dec 2018 09:11:19 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-13/ Here’s yet another piece in Who Said That! Try to guess or remember first who said that, and if you still don’t know, you’ll see who it was at the very end of the article. Remember to scroll down s l o w l y so you won’t reveal the name beforehand. “HAPPINESS IS NOTHING MORE BUT GOOD HEALTH AND A BAD MEMORY” Anyone can attest to the fact that good health promotes happiness. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-3/ Thu, 29 Nov 2018 09:11:29 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-3/ Welcome once again to take a dive in languages - a big part in our journeys of life. Whether we actually make any journeys geographically or merely in our minds - digitally or otherwise - knowing a few languages besides your mother tongue is always a good idea. The original theme for this article was actually something entirely different, nothing to do with cartoons, but fate chose otherwise. So this time we jump into the magical world of marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of the cartoon series SpongeBob SquarePants which premiered back in 1999. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1702/ Wed, 28 Nov 2018 09:11:46 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1702/ In the year 1702, France starts building Fort Louis de la Mobile which becomes for a while the capital of French Louisiana (Jan 12), Anne Stuart becomes Queen Anne of England, Scotland and Ireland (Mar 8.o.s.), the first regular English-language national newspaper is published (Mar 11.o.s.), Charles XII of Sweden conquers Warsaw (May), Spanish and Apalachee Indian forces attack Creek Indians - supported by English traders - in what is now Georgia, but they fail (Oct), in Queen Anne’s War in North America, English forces besiege St. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1820/ Mon, 26 Nov 2018 06:33:24 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1820/ In the year 1820, 86 free African American colonists sail from New York City to Freetown, Sierra Leone (Feb 6), Hans Christian Ørsted discovers the relationship between electricity and magnetism (Apr), the last hanging, drawing and quartering in Britain takes place as the Cato Street conspirators meet their fate (May 1), the Argentine Confederation established a penal colony in the Falkland Islands, man’s quest in Antarctica widens - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/patricia-who/ Sat, 24 Nov 2018 18:11:57 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/patricia-who/ This time in First Names Firstit is all about Patricia! Take your pick in the list, and find some inspiring stories behind these names. Give this a couple of minutes for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them! Patricia Highsmith* novelist/short story writer - Fort Worth, TX USA (1921) Patricia Neal* actress - Packard, KY USA (1926) Patricia Routledge* actress/singer - Tranmere, Cheshire, England (1929) Patricia Wettig* actress – Milford, OH USA (1951) Patricia Cornwell* crime fiction writer - Miami, FL USA (1956) Patricia Heaton* actress - Bay Village, OH USA (1958) Patricia Arquette* actress – Chicago, IL USA (1968) Updated 3. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/ancestor-day-1/ Fri, 23 Nov 2018 16:33:45 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/ancestor-day-1/ Yet another new series is emerging here in Journeys of Life: Ancestor Day. You do know that you can always add your ancestors here in the year files - providing harmless information concerning really nobody but you and your family, yet enriching this site at the same time? Now you also have an opportunity to write a little story of any of your ancestors. The length of these stories is something you decide yourself, as long as they remain tactful and historically as correct as possible. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/black-friday/ Thu, 22 Nov 2018 08:55:41 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/black-friday/ Last year I flew with my sons from Tampa, Florida to MacArthur Airport on Long Island in order to celebrate my birthday in New York City. We took the train from Ronkonkoma to Penn Station on Manhattan, and as we knew that the arrival time there would be an awkward 4 am, we had decided in advance not to take in a hotel but instead just leave our luggage at the station and head for the streets of Manhattan. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-amsterdam/ Tue, 20 Nov 2018 09:11:12 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-amsterdam/ This time Streets & Squares goes to Amsterdam. the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands. Here is some vocabulary at first Kade, straat and weg can all be translated as streets. Furthermore, plein is square, and park is park. Like always, clicking on the addresses will open Google Maps for you, and clicking on the names will (usually) lead to the person’s Wikipedia page. A. J. KROPHOLLERSTRAAT - Alexander Jacobus Kropholler (1881-1973) was an architect who designed many buildings in his birth town Amsterdam as well as elsewhere. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/jonestown-40-years-ago/ Sun, 18 Nov 2018 09:11:01 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/jonestown-40-years-ago/ It has been a long time since those days in November 1978. Some of you may not even have heard about it. But it took place 40 years ago today, in Guyana, South America. The Jonestown massacre, organized by the leaders of The Peoples Temple of the Disciples of Christ, and more precisely, Jim Jones. It doesn’t really matter with what fancy name the leaders call their cults. And you can easily read about the background of this particular cult and the event since there is plenty of information available. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-12/ Thu, 15 Nov 2018 18:55:17 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-12/ Here’s yet another piece in Who Said That! Try to guess or remember first who said that, and if you don’t know, you’ll see who it was at the very end of the article. Remember to scroll down s l o w l y so you won’t reveal the name beforehand. Who said: SMILE IN THE MIRROR. DO THAT EVERY MORNING AND YOU’LL START TO SEE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN YOUR LIFE. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/oh-brother/ Wed, 14 Nov 2018 09:11:58 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/oh-brother/ This article is about sets of brothers who rose to fame. As actors, directors, authors, musicians, politicians, what have you. It is intriguing to look for resemblances between members of the same family - their mannerisms, voices, gaits, and of course their looks. And between members of the same gender, it can be even more intriguing. So let’s go through some well-known sets of brothers here, from the year 1441 onward! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-6/ Mon, 12 Nov 2018 09:11:28 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-6/ Here’s another one in our series Monthly Latin. This phrase is just as eternal as any other Latin phrase, and probably known by many of you. But do you know where it originates from? The history behind it is quite interesting.  Audentes fortuna iuvat meaning of course Fortune favors the bold. The phrase is from Aeneid, a Latin epic poem written by the Roman poet Virgil between 29 and 19 B. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/singles-day/ Sun, 11 Nov 2018 10:00:29 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/singles-day/ The contemporary people - especially those living in Asia - associate the term Singles' Day with bargain sales. It has in fact become the largest offline and online shopping day in the world, with Asians and Westerners alike spending billions of dollars on purchases from Alibaba and other online retail companies. Singles' Day already surpasses the purchases made on the more widely known Black Friday. But today especially we mean with Singles' Day rather the fact that it is 100 years today since the end of the First World War. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/pekka-who/ Sat, 10 Nov 2018 06:51:45 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/pekka-who/ Another one in First Names First! Your “task” -should you accept it - is to pick one of the names below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about the person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Lives lived have all something to tell us – let them! Once in a while it will be a non-English name. This time the Finnish name Pekka - also with the double names, which is quite typical with Finnish names. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1807/ Thu, 08 Nov 2018 09:11:20 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1807/ [caption id=“attachment_6008” align=“alignleft” width=“360”]Replica of the Clermont steamboat operating on the North River (now Hudson River)[/caption] In the year 1807, the United Kingdom abolishes the slave trade in its colonies (Jan 22), the Slave Trade Act becomes law, abolishing the slave trade in the British Empire - slavery though remains legal until 1833 (Mar 25), the first commercial steamboat service between New York City and Albany starts operating (Aug 17), serfdom is abolished in Prussia by law (Oct 9), the Geological Society of London is founded (Oct 13) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-2007/ Wed, 07 Nov 2018 09:11:29 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-2007/ The IPCC - the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change **-**publishes its 4th assessment report, concluding that global climate change is “very likely” to have a predominantly human cause (Feb 2), Gliese 581c, a potentially Earth-like extrasolar planet habitable for life, is discovered in the constellation Libra (Apr 24), the iPhone - the first modern smartphone - is released in the United States (Jun 29), The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is adopted in the U. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-5/ Mon, 05 Nov 2018 09:11:53 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-5/ in Istanbul, Turkey, you can take your empty plastic bottles and cans to your local metro station, recycle them, place your transit card on the screen to collect the amount, and then pay all or part of your fare with that? Now that is hats off to Turkey - even if there are lots of less desirable things happening in that country. Smart environmental thinking, for we all need to get from A to B, and this is such a good method to get people to take those bottles with them instead of creating more waste. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/one-day-in-the-life-of-2/ Fri, 02 Nov 2018 10:11:08 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/one-day-in-the-life-of-2/ Welcome to another one in the series One Day in the Life of … of people from all walks of life. If we live to be 80, we have lived around 29,200 days. We get to 10,000 days at the age of 27. So there are plenty of days for all kinds of things to happen. Something spectacular. Something life-changing. Or just a pretty ordinary day that still held something very memorable. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-11/ Thu, 01 Nov 2018 09:11:22 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-11/ Here’s yet another piece in Who Said That! Try to guess/remember first who said that, and if you don’t know, you’ll see who it was at the very end of the article. Remember to scroll down s l o w l y so you won’t reveal the name beforehand. Who said: “MAYBE THIS WORLD IS ANOTHER PLANET’S HELL” A hint: This person was nominated for the Nobel Prize in literature seven times, and was widely acknowledged as one of the preeminent intellectuals of his time. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/masters-of-horror/ Wed, 31 Oct 2018 09:11:23 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/masters-of-horror/ It is Halloween today folks so this topic is hot! Some of us are fans, some of us would never choose to read a book of this genre or to watch a movie based on one. We talk about horror - which actually is a pretty wide genre. The more graphic it gets, the less likely it may be that one likes it, especially the really graphic ones. The more psychological it gets, the closer it gets to thrillers. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-the-1310s/ Tue, 30 Oct 2018 10:11:04 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-the-1310s/ In the year 1310, Muhammed III, former Sultan of the Emirate of Granada, is found dead in a pool (Mar), 54 members of the Knights Templar are burned at the stake for heresy in France (May 11), Dante publishes his Divine Comedy, the first purpose-built accommodation for students is completed in Merton College in Oxford, England - and all these fine people were born: 1310-0430 King Casimir III the Great of Poland* - Kowal, Poland (1370/60) 1310-1129 John de Mowbray 3rd* spent first 17 years imprisoned in the Tower of London/officer - Hovingham, Yorkshire, England (1361/50) 1311-xxxx Lincoln Cathedral in England becomes the world’s tallest building, surpassing the Great Pyramid of Giza 1311-0813 Alfonso XI of Castile* - Salamanca, Spain (1350/38) 1312-0629 Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor, is crowned in London In the year 1313, the Siege of Rostock ends 1313-xxxx Cola di Rienzo* politician/popular leader - Rome, Papal States (1354/c41) 1313-0209 Maria of Portugal* Queen of Castile through her marriage to Alfonso XI - Portugal (1357/43) 1313-0801 Emperor Kōgon* 光厳天皇 the first of the Emperors of Northern Court - Japan (1364/51) In the year 1314, Jacques de Molay, the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, is burned at the stake in Paris (Mar 18), King Haakon V of Norway moves his capital from Bergen to Oslo (Aug 31), () 1314-0318 The last Grand Master of the Knights Templar is burned at the stake in Paris, France In the year 1315, Louis X is crowned King of France (Aug), Pisa defeats the forces of Florence and Naples (Aug 29), (), the new French king abolishes slavery within the Kingdom of France, Cairo (capital of Mamluk Egypt) becomes the largest city of the world, and the Great Famine of 1315–1317 (killing millions of people in Europe) begins. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-2/ Mon, 29 Oct 2018 08:35:36 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-2/ Welcome to Language Day! If you haven’t read the introduction yet, please do it here. Let’s start with something fun! Some Disney characters, and more precisely, the three nephews of Donald Duck. How do you say Huey, Dewey and Louie in some other languages? Would you expect them to be like in English, or just something that would sound just as fun? Let’s see! Let’s take first the country of origin, the United States. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1803/ Sat, 27 Oct 2018 08:33:59 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1803/ [caption id=“attachment_5887” align=“alignleft” width=“355”]The Louisiana Territory spread over 15 present-day U.S. states and two Canadian provinces.[/caption] In the year 1803, the Swiss Confederation replaces the Helvetic Republic (Feb 19), the Louisiana purchase, involving much more than just Louisiana, is made from France by the United States with $15 million (Apr 30), the Napoleonic Wars between France and the United Kingdom begin (May 18), the first public railway line in England, the wagonway, is opened (Jul 26), major breakthroughs in chemistry occur - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/united-nations-sgs/ Wed, 24 Oct 2018 08:11:42 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/united-nations-sgs/ Congratulations United Nations for turning 73 years today! A good day to go through here in Journeys of Life all the people who have hold the position of Secretary General of the United Nations. The original text intended for this article somehow disappeared - in an odd way reflecting the ever changing nature of our world and the politics and conflicts of its countries and other areas. Which the United Nations tries to mediate between. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/jane-who/ Tue, 23 Oct 2018 08:11:05 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/jane-who/ Another one in First Names First! A chronological list of persons with their first names here. Your “task” is to pick one, follow the Wikipedia link and see what if anything the person in question could contribute your life with. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. Lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us – let them! This time it is all about Jane! Jane Seymour* third wife of King Henry VIII (1508) Jane Austen* novelist – Steventon Rectory, Hampshire, England (1775) Jane Digby* aristocrat famed for her remarkable love life and lifestyle - Holkham Hall, Norfolk, England (1807) Calamity Jane* frontierswoman/scout – Princeton, MO USA (1852) Jane Joseph* composer/arranger – Notting Hill, London, England (1894) Jane Wyman* actress/ philanthropist – Saint Joseph, MO USA (1917) Jane Russell* actress – Bemidji, MN USA (1921) Jane Goodall* primatologist/ anthropologist - London, England (1934) Jane Fonda* actress – New York, NY USA (1937) Jane Fortune* author/journalist/philanthropist - Indianapolis, IN USA (1942) Jane Hawking* (b Wilde) author/teacher/1st wife of Stephen Hawking – St. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-budapest/ Sat, 20 Oct 2018 04:44:26 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-budapest/ Once again, Streets and Squares is providing you with some interesting background information on street signs around the world - a fun way to learn about the history and culture of the cities you visit or even live in! This time we go through Budapest, the capital of Hungary. The street signs there often end in utca. Or just út. _Híd _means bridge, park is park, tér is square, and rakpart is wharf. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/tyrant/ Tue, 16 Oct 2018 08:11:36 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/tyrant/ If you’d like to start with a new TV-series that you haven’t seen yet, Tyrant is definitely something worth recommending. The first episode aired in the United States back in 2014, but it doesn’t get antiquated. Not with the way things keep going in the Middle East. The premise of this series is that Bassam “Barry” Al-Fayeed, a married pediatrician living in the United States, with son and daughter, is also the son of a Middle-Eastern tyrant. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-10/ Mon, 15 Oct 2018 09:11:13 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-10/ Here’s yet another piece in Who Said That! Depicting what we people have uttered in a moment of elation, insight, inspiration, wisdom, despair - or any other emotion. Try to guess/remember first who said that, and if you don’t know, you’ll see who it was at the very end of the article. Remember to scroll s l o w l y. Who said: “THE QUESTION ISN’T WHO IS GOING TO LET ME; https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-the-1300s/ Sat, 13 Oct 2018 19:35:54 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-the-1300s/ In the year 1300, money from Florence in Italy becomes the world’s first international currency, Amsterdam is officially declared a city, census in Imperial China reveals that it has around 60 million inhabitants, Aztec culture starts in Mesoamerica around this time - and all these fine people were born: 1300-xxxx Jeanne de Clisson* Breton privateer - Belleville-sur-Vie, France (1359) 1301-0723 Otto, Duke of Austria* and Styria - Vienna, Austria (1339/37) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-5/ Thu, 11 Oct 2018 06:21:21 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-5/ Let’s have another piece in our series Monthly Latin! Our fascination of this old language may very well keep it alive for centuries to come as there is no end to the wise and for ever applicable phrases in Latin. And the next Latin phrase is just as eternal as any other - and very easy, although possibly painful, to relate to. Ex nihilo nihil fit The literal translation of this would be Out of nothing, nothing comes. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/john-who/ Wed, 10 Oct 2018 08:11:21 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/john-who/ This time in First Names First it is about John! Being such an old and common name, this list gets to be pretty long. But take your pick, and find some inspiring stories behind the names. Give this a couple of minutes for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them! King John of Denmark* Aalborghus Castle, Aalborg, Denmark (1455) John of Avila* apostolic preacher/saint – Almodovar del Campo, Spain (1500) John Calvin* theologian – Noyon, France (1509) John Abernethy Sr* minister – Coleraine, County Londonderry, Ireland (1680) John Michael Rysbrack* sculptor – Antwerp, Belgium (1694) John Adams* politician/2usp – Quincy, MA, British America (1735) John Soane* architect – Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England (1753) John Dalton* chemist/meteorologist – Eaglesfield, Cumberland, England (1766) John Quincy Adams* politician/6usp – Braintree, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America (1767) John Walter* newspaper editor at The Times – London, England (1776) John Galt* political novelist/entrepreneur – Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland (1779) Johns Hopkins* entrepreneur/ philanthropist – White’s Hall, Maryland, USA (1795) John Keats* poet – Moorgate, London, England (1795) John Brown* abolitionist – Torrington, CT USA (1800) John Deere* blacksmith/inventor – Rutland, VT USA (1804) John Pemberton* pharmacist/developer and founder of Coca-Cola – Knoxville, GA USA (1831) John Singer Sargent* portrait painter – Florence, GD of Tuscany (1856) John Dewey* philosopher/ educational reformer – Burlington, VT USA (1859) John T. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1718/ Mon, 08 Oct 2018 07:24:53 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1718/ In the year 1718, English pirate Blackbeard blockades the port of Charleston, South Carolina (May), New Orleans is founded (May 7), Voltaire’s first play, Oedipus, premiers in Paris (Nov 11), Blackbeard is killed in action in North Carolina (Nov 22), King Charles XII of Sweden dies (Nov 30) whereupon Ulrika Eleonora proclaims herself Queen regnant of Sweden (Dec 5) - and all these fine people were born: 1718-0213 George Brydges Rodney (B) nobleman/naval officer - Walton-on-Thames, Sussex, England (1792/74) 1718-0226 Johan Ernst Gunnerus* bishop/botanist - Christiania, Norway (1773/55) 1718-0301 1718-0310 1718-0331 Mariana Victoria of Spain* Queen of Portugal as the wife of King Joseph I - Madrid, Spanish Empire (1781/62) 1718-0407 Hugh Blair* minister/ author/rhetorician - Edinburgh, Scotland (1800/82) 1718-0420 David Brainerd* Presbyterian minister/missionary to Native Americans - Haddam, Connecticut Colony (1747/29) 1718-0424 Nathaniel Hone the elder* portrait and miniature painter - Dublin, Ireland (1784/66) 1718-0427 Thomas Lewis* pioneer of early Virginia - County Donegal, Ireland (1790/71) 1718-0531 Jacob Christian Schäffer* dean/botanist/inventor - Querfurt, Germany (1790/71) 1718-0601 Anders Odel* (b Odhelius) industrialist/painter/composer - Skövde, Sweden (1773/55) 1718-0605 Thomas Chippendale* furniture maker - Otley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (1779) 1718-0731 John Canton* physicist - Stroud, Gloucestershire, England (1772/53) 1718-1002 Louisa Catharina Harkort* ironmaster/entrepreneur - Hattingen, Germany (1795/76) 1718-1101 1718-1110 1718-1113 John Montagu* 4th Earl of Sandwich/military leader/statesman after whom sandwich is named - Chiswick, Middlesex, England (1792/73) 1718-1120 1718-1128 Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht* poet/feminist/salon hostess - Stockholm, Sweden (1763/44) 1718-1130 1718-0 1718-0 1718-0 Updated 2025-0420 Helsinki Search for more years here https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/seeing-is-believing/ Sat, 06 Oct 2018 08:11:54 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/seeing-is-believing/ [caption id=“attachment_5672” align=“alignleft” width=“278”]Not three, but four monkeys[/caption] Incredible! Or credible? You know how people say that “I believe it when I see it!” and that that right there is thought by many as a sound approach to reality. And it is also considered okay to not to believe it once it is seen by someone else. As long as it isn’t you who’s doing the seeing. But how is it when you do see it, and still don’t believe it - even when it is you yourself who saw it? https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1849/ Thu, 04 Oct 2018 13:11:15 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1849/ In the year 1849, James Knox Polk becomes the first U.S. President to have his photograph taken (Feb 14), regular steamboat service from the west to the east coast of the United States via South America’s Cape Horn begins (Feb 28), the first Kennedy arrives in America (Apr 22), French troops occupy Rome; the Roman Republic surrenders (Jul 3), the French scientist Hippolyte Fizeau measures the speed of light, using a beam of light reflected from a mirror 8 kilometers away (Jul 23), the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 ends, with no independence yet for the Magyars - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-2006/ Wed, 03 Oct 2018 08:11:54 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-2006/ [caption id=“attachment_4842” align=“alignleft” width=“374”]Saturn’s moon Enceladus compared to Earth and to Jupiter’s moons Ganymede and Europa[/caption] In the year 2006, NASA’s Cassini-Huygens discovers a possible presence of water on Saturn’s moon Enceladus (Mar 9), Serbia and Montenegro are divided into two separate states (Jun 5), Italy wins the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Berlin (Jul 9), Pluto is demoted to a dwarf planet (Aug 24), Ban Ki-moon is elected the new UN Secretary-General (Oct 13) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-9/ Mon, 01 Oct 2018 07:51:36 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-9/ Let’s have another piece in Who Said That! Try to guess/remember first who said that, and if you don’t know, you’ll see who it was at the very end of the article. Remember to scroll s l o w l y. Who said: “INSANITY IS DOING THE SAME THING, OVER AND OVER AGAIN, BUT EXPECTING DIFFERENT RESULTS” A hint: This could of course apply to anybody who has understood the insanity of repeating something that just doesn’t work. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-1/ Sat, 29 Sep 2018 08:11:43 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/language-day-1/ Hi! From this day on Journeys of Life will have another featured series, namely Language Day. Every 29th of a month. This blog is entirely in English, but partly due to the multilingual background of the blogger, and partly due to the world being increasingly international, these sort of articles fall naturally in place here. And languages, well, they are a big part of our lives. Even if you only speak your mother tongue, you’re still gonna hear other languages as well. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-12th-century/ Thu, 27 Sep 2018 08:11:58 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-12th-century/ The first cornerstone of Notre Dame de Paris is laid in the year 1163 Here individual years will be few and far between unless we will get plenty of requests from genealogists. But down below there will be a few for you to pick - a year or decade between 1101 and 1200. If you have ancestors born during this century that you know of, you can have them added here in Journeys of Life simply by leaving a comment in the box below. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/karen-who/ Mon, 24 Sep 2018 08:11:56 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/karen-who/ Once again, First Names First! A chronological list of persons with their first name here, and your task is to pick one. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. Lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us – let them! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/our-great-composers/ Sun, 23 Sep 2018 07:17:51 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/our-great-composers/ What would we do without music? The world would be a bleaker place, that much is for sure. To honor and commemorate our great composers, we present here a list that consists of composers of classical music, but also of more modern music, such as film music. It is nowhere near perfect, but attempts nevertheless to give the timeline of composers through ages. Some of these composers are perhaps better known as conductors, but they still composed their own music as well. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1350s-2/ Sat, 22 Sep 2018 08:11:22 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1350s-2/ [caption id=“attachment_5400” align=“alignleft” width=“375”]A Tale from the Decameron by John William Waterhouse, 1916[/caption] In the year 1350, supporters of William V, Count of Holland, found the Cod League (May 23), an English fleet commanded by King Edward III defeats a Castilian fleet at Winchelsea, but trouble along the English coast is ongoing (Aug 29), conservative noblemen in the County of Holland found the Hook League (Sep 5), the Hook and Cod wars in Holland go on until 1490, the Black Death (peaking in Europe from 1347 to 1351) first appears in Scotland, Giovanni Boccaccio starts writing the Decameron - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-stockholm/ Thu, 20 Sep 2018 05:35:32 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-stockholm/ [caption id=“attachment_5206” align=“alignleft” width=“368”]Stortorget in Gamla Stan, Stockholm[/caption] This is part of the ongoing series Streets and Squares that provide some background information on street signs around the world - a fun way to learn about the history and culture of the cities you visit or even live in! This time we talk about Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. There are lots of squares there that bear historical names, but of course street addresses as well. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1825/ Wed, 19 Sep 2018 04:00:58 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1825/ [caption id=“attachment_5339” align=“alignright” width=“341”]Statue of Simon Bolivar in Paris, France[/caption] In the year 1825, Simon Bolivar gives up his title of dictator of Peru, and is now called El Libertador (Feb 10), the Creek cede the last of their lands in Georgia to the United States government, and migrate west (Feb 12), Uruguay secedes from Brazil (Jul 18), Bolivia gains independence from Spain (Aug 6), the world’s first public railway to use steam locomotives opens in England (Sep 27), London takes over Beijing as the largest city in the world, the U. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-the-13th-century/ Tue, 18 Sep 2018 08:11:27 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-the-13th-century/ Genghis Khan establishes the Mongol Empire in the year 1206 Pick one year or decade between 1201 and 1300! If you have ancestors born during this century that you know of, you can have them added in the list by simp uply leaving a comment in the box below the year or decade in question. The decades for the 13th century will have links by and by. The individual years will be few and far between unless we will get plenty of requests from genealogists. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/veganism-here-to-stay/ Sun, 16 Sep 2018 11:31:33 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/veganism-here-to-stay/ If you do your own grocery shopping, you’ve probably seen a major change in shelf labels. More and more labels are about offering the vegan option. Which is a great thing for the world. Since we all know - or should know, in these enlightened times - what a wasteful and detrimental life man has been living as a carnivore considering what it does to the Earth. If it takes 50 000 liters of water to create a couple of pounds of meat to sell, that’s just plain wrong, isn’t it? https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-8/ Sat, 15 Sep 2018 06:15:50 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-8/ So time for another piece in the series Who Said That! Remember to scroll s l o w l y. Who said: “FOR EVERY MINUTE YOU ARE ANGRY YOU LOSE SIXTY SECONDS OF HAPPINESS” A hint: this great philosopher was born in 1803 in Boston, Massachusetts. [caption id=“attachment_3031” align=“aligncenter” width=“3504”]Happiness can be a choice[/caption] And the answer is: * * * Ralph Waldo Emerson. Check for more good quotes from goodreads. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1864-comments/ Wed, 12 Sep 2018 04:07:38 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1864-comments/ Tomas Camerano - Nov 4, 2020Nice content. Nice article. Hi Astrid, I’m glad you liked the article! Hi Tomas! Thanks for the review! I’m glad you liked this year file. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1864/ Wed, 12 Sep 2018 04:07:38 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1864/ In the year 1864, Danish-Prussian War starts (Feb 1), the first submarine sinking takes place (Feb 17), In God We Trust starts appearing in all U.S. coins (Apr 22), President Lincoln issues a proclamation of conscription for the U.S. Civil War (Jul 18), the first fish&chips shop perhaps opens in London (Aug 13), the first Geneva Convention is signed (Aug 22), Brazil invades Uruguay (Oct 12), hundreds of Cheyenne and Arapaho noncombatants are massacred at Sand Creek, Colorado (Nov 29), the American Civil War goes on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-4/ Tue, 11 Sep 2018 08:11:24 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-4/ Here’s yet another piece in our series Monthly Latin! Our fascination of this old language may very well keep it alive for centuries to come as there is no end to the wise and for ever applicable phrases in Latin. This phrase is known to most of us, and its message loud and clear.  Amor Vincit Omnia But who said that originally? Do we even know, this being such an omnipresent idea, what with love being - hopefully - present in everybody’s life, no matter when or where you live. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/kevin-who/ Mon, 10 Sep 2018 07:10:47 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/kevin-who/ Another piece in our series First Names First! Pick one of the names that you see below. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Give a couple of minutes to this for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. This time it is all about Kevin! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1823/ Sun, 09 Sep 2018 10:01:30 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1823/ In the year 1823, the first worldwide carnival parade takes place in Cologne, Prussia (Feb 10), gold is found in Australia, predating the gold rushes from 1851 on (Feb 15), 11-year old Franz Liszt gives a concert and is personally congratulated by Beethoven (Apr 13), Demerara rebellion in British Guiana takes place (Aug 18), Simón Bolivar becomes President of Peru (Sep 10), the medical journal Lancet is founded in London (Oct 5), rugby is invented (Nov),James Monroe introduces the Monroe Doctrine in his State of the Union address (Dec 2), work begins on the British Museum in London - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1655/ Sat, 08 Sep 2018 06:55:05 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1655/ [caption id=“attachment_5156” align=“alignleft” width=“369”]Amsterdam Town Hall by Gerrit Berckheyde (today the Royal Palace)[/caption] In the year 1655, Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, is discovered (Mar 25), the Dutch West India Company denies Peter Stuyvesant’s request to exclude Jews from New Amsterdam (Manhattan) (Apr 26), English troops land on Jamaica (May 10), the Amsterdam Town Hall is inaugurated (Jul 20), Peter Stuyvesant, as the governor of New Netherland, attacks the New Sweden (Delaware) colony (Aug), Swedish King Karl X Gustav occupies Warsaw (Sep 8) and Krákow (Oct 19) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1816/ Fri, 07 Sep 2018 04:00:30 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1816/ In the year 1816, Davy’s lamp - for use in flammable atmospheres - is first tested underground as a coal mining safety lamp (Jan 9), Rossini’s The Barber of Seville premieres in Rome (Feb 20), the United States signs a treaty with the Cherokee Nation (Mar 22), the American Colonization Society is established in order to support the emigration of free African Americans to Africa (Dec 9-21), stethoscope is invented in France, E. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1360s/ Thu, 06 Sep 2018 04:07:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1360s/ [caption id=“attachment_5114” align=“alignright” width=“405”]Black Monday: Edward III vows to end the wars[/caption] In the year 1360, Edward III marches on Paris (Apr 5), but a freak hail storm devastates his army on Black Monday (Apr 13), Edward III gives then up his claim to the French throne in return for Calais & Gascony (Oct 24), King Valdemar Atterdag of Denmark reconquers Scania, Sweden’s since 1332, Muhammed VI overthrows his brother-in-law as King of Granada (in present-day Spain), but is shortly after overthrown by the former king, Muhammed V - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-4/ Wed, 05 Sep 2018 07:10:14 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-4/ when the Olympic Gold Medalist in men’s javelin, Jan Zelezný, threw his world record of 98.48 meters in Jena, Germany back in May 1996, there was a little boy of four years of age living in that same city who would become a future Olympic Champion in his own right?  That little boy was Thomas Röhler, and he won his Olympic Gold in Rio Janeiro 20 years later in August 2016. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1721/ Tue, 04 Sep 2018 08:11:51 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1721/ In the year 1721, Robert Walpole becomes the first prime minister of Britain (Apr 4), the Treaty of Nystad is signed, ending the Great Northern War (Sep 10), Peter I is proclaimed Emperor of All the Russians whereby the Tsardom of Russia ceases to exist (Nov 2), regular mail service between London and New England is established – and all these fine people were born: 1721-xxxx José Eusebio de Llano Zapata* scholar/writer/scientist - Lima, Peru (1780/c. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-2005/ Sun, 02 Sep 2018 06:55:32 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-2005/ In the year 2005, the Huygens spacecraft lands on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, discovered in 1655 (Jan 14), the video-sharing website YouTube is created (Feb 14), and Me at the zoo becomes the first such video uploaded (Apr 23), the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is launched towards Mars (Aug 12), Hurricane Katrina hits the U.S. Gulf Coast, killing hundreds (Aug 29), the trial of Saddam Hussein begins (Oct 19), the first proven case of someone cured of HIV is presented (Nov 13) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-7/ Sat, 01 Sep 2018 06:55:21 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-7/ Let’s have yet another piece in the series Who Said That! Try to guess/remember first who said that, and if you don’t know, you’ll see who it was at the very end of this article. Remember to scroll s l o w l y. Who said: “I AM FREE OF ALL PREJUDICE. I HATE EVERYONE EQUALLY." A hint: This person’s comic persona was misanthropic and egotistic, he appeared to have contempt for dogs and children, but despite all that he still managed to remain a pretty sympathetic character. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1872/ Thu, 30 Aug 2018 08:11:41 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1872/ In the year 1872, the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City (Feb 20), Yellowstone National Park becomes the world’s first national park (Mar 1), the New Zealand Wars end after 17 years (May 15), trade unions become legal in Canada (Jun 14), American suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes in the U.S. presidential election in defiance of the law (Nov 5), the Great Boston Fire takes place (Nov 9), Challenger expedition which will lay the foundation for oceanography takes off from Portsmouth, England (Dec 21) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/12-men-on-the-moon/ Wed, 29 Aug 2018 08:57:35 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/12-men-on-the-moon/ [caption id=“attachment_4829” align=“alignleft” width=“289”]Buzz Aldrin in 1969[/caption] Twelve men have walked on the Moon, so far. The Apollo Moon landings took place between 1969 and 1972, and for whatever reason and quite surprisingly, man has not been there since. Here is anyway a list of all these twelve lunar astronauts. Of them four are still alive (as of August 2018) with Harrison Schmitt being the most recent living person to have set his foot on our satellite. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-the-1420s/ Tue, 28 Aug 2018 08:11:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-the-1420s/ In the year 1420, King Charles VI of France acknowledges Henry V of England as his heir, and virtual ruler of most of France (May 21), construction of the dome of Florence Cathedral begins (Aug 7), Beijing is officially designated as the capital of the Ming Dynasty (Oct 28), construction begins of the Temple of Heaven in Beijing - and all these fine people were born: 1420-xxxx Tomás de Torquemada* Grand Inquisitor – Torquemada(? https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-3/ Sun, 26 Aug 2018 21:38:47 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-3/ This is the third piece in our series Monthly Latin – one Latin phrase or quotation a month. Our fascination of this old language may very well keep it alive for centuries to come. This one must be one of the most well-known Latin phrases, one that everyone should know. And one that has bearing in anyone’s life at one point or another. Alea iacta est Uttered of course by Julius Caesar as he was crossing the river Rubicon with his army in Northern Italy on January 10th, 49 B. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/stand-up-comedy/ Sat, 25 Aug 2018 07:50:19 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/stand-up-comedy/ A career as a stand-up comedian must be pretty hard. Having to find good material for a live audience, and to do that on a constant basis. Yet there are hundreds of people doing that for living, at least part of their professional lives. The list below shows some of them. If there is a name missing that you would like to have added, please leave a comment. Having said that, the list is being updated from time to time. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/sandra-who/ Fri, 24 Aug 2018 07:10:55 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/sandra-who/ This is one in the series of articles titled _First Names First _and it is all for pure entertainment! We present a chronological list of persons with their first name here, and your task is to pick one. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1812/ Wed, 22 Aug 2018 06:55:16 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1812/ The metric system is still spreading Napoleon authorizes the usage of Mesures usuelles, the basis of the metric system (Feb 12), the capital of Finland is moved from Turku to Helsinki (Apr 8), the War of 1812 between United States, Canada and the United Kingdom begins (Jun 18), Napoleon’s troops enter Moscow, which is deliberately set on fire by Muscovites (Sep 14), the unsuccessful French invasion of Russia comes to an end (Dec 14), the first volume of Grimm’s Fairy Tales is published in Germany (Dec 20) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-london/ Mon, 20 Aug 2018 04:35:54 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-london/ Let’s have another article in our series Streets and Squares - a fun way to learn about the history and culture of the cities you visit or even live in! This time we go through London. You would expect a lot of royal names here - queens and kings etc - and so it is too. But let’s have a nice mix of those and some other interesting names, shall we. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1827/ Sat, 18 Aug 2018 05:55:57 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1827/ In the year 1827, the first African-American owned newspaper in the U.S., Freedom’s Journal, is founded (Mar 16), Beethoven dies in Vienna (Mar 26), the first fountain pen with replaceable ink cartridge is patented in France (May 25), 3/4 of Turku in Finland is destroyed by fire (Sep 4), the Mormon leader Joseph Smith claims to have found the golden plates - central in the Mormon religion - this date (Sep 22), the term socialist is coined by Robert Owen in his London periodical (Nov), the Greek War of Independence goes on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1593/ Thu, 16 Aug 2018 11:01:59 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1593/ Siamese King Naresuan, in combat on elephant back, kills Burmese Crown Prince Minchit Sra, leading to Burmese forces leaving Siam (Jan 25), the Roman Inquisition opens the seven-year trial of scholar Giordano Bruno (Jan 27), the struggle between the Protestant Reformation (with break from the Roman Catholic Church) and the failed attempt to bring back Catholic liturgy concludes in Uppsala, Sweden (Feb 25), the Habsburgs defeat Ottoman Empire in Croatia (Jun 22) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-6/ Wed, 15 Aug 2018 07:10:53 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-6/ Here’s another good quote in the series Who Said That! These pieces are there to brighten your day, put a smile on your face, increase your tolerance of fellow human beings - or just give you a temporary relief from whatever you were doing a moment ago. Remember to scroll down s l o w l y so as not to reveal too early who said that. Who said: “LIFE IS WHAT HAPPENS TO US https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-14th-century-2/ Tue, 14 Aug 2018 08:11:18 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-14th-century-2/ Pick one year or decade between 1301 and 1400! If you have ancestors born during this century that you know of, you can have them added in the list by simply leaving a comment in the box below the year or decade in question. The decades for the 14th century will have links by and by. The individual years will be few and far between unless we will get plenty of requests from genealogists, but here down below will be a few. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1865/ Mon, 13 Aug 2018 04:33:57 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1865/ In the year 1865, John Deere receives a patent for plows (Feb 21), Abraham Lincoln is sworn in for a second term (Mar 4), the German company BASF is founded (Apr 6), Lincoln is assassinated in Washington, D.C. (Apr 14), the Confederate Government is officially dissolved (May 5), the Mimosa sets sail with Welsh emigrants to Patagonia (May 28), Salvation Army is founded (Jul 2), the U.S. Secret Service is founded (Jul 5), Wild Bill Hickok shoots a man over a poker debt in what is regarded as the first true western fast draw showdown (Jul 21), slavery is legally outlawed in the last two slave states of Kentucky and Delaware (Dec 18), Ku Klux Klan is founded (Dec 24), the American Civil War (1861-1865) ends - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1493/ Sat, 11 Aug 2018 08:11:03 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1493/ In the year 1493, Christopher Columbus returns to Spain from his first trip to Americas (Mar 15), Ottoman forces defeat those of the Kingdom of Croatia in southern Croatia (Sep 9), Christopher Columbus sets off for his second voyage (Sep 29) and lands on the coast of the island of Borinquen (today’s Puerto Rico), and renames it San Juan (Nov 19), Leonardo da Vinci draws first known helicopter - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/steven-who/ Fri, 10 Aug 2018 05:00:06 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/steven-who/ Yet another piece in the series of articles titled First Names First. Below is a chronological list of persons with their first name here. Your task is to pick one, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Give a couple of minutes of your life to this. Lives lived all have something to tell us - let them! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1826/ Thu, 09 Aug 2018 05:13:25 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1826/ [caption id=“attachment_4239” align=“alignleft” width=“152”]Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_4241” align=“alignright” width=“151”]John Adams (1735-1826)[/caption] In the year 1826, The French newspaper Le Figaro begins publication (Jan 15), internal combustion engine is patented (Apr 1), former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson (born 1743, 3usp) and John Adams (born 1735, 2usp) both die, on the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence (Jul 4), American settlers in Mexican Texas make the first attempt to secede from Mexico (Dec 21) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1748/ Wed, 08 Aug 2018 03:43:36 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1748/ In the year 1748, Afghan leader Ahmad Shah Durrani captures Lahore (Jan 12), a fire in the city of London causes massive damages (Mar 28), Britain obtains Madras in India from France in exchange for the fortress of Louisbourg in Canada (Oct 18), the ruins of Pompeii are rediscovered after the first discovery in 1599, construction of the Sveaborg fortress begins in order to defend Finland against Russian attacks – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/article-series/ Mon, 06 Aug 2018 04:07:11 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/article-series/ This page will show you all the existing article series in Journeys of Life. The list is in alphabetical order and will expand as time goes by. Clicking at a link will open up the initial page of that series. In this page are also listed all the miscellaneous articles of Journeys of Life. That list is updated any time another miscellaneous article is published. But you can access the articles of course in the front page by clicking there at Articles. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-3/ Sun, 05 Aug 2018 08:31:45 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-3/ [caption id=“attachment_3048” align=“alignleft” width=“227”]Golda Meir at age 16 in 1914[/caption] Golda Meir (1898-1978), the fourth Prime Minister of Israel, attending the Fourth Street Grade School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (now called Golda Meir School) organised a fund raiser to pay for her classmates' textbooks? A future leader. Or that she lived all her formative years in the United States before moving to Palestine in 1921? And that she strongly identified with Judaism culturally, but when it came to her religious beliefs, she was actually an atheist. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-2004/ Sat, 04 Aug 2018 08:11:10 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-2004/ In the year 2004, the largest ocean liner ever built, RMS Queen Mary 2, is christened (Jan 8), Facebook is created (Feb 8), NATO expands by seven European countries (Mar 29), the European Union expands by ten member states (May 1), SpaceShipOne becomes the first privately funded spacecraft to achieve spaceflight (Jun 21), the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft arrives at Saturn (Jul 1), the Orange Revolution begins in Ukraine (Nov 22), tsunami 2004 kills an estimated 227,898 people in Thailand and Indonesia (Dec 26) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1666/ Fri, 03 Aug 2018 07:05:34 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1666/ [caption id=“attachment_3295” align=“alignleft” width=“238”]Sapling of the original Newton apple tree in Cambridge, England[/caption] In the year 1666, the English court returns to London with the Great Plague of London subsiding (Feb 1), Isaac Newton witnesses the falling of an apple which leads him to discover gravity (May 3), the Great Fire of London occurs (Sep 2-5), Newton uses a prism to split sunlight, contributing to the scientific understanding of light, the first census in North America is completed - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-4/ Wed, 01 Aug 2018 04:47:52 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-4/ This time in our series Who Said That! a little longer quotation. But as always, remember to scroll down s l o w l y so as not to reveal ahead of time who said that. Who said: “IMPERFECTION IS BEAUTY, MADNESS IS GENIUS AND IT’S BETTER TO BE ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS THAN ABSOLUTELY BORING” A hint: part of her charm for sure! [caption id=“attachment_3023” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”]Scene from the movie “The Shape of Water”[/caption] And the answer is: * * * Marilyn Monroe. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1811/ Mon, 30 Jul 2018 06:07:03 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1811/ Seventh Avenue & Madison Square Garden The Commissioners' Plan for Manhattan is presented (Mar 22), Paraguay and Venezuela declare their independence from the Spanish Empire (May 14&Jul 5), Jane Austen’s _Sense and Sensibility _is published - anonymously “By A Lady” - for the first time, at her own expense (Oct 30), the Mexican War on Independence goes on until 1821 - and all these fine people were born: 1811-xxxx Isaac Baker Brown* gynaecologist/obstetrical surgeon - Colne Engaine, Essex, England (1873/c. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/1000-years-ago-today/ Sun, 29 Jul 2018 08:11:52 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/1000-years-ago-today/ This might sound like stretching it a bit, but nevertheless, here’s the newest addition to the list of series: 1000 Years Ago Today! To be published every now and then. Perhaps once a year. When you think about it, not much of essence differentiates us from the people who lived a thousand years ago. Their surroundings and circumstances sure were different, but when it comes to the basic human needs, desires, capabilities, ambitions etc, most of it is more or less the same for us and them. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-call-of-woods/ Thu, 26 Jul 2018 08:11:24 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-call-of-woods/ We all know that - instinctively or otherwise. That it is good for the mind, body and soul to connect with nature. For example by having a walk in the woods. No matter how urban or modern we are, we all benefit from spending time outdoors. And woods especially have that special pull that draws many of us into leaving everything for a while, and head to be embraced by the trees. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1817/ Wed, 25 Jul 2018 08:51:01 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1817/ [caption id=“attachment_4123” align=“alignleft” width=“319”]Gents Hobby Horse from 1818 in British Museum (uploaded by ObjectWiki user Ian.wilkes)[/caption] In the year 1817, James Monroe is sworn is as the 5th U.S. President (Mar 4), German inventor Karl Drais drives his dandy horse (without pedals), the forerunner of the bicycle (Jun 12), the future museum ship, the frigate HMS Trincomalee, is launched in Bombay (Oct 17), the independent government of Venezuela is established by Simón Bolívar (Oct 30), the first Seminole War begins in Florida (Nov 20), the first cholera pandemic originates in Bengal - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/rachel-who/ Tue, 24 Jul 2018 06:33:29 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/rachel-who/ This is one in the series of articles titled First Names First and it is all for pure entertainment! We present a chronological list of persons with their first name here, and your task is to pick one. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1848/ Mon, 23 Jul 2018 08:11:45 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1848/ [caption id=“attachment_4175” align=“alignleft” width=“364”]After New York Herald breaks the news on gold in California in August 1848, adds such as this become a regular feature in newspapers[/caption] In the year 1848, the California Gold Rush begins (Jan 24), Mexico cedes most of what becomes the future Southwestern United States to the U.S. (Feb 2), Marx and Engels publish The Communist Manifesto in London (Feb 21), the Hungarian Revolution begins (Mar 15), the German Revolutions culminate in Berlin (Mar 18), the Swiss Federal Constitution enters into force, creating one of the first modern democratic states in Europe (Sep 12), representative democracy is proclaimed in the Netherlands (Nov 3), Franz Joseph becomes Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary and Bohemia, until 1916 (Nov 24), a wave of revolutions sweeps across Europe and elsewhere, the famine in Ireland continues, several universities are founded - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/survivor-winners/ Sat, 21 Jul 2018 21:22:28 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/survivor-winners/ Survivor is one of the favorite shows of many of us, and definitely of this blogger. As you may know, there are several Survivor series around the world; this article deals solely with the American version. And this one has long been coming: a list of all the Survivor Winners. But since probably not all of you have seen all the seasons, it is time to give a definite S P O I L E R A L E R T ! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1806/ Sat, 21 Jul 2018 07:05:22 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1806/ Napoleon enters Berlin through the Brandenburger Tor in 1806 (by Charles Meynier) In the year 1806, the Kingdom of Bavaria is established by Napoleon (Jan 1), Lord Nelson is given a state funeral in London (Jan 9), British troops occupy the Cape of Good Hope (Jan 19), Andrew Jackson - the future president - kills a man in a duel (May 30), 16 German Imperial States leave the Holy Roman Empire, and form the Confederation of the Rhine (Jul 12), the last Holy Roman Emperor abdicates, thus ending the Holy Roman Empire after 844 years (Aug 6), Napoleon begins the War of the Fourth Coalition (Oct 8), French forces enter Berlin (Oct 24), and Warsaw (Nov 28), Noah Webster publishes his first American English dictionary - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-paris/ Fri, 20 Jul 2018 08:11:15 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-paris/ Flag of Paris This time Streets & Squares goes to Paris, the capital of France. The city is filled with eponymous addresses, which here may entail streets, squares, parks, bridges etc. The article may expand later on. Those of you who have visited this lovely city, or read about it, probably know that it is divided into 20 areas or districts called arrondissements. The rule of thumb is that the lower the number, the more central the area is. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1685/ Wed, 18 Jul 2018 08:11:21 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1685/ [caption id=“attachment_4224” align=“alignleft” width=“357”]Old Dutch Church in Sleepy Hollow, New York[/caption] Catholic James Stuart becomes King James II of England and Ireland, and King James VII of Scotland (Feb 6), but his nephew James Scott wants the throne and starts the Monmouth Rebellion (Jun 11), James Scott is executed for treason (Jul 15), the first organised street lighting is introduced in London with oil lamps to be lit on moonless winter nights outside every tenth house (Sep), the Morean War between the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire goes on, construction begins of the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/from-russia-with-love/ Mon, 16 Jul 2018 11:44:09 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/from-russia-with-love/ So France won the World Cup 2018 in Russia. Congratulations France, and thanks FIFA for all that great football! And thank you, the players from all the 32 participating countries. Paris welcomes today the French players, but hats off for the Croatian team, and better luck next time! Meanwhile, Paris welcomes its heroes. It has been said countless of times how young the French national side is. Keeping up with the nature of this site, let’s see just how young: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-4-2/ Sun, 15 Jul 2018 08:11:02 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-4-2/ Let’s have yet another piece in the series Who Said That! Depicting what we people have uttered in a moment of elation, insight, inspiration, wisdom, despair - or any other emotion. Try to guess/remember first who said that, and if you don’t know, you’ll see who it was at the very end of this article. These pieces are there to lift your spirits, brighten your day, increase your tolerance of fellow human beings - or just give you a temporary relief from whatever you were doing a moment ago. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-the-1410s/ Sat, 14 Jul 2018 07:35:49 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-the-1410s/ In the year 1410, the first of the Yongle Emperor’s against the Mongols is launched (Mar 25), Polish and Lithunian forces defeat the Teutonic Knights in the Battle of Tannenberg (Jul 15), construction of the church Heiliggeistkirche in Heidelberg begins in Germany, the Prague Astronomical Clock is built at the Old Town Hall, construction begins on Castle Woerden in the Netherlands - and all these fine people were born: 1410-0130 William Calthorpe* knight/High Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk - England (1494/84) 1410-0801 Jan IV of Nassau* Count of Nassau, Dietz and Dillenburg - Dillenburg, Germany (1475/64) 1411-0921 Richard of York* claimant to the English throne - Kings Langley, Hertfordshire (1460/49) 1412-0106 Joan of Arc* “The Maid of Orleans” - Domrémy, Kingdom of France (1431/c. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-the-1400s/ Fri, 13 Jul 2018 08:00:44 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-the-1400s/ In the year 1400, Henry IV of England executes Earls of Kent, Huntingdon and Salisbury, and the Baron de Despencer for their attempt to have Richard II restored as king (Jan) who then soon dies in captivity (Feb 14), the English occupy Edinburgh, but fail to capture Edinburgh Castle (Aug), the Mississippian Culture starts to decline, the Kingdom of Kongo begins, remaining mostly independent for nearly 500 years - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-2/ Wed, 11 Jul 2018 08:11:09 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-2/ [caption id=“attachment_3371” align=“alignleft” width=“213”]Seal of South Carolina[/caption] This is the second piece in our series Monthly Latin - one Latin phrase or quotation a month. Our fascination of this old language may very well keep it alive for centuries to come. The person who is behind the quotation will be revealed only at the end of the article, so remember to scroll down slowly.  Dum spiro, spero  And this translates While I breath, I hope. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/richard-who/ Tue, 10 Jul 2018 07:11:29 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/richard-who/ This is one in the series of articles titled First Names First and it is all for pure entertainment! We present a chronological list of persons with their first name here, and your task is to pick one. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-2/ Thu, 05 Jul 2018 08:11:15 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that-2/ the kid in Charlie Chaplin’s The Kid is the same guy who played Uncle Fester in the 1960s TV-series The Addams Family? The Californian actor Jackie Coogan (1914-1984). And that he was one of the first child stars in film history who upon reaching adulthood sued his parents (actually his mother and stepfather) over his squandered film earnings. That provoked the state of California to enact in 1939 the first known legal protection for the earnings of child performers, widely known as the Coogan Act - last revised in 2004. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1776/ Wed, 04 Jul 2018 06:13:28 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1776/ [caption id=“attachment_3560” align=“alignleft” width=“280”]The Betsy Ross Flag from 1776[/caption] In the year 1776, Edward Gibbon publishes the first volume of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire(Feb 17), Illuminati is founded in Ingolstadt, Bavaria (May 1), Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to the British rule (May 4), the Continental Congress ratifies the declaration by the United States of its independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain (Jul 4), American troops destroy pro-Britain Cherokee towns (Sep 1), the Continental Congress officially names its union of states the United States (Sep 9), the Continental Army defeats the British on Manhattan (Sep 16), the Bolshoi Theater in Russia hosts its first annual opera season (Sep 24), the American Revolution goes on – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-2003/ Mon, 02 Jul 2018 05:44:49 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-2003/ In the year 2003, Belgium becomes the second country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage (Jan 30), all seven astronauts are killed aboard the space shuttle Columbia at reentry to over Texas (Feb 1), the Iraq War begins (Mar 20), The Human Genome Project is completed, with 99% of the human genome sequenced to 99.99% accuracy (Apr 14), Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in over 60,000 years (Aug 27), China launches its first manned spaceflight (Oct 15), Saddam Hussein is captured in Iraq (Dec 13), several European countries approve joining the EU - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-3/ Sun, 01 Jul 2018 02:26:36 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-3/ Let’s have another piece in the series Who Said That! Depicting what we people have uttered in a moment of elation, insight, inspiration, wisdom, despair - or any other emotion. The headline suggests anger, and is really a joke here, anger being such a poor indicator. It is instead those other emotions we are looking for. Try to guess/remember first who said that, and if you don’t know, you’ll see who it was at the very end of the article. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1672/ Fri, 29 Jun 2018 08:11:34 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1672/ [caption id=“attachment_3116” align=“alignnone” width=“3162”]Aerial view of the Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine, Florida[/caption] In the year 1672, the Kingdom of England declares war on the Dutch Republic (Mar 17), France invades the Dutch Republic (Apr 29), Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis are slaughtered by a mob in The Hague, Holland, accused of being responsible for major Dutch defeats of late (Aug 20), Spain begins the construction on the fort of Castillo de San Marcos in order to protect St. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1815/ Thu, 28 Jun 2018 06:23:03 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1815/ In the year 1815, Battle of New Orleans is fought, though the war - War of 1812 - has ended (Jan 8), the first commercial cheese factory is founded in Switzerland (Feb 3), the Spanish reconquest of Latin America begins (Feb 17), the War of 1812 officially ends (Feb 18), Napoleon enters Paris after escaping from Elba, and begins his (last) Hundred Days rule (Mar 20), the German Confederation and Congress Poland are created (Jun 9), in the Battle of Waterloo, Wellington defeats Napoleon (Jun 18), Napoleon begins his exile on Saint Helena (Oct 15), the Napoleonic Wars come to an end after 12 years (Nov 20), Jane Austen’s Emma is published (Dec 23) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/one-day-in-the-life-of-xxx/ Mon, 25 Jun 2018 03:50:12 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/one-day-in-the-life-of-xxx/ This is the first in the series One Day in the Life of … of people from all walks of life. If we live to be 80, we have lived around 29,200 days. We get to 10,000 days at the age of 27. So there are plenty of days for all kinds of things to happen. Something spectacular. Something life-changing. Or just a pretty ordinary day that still held something very memorable. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/mary-who/ Sun, 24 Jun 2018 07:59:35 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/mary-who/ Here’s another one for the series “First Names First”! We present a chronological list of persons with their first name here, and your task is to pick one. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Give a couple of minutes of your life to this. Lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us - let them! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1788/ Thu, 21 Jun 2018 04:55:29 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1788/ The Royal Dramatic Theater in Stockholm, Sweden. Colloquially known as Dramaten In the year 1788, the first edition of The Times is published in London (Jan 1), 11 ships Sydney Cove with the aim of establishing there a British prison colony, the first permanent European settlement on the continent - hence celebrated as Australia Day (Jan 26), Sydney is named and founded (Feb 7), the first recorded riot in America takes place, due to grave robbers in Manhattan (Apr 13), The Royal Dramatic Theater is founded in Stockholm (May 10), Mozart completes his 41st and last symphony (Aug 10), seven new U. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-berlin/ Wed, 20 Jun 2018 05:55:31 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-berlin/ This is part in the article series Streets and Squares that provide some background information on street signs around the world. It is a fun way to learn about the history and culture of the cities you visit or even live in! This time we target Berlin which became the capital of the unified Germany exactly 27 years ago, June 20th 1991. Strasse - or straße like they write that double s in German - means of course street, and there are quite a few eponymous streets - and squares and parks - in Berlin. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1814/ Tue, 19 Jun 2018 04:47:40 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1814/ [caption id=“attachment_3107” align=“alignleft” width=“416”]General Andrew Jackson in the Battle of New Orleans in 1814[/caption] In the year 1814, the War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom goes on all year long (Jan), Denmark cedes Norway into personal union with Sweden in exchange for west Pomerania (Jan 4), Norway’s independence is proclaimed, marking the ultimate end of the Kalmar Union (Feb 11), Napoleonic Wars are coming to an end (Apr 10) and Napoleon is exiled to Elba (May 30), inspired by the French Gendarmerie. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-continuity/ Mon, 18 Jun 2018 06:41:10 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-continuity/ This blog has been around for the past 10 years (under another name), and is going to be here in this digital world of ours not just for the next 10 but for years and years to come. So in case you are wondering whether there is any point of adding your relatives here - distant or near - ask yourself what guarantee we have of anything remaining intact for future generations to come. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-2/ Fri, 15 Jun 2018 08:11:38 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that-2/ Let’s have another piece in this series Who Said That! Depicting what we people have uttered in a moment of elation, insight, inspiration, wisdom, despair - or any other emotion. The headline suggests anger, and is really a joke here, anger being such a poor indicator. It is instead those other emotions we are looking for. Try to guess/remember first who said that, and if you don’t know, you’ll see who it was at the very end of the article. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/canadas-political-map/ Thu, 14 Jun 2018 08:15:34 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/canadas-political-map/ Canada is a big country - the biggest in the world after Russia - and divided into many parts that might be nice to know more of for those of us who never visited this great country. So here below you see the provinces and territories - in both English and French - with their official two-letter abbreviations and also the capitals. These abbreviations will be used throughout the site. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1854/ Wed, 13 Jun 2018 06:45:42 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1854/ [caption id=“attachment_3273” align=“alignleft” width=“441”]Photo courtesy National Library of Medicine[/caption] In the year 1854, Major streets are lit by goal gas for the first time in San Francisco (Feb 11), the Republican Party is founded in the U.S. (Feb 28), slavery is abolished in Venezuela (Mar 24), the Convention of Kanagawa opens Japanese ports to American trade (Mar 31), the first cotton mill in India is established (Jul 7), the findings of the cholera outbreak in London form the starting point for epidemiology (Aug 31), Florence Nightingale and her team of volunteer nurses arrives in Scutari, Ottoman Empire to care for wounded soldiers there (Nov), the French fashion label Louis Vuitton is founded - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1855/ Mon, 11 Jun 2018 22:21:45 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1855/ Ottawa is incorporated as a city (Jan 1), Alexander II ascends the Russian throne (Mar 2), Nepalese troops invade Tibet (Apr 3), Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City opens its doors (Jun 5), stamp duty is removed from British newspapers, creating mass media in the United Kingdom (Jun 15), The Daily Telegraph begins publication in London (Jun 29), the Australian Colonies are granted self-governing status by the United Kingdom (Jul 16), the capital of the Crimea, Sebastopol, falls to French and British troops (Sep 9), Van Diemen’s Land is officially renamed Tasmania (Oct 24), the cocaine alkaloid is first isolated - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-1/ Mon, 11 Jun 2018 05:28:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/monthly-latin-1/ From this day on there will be another constant presence in Journeys of Life, namely Monthly Latin. That old language isn’t of course an official language anywhere except perhaps in the Vatican State, and in the Catholic Church the use of Latin has greatly diminished since the old-style Latin Mass was phased out more than 40 years ago - in favor of local languages. Latin does remain the official language of the universal Church, but it is used mainly as the language of reference for translating major documents into modern languages. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/michael-who/ Sun, 10 Jun 2018 04:00:32 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/michael-who/ Here is another piece in the series “First Names First” - all for pure entertainment! We present a chronological list of persons with their first name here, and your task is to pick one. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, encouragement, empathy, etc. Give a couple of minutes of your life to this. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-2002/ Sat, 09 Jun 2018 06:40:46 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-2002/ In the year 2002, the Euro is officially introduced in the Eurozone countries (Jan 1), the Sierra Leone Civil War comes to a conclusion (Jan 18), Queen Elizabeth II celebrates the Golden Jubilee (Feb 6), Mark Shuttleworth becomes the first African space tourist (Apr 25), Switzerland becomes the 190th member state of the United Nations (Sep 10), and East Timor the 191st (Sep 26), Homeland Security Act is signed into law in the United States (Nov 25) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1808/ Fri, 08 Jun 2018 02:14:42 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1808/ [caption id=“attachment_1955” align=“alignleft” width=“372”]Suomenlinna (Sveaborg) in the 21st century[/caption] In the year 1808, the importation of slaves into the United States is banned (Jan 1), John Adams, the last alive HMS Bounty mutineer is found on Pitcairn Islands (Feb 6), the Finnish War begins (Feb 21), Russian troops occupy Helsinki (Mar 1), Denmark declares war on Sweden (Mar 13), the people of Madrid rise up against the French troops (May 2), the fortress of Sveaborg in Helsinki is lost to Russia (May 3), the Swedish archipelago fleet defeats the Russians in the Battle of Turku (Jun 30), Tsar Alexander I of Russia proclaims Finland a part of Russia (Dec 1), Napoleon joins his army in Spain (Dec 4) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1868/ Thu, 07 Jun 2018 06:43:22 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1868/ [caption id=“attachment_3085” align=“alignleft” width=“377”]Police crossing notice from 1868[/caption] In the year 1868, the last convict ship from England to Australia arrives in Western Australia (Jan 9), the first identified skeletons of Cro-Magnon are discovered in France (Mar), MetLife is founded in New York City (Mar 24), United Kingdom decides to end public hanging (May 29), the Navajo people begin their long march home to Arizona and New Mexico (Jul 18), the name of the city of Edo changes to Tokyo (Sep 3), the 265-year long Edo period in Japan ends to give way to the new Meiji period (Oct 23), Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder (Oct 28), the world’s first traffic signal lights are installed in London, England (Dec 9) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-historical-context/ Wed, 06 Jun 2018 08:11:01 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-historical-context/ As you may have noticed, history is a big part of Journeys of Life. Along with the birth dates in each individual year, you can usually see a short list of some of the historical events that took place that particular year. Usually with a picture associated with one of the events. The yearly facts are of course meant to give some background and flavor to the times that the people - and the parents of those born - were living in. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that/ Tue, 05 Jun 2018 08:11:40 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/did-you-know-that/ [caption id=“attachment_2622” align=“alignleft” width=“223”]Jack London in 1903[/caption] Jack London was one of the first writers to become a worldwide celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing? He was born in 1876, died fairly young at the age of 40, but amassed a fortune from novels such as The Call of the Wild (1903) and White Fang (1906), and the short story To Build a Fire (1902/1908) which many critics assess as his best. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-links/ Mon, 04 Jun 2018 08:11:34 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-links/ And the absence of them. You may have noticed that links are richly used in Journeys of Life when it comes to the persons appearing in the Year Files. Those links invariably lead to the Wikipedia page telling more about the person in question. In case there is no Wiki page available, the links direct you elsewhere. And sometimes of course there just isn’t any link to provide. But contrary to Wikipedia’s ample linkage and what many of us are used to, links are used very sparingly in the introductory paragraphs to these year files. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1851/ Sun, 03 Jun 2018 07:52:55 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1851/ [caption id=“attachment_3220” align=“alignleft” width=“345”]Singer’s 1854 improved patent model[/caption] In the year 1851, Edward Hargraves claims to have found gold in Australia (Feb 12), Verdi’s Rigoletto is first performed (Mar 11), the first Australian gold rush is proclaimed (May 15), Isaac Singer is granted a patent for his sewing machine (Aug 12), the New York Times is founded (Sep 18), the news service Reuters is founded (Oct), The Whale (later known as Moby Dick) is published in London (Oct 18), Moby Dick is published in the U. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1850/ Sat, 02 Jun 2018 07:11:36 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1850/ American Express is founded by Henry Wells & Williams Fargo (Mar 19), Los Angeles and San Francisco are incorporated as cities (Apr 4&15), the transportation of British convicts to Western Australia begins (Jun 1), the Danish Stag Holocaust takes place (Jul 2), Prussia capitulates to Austrian Empire (Nov 29), tens of thousands of East Indian laborers are shipped to Trinidad and Jamaica until 1880, the Great Famine in Ireland goes on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that/ Fri, 01 Jun 2018 07:05:35 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/who-said-that/ This is an article series depicting what we people have uttered in a moment of elation, insight, inspiration, wisdom, despair - or any other emotion. The headline suggests anger, and is really a joke here, anger being such a poor indicator. It is instead those other emotions we are looking for. Try to guess/remember first who said that, and if you don’t know, you’ll see who it was at the very end of the article. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1845/ Thu, 31 May 2018 06:11:38 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1845/ [caption id=“attachment_2748” align=“alignright” width=“206”]Maori chief Hone Heke with wife Hariata wearing flax cloaks[/caption] In the year 1845, The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe is published (Jan 29), Florida becomes the 27th U.S. state (Mar 3), New Zealand Wars begin, waged between the Maori and the British (Mar 11), Stephen Perry patents the rubber band (Mar 17), Scientific American begins publication (Aug 28), potato blight breaks out in Ireland, beginning the Great Famine (Sep 9), the Monroe Doctrine states that the United States should aggressively expand into the West (Dec 2), anesthesia is used for the first time for childbirth in Jefferson, Georgia (Dec 27), Texas is admitted as the 28th U. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1844/ Wed, 30 May 2018 06:11:47 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1844/ In the year 1844, the Edict of Toleration is passed allowing Jews to settle in the Holy Land (Mar 23), the world’s second police force is established in Hong Kong (May 1), the first electrical telegram is sent by Samuel Morse (May 24), YMCA is founded in London (Jun 6), Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber (Jun 15), the Mormon leader Joseph Smith and his brother are killed by a mob in Carthage, Illinois (Jun 27), Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx meet in Paris (Aug 28), Hungarian becomes the official language of Hungary (Nov 13), the safety match is invented - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/your-ancestors/ Tue, 29 May 2018 06:11:31 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/your-ancestors/ As a courtesy to our readers, Journeys of Life provides a service that might interest some of you. In addition to being able to list your own birth data here, you are allowed to add your ancestors as well. But as you present their name and birth data (as fully as possible), please tell us also their main profession or what they mainly were known for. Also you could give some of the historical background to shed some more light. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1843-2/ Mon, 28 May 2018 07:11:16 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1843-2/ [caption id=“attachment_2744” align=“alignnone” width=“950”]Pioneers on the Oregon Trail in 1843[/caption] The Thames Tunnel, the world’s first bored underwater tunnel, is opened in London (Mar 25), the first major wagon train headed for the American Northwest sets out with 1000 pioneers from Missouri (May 22), Brazil becomes the second country to issue postage stamps (Aug 1), the amusement park Tivoli Gardens opens in Copenhagen, Denmark (Aug 15), Ada Lovelace becomes in essence the world’s first computer programmer (Sep), the Economist is first published in London (Sep 2), the city of Shanghai opens for trade with foreigners (Nov 17), the world’s first Christmas cards are sent (Dec) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1842/ Sun, 27 May 2018 07:16:59 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1842/ In the year 1842, an American medical student becomes the first person to administer an inhaled anesthetic to facilitate a surgical procedure (Jan), Mexican troops invade Texas, but soon head back - the first such invasion since the Texas Revolution (Mar 5), the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra performs its first concert (Mar 28), a primary school system is established in Sweden (Jun 18), the Treaty of Nanking ends the First Opium War, and establishes Hong Kong as a British colony until 1997 (Aug 29), the New York Philharmonic performs its first concert (Dec 7) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1841/ Sat, 26 May 2018 05:27:34 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1841/ [caption id=“attachment_2727” align=“alignright” width=“394”]Replica of The Amistad (courtesy of Amistad America)[/caption] In the year 1841, Britain occupies Hong Kong (Jan 24), the two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada (Feb 11), the court case United States v. The Amistad is ruled in favor of the slaves from Sierra Leone (Mar 9), John Tyler is sworn in as the 10th U.S. President (Apr 6), New Zealand becomes a British colony (May 3), the first edition of Punch is published in London (Jul 17), Emperor Pedro II is crowned in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Jul 18), first demonstration of what was then called animal magnetism - later hypnotism - is observed (Nov 13) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/one-day-in-the-life-of/ Fri, 25 May 2018 05:20:47 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/one-day-in-the-life-of/ Have you read the novel One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn? I have, long time ago. It describes a single day in the life of an ordinary prisoner in a Gulag camp, and now, that book gives life to a new article series in this Journeys of Life: One Day in the Life of people from all walks of life. If we live to be 80, we have lived around 29,200 days. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/helen-who/ Thu, 24 May 2018 06:39:27 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/helen-who/ This is the second piece in the series First Names First and it is all for pure entertainment! We present a chronological list of persons with their first name (or the name they mainly use) here, and your task is to pick one. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, encouragement, empathy, etc. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1829/ Tue, 22 May 2018 07:00:36 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1829/ The Great Wave off Kanagawa, published 1829-1833 by Katsushika Hokusai In the year 1829, Andrew Jackson is sworn in as the 7th President of the United States (Mar 4), Greece receives autonomy from the Ottoman Empire (Mar 22), accordion is patented (May 23), the Metropolitan Police Service in London is established (Jun 19), the first bus service in London is begun (Jul 4), African-American abolitionist David Walker publishes his Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World (Sep 25), the first bobbies start patrolling London streets (Sep 23), the first modern hotel in the U. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1876/ Mon, 21 May 2018 08:11:36 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1876/ [caption id=“attachment_2650” align=“alignleft” width=“237”]Marker stone on the battlefield of Little Bighorn, courtesy of Mark A. Wilson[/caption] In the year 1876, Alexander Graham Bell is granted a U.S. patent for the telephone, ahead of Elisha Gray (Mar 7), thousands of Plains Indians gather at the Little Bighorn River (spring), Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is published in London (June), the first train ride from New York to San Francisco takes some 84 hours (Jun 4), Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse defeat Custer’s forces at the Battle of the Little Bighorn (Jun 25-26), retaliated later at Powder River (Nov 25), Heinz Tomato Ketchup is introduced, Anheuser-Busch first markets Budweiser as a nationally sold beer, samurai are banned from carrying swords in Japan - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-manhattan/ Sun, 20 May 2018 02:55:20 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-manhattan/ This is the second article in the series Streets & Squares. This time it is about New York City - the place that never sleeps. For those of you who have visited the city, it is no news that its five boroughs, especially Manhattan, are filled with numbered avenues and streets, i.e. with no credit to any historical persons. But there are a few addresses with names too, and here are a few of them. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1883/ Sat, 19 May 2018 06:24:47 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1883/ In the year 1883, Life Magazine is founded in Los Angeles (Jan 4), the first vaudeville theater is opened in Boston, MA (Feb 28), oxygen is liquefied for the first time (Apr 5), after 13 years of construction, the Brooklyn Bridge is opened to traffic (May 24), the world’s first rodeo is held in Pecos, Texas (Jul 4), Krakatoa in the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) erupts, killing thousands (Aug 26), the Orient Express begins to run (Oct 4), U. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/nhl-goalkeepers/ Fri, 18 May 2018 02:55:22 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/nhl-goalkeepers/ [caption id=“attachment_2324” align=“alignright” width=“242”]Martin Brodeur in 2006[/caption] For all you hockey fans out there, here is a list of all the goaltenders who have reached 350+ wins in the NHL! True to the site genre, the list below is chronological. Active goalies are marked with *** and behind each goalie you see the nationality, match wins and matches played. The ranking is shown in brackets. For the more traditional list, check below this one. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1560/ Thu, 17 May 2018 05:03:31 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1560/ [caption id=“attachment_2529” align=“alignleft” width=“337”]Tulip fields in the Netherlands[/caption] In the year 1560, Denmark buys the Estonian island of Saaremaa (Apr 15), Oda Nobunaga defeats Imagawa Yoshimoto in the Battle of Okehazama (Jun 12), the Treaty of Edinburgh is signed, and thus ends the Auld Alliance between France and Scotland (Jul 9), the Roman Church is overthrown and Protestantism is established as the national religion in Scotland (Aug 17), Eric XIV becomes King of Sweden upon the death of his father Gustav Vasa (Sep 29). https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1500/ Wed, 16 May 2018 04:58:06 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1500/ In the year 1500, the last year of the 15th century, Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral officially discovers Brazil, and claims the land for the Kingdom of Portugal (Apr 22), Portuguese navigator Diogo Dias discovers Madagascar (Aug 10), France and Spain agree to divide the Kingdom of Naples between them in the Treaty of Granada (Nov 11), Europe’s population is estimated at 56.7 million people - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1884/ Tue, 15 May 2018 06:29:54 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1884/ In the year 1884, the eight-hour workday is proclaimed in the United States, and is henceforth observed as May Day or Labor Day elsewhere in the world as well (May 1), the espresso machine is patented (May 16), the invention of local anesthesia is made public in a medical congress in Heidelberg, Germany (Sep 15), Timisoara becomes the first European town to be illuminated by electric light (Nov 2), the Washington Monument is completed, becoming for a while the tallest structure in the world (Dec 6), Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published in London (Dec 10) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/luise-ziezt-1865-1922/ Mon, 14 May 2018 08:11:11 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/luise-ziezt-1865-1922/ Perhaps not the most well-known name, but still, Luise Ziezt begins this new series of Remarkable Women. She was born in the spring of 1865 in Bargteheide, Prussia, German Empire. She started working at an early age as her dad had a home weaving business where she too had to put in hours. She later studied to become a kindergarten teacher, got married in Hamburg in 1890, and became politically active there. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/remarkable-women/ Sun, 13 May 2018 08:11:51 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/remarkable-women/ In this particular series of articles we present women who have had an impact on the world. Women who can stand as role models to us modern women no matter when they themselves were born. Because in their own time, they were ahead of their time. Or they simply rose above their gender. Do you know by the way why the International Women’s Day is celebrated on the 8th of March? https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1834/ Sat, 12 May 2018 06:20:58 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1834/ In the year 1834, York in Upper Canada is incorporated as Toronto (Mar 6), Cyrus McCormick is granted a patent for his mechanical reaper (Jun 21), the Spanish Inquisition, which began in the 15th century, is suppressed by royal degree (Jul 15), slavery is abolished in the British Empire (Aug 1), Athens becomes the capital of Greece, Thomas Davenport creates one of the first electric cars by installing his DC electrical motor in a small model car - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1759/ Fri, 11 May 2018 02:55:20 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1759/ [caption id=“attachment_2282” align=“alignright” width=“387”]The British Museum in the 21st Century[/caption] In the year 1759, the first American life insurance company is incorporated in Philadelphia (Jan 11), the British Museum opens at Montagu House in London, after 6 years of development (Jan 15), a big fire breaks out at Södermalm in Stockholm, Sweden (Jul 19), a brewery is leased by Arthur Guinness in St. James’s Gate in Dublin, for the brewing of Guinness (Dec 31) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/henry-who/ Thu, 10 May 2018 02:55:51 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/henry-who/ This is one in the series of articles titled First Names First and it is all for pure entertainment! We present an alphabetical list of persons with their first names here, and your task is to pick one. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/first-names-first/ Wed, 09 May 2018 02:55:26 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/first-names-first/ [caption id=“attachment_2081” align=“alignright” width=“409”]Birth certificate of Marilyn Monroe[/caption] This is a series of articles titled “First Names First” and it is all for pure entertainment! Below you can see the list of first names - male and female. Your task is to pick one (with a link). Then choose one of the persons with that first name, follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and then see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1694/ Tue, 08 May 2018 08:55:13 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1694/ In the year 1694, the French navy defeats Spain during the Battle of Torroella in Catalonia (May 27), the Bank of England is founded partly in order to raise money for the war effort against France (Jul 27), British American colonial forces fail to seize Quebec, the capital of New France, from the French (Oct 23), the Parliament of England passes a law requiring general elections every three years (Dec 3), the slave ship Hannibal arrives from Benin on the west coast of Africa to the New World with only half of its “load” alive - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1801/ Mon, 07 May 2018 02:55:14 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1801/ The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland comes about, and Ceres is discovered (Jan 1), Thomas Jefferson is the new U.S. President (Mar 4), the first census is held in Great Britain (Mar 10), the First Barbary War where the United States and Sweden fight against four North African States, begins (May 1), Tsar Alexander I of Russia confirms the privileges of the Baltic provinces (Sep 9), the first edition of New York Evening Post is printed (Nov 16), ultraviolet radiation is discovered, the French Revolutionary Wars go on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1833/ Sun, 06 May 2018 02:55:49 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1833/ [caption id=“attachment_1798” align=“alignright” width=“413”]The windy city in the year 1833[/caption] In the year 1833, U.S. President Andrew Jackson is attacked in Alexandria, Virginia (May 6), Dubai gains independence from the United Kingdom (Jun 9), a mob destroys the Mormon printing office in Jackson County, Missouri (Jul 20), the city of Chicago is established by 350 settlers (Aug 12), the British Parliament limits child labor with the Factory Acts (Aug 29), the American Anti-Slavery Society is founded - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/auguste-rodin-and-others-born-1840/ Sat, 05 May 2018 02:22:05 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/auguste-rodin-and-others-born-1840/ There are several artists listed here in Journeys of Life, one of them being the French sculptor Auguste Rodin, born November 12th, 1840. Check here for other people born that same year and decade, and check also this Artsy link that shows some of Rodin’s work and where you could see them. There is also an interesting app that you could download called DailyArt that gives you a new piece of art to see and read about on a daily basis, even when sitting in a crowded bus. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1835/ Fri, 04 May 2018 03:38:18 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1835/ [caption id=“attachment_2203” align=“alignleft” width=“287”]Positive made out of the first ever negative, of a latticed window at Lacock Abbey in England[/caption] In the year 1835, the United States public debt contracts to zero, for the only time in history (Jan 8), Ferdinand becomes Emperor of Austria (Mar 2), the first railway in the continental Europe is opened, between Brussels and Mechelen (May 5), the world’s first photographic negatives are exposed in England (Aug), European settlers, landing at Yarra River in southeastern Australia, found the city of Melbourne (Aug 30), the pencil manufacturer Staedler is founded (Oct 3), settlers in Mexican Texas launch the Texas Revolution (Oct), James Pratt and John Smith are the last to suffer capital punishment for homosexual acts in England (Nov 27), the Second Seminole War led by Osceola breaks out (Dec 28), English becomes the official language in India - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-2001/ Thu, 03 May 2018 02:55:47 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-2001/ In the year 2001, Wikipedia is launched (Jan 15), George W. Bush is sworn in as the 43rd U.S. President (Jan 20), first spacecraft landing on an asteroid takes place (Feb 12), space station Mir is deorbited having served in space since 1986 (Mar 23), Dennis Tito becomes the first space tourist (Apr 28), the Disclosure Project presents testimonies on extraterrestrial life at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. (May 9), with $2. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-21st-century/ Wed, 02 May 2018 02:51:17 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-21st-century/ So, the century we all are living in! Not that much data here as of yet, naturally. Still, here we go. And as always, you can have your own additions here by a simple request. Keep in mind that you need to have the permission of any living person being added here. 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2020 - 2021 - 2022- 2023 - 2024 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/usstates/ Tue, 01 May 2018 02:55:58 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/usstates/ Many of us have trouble remembering which two letters stand for which U.S. states - which is a pity for it is a neat way of expressing them in writing. So here is a list of them for the readers of this site anyways - and you can copy them freely. The date after each state indicates when it became one - and more info of course to be found in the corresponding Wikipedia page. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1824/ Mon, 30 Apr 2018 05:02:40 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1824/ In the year 1824, Simón Bolivar is proclaimed dictator of Peru (Feb 10), the United States War Department creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs (Mar 11), the first permanent settlers arrive to construct the new city of Tallahassee, Florida’s new state capital (Apr 9), Beethoven’s 9th Symphony premieres in Vienna (May 7), Joseph Aspdin patents Portland cement (Oct 21), Peruvian forces defeat the Spanish who by and by lose all of South America (Dec 9) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1831/ Sun, 29 Apr 2018 05:33:27 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1831/ [caption id=“attachment_2043” align=“alignleft” width=“297”]Le Quai Saint Michel et Notre Dame by Maximilien Luce (painted 1901)[/caption] In the year 1831, the French Foreign Legion is founded (Mar 10), Victor Hugo’s The Hunchback of Notre-Dame is published (Mar 16), the North Magnetic Pole is located by James Clark Ross (Jun 1), Leopold I is inaugurated as the King of the Belgians (Jul 21), Russian troops enter the Polish capital Warsaw and crush all resistance (Sep 6), slave trading is forbidden in Brazil (Nov 7), Charles Darwin embarks on his historic voyage aboard HMS Beagle from Plymouth, England (Dec 27) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1870/ Sat, 28 Apr 2018 07:57:04 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1870/ [caption id=“attachment_2009” align=“alignleft” width=“347”]Colosseum in Rome, Italy in the year 1870[/caption] In the year 1870, John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil (Jan 10), The YWCA is founded in New York City (Feb 10), Hiram Rhodes Revels becomes the first African American to sit in the U.S. Congress (Feb 25), the blacks are given the right to vote in the U.S. (Mar 30), France declares war on Prussia (Jul 19), emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared (Sep 4), Rome becomes the capital of unified Italy (Oct 6), Japanese Yen replaces the Tokugawa coinage, Seitsemän veljestä by Aleksis Kivi is published - and all these fine people were born: 1870-xxxx Arthur MacPherson* stock exhange dealer/“Father of Russian football”/of Scottish heritage - St. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1869/ Fri, 27 Apr 2018 02:59:37 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1869/ In the year 1869, The American Museum of Natural History is founded in New York (Apr 6), the First Transcontinental Railroad in North America is completed (May 10), Sainsbury’s first store opens in London (May 22), celluloid is patented (Jun 15), the first Estonian Song Festival takes place (Jun 30), the Suez Canal is inaugurated (Nov 17), Tolstoy’s War and Peace is published (Dec), Jesse James commits his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri (Dec7), DNA is discovered, Japan is on its way to a fully centralized government, the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge begins - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/darwin-lincoln/ Thu, 26 Apr 2018 01:13:34 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/darwin-lincoln/ Did you know that Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin were born on the very same day - on February 12th, 1809? Two great men who left their mark in the history books. Coincidence? Perhaps not. But wouldn’t it be interesting to find yet another match?! In someone’s family tree perhaps? This site is for purposes like that as much as it is for an overall interest in historical data. So go ahead and find out whether there’s a match in your bloodline! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/travel/ Wed, 25 Apr 2018 19:01:28 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/travel/ Travel is a big part of our lives at any age or time. Many of us would like to travel a lot more than we get to do, and a lot of it has to do with money of course. Where can you afford to go? Where do you live? Just planning the next journey can be so much fun, and these days sites like Google Earth and Google Maps with its street view can provide us with some additional inspiration. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1886/ Wed, 25 Apr 2018 04:33:25 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1886/ The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is published (Jan 5), Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile (Jan 29), Coca-Cola is invented (May 8), Arturo Toscanini makes his conducting debut (Jun 25), after almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo surrenders in Arizona (Sep 4), Spain abolishes slavery in Cuba (Oct 7), the Statue of Liberty is dedicated on Liberty Island (Oct 28) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1836/ Tue, 24 Apr 2018 01:36:38 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1836/ The Battle of the Alamo begins between Texans and Mexicans (Feb 23), Samuel Colt receives a patent for the Colt revolver (Feb 25), the Republic of Texas is declared, independent from Mexico (Mar 2), Arkansas is the 25th state to be admitted into the U.S.A. (Jun 15), Charles Darwin returns home from his journey around the world, using then the material acquired to develop his theory of evolution (Oct 2), Sam Houston is inaugurated as the first president of the Republic of Texas (Oct 22), Spain recognizes the independence of Mexico (Dec 28) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1875/ Mon, 23 Apr 2018 00:20:38 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1875/ In the year 1875, the first performance of the opera Carmen takes place in Paris, and the very first indoor hockey game is played in Montreal (Mar 3), an Egyptian invasion of Ethiopia fails (Sep 7), the Ottoman state declares partial bankruptcy and places its finances in the hands of European creditors (Oct 1), the Theosophical Society is founded in New York (Oct 30) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1805/ Sun, 22 Apr 2018 01:34:56 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1805/ [caption id=“attachment_1708” align=“alignright” width=“355”]Mosque of Muhammad Ali in Cairo[/caption] In the year 1805, Thomas Jefferson is sworn in for a second term as president of the United States (Mar 4), Napoleon is crowned King of Italy (May 26), most of Detroit is destroyed in fires (Jun 4), Muhammad Ali Pasha, regarded as the founder of modern Egypt, rises to power (Jul 9), Sweden declares war on France (Oct 31), the Lewis and Clark expedition arrives at the Pacific Ocean (Nov 7), the French Republican Calendar featuring 10-day weeks is used for the last time (Dec 31), the Napoleonic Wars go on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/about/ Sat, 21 Apr 2018 07:03:26 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/about/ Hi there! My name is Tarja Kivi, and I started with this site through Blogspot in 2008. As of March 2018 Journeys of Life is a Wordpress site. All the material has now been transferred to this site. Who am I then? I was born in Helsinki, Finland. Emigrated to Stockholm, Sweden in 1977 and lived there for 17 years. After which I lived a few months in Largo, Florida. Been back in Helsinki since 1995. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/updating-refreshing/ Sat, 21 Apr 2018 05:18:51 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/updating-refreshing/ This being a blog - at least for now - there is typically a date stamp attached to each article. Hopefully no one is bothered about that too much for nothing in this blog remains the same for long. The blog is continually being updated and refreshed. New persons are added, new data is filled in to already existing files and there will also be new article series. Like at the moment the one that concentrates on singular people as a homage to them. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1739/ Fri, 20 Apr 2018 08:00:32 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1739/ In the year 1739, Nader Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne, there among the famous Koh-i-Noor (Mar 20), the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is founded in Stockholm, Sweden (Jun 2), Great Britain declares war on Spain, part of the reason being to provide for better trading opportunities in the Caribbean for Britain, and part being able to continue selling slaves in Spanish America (Oct 23) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1866/ Thu, 19 Apr 2018 06:50:41 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1866/ In the year 1866, the first daylight bank robbery in the United States takes place in Liberty, Missouri, probably committed by Jesse James and his gang (Feb 13), the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City (Apr 10), the telegraph cable between Ireland and Newfoundland, i.e. across the Atlantic Ocean, is successfully laid (Jul 27), the United States Congress legally authorizes metric measure, which fails to gain ground though (Jul 28), Alfred Nobel invents dynamite in Germany - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1800/ Wed, 18 Apr 2018 15:40:16 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1800/ [caption id=“attachment_1590” align=“alignleft” width=“392”]The White House South Facade[/caption] In the year 1800, Alessandro Volta describes his new invention, the chemical battery (Mar 20), Napoleon and his French army begin crossing the Alps (May 15), smallpox vaccine, in existence since 1796, is first used in North America (Jun 2), assent is given to unite the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland (Aug 1), Spain returns Louisiana to France in exchange for the Tuscany area of Italy (Oct 1), John Adams becomes the first U. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1885/ Tue, 17 Apr 2018 17:25:03 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1885/ In the year 1885, the first successful appendectomy is performed (Jan 4), roller coaster is patented (Jan 20), the first Japanese arrive in Hawaii (Feb 9), the Washington Monument is dedicated (Feb 21), AT&T is incorporated in New York (Mar 3), Good Housekeeping goes on sale for the first time (May 2), the Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor (Jun 17), the rabies vaccine is successfully tested (Jul 6), Daimler Reitwagen - regarded as the first motorcycle - is granted patent in Germany (Aug 29) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1837/ Mon, 16 Apr 2018 07:58:15 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1837/ [caption id=“attachment_79” align=“alignright” width=“267”]Queen Victoria at age 18[/caption] In the year 1837, Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist begins publication in serial form in London (Feb), Seminoles attack Fort Foster in Florida (Feb 4), the city of Chicago is incorporated (Mar 4), British businessmen Proctor and Gample begin selling their first manufactured goods such as soap and candles in Cincinnati, Ohio (Apr 12), the financial crisis named Panic of 1837 begins in New York City (May 10), Queen Victoria accedes the throne of United Kingdom at age 18 after her uncle dies (Jun 20), in the Canadas, there is organized rebellion against the British colonial rule - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1761/ Sat, 14 Apr 2018 17:16:15 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1761/ [caption id=“attachment_1522” align=“alignright” width=“322”]A modern set of Faber-Castell color pencils[/caption] In the year 1761, the British capture Pondicherry in India from the French (Jan 16), a transit of Venus occurs, and is observed from 120 locations around the Earth (Jun 6), the slave trade to and within Portugal is forbidden (Sep 19), in the Seven Years' War, the Russians take after four months of siege the Prussian fortress of Kolberg (only to lose it later) (Dec 16), the tune to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star is published in France, Faber-Castell Company is founded in Nuremburg, Germany - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1818/ Fri, 13 Apr 2018 11:20:05 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1818/ [caption id=“attachment_1469” align=“alignleft” width=“366”]Seminole Indians (courtesy of thedailycheck.net)[/caption] In the year 1818, the reign of the Bernadotte begins in Sweden (Feb 5), Chile proclaims its independence from Spain (Feb 12), General Andrew Jackson and his American army invade Florida (Mar 15), Stars & Stripes is adopted as the flag of the United States, at the time with 20 stars (Apr 4), the justification of invading Florida is discussed in the U. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1832/ Thu, 12 Apr 2018 10:30:19 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1832/ [caption id=“attachment_1442” align=“alignleft” width=“296”]A painting by George Catlin (courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)[/caption] In the year 1832, a cholera epidemic claims lives in London, and spreads later to France and North America (Feb 12), the Mormon leader Joseph Smith experiences firsthand the persecution of Mormons in Ohio (Mar 24), the Black Hawk War begins (Apr 6), Modern Greece is born as the Treaty of London creates an independent Kingdom of Greece (May 7), Charles Carroll, the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence, dies at age 95 (Nov 14), Andrew Jackson is re-elected president (Dec 3), painter George Catlin starts to live among the Plains Indians, depicting them in his portraits and paintings in their native territory - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1861/ Wed, 11 Apr 2018 06:41:19 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1861/ In the year 1861, throughout the year, several U.S. states secede from the Union (Jan-Dec), Abraham Lincoln escapes a probable assassination attempt (Feb 23), serfdom is abolished in the Russian Empire (Mar 3), Lincoln becomes the 16th president of a United States at the brink of a civil war, while the Stars and Bars becomes the flag of the Confederate States of America (Mar 4), the American Civil War begins with the bombardment of Fort Sumter, South Carolina, which falls to South (Apr 12), Richmond in Virginia becomes the capital of the Confederate States (May 8), the mail service Pony Express announces its closure (Oct 26), the American Civil War rages on, until 1865 - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1862/ Tue, 10 Apr 2018 06:54:31 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1862/ In the year 1862, the first railway opens in New Zealand (Feb 2), Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables is published (Mar 31), Westminster Bridge is opened in London, England (May 24), the Bureau of Internal Revenue, the forerunner of IRS, is established in the United States (Jul 1), Otto von Bismarck becomes prime minister of Prussia (Sep 22), Abraham Lincoln reaffirms the necessity of ending slavery in his State of the Union address (Dec 1), the American Civil War (1861-1865) rages on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/credit-to-john-perry-barlow/ Mon, 09 Apr 2018 05:26:26 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/credit-to-john-perry-barlow/ This is the first article in the series of “Credit Where Credit is Due”. It is about John Barlow who passed away a few weeks ago. You can read about him in his Wikipedia page of course, and in The Economist. But also by following the link below kindly provided by Mary Cadly. The link opens an honorable article about this great man who had a lot to teach us, and who taught us by example. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/giving-credit-where-credit-is-due/ Sun, 08 Apr 2018 08:27:58 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/giving-credit-where-credit-is-due/ This article series is about giving credit where credit is due. The page presents a list that will gradually grow. For there are an endless amount of people that we could give credit to a hundred times over! The links below will lead you to some uplifting stories! About people who did spectacular things for their fellow human beings - whichever area of life they happened to be active in. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1795-2/ Fri, 06 Apr 2018 21:26:05 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1795-2/ [caption id=“attachment_1285” align=“alignleft” width=“359”]Credits to Drdpw - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0[/caption] The French occupy Utrecht, Netherlands (Jan 16), and later enter Amsterdam (Jan 20), the metric system is adopted in France (Apr 7), the Kingdom of Hawaii is founded (May 1), a large slave rebellion occurs in Curacao, suppressed the following month (Aug 17), the Alliance of St Petersburg is formed between Britain, Russia and Austria against France (Sep 28), the United States and Spain sign the Treaty of Madrid, establishing the boundaries between Spanish colonies and the U. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1860/ Fri, 06 Apr 2018 10:44:13 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1860/ When campaigning for presidency, Abraham Lincoln makes a speech defending the right to strike (Mar 6), the First Taranaki War begins in Waitara as the Maori refuse to sell land to British settlers in New Zealand (Mar 17), Garibaldi’s forces take Palermo, the capital of Sicily (May 27), Vladivostok is founded in Russia (Jul 2), the First International Chemistry Congress is held in Karlsruhe, Baden (Sep 3), Charles Dickens publishes the first installment of Great Expectations in his magazine All the Year Round (Dec 1) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-helsinki/ Thu, 05 Apr 2018 10:03:54 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-of-helsinki/ This is the first in the article series Streets and Squares that provide some interesting background information on street signs around the world. It is a fun way to learn about the history and culture of the cities you visit or even live in! We start out with Helsinki, the capital of Finland that celebrated its 100 years of independence December 2017. The picture here depicts the Senate Square Church behind Market Square with the South Harbor in front where the Silja Line passenger ferries depart to Stockholm, Sweden. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-and-squares/ Wed, 04 Apr 2018 08:44:02 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/streets-and-squares/ [caption id=“attachment_1153” align=“alignright” width=“398”]On Rue André del Sarte in Paris[/caption] Ever wonder when you are walking along streets abroad - or even in your home country - about the names in the street signs? Who gave the name to a particular street, square or park - and on what grounds was he or she bestowed the honor? Here follows a new series of articles which will go through cities in different parts of the world. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-the-1500s/ Tue, 03 Apr 2018 15:05:29 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-the-1500s/ 1500 Individual post In the year 1501, Copernicus is formally installed as canon of Frauenberg Cathedral (Jul 27), Arthur, Prince of Wales, marries the Spanish princess Catherine of Aragon (Nov 14), Amerigo Vespucci maps the two stars Alpha and Beta Centauri, Michelangelo returns to Florence to begin work on the statue David - and all these fine people were born: 1501-xxxx Anne Boleyn* Queen of England as the second wife of King Henry VIII/mother of the future Queen Elizabeth I - Blickling Hall, Norfolk, England (1536/30-35) YouTube 1501-0117Leonhart Fuchs* physician/botanist- Wemding, Bavaria (1566/65) 1501-0718 Isabella of Austria* Queen of Denmark/Sweden/Norway - Brussels, Belgium (1526/24) 1502 Individual post 1503 Individual post 1504 Individual post 1505 Individual post 1506 Individual post 1507 Individual Post https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-the-1510s/ Tue, 03 Apr 2018 15:03:18 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-the-1510s/ 1510 Individual post 1511 Individual post In the year 1512, (), (), Sten Sture the Younger is elected new Regent of Sweden (Jul 23), gypsies are mentioned for the tirst time in official Swedish records (Sep 29), the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo Buonarroti, is exhibited to the public for the first time (Nov 1), the Republic of Florence begins to be dismantled, and the Medici Family comes back into power. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1830/ Tue, 03 Apr 2018 14:16:10 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1830/ In the year 1830, Greece gains independence from the Ottoman Empire (Feb 3), the Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York (Mar 26), Joseph Smith and five others found the Church of Christ (Apr 6), the Indian Removal Act is passed, affecting the future domiciles of Native Americans (May 28), France invades Algeria (Jul 5), the Belgian Revolution begins (Aug 25), the independence of Belgium from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands is recognized by the Great Powers (Dec 20) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/inventing-earmuffs/ Tue, 03 Apr 2018 10:15:08 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/inventing-earmuffs/ Did you know that earmuffs were actually invented by someone? Well, why not - everything that we have and use has first been thought of by someone, and then turned into a functional product. 15-year-old Chester Greenwood was ice skating one day in his hometown Farmington, Maine in the year 1873 when he had a thought of covering his ears with something warm and fluffy. It probably was a bit cold that day! https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1859/ Mon, 02 Apr 2018 23:20:27 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1859/ In the year 1859, ground is broken for the Suez Canal in Egypt (Apr 25), A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens is published in England (Apr 30), the British Crown Colony of Queensland in Australia is created (Jun 6), the chimes of Big Ben ring for the first time (Jul 11), Pennsylvania Oil Rush begins (Aug 27), Charles Darwin publishes _On the Origin of the Species _(Nov 24) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1856/ Mon, 02 Apr 2018 23:08:28 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1856/ In the year 1856, Dallas, Texas is incorporated as a city (Feb 2), the discovery of mauveine, the first synthetic organic dye, leads eventually to the birth of the chemical industry (Mar), the Treaty of Paris ends the Crimean War (Mar 31), 500 Mormon handcart pioneers leave Iowa for Salt Lake City (Jun 9), the Second Opium War between several western powers and China begins (Oct 8), Gregor Mendel starts his research on genetics, proslavery forces and antislavery forces keep on clashing in the United States - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1804/ Mon, 02 Apr 2018 22:39:16 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1804/ In the year 1804, Haiti gains independence from France (Jan 1), New Jersey becomes the last of the northern United States to abolish slavery (Feb 15), Louisiana, purchased from France, is officially transferred to the United States (Mar 10), Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of the French at the age of 34 (May 18), a duel between U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton leaves the latter dead the next day (Jul 11), Napoleon crowns himself at Notre Dame in Paris (Dec 2), morphine is first isolated from the opium poppy, world population reaches 1 billion people - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1858/ Mon, 02 Apr 2018 19:04:15 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1858/ In the year 1858, Felix Mendelssohn’s Wedding March becomes a popular wedding recessional (Jan 25), the first aerial photography is carried out, from tethered balloon in France (Aug), after a summer of problems, a bill is passed to create a modern sewage system in London (Aug 2), Macy’s department store in New York City opens for business (Oct 28), the city of Denver, Colorado is founded (Nov 17), homosexuality is legalised in the Ottoman Empire - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1853/ Mon, 02 Apr 2018 18:58:51 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1853/ In the year 1853, the clothing company Levi Strauss is founded (Mar), the first passenger railway in India opens (Apr 16), the world’s first public aquarium opens, at the London Zoo (May), U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry arrives in Japan with a request for a trade treaty (Jul 8), potato chips are first prepared in New York, according to popular accounts (Aug 24), the Ottoman Empire begins war with Russia over Crimea (Oct 4), the United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest (Dec 30), the Swiss watch company Tissot is founded - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-2000/ Mon, 02 Apr 2018 16:01:32 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-2000/ ****In the year 2000, the final daily original Peanuts comic strip is published(Jan 3), Playstation 2 is released in Japan (Mar 4), Pope John Paul II apologizes for the wrongdoings of the Roman Catholic Church throughout the ages (Mar 12), the American version of Survivor premiers on CBS (May 31), the Öresund Bridge between Sweden and Denmark is officially opened for traffic (Jul 1), the Nintendo GameCube is revealed (Aug 24), Bofors is sold to United Defense (Sep 6), the last day of no human presence in space takes place (Oct 30) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1999/ Mon, 02 Apr 2018 15:43:41 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1999/ In the year 1999, the Euro is established (Jan 1), the Mars Polar Lander is launched (Jan 3), Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the globe in a hot air balloon (Mar 21), China launches its first spacecraft (Nov 20), Tori Murden becomes the first woman to cross the Atlantic by rowboat alone (Dec 3), 3rd millennium celebrations around the world take place, shadowed by the “Year 2000 problem” (Dec 31) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1998/ Mon, 02 Apr 2018 15:40:11 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1998/ In the year 1998, 19 European nations agree to forbid human cloning (Jan 12), Titanic becomes the first film to gross 1 billion U.S. dollars (Mar 1), data sent from the Galileo probe indicates that Jupiter’s moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice (Mar 2), the Alashi Kaikyoo Bridge becomes world’s longest suspension bridge (Apr 5), Indonesia’s Suharto resigns after 32 years in power (May 21), **Google Inc. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1993/ Mon, 02 Apr 2018 15:32:18 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1993/ In the year 1993, Czechoslovakia is divided into the Czech Republic and Slovakia (Jan 1), Bill Clinton is sworn in as the 42nd U.S. president (Jan 20), the 51-day stand-off in Waco, Texas ends with a fire (Apr 19), the stabbing of Monica Seles in Hamburg leads later to more rigorous security at all tennis tournaments (Apr 30), Eritrea gains independence from Ethiopia (May 24), Fermat’s Last Theorem is finally solved (Jun 24), Russian troops withdraw from Poland (Sep 17), the Maastricht Treaty formally establishes the European Union (Nov 1), Schindler’s List is released in theaters (Dec 15) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1997/ Mon, 02 Apr 2018 15:24:17 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1997/ [caption id=“attachment_1648” align=“alignright” width=“372”]Alma-Marceau in Paris 2017[/caption] In the year 1997, the Phoenix lights - a series of UFOs - are seen by hundreds in Phoenix, Arizona (Mar 13), the first space burial takes place (Apr 21), Jeanne Calment, probably the oldest person ever, dies at age of 122 years and 164 days (Aug 4), Princess Diana is killed in a car accident in Paris, France (Aug 31), the death of Mother Teresa a few days later is shadowed by it (Sep 5), the Cassini-Huygens probe is launched to Saturn (Oct 15) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1995/ Mon, 02 Apr 2018 15:05:32 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1995/ In the year 1995, Austria, Finland and Sweden enter the European Union (Jan 1), Finland wins her first ice hockey world championship in Stockholm, and Jacques Chirac becomes the president of France (May 7), Microsoft releases Windows 95 (Aug 24), the DVD is announced, and eBay is founded (Sep 4), O.J. Simpson is found not guilty in his murder trial (Oct 3), Pokémon media franchise is created by Satoshi Tajiri - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1996/ Mon, 02 Apr 2018 14:55:13 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1996/ [caption id=“attachment_2350” align=“alignright” width=“396”]Mountainous crater rim on Mars[/caption] In the year 1996, France undertakes its last nuclear weapons test (Jan 21), at the urging of Yasser Arafat, PLO drops its clause calling for the removal of Israel, and the Israeli government responds by dropping a similar clause about Palestine (Apr 24), the first cloned mammal - Dolly the sheep - is born in Scotland (Jul 5), data sent back by the Galileo space probe indicates there may be water on of Jupiter’s moons (Aug 13), NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor with the mission to map the planet (Nov 7), the Yugoslav Wars go on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1992/ Mon, 02 Apr 2018 13:25:46 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1992/ In the year 1992, Japan apologizes for forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during WW2 (Jan 13), the U.S. and Russia promise not to target each other’s cities with nuclear weapons (Jan 26), and the Cold War is officially over (Feb 1), the Maastrict Treaty creates the European Union (Feb 7), white South Africans vote to in effect end the apartheid (Mar 18), Jay Leno succeeds Johnny Carson as the host of NBC’s Tonight Show (May 25), Lennart Meri becomes the first president of newly independent Estonia (Oct 6), Bill Clinton becomes the president elect (Nov 3), Yugoslavia is split into several independent states - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1910/ Mon, 02 Apr 2018 12:23:18 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1910/ [caption id=“attachment_2239” align=“alignright” width=“356”]Modern radio equipment[/caption] In the year 1910, the first public radio broadcast takes place, in New York City (Jan 13), William D. Boyce founds The Boy Scouts of America (Feb 8), slavery is made illegal in China (Mar 10), George V becomes King of the United Kingdom (May 6), the first commercial freight flight occurs, in Ohio (Nov 7), the last execution is carried out in Sweden, by guillotine (Nov 23), modern neon lighting is first demonstrated in Paris, France (Dec 3) - and all these fine people were born: 1919-0101 1919-0105 Hannu Leminen* screenwriter/ set designer/film director - Helsinki, Finland (1997/87) 1910-0109 Michel Aflaq* philosopher/ sociologist/Arab nationalist - Damascus, Ottoman Syria (1989/79) 1910-0119 Ray Jennison* Am. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1909/ Mon, 02 Apr 2018 10:01:24 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1909/ In the year 1909, United States troops leave Cuba after being there since the Spanish-American War (Jan 28), the NAACP is founded, commemorating the 100th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s birth (Feb 12), **The Kellogg’s Company **is founded as Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company (Feb 19), William Howard Taft becomes the 27th U.S. President (Mar 4), work on the anti-aircraft gun commences (Jul 26), the Rosicrucian Fellowship is launched at Seattle, WA (Aug 8), the Montreal Canadiens is founded (Dec 4), the Manhattan Bridge opens (Dec 31) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1863/ Mon, 02 Apr 2018 09:18:51 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1863/ In the year 1863, Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation, making the abolition of slavery an official war goal of the American Civil War (Jan 1), the first section of the London Underground opens officially (Jan 10), Adam Opel founds Opel AG (Jan 21), the foundation for the International Red Cross are laid in Geneva (Feb 9), Alanson Crane patents a fire extinguisher (Feb 10), Battle of Gettysburg begins, the Union winning it (Jul 1), the New Zealand Wars against the Maori people resume (Jul 17), Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated on the final Thursday in November (Oct 3), Lincoln delivers his famous Gettysburg Address (Nov 19), Gerard Heineken buys the Haystack brewery in Amsterdam (Dec 15), linoleum is patented in the United Kingdom, and association football is played for the first time (Dec 19), the American Civil War goes on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/faq/ Sun, 01 Apr 2018 22:47:48 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/faq/ Here are answers to some of the questions you might have about this site. To find out about anything to do with adding your ancestors to this site, go here (link coming later) though. What do all these abbreviations stand for? B means that the given date is that of baptism, and the actual date of birth probably a couple of days earlier GD stands for Grand Duchy MP stands for Member of Parliament N after an occupation means that the person is a Nobel laureate **OG **stands for Olympic Gold medalist (and OS for silver, OB for bronze) P after an occupation stands for President PM stands for Prime Minister usp stands for President of the United States WC means that the person is a World Champion https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1846/ Sun, 01 Apr 2018 22:11:02 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1846/ In the year 1846, many Mormons begin their migration from Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah (Jan 5), the Liberty Bell is cracked while being rung for George Washington’s birthday (Feb 26), the United States declares war on Mexico (May 13), the California Republic declares independence from Mexico (Jun 10), the saxophone is patented by Adolphe Sax (Jun 28), Neptune is first observed (Sep 23), the Great Famine continues in Ireland, leading to mass emigration, mainly to the United States - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1847/ Sun, 01 Apr 2018 21:59:10 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1847/ [caption id=“attachment_1454” align=“alignleft” width=“328”]1847 Colt Walker[/caption] In the year 1847, Samuel Colt sells his first revolver to the U.S. government (Jan 4), the American Medical Association is founded (May 7), the United States issues its first postage stamps (Jul 1), Mormon pioneers arrive in what will become Salt Lake City (Jul 24), the world’s oldest vegetarian society is formed in the United Kingdom (Sep 30), Siemens AG, starting out as a telegraph line manufacturer, is founded (Oct 12), chloroform is successfully used as an anesthetic in Edinburgh, Scotland (Nov 4-8), the first brew of Carlsberg beer is finished in Copenhagen (Nov 10), the Mexican-American War rages on, the Great Famine continues in Ireland - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1912/ Sun, 01 Apr 2018 19:14:46 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1912/ In the year 1912, the Republic of China is established (Jan 1), RMS Titanic hits an iceberg (Apr 14), the Summer Olympics open in Stockholm, Sweden (May 5), Universal Pictures is founded in Los Angeles (Jun 8), the Meiji Era ends in Japan (Jul 30), Albania declares independence from the Ottoman Empire (Nov 28), the Nefertiti Bust is found in Amarna, Egypt (Dec 6) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1913/ Sun, 01 Apr 2018 19:07:44 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1913/ In the year 1913, the future leaders of their respective countries, Joseph Stalin, Josip Broz Tito and Adolf Hitler all live in Vienna in January 1913 (Jan), Grand Central Terminal in New York City reopens as the world’s largest railroad station (Feb 1), Woodrow Wilson is sworn is as the 28th U.S. President (Mar 4), the release of a first full-length Indian feature film marks the beginning of the Indian film industry (May 5), stainless steel in invented in Sheffield, England (Aug 13), the Little Mermaid statue is finished in Copenhagen, Denmark (Aug 23) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1914/ Sun, 01 Apr 2018 18:50:18 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1914/ In the year 1914, Charlie Chaplin makes his film debut in Making a Living (Feb 2), first international Criminal Police Congress begins in Monaco (Apr 14), assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria triggers the start of WWI (Jun 28), the Royal Naval Air Service - the forerunner of the RAF - is established in England (Jul 1), Babe Ruth makes his major league debut (Jul 11), Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia (Jul 28), and the first shots are fired the next day in Belgrade (Jul 29), the German Empire declares war on the Russian Empire (Aug 1) and France (Aug 3), the first electric traffic lights are installed in Cleveland, Ohio (Aug 5), the Panama Canal is inaugurated (Aug 15), the first everyday items made of stainless steel come into public circulation, the World War I - now involving countries from all continents - rages on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1927/ Sun, 01 Apr 2018 18:11:01 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1927/ In the year 1927, the first transatlantic telephone call is made (Jan 7), the first Volvo rolls off the production line in Gothenburg, Sweden (Apr 14), the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is founded (May 11), Charles Lindbergh sets off in his Spirit of St. Louis for the first solo nonstop transatlantic airplane flight from New York to Paris (May 20), the first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth (Sep 7), carving of the sculptures at Mount Rushmore begins (Oct 4), the Holland Tunnel becomes the first tunnel to link Manhattan and New Jersey (Nov 12), the first Laurel and Hardy film is released (Dec 3) – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1926/ Sun, 01 Apr 2018 18:03:49 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1926/ In the year 1926, the airline Deutsche Luft Hansa is founded in Berlin (Jan 6), Franco becomes General of Spain (Feb 25), explorer Richard E. Byrd and his co-pilot claim to be the first to fly over the North Pole, but some experts have since been skeptical of the claim (May 9), a weather map is televised for the first time (Aug 18), the sudden death of Rudolph Valentino causes worldwide grief (Aug 23), A. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1922/ Sun, 01 Apr 2018 11:02:05 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1922/ In the year 1922, The first successful insulin treatment of diabetes is made (Jan 11), Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced for sedition in India (Mar 18), the Lincoln Memorial is dedicated in Washington D.C. (May 30), BBC is formed in London (Oct 18), Benito Mussolini becomes the Premier in Italy (Oct 30), the U.S.S.R. is formed (Dec 30) - and all these fine people were born: 1922-0101 1922-0115 Sylvia Lawler* (b Corben) geneticist - Bournemouth, England (1996/74) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1921/ Sun, 01 Apr 2018 10:36:49 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1921/ In the year 1921, suffrage for women is obtained in Sweden, and Chaplin’s The Kid is released in the United States (Jan 21), Marie Stopes opens the first birth control clinic in London, England (Mar 17), the Allies of WW1 reparations commission announce that Germany has to pay $33 trillion in annual installments of 2.5 billion (Apr 27), the Province of Northern Ireland is created within the United Kingdom (May 5), the Tulsa race massacre takes place (May 31), the death penalty is abolished in Sweden (Jun 30), insulin is discovered (Jul 27), The Sheik starring Rudolph Valentino premiers in L. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1944/ Sun, 01 Apr 2018 10:10:18 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1944/ In the year 1944, the R.A.F. drops 2,300 tons of bombs on Berlin (Jan 20), Casablanca wins the Best Picture award at the Academy Awards (Mar 2), **Operation Overlord, code named D-Day begins **(Jun 6), Germany launches V1-bomb attack on England (Jun 13), the deportation of Hungarian Jews to concentration camps begins (Jun 29), Soviet troops begin operations to occupy the Baltic countries (Jul 10), the world’s first undersea oil pipeline is laid between England and France (Aug 12), London is hit by a V2 rocket for the first time (Sep 8) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1948/ Sun, 01 Apr 2018 00:26:31 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1948/ In the year 1948, Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated in New Delhi (Jan 30), the Soviet Union begins to jam the Voice of America broadcasts (Feb 1), the Hells Angels is founded in California (Mar 17), the scientific theory on the Big Bang is published (Apr 1), ABC begins its broadcasting (Apr 19), Israel declares itself independent (May 14), the Berlin Blockade begins (Jun 24) and two days later the Western allies answer with the Berlin airlift that lasts for 15 months (Jun 26), the southern half of Korea is established as South Korea (Aug 15), R-1 missile on test becomes the first Soviet launch to enter space (Oct 10), the UN General Assembly adopts the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Dec 10) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1945/ Sat, 31 Mar 2018 21:14:16 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1945/ [caption id=“attachment_830” align=“alignleft” width=“320”]Flag of the United Nations since 1947[/caption] In the year 1945, the Soviets occupy Warzaw (Jan 17), the Soviet Army liberates Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camps (Jan 27), the Yalta Conference begins (Feb 4), Korea is divided into two separate parts, which leads later to the Korean War (Sep 8), Gandhi and Nehru demand that all British troops leave India (Sep 20), the United Nations is founded (Oct 24), Charles de Gaulle is elected president of France (Nov 16) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1943/ Sat, 31 Mar 2018 20:30:21 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1943/ In the year 1943, the Allied forces meet at Casablanca (Jan 14), Pentagon is dedicated in Arlington (Jan 15), Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince is published (Mar), the Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. (Apr 13), the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins (Apr 19), Allied planes bomb Rome (Jul 19), Denmark is occupied (Aug 29), Italy changes sides (Oct 13), alleged date of the Philadelphia Experiment (Oct 28), gypsies will face the same fate as Jews, according to Himmler (Nov 15), RAF planes bomb Berlin (Nov 18), Lebanon gains independence from France (Nov 22), WW2 and the Holocaust go on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1947/ Sat, 31 Mar 2018 19:45:23 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1947/ In the year 1947, the Swedish Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf is killed in a plane crash (Jan 26), the communists take power in Poland (Jan 31), the Paris Peace Treaty is signed (Feb 10), the Voice of America begins to transmit radio broadcasts into Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union (Feb 17), ISO is founded (Feb 23), the German state Prussia is officially abolished (Feb 25), IMF begins to operate (Mar 1), the Truman Doctrine is first announced, in effect beginning the Cold War (Mar 12), Miracle on the 34th Street premiers (May 2), the first SAAB automobile is produced (Jun 22), CIA is founded (Sep 18), the U. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1960/ Sat, 31 Mar 2018 18:16:25 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1960/ In the year 1960, the first television anime debuts on NHK (Jan 15), in Greensboro, North Carolina, four black students begin a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter, triggering many similar incidents (Feb 1), first stars appear on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (Feb 9), the United States launches the first weather satellite (Apr 1), Adolf Eichmann is captured in Buenos Aires, and taken to Israel (May 11), OPEC is founded (Sep 14), the first successful kidney transplant is performed in Edinburgh (Oct 30), The Flintstones premiers in the United States (Sep 30),_ Coronation Street premiers in the U. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1924/ Sat, 31 Mar 2018 14:23:05 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1924/ In the year 1924, Lenin dies, and Stalin, at age 42, immediately begins to clear way for his leadership (Jan 21), the computing company CTR is renamed IBM (Feb 14), Hitler is sentenced to 5 years in jail, but serves only 8 months (Apr 1), Daimler’s and Benz’s companies merge into Mercedes-Benz (May 11), Indian Citizenship Act becomes a law in the U.S. (Jun 2), in New York City, the first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is held (Nov 27), Edwin Hubble announces that Andromeda is not a nebula, but actually another galaxy, and that the Milky Way is only one of many such galaxies in the universe (Dec 30), American Indian Wars come to an end after 302 years - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1928/ Sat, 31 Mar 2018 14:07:38 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1928/ In the year 1928, the first east-west transatlantic flight takes place, from Ireland to Canada (Apr 12), the first regular schedule of television programming begins in Schenectady, New York (May 7), The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia commences operations (May 15), British inventor John Logie Baird demonstrates the world’s first color television transmission (Jul 3), Richard E. Byrd leaves New York for the Arctic (Sep 1), Alexander Fleming discovers what later becomes known as penicillin (Sep 28), Joseph Stalin launches the first five-year-plan (Oct 1), Mickey Mouse appears in Steamboat Willie, the first animated sound film (Nov 18), Maurice Ravel’s Boléro premiers at the Paris Opéra (Nov 22), Eliot Ness begins to lead the prohibition unit in Chicago - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1956/ Sat, 31 Mar 2018 13:45:27 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1956/ In the year 1956, Finnish troops re-occupy Porkkala after Soviet troops vacate its military base (Jan 25), Elvis Presley enters the United States music charts for the first time, with Heartbreak Hotel (Feb 22), videotape is first demonstrated at a convention in Chicago by Ampex (Apr 14), Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco (Apr 19), the submarine Transatlantic telephone cable opens (Sep 25), Red Army troops invade Hungary (Oct 26), the first hard disk drive (5MB) is born at IBM (Oct 29) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1942/ Sat, 31 Mar 2018 13:20:06 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1942/ [caption id=“attachment_3450” align=“alignleft” width=“253”]Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, Holland[/caption] In the year 1942, Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile, which is 30% lighter than a regular car (Jan 13), the first American forces arrive in Europe (Jan 26), Disney’s Bambi is released in theaters everywhere (Apr 13), Hitler is granted power of life and death over every German citizen (Apr 26), Anne Frank makes the first entry in her new diary (Jun 12), the Battle of Stalingrad begins (Aug 23), several concentration and extermination camps are opened, the WW 2 rages on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-golden-girls/ Sat, 31 Mar 2018 10:38:14 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-golden-girls/ If you ever dreamed of spending your golden years somewhere warm together with your best friends, then this is the sitcom to watch: The Golden Girls created by Susan Harris. Set in the sunshine state of Florida, this show is a pleasant way to spend an afternoon! Here of course we go through the cast that I’m fairly sure many of you remember. And although with the passing of Betty White in New Year’s Eve 2021 all of them have now passed away, luckily for us they can forever entertain us on the screen. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1955/ Sat, 31 Mar 2018 03:35:12 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1955/ In the year 1955, an incident in an Alabama bus leads later to bus segregation being ruled unconstitutional (Mar 2), Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister at age 80 (Apr 5), West Germany becomes a sovereign country recognized by leading Western countries (May 5), Disneyland opens in Anaheim, California (Jul 17), first edition of the _Guinness Book of Records _is published (Aug 27), ITV begins broadcasting in the U.K. (Sep 22), Alfred Hitchcock Presents debuts on CBS (Oct 2), Rebel Without a Cause is released in the United States (Oct 27), the correct number of human chromosomes - 46 - is discovered (Dec 22) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1954/ Sat, 31 Mar 2018 03:27:42 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1954/ In the year 1954, the first mass vaccination of children against polio begins in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Feb 23), U.S. officials announce that a hydrogen bomb test has been conducted on Bikini Atoll (Mar 1), From Here to Eternity wins the Oscar for best picture (Mar 25), the world’s first atomic power station opens near Moscow (Jun 27), Ellis Island in New York closes (Nov 12), the first hotel built on an airport property - The Hyatt House Los Angeles - opens (Dec 1), The U. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1959/ Sat, 31 Mar 2018 02:36:55 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1959/ In the year 1959, the United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro (Jan 7), the Boeing 707 airliner begins service (Jan 25), Mattel’s Barbie doll debuts in the U.S. (Mar 9), Busch Gardens opens in Tampa, Florida and the Dalai Lama is granted asylum in India (Mar 31), two monkeys sent to space from Cape Canaveral become the first living beings to return safely to Earth (May 28), the first skull of Australopithecus is discovered by the Leakeys in Tanzania (Jul 17), Bonanza premiers, first regularly scheduled TV program in color (Sep 12), the first plain paper copier, Xerox 914, is introduced to the public (Sep 19) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1958/ Sat, 31 Mar 2018 02:06:53 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1958/ In the year 1958, the EEC comes into being (Jan 1), the first successful American satellite is launched into orbit (Jan 31), Elvis Presley joins the U.S. Army (Mar 19), The Bridge on the River Kwai wins seven Academy Awards (Mar 26), Pizza Hut is founded (Jun 15), the first parking meters are installed in Britain (Jul 10), The Beatles record their first songs (Jul 12), NASA is founded (Jul 29), the first television show recorded on color videotape airs on NBC (Oct 17), the United States launches SCORE, the world’s first communications satellite - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-the-1490s/ Fri, 30 Mar 2018 15:36:33 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-the-1490s/ First regular post service in Germany connects Mechelen and Innsbruck, Catholic missionaries arrive in the African Kingdom of Kongo, Chinese scholar and printer Hua Sui invents bronze-metal movable type printing in China, Leonardo da Vinci develops an oil lamp, merchants carrying coffee from Yemen to Mecca present the earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking - and all these fine people were born: 1490-10xx Olaus Magnus* Archbishop of Uppsala - Skeninge, Sweden (1557/66) 1491-0628 Henry VIII of England* - Greenwich, Kent, England (1547/55) 1491-1023 Ignatius of Loyola* - Azpeitia, Basque, Spain (1556/64) 1491-1231 Jacques Cartier* explorer for France/the first European to map the river Saint Lawrence and its shores which he named “The Country of Canadas” after the Iroquoian names for the area - Saint-Malo, Duchy of Brittany (1557/65) 1492-xxx Jürgen Wullenwever* merchant/burgomaster of Lübeck - Hamburg, Germany (1537/c. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1470s/ Fri, 30 Mar 2018 15:03:18 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1470s/ In the year 1470, Charles II of Sweden, having served three terms as King of Sweden, dies (May 15), the Ottomans capture Euboea (today’s Evia) (Jul 12), Henry VI of England is released from the Tower of London, and is restored to the throne (Oct 3), between this year and 1700, 8888 witches are tried in the Swiss Confederation, and of them 5417 are executed, Johann Heynlin introduces the printing press into France, Sir George Ripley dedicates his book _The Compound of Alchemy _to the King Edward IV of England - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-the-1480s/ Fri, 30 Mar 2018 14:56:07 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-the-1480s/ [caption id=“attachment_3453” align=“alignleft” width=“378”]Fort Qaitbey at Alexandria[/caption] Treaty of Toledo is signed where Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain recognize the African conquests of Afonso, and Afonso cedes the Canary Islands to Spain (Mar 6), the Ottomans attack the city of Otranto in Italy, and behead 800 Christians for refusing to convert to Islam (Aug 12), Spain initiates the Spanish Inquisition, to last for three decades and involving around 150,000 prosecutions (Sep 27), the last remains of the Lighthouse of Alexandria disappear as the defensive fortress Citadel of Qaitbey is built on its site - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-the-1460s/ Fri, 30 Mar 2018 14:50:47 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-the-1460s/ The cannons of the Tower of London are fired on the city of London, now mostly in Yorkist hands (Jul 4), and the Tower ends up surrendering (Jul 19), Wars of the Roses between Lancastrians and Yorkists go on in England until 1487, Portuguese navigator Pedro de Sintra reaches the coast of modern-day Sierra Leone - and all these fine people were born: 1460-xxx Vasco da Gama* or 1469 Portuguese explorer - Sines, Kingdom of Portugal (1524/64? https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-the-1450s/ Fri, 30 Mar 2018 14:43:19 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-the-1450s/ In the year 1450, French troops defeat an English army trying to relieve Caen in northwestern France (Apr), Charles VIII of Sweden loses the Norwegian throne to Christian I of Denmark (May 13), Cherbourg, the last English territory in Normandy, surrenders to the French (Aug 12), the University of Barcelona is founded (Nov 3), Johannes Gutenberg sets up his movable type printing press as a commercial operation in Mainz - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-15th-century/ Fri, 30 Mar 2018 14:33:25 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-15th-century/ Pick one year or decade between 1401 and 1500! If you have ancestors born during this century that you know of, you can have them added in the list by simply leaving a comment in the box below the year or decade in question. 1400s - 1410s - 1420s - 1430s - 1440s - 1450s - 1460s - 1470s - 1480s - 1490s Here individual years will be few and far between unless we will get plenty of requests from genealogists. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1925/ Fri, 30 Mar 2018 13:54:07 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1925/ In the year 1925, Benito Mussolini makes his pivotal speech in Italy (Jan 3), the first issue of The New Yorker appears (Feb 21), the Chrysler Corporation is founded by Walter Chrysler (Jun 6), Adolf Hitler publishes Volume I of Mein Kampf (Jul 18), the Ku Klux Klan parades in Washington D.C. (Aug 8), Mount Rushmore National Memorial is dedicated in South Dakota (Oct 1), the first London double-deckers are introduced (Oct 2) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1940/ Fri, 30 Mar 2018 13:51:23 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1940/ In the year 1940, Hermann Göring assumes control of most war industries in Germany (Jan 4), food rationing begins in Great Britain (Jan 8), Pinocchio is released in theaters everywhere (Feb 7), peace treaty between Finland and the Soviet Union ends the Winter War (Mar 12), Germany invades Denmark and Norway (Apr 9), Battle of France begins, and Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister in the U.K. (May 10), the first McDonald’s opens in San Bernardino, California (May 15), Auschwitz-Birkenau opens in occupied Poland (May 20), Battle of Britain begins (Jul 7), the first bombing of Berlin by the RAF takes place (Aug 25), the retaliating 57-day long Blitz by the Nazis starts in London (Sep 7), the WW2 rages on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1941/ Fri, 30 Mar 2018 13:06:53 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1941/ In the year 1941, U.S. President F.D. Roosevelt is sworn in for a third term (Jan 20), plutonium is discovered (Feb 23), Citizen Kane premieres in New York City (May 1), the world’s first working programmable, fully automatic computer is presented in Berlin (May 12), Operation Barbarossa begins (Jun 22), Finland as a co-belligerent with Germany attacks the Soviet Union to start the Continuation War (Jun 25), the world’s first TV commercial is aired on NBC (Jul 1), the requirement to wear the Star of David is extended to all Jews over the age of six in German-occupied areas (Sep 6), construction of The Pentagon begins (Sep 12), last day of carving on Mount Rushmore (Oct 31), Japanese aircraft attack Pearl Harbor in Hawaii (Dec 7), Thailand and Japan sign a military alliance (Dec 21), the World War II and the Holocaust continue - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1952/ Fri, 30 Mar 2018 12:01:36 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1952/ In the year 1952, West Germany has 8 million refugees inside its borders (Jan 8), Elizabeth II becomes Queen of the United Kingdom (Feb 7), Wernher von Braun publishes his ideas on space travel (Mar 22), East Germany threatens to form its own army (May 1), the Summer Olympics commence in Helsinki, Finland (Jul 19), Puerto Rico becomes a self-governing commonwealth of the United States (Jul 25), West Germany agrees to pay 3 billion Deutsche Marks to Israel for the costs of resettling the Jewish refugees after the war (Aug 27), NSA is founded (Nov 4), the first successful sex reassignment surgery is performed in Copenhagen, Denmark (Nov 20), the first successful surgical separation of Siamese twins is conducted in Cleveland, Ohio (Dec 14) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1964/ Fri, 30 Mar 2018 11:35:03 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1964/ In the year 1964, for the first time in the United States, smoking is officially said to be dangerous (Jan 11), Beatlemania begins as the Beatles land at JFK airport (Feb 7), Malcolm X claims he will form a black nationalist party, and Cassius Clay changes his name to Muhammad Ali (Mar 6), the game show Jeopardy! debuts on NBC (Mar 30), Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American to win an Academy Award (Apr 13), the Rolling Stones release their debut album (Apr 16), Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison (Jun 12), racial segregation is officially abolished in the U. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1963/ Fri, 30 Mar 2018 11:28:54 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1963/ In the year 1963, Betty Friedan’s _The Feminine Mystique _ reawakens the Women’s Movement in the U.S. (Feb 19), the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary closes (Mar 21), the Beatles release their first album (Mar 22), Hitchcock’s The Birds is released in the U.S. (Mar 28), the first James Bond film is released (May 8), Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space (Jun 16), President John F. Kennedy gives his Ich bin ein Berliner speech in West Berlin, East Germany (Jun 26), Martin Luther King Jr. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1962/ Fri, 30 Mar 2018 11:22:24 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1962/ [caption id=“attachment_2034” align=“alignright” width=“355”]Vivien Leigh, Marilyn Monroe and Laurence Olivier in 1956[/caption] In the year 1962, New York City introduces a subway train that operates without a crew on board (Jan 4), Cuba and the Soviet Union sign a trade pact (Jan 9), first Kmart store is opened (Mar 1), Taco Bell is founded (Mar 21), first Walmart store is opened (Jul 2), Algeria becomes independent from France (Jul 5), the Rolling Stones make their debut (Jul 12), Marilyn Monroe is found dead at her home in L. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1986/ Fri, 30 Mar 2018 10:07:47 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1986/ In the year 1986, the first PC virus starts to spread (Jan 19), space shuttle Challenger explodes right after launch (Jan 28), Pixar Animation Studios open in California (Feb 3), the Soviet Union launches the Mir space station (Feb 19), Olof Palme is shot to death in Stockholm (Feb 28), Rendez-vous Concert in Houston by Jean-Michel Jarre (Apr 5), leak at the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl spreads disaster (Apr 26), Desmond Tutu becomes the first black bishop in South Africa (Sep 7), the Oprah Winfrey Show premieres in syndication (Sep 8), the Phantom of the Opera opens in London (Oct 9), Mike Tyson wins his first world boxing title (Nov 22) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1985/ Fri, 30 Mar 2018 10:05:35 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1985/ In the year 1985, the Internet Domain Name System is created (Jan 1), We Are The World is recorded (Jan 28), Mikhail Gorbachev becomes new leader of the Soviet Union (Mar 11), Madonna launches her first concert tour (Apr 10), South Africa ends its ban on interracial marriages (Apr 15), ozone hole is discovered (May 16), the Schengen Area is born (Jun 14), Live Aid concerts raise money for Ethiopia (Jul 13), the first smoking ban in restaurants is passed in Aspen, Colorado (Aug 28), the Nintendo game Super Mario is released (Sep 13), the space shuttle Atlantis makes its maiden flight (Oct 3), Microsoft releases the first version of Windows, Windows 1. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1984/ Fri, 30 Mar 2018 10:02:18 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1984/ In the year 1984, TED is founded (Feb 23), U.S. President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons (Apr 4), AIDS virus is discovered (Apr 23), Ghostbusters and Gremlins are released (Jun 8), the Canadian entertainment company Cirque du Soleil is founded (Jun 16), Liechtenstein becomes the last country in Europe to grant women the right to vote (Jul 1), Svetlana Savitskaya becomes the first woman to walk in space (Jul 25), Indira Gandhi is assassinated in New Delhi (Oct 31), the worst industrial disaster occurs in Bhopal, India and Band Aid releases their charity single Do They Know It’s Christmas to raise money to combat the famine in Ethiopia (Dec 3) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1974/ Fri, 30 Mar 2018 09:59:17 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1974/ In the year 1974, Lucille Ball airs the finale of Here’s Lucy (Mar 18), Steven King publishes his first novel, Carrie (Apr 5), ABBA wins the Eurovision Song Contest with Waterloo (Apr 6), the Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time in Troy, Ohio (Jun 26), the Greek military junta is replaced by a civilian government (Jul 23), high-wire artist Philippe Petit crosses between the WTC Twin Towers in New York City (Aug 7), Nixon announces his resignation (Aug 8), Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico sends an interstellar radio message, to reach Messier 13 around the year 27,000 (Nov 16), Rubik’s Cube is invented by Ernö Rubik in Hungary - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1973/ Fri, 30 Mar 2018 09:09:52 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1973/ In the year 1973, U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War ends (Jan 27), Ohio becomes the first U.S. state to post distance in metric on signs (Feb 12), The Young and the Restless debuts on CBS (Mar 26), the first handheld mobile phone call is made (Apr 3), the World Trade Center complex in NYC is officially dedicated (Apr 4), Federal Express begins operations (Apr 17), the Sears Tower in Seattle becomes for a while the world’s tallest building (May 3), the ATM is patented (Jun 4), an 11-year legal action for the victims of Thalidomide ends (Jul 30), the term Stockholm Syndrome is coined (Aug 23), Carl XVI Gustaf becomes King of Sweden (Sep 15), the Sydney Opera House is dedicated (Oct 20), the Bosporus Bridge is completed, connecting Europe and Asia over the Bosporus for the first time in history (Oct 30) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1988/ Fri, 30 Mar 2018 08:56:04 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1988/ In the year 1988, The Soviet Union begins with Perestrojka (Jan 2), The Phantom of the Opera opens on Broadway (Jan 26), a document implicates Kurt Waldheim in WW2 deportations (Feb 29), the Candle demonstration in Bratislava begins the change in Czechoslovakia (Mar 25), after years of war, Soviet Union begins withdrawing from Afghanistan (May 15), the Singing Revolution begins in the Estonian SSR (Jun 10), Al-Qaeda is formed (Aug 11), the Iran-Iraq War ends (Aug 20), the first Fairtrade label is launched (Nov 15), Benazir Bhutto becomes the first woman to lead an Islam-dominated state (Dec 2) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1983/ Fri, 30 Mar 2018 00:23:46 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1983/ In the year 1983, the beginning of the true Internet dawns (Jan 1), the 3D printer is invented by Chuck Hall (Mar 9), Michael Jackson introduces the moonwalk at the Motown 25 television special (Mar 25), Return of the Jedi opens in theaters (May 25), Pioneer 10 becomes the first man-made object to leave the vicinity of the major planets of the Solar System (Jun 13), President Reagan announces that GPS will be made available for civilian use (Sep 16), a false alarm almost sets off a nuclear war (Sep 26), South Africa approves a new constitution with reforms to apartheid (Nov 2), Michael Jackson’s Thriller video is aired on MTV for the first time (Dec 2) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1950/ Thu, 29 Mar 2018 23:22:29 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1950/ [caption id=“attachment_590” align=“alignleft” width=“354”]Charles M. Schulz at work[/caption] In the year 1950, The Knesset passes a resolution that states Jerusalem is the capital of Israel (Jan 23), the Stasi is founded in East Germany (Feb 8), In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed, formally segregating the races (Apr 27), Korean War begins (Jun 25), Peanuts is first published in seven U.S. newspapers (Oct 2), Douglas MacArthur threatens to use nuclear weapons in Korea (Nov 30) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1938/ Thu, 29 Mar 2018 23:05:37 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1938/ In the year 1938, Adolf Hitler reorganizes the German war ministry to gain supreme control of it (Feb 4), a nylon bristle toothbrush becomes the first commercial product to be made with nylon yarn (Feb 24), oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia (Mar 3), Germany annexes Austria (Mar 12), Superman appears for the first time, as a backup story (Apr 18), the last reunion of the Blue and Gray commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg (Jul 3), the Munich Agreement leaves Czechoslovakia alone against the Nazis (Sep 29), DuPont announces a name for its new synthetic yarn: nylon (Oct 27), Orson Welles' radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds causes panic in the United States (Oct 30), Kristallnacht paves way to Holocaust (Nov 9), Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of uranium, marking the beginning of the Atomic Age (Dec 17) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1908/ Thu, 29 Mar 2018 19:44:10 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1908/ In the year 1908, Robert Baden-Powell starts off the Boy Scout Movement with the publication of Scouting for Boys, in London (Jan 24), Japanese immigration to the U.S.A. is forbidden (Feb 18), the Tunguska event occurs in Siberia (Jun 30), Melitta Bentz creates the first coffee filter (Jul 8), Henry Ford produces his first Model T automobile (Sep 27), Bulgaria declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire (Oct 5), Western bandits Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid are supposedly killed in Bolivia (Nov 6) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1907/ Thu, 29 Mar 2018 19:38:47 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1907/ In the year 1907, Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome (Jan 6), the parliamentary elections in Finland are the first in the world with woman candidates, as well as the first elections in Europe where universal suffrage is applied (Mar 15), the first taxicabs with taxi meters begin operating in London (Mar 22), Korea becomes a protectorate of Japan (Jul 25), UPS is founded in Seattle, WA (Aug 28), RMS Lusitania makes its maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York (Sep 7) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1937/ Thu, 29 Mar 2018 14:06:49 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1937/ In the year 1937, Ingrid Christensen becomes the first woman to set foot on Antarctica (Jan 30), John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men is published in the U.S. (Feb 6), Wallace H. Carothers receives a patent for nylon (Feb 16), Hindenburg disaster takes place in New Jersey (May 6), San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic (May 27), and the next day to vehicles. Volkswagen is established (May 28), the Soviet Union commence one of the largest campaigns of the Great Purge (Aug 5), Japan occupies Beijing (Aug 8), the last Bali tiger dies (Sep 27), Roosevelt gives his famous Quarantine Speech in Chigaco (Oct 5) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1982/ Thu, 29 Mar 2018 11:51:35 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1982/ 1982-0621 In the year 1982, the Commodore 64 8-bit home computer is launched (Jan 7), the first computer virus is found (Jan 30), all 8 planets align on the same side of the Sun (Mar 10), a ground-breaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, D.C. (Mar 26), The Falklands War begins (Apr 2), Canada patriates its constitution, gaining full political independence from the United Kingdom (Apr 17) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1980/ Thu, 29 Mar 2018 11:41:03 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1980/ ****In the year 1980, Global Positioning System time epoch begins (Jan 4), the Rubik’s Cube (invented in 1974) makes its international debut at a hobby fair in London (Jan 29), The XIII Winter Olympics open in Lake Placid, New York (Feb 13), Mount St. Helens in Washington erupts (May 18), CNN is officially launched (Jun 1), the Polish government recognizes Solidarity, lead by Lech Walesa (Oct 31), John Lennon is shot dead by Mark Chapman in the archway of the Dakota in New York City (Dec 8) - and all these fine people were born: 1980-0102 David Gyasi* actor/w Ghanaian heritage - Hammersmith, London, England 1980-0103 Kurt Vile* singer/ multi-instrumentalist/record producer - Landsdowne, PA USA 1980-0108 Sam Riley* actor / singer - Bradford, West Yorkshire, England 1980-0110 Dani Kind* actress - Toronto, ON Canada 1980-0115 1980-0118 Jason Segel* actor/ comedian/ writer - Santa Monica, CA USA 1980-0119 Jenson Button* racecar driver/WG - Frome, Somerset, England 1980-0120 Philippe Cousteau Jr. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1970/ Thu, 29 Mar 2018 10:04:27 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1970/ In the year 1970, Guyana, having gained independence in 1966, becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations (Feb 22), Apollo 13 returns to Earth (Apr 17) after the misfortunate lunar expedition, the Beatles release their 12th and final album, Let It Be (May 8), in Washington D.C. 100,000 people demonstrate against the Vietnam War (May 9), Norway announces that it has rich oil deposits off its North Sea coast (Jun 2), the first New York City Marathon takes place (Sep 13) – and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1969/ Thu, 29 Mar 2018 10:02:08 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1969/ [caption id=“attachment_1335” align=“alignright” width=“358”]Buzz Aldrin on the Moon in July 1969[/caption] In the year 1969, Richard Nixon becomes the 37th U.S. President (Jan 20), the Beatles give their last public performance, impromptu on the roof of Apple Records (Jan 30), the Boeing 747 (i.e. Jumbo Jet) makes its maiden flight in the U.S. (Feb 9), in France, the first Concorde test flight is conducted (Mar 2), Golda Meir becomes the prime minister of Israel (Mar 17), the first Moon landing takes place, by Apollo 11 (Jul 20), the first ATMs in the U. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1979/ Thu, 29 Mar 2018 08:57:46 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1979/ In the year 1979, the Guardian Angels are formed in New York City (Feb 13), it snows in Sahara (Feb 18), Voyager I photos reveal Jupiter’s rings (Mar 4), Sadat and Begin sign the Peace Treaty (Mar 26), Three Mile Island disaster occurs in Pennsylvania (Mar 28), Iran becomes an Islamic Republic (Apr 1), Margaret Thatcher becomes UK’s first female prime minister (May 4), the first international election takes place as European Community elects its MEPs (Jun 7), Sweden outlaws corporal punishment in the home, and the Sony Walkman goes on sale in Japan (Jul 1), National March for gay rights takes place in Washington, D. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1978/ Thu, 29 Mar 2018 08:56:06 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1978/ In the year 1978, Roman Polanski skips bail and flees to France (Feb 1), San Francisco city council signs a most comprehensive homosexual rights bills (Mar 28), Dallas debuts on CBS (Apr 2), “Son of Sam” is sentenced to 365 years in prison (Jun 12), Garfield makes its debut (Jun 19), Louise Brown, the world’s first test tube baby, is born (Jul 25), the Soviet Union launches a major russification campaign in all its republics (Oct 13), Karol Wojtyla becomes Pope John Paul II for the next 26 years (Oct 16), Jonestown incident in Guyana claims 918 lives (Nov 18) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1976-comments/ Thu, 29 Mar 2018 08:54:21 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1976-comments/ ThomasExorb - Oct 5, 2024Revolutionizing Search: The Increase of Rapid Hyperlink Indexing Providers https://google53208.answerblogs.com/27503687/online-site-indexing Within the huge landscape of the web, in which details reigns supreme, the chance to accessibility pertinent written content swiftly is paramount. Engines like google have long been the gateway to this huge repository of information, but their success hinges on just one important aspect: indexing. As the net continues to broaden exponentially, classic indexing procedures typically wrestle to help keep tempo. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1976/ Thu, 29 Mar 2018 08:54:21 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1976/ The broadcasting of The Muppet Show by the British ITV kickstarts its success in its native USA. In the year 1976, the first commercial Concorde flight takes off (Jan 21), Apple Computer Company is formed (Apr 1), the Soweto uprising in South Africa begins (Jun 16), the United States celebrates its Bicentennial, and in Uganda, the Entebbe Raid occurs (Jul 4), the Viking 1 Lander successfully lands on Mars (Jul 20), NASA releases the famous Face on Mars photo (Jul 31), Trinidad and Tobago gains independence (Aug 1), the first outbreak of Ebola virus occurs in Zaire (Aug 26), the Muppet Show is broadcast for the first time in Britain (Sep 13), Hotel California by the Eagles is released (Dec 8) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-16th-century/ Wed, 28 Mar 2018 20:43:15 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-16th-century/ Pick one year or decade between 1501 and 1600! 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If you have ancestors born during this century that you know of, you can have them added in the list by simply leaving a comment in the box below the year or decade in question. 1601 - 1602 - 1603 - 1604 - 1605 - 1606 - 1607- 1608 - 1609 - 1610 - 1611 - 1612 - 1613 - 1614 - 1615 - 1616 - 1617 - 1618 - 1619 - 1620 - 1621 - 1622 - 1623 - 1624 - 1625 - 1626 - 1627 - 1628 - 1629 - 1630 - 1631 - 1632 - 1633 - 1634 - 1635 - 1636 - 1637 - 1638 - 1639 - 1640 - 1641- 1642 - 1643 - 1644 - 1645 - 1646 - 1647 - 1648 - 1649 - 1650 - 1651 - 1652 - 1653 - 1654 - 1655 - 1656 - 1657 - 1658 - 1659 - 1660 - 1661 - 1662 - 1663 - 1664 - 1665 - 1666 - 1667 - 1668 - 1669 - 1670 - 1671 - 1672 - 1673 - 1674 - 1675 - 1676 - 1677 - 1678 - 1679 - 1680 - 1681 - 1682 - 1683 - 1684 - 1685 - 1686 - 1687 - 1688 - 1689 - 1690 - 1691 - 1692 - 1693 - 1694 - 1695 - 1696 - 1697 - 1698 - 1699 - 1700 Updated 14. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1813/ Wed, 28 Mar 2018 15:05:19 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1813/ The Philharmonic Society is founded in London (Jan 24), Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is published (Jan 28), Prussia declares war on France (Mar 17), American forces capture Fort George in Canada (May 27), the Carabinieri are founded in the Kingdom of Sardinia (Jul 13), Napoleon’s troops are victorious in Dresden (Aug 27), Simón Bolívar is given the title El Libertador in Venezuela (Oct 5), British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York (Dec 29), the Napoleonic Wars go on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1838/ Wed, 28 Mar 2018 13:50:51 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1838/ In the year 1838, the first public demonstration of a new invention - telegraph - occurs in Morristown, New Jersey (Jan 6), the first known report about the lowest temperature on Earth is made, -60°C (-76°F) in Yakutsk, Siberia (Jan 21), the first East Indian immigrants arrive in British Guiana (May 5), several native tribes in the United States, there among Cherokee, Muscogee and Seminole, are forcefully relocated in what came to be known Trail of Tears (May 26), the coronation of Queen Victoria takes place at Westminster Abbey in London (Jun 28), Governor of Missouri declares Mormons to be enemies of state, leaving either extermination or exile their only option (Oct 27) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1840/ Wed, 28 Mar 2018 13:48:32 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1840/ In the year 1840, British colonists reach New Zealand, officially founding Wellington (Jan 22), Queen Victoria marries her cousin Prince Albert (Feb 10), Britain issues the Penny Black, the world’s first postage stamp (May 1), New Zealand is declared a British colony (May 21), the Province of Canada is created by the Act of Union (Jul 23), David Livingstone leaves Britain for Africa (to be located only 31 years later by Henry Morton Stanley) (Dec 7) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1873/ Wed, 28 Mar 2018 13:46:46 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1873/ In the year 1873, Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar (Jan 1), the world’s first kennel club is founded in the United Kingdom (Apr 4), barbed wire is exhibited at an Illinois county fair, and is soon being mass-produced (May), Levi Strauss and Co. begin manufacturing the famous Levi’s brand of jeans (May 20), Jesse James and his gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West (Jul 21), Heineken Brewery is founded in Amsterdam (Dec 16), the Long Depression that started in October lasts for many years, the American Indian Wars go on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1906/ Wed, 28 Mar 2018 13:44:01 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1906/ In the year 1906, Rolls-Royce Ltd. is registered (Mar 15), Mount Vesuvius erupts, devastating Naples (Apr 7), the 1906 San Francisco earthquake takes place (Apr 18), the RMS Lusitania, the world’s largest ship, is launched in Glasgow (Jun 7), a magnitude 8.2 earthquake in Chile kills thousands (Aug 16), the first phonographic record player is manufactured (Aug 22), Mahatma Gandhi coins the term Satyagraha to characterize the Non-Violence movement in South Africa (Sep 11), the Grand Duchy of Finland becomes the first nation to adopt universal suffrage (Oct 1), SOS becomes an international distress signal (Nov 3), the world’s first submarine, the U-1, enters the German Navy (Dec 14), the world’s first feature film, The Story of the Kelly Gang, is released (Dec 26) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1904/ Wed, 28 Mar 2018 13:40:26 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1904/ In the year 1904, the first large scale bodybuilding competition takes place at Madison Square Garden (Jan 16), a surprise Japanese naval attack in Manchuria starts the Russo-Japanese War (Feb 8), the United States pays $10 million to gain control of the Panama Canal (Feb 23), the Mormons end officially the practice of polygamy (Apr 6), FIFA is established (May 21), the Dalai Lama signs the Anglo-Tibetan Treaty (Sep 7), the first underground line of the New York City Subway opens (Oct 27), the first successful caterpillar track is made (Nov 24), in New York City, the first New Year’s Eve celebration is held in Times Square (Dec 31) - and all these fine people were born: 1904-0101 1904-0103 Jeane Dixon* astrologer - Medford, WI USA (1997/93) 1904-0110 1904-0118 Cary Grant* (b Leach) British-American actor/to U. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1902/ Wed, 28 Mar 2018 13:35:02 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1902/ In the year 1902, New Zealand becomes the first country in the world to require state registration of nurses (Jan 1), the Berlin U-Bahn** is opened** (Feb 15), a Circuit Court prevents Thomas Edison from having a monopoly on motion picture technology (Mar 10), the first movie theater in the United States opens in Los Angeles (Apr 2), Cuba gains independence from the United States (May 20), Edward VII is crowned King of the United Kingdom (Aug 9) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1920/ Wed, 28 Mar 2018 13:32:38 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1920/ In the year 1920, the Treaty of Versailles ends WWI (Jan 10), Turkey gives up the Ottoman Empire (Jan 28), Prohibition begins in the U.S. (Jan 16), the Tartu Peace Treaty recognizes Estonian independence (Feb 2), Adolf Hitler presents his National Socialist program in Munich (Feb 24), the 7th Summer Olympics open in Antwerp, Belgium (Apr 20), Joan of Arc is canonized in Rome (May 16), the first KLM fight takes place (May 17), Pancho Villa surrenders in Mexico (Jul 28), the 19th Amendment of the U. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1932/ Wed, 28 Mar 2018 13:06:49 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1932/ [caption id=“attachment_1632” align=“alignleft” width=“330”]Radio City Music Hall (Courtesy of Stròlic Furlàn)[/caption] In the year 1932, Hattie Caraway becomes the first female U.S. Senator (Jan 12), ca 6 million people are unemployed in Germany (Jan 15), Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is published (Feb 1), Tarzan the Ape Man opens starring Johnny Weissmuller (Mar 25), following the end of Prohibition, the first Alko stores open in Finland (Apr 5), Nazis become the largest party in the Reichstag election (Jul 31), Forrest Mars produces the first Mars bar (Aug 1), the first Autobahn is opened in Germany (Aug 6), the Soviet Famine begins, millions starving to death (Sep 22), the first science fiction radio show, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, debuts on radio (Nov 7), Radio City Music Hall opens in New York City (Dec 27) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1968/ Wed, 28 Mar 2018 11:48:11 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1968/ [caption id=“attachment_476” align=“alignright” width=“283”]MLK Jr and RFK in 1968[/caption] In the year 1968, Viet Cong soldiers attack the U.S. Embassy in Saigon (Jan 31), Martin Luther King Jr. is shot dead in Memphis, Tennessee (Apr 4), The musical Hair officially opens on Broadway (Apr 29), Robert F. Kennedy is shot in Los Angeles (Jun 5) and dies day after, Warsaw Pact troops and tanks invade Czechoslovakia (Aug 20), the 19th Olympic Games begin in Mexico City (Oct 12) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1936/ Wed, 28 Mar 2018 11:08:14 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1936/ In the year 1936, Japanese Baseball League is founded (Feb 5), the first superhero to wear a skin-tight costume and mask, The Phantom, makes his appearance in U.S. newspapers (Feb 18), construction of the Hoover Dam is completed (Mar 1), Italia annexes Ethiopia (May 7), Queen Mary leaves Southampton on her maiden voyage (May 27), the first fully controllable helicopter makes its maiden flight (Jun 26), the Olympic Games open in Berlin (Aug 1), Stalin’s Great Purge begins in the Soviet Union (Oct), the weekly Life begins its publication (Nov 23), all German boys ages 10 to 18 are to join the Hitler Youth paramilitary organization (Dec 1), Edward III abdicates (Dec 10), stress is first recognized as a medical condition - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1951/ Wed, 28 Mar 2018 11:00:05 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1951/ In the year 1951, the comic strip Dennis the Menace appears in the U.S. newspapers for the first time (Mar 12), The King and I premiers on Broadway (Mar 29), the George Washington Carver National Monument in Joplin, Missouri becomes the first U.S. national monument to honor an African American (Jul 14), the first Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the plant in South Africa (Aug 31), the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty is signed, allowing American troops to be stationed in Japan (Sep 8), I Love Lucy debuts on CBS (Oct 15), the Marshall Plan expires (Dec 31), several sci-fi films premier, the Korean War goes on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1919/ Wed, 28 Mar 2018 09:00:52 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1919/ [caption id=“attachment_2232” align=“alignright” width=“309”]The Thompson submachine gun in a violin case[/caption] In the year 1919, the League of Nations is founded (Jan 25), Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement (Mar 23), after the fall of the Ottoman Empire, the Turkish War of Independence begins (May 19), the Treaty of Versailles officially ends WW 1 (Jun 28), the American Communist Party is established (Aug 31), KLM is founded (Oct 7), Estonia nationalizes 97% of agrarian lands, mostly belonging to Baltic Germans (Oct 10), Adolf Hitler gives his first speech for the German Workers' Party, the future Nazi Party (Oct 16), John T. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1918/ Wed, 28 Mar 2018 08:58:47 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1918/ In the year 1918, the Finnish Declaration of Independence is recognized by Russia, Sweden, Germany and France (Jan 4), the Finnish Civil War, lasting till May, begins (Jan 27), the first ever drone is test flown (Mar 6), Moscow becomes the capital of Soviet Russia (Mar 12), the German fighter pilot Red Baron dies in combat (Apr 21), Spanish Flu becomes pandemic, killing millions in the ensuing months (June), Allied forces break through the Hindenburg Line (Sep 29), with the failed test flight of another drone - the Kettering Bug - the use of drones in WW1 is abandoned (Oct 2), Czechoslovakia declares its independence from Austria-Hungary (Oct 28), the Red Army invades Estonia (Nov 28), the Second World War rages on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-18th-century/ Wed, 28 Mar 2018 00:09:38 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-18th-century/ Pick one year or decade between 1701 and 1800! If you have ancestors born during this time, you can have them added in the list by simply leaving a comment in the box below the year or decade in question. The individual years: 1701 - 1702 - 1703 - 1704 - 1705 - 1706 - 1707 - 1708 - 1709 - 1710 - 1711 - 1712 - 1713 - 1714 - 1715 - 1716 - 1717 - 1718 - 1719 - 1720 - 1721 - 1722 - 1723 - 1724 - 1725 - 1726 - 1727 - 1728 - 1729 - 1730 - 1731 - 1732 - 1733 - 1734 - 1735 - 1736 - 1737 - 1738 - 1739 - 1740 - 1741 - 1742 - 1743 - 1744 - 1745 - 1746 - 1747 - 1748 - 1749 - 1750 - 1751 - 1752 - 1753 - 1754 - 1755 - 1756 - 1757 - 1758 - 1759 - 1760 - 1761 - 1762 - 1763 - 1764 - 1765 - 1766 - 1767 - 1768 - 1769 - 1770 - 1771 - 1772 - 1773 - 1774 - 1775 - 1776 - 1777 - 1778 - 1779 - 1780 - 1781 - 1782 - 1783 - 1784 - 1785 - 1786 - 1787 - 1788 - 1789 - 1790 - 1791 - 1792 - 1793 - 1794 - 1795 - 1796 - 1797 - 1798 - 1799 - 1800 Updated 22. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1810/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 23:40:52 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1810/ [caption id=“attachment_1700” align=“alignleft” width=“352”]Strong Arm Contest at Oktoberfest in 2009[/caption] In the year 1810, Napoleon marries Marie-Louise of Austria (Mar 11), Beethoven composes his famous piano piece, Für Elise (Apr 27), Colombia declares its independence from Spain (Jul 20), Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France, is elected Crown Prince of Sweden (Aug 21), Munich in Bavaria, Germany holds its first Oktoberfest (Oct 12), the United States annexes West Florida from Spain (Oct 27) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1877/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 23:34:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1877/ In the year 1877, the Satsuma Rebellion breaks out in Japan between disaffected samurai and the new imperial government (Jan 29), microphone is invented, and Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake debuts (Mar 4), Crazy Horse surrenders in Nebraska (May 6), Alexander Graham Bell installs the world’s first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Canada (Jun 20), the Wimbledon tennis tournament is played for the first time (Jul 9), Deimos, the outer moon of Mars, is discovered (Aug 12) and days later its inner moon Phobos (Aug 18), Thomas Edison demonstrates his newest invention, the phonograph (Nov 29), American Indian Wars go on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1987/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 23:26:23 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1987/ In the year 1987, AZT is approved for use in the U.S. in the treatment of HIV/AIDS (Mar 20), The Bold & The Beautiful debuts on CBS (Mar 23), plans for Euro Disney are sealed (Mar 24), The Simpsons cartoon first appears on television (Apr 19), Mathias Rust lands his plane on Red Square in Moscow (May 28), Ronald Reagan holds his Tear down this wall speech in Berlin (Jun 12), according to UN, the world population has reached 5 billion people (Jul 11), Michael Jackson’s Bad is released (Aug 31) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1930/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 23:20:20 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1930/ In the year 1930, the Mickey Mouse comic strip makes its first appearance (Jan 13), the 3M company markets Scotch Tape (Jan 31), Pluto is discovered (Feb 18), Salt March led by Mahatma Gandhi starts the Civil Disobedience Movement in India (Mar 12), the snack cake Twinkies are invented (Apr 6), neoprene is invented by DuPont (Apr 17), Looney Tunes, the first cartoon series, is released (Apr 19), the first FIFA World Cup starts (Jul 13), Haile Selassie is crowned emperor of Ethiopia (Nov 2), the chocolate chip cookie is invented - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1977/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 23:08:37 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1977/ In the year 1977, Apple Computer is incorporated (Jan 3), Jimmy Carter becomes the 39th U.S President (Jan 20), Fleetwood Mac’s _Rumours _is released (Feb 4), the rings of Uranus are discovered (Mar 10), optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic (Apr 22), Star Wars opens in cinemas (May 25), there is a blackout in New York City with resultant looting (Jul 13-14), Elvis Presley dies (Aug 16), Pelé plays his last pro football game (Oct 1) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1871/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 22:50:39 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1871/ In the year 1871, the German Empire is founded (Jan 18) and Otto von Bismarck becomes its first Chancellor (Mar 21), the Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria (Mar 29), the first supposedly Major League Baseball game is played in America (May 4), the first cat expedition is held, at Crystal Palace in London (Jul 13), British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada (Jul 20), New York Herald correspondent Stanley locates the missing missionary and asks: Dr. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1878/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 19:56:40 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1878/ In the year 1878, Umberto I becomes King of Italy (Jan), the phonograph is patented by Thomas Edison (Feb 19), the Tokyo Stock Exchange is established (May 15), the Congress of Berlin convenes to discuss the Ottoman Empire, and as a result the empire gradually shrinks in size (Jun 4), Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld leaves on a voyage that makes him the first man to navigate the Northern Sea Route (Jun 22), Cleopatra’s Needle is erected in London (Sep 12), the last remnants of the once-great herds of bison around the Calgary area cross south into Montana - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1879/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 19:51:08 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1879/ [caption id=“attachment_1461” align=“alignleft” width=“414”]A dining hall at Oxford University[/caption] In the year 1879, the Anglo-Zulu War begins in Southern Africa (Jan 11), Sandford Fleming first proposes the global adoption of standard time (Feb 8), the world’s first ocean-going steamer made of mild steel is launched in Scotland (Jun 6), the first issue of what will be known as The Watchtower, is published (Jul 1), Oxford University allows female students to study for degrees (Oct 13), Thomas Edison buys the patent for the incandescent light bulb (Nov 4) and demonstrates it to the public for the first time in Menlo Park, New Jersey (Dec 31) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1939/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 19:47:58 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1939/ 1967 re-release poster In the year 1939, the Hewlett-Packard Company is founded (Jan 1), Hitler´s speech before the Reichstag forebodes the holocaust (Jan 30), Batman makes his first appearance in a comic book (May 2), the last public guillotining in France takes place (Jun 17), Siam changes its name to Thailand (Jun 24), the last remaining Jewish enterprises in Germany are closed by the Nazis (Jul 6), Nazi Germany invades Poland, beginning World War II in Europe (Sep 1), Soviet forces attack Finland, starting the Winter War (Nov 30), Gone with the Wind premieres in an Atlanta theater (Dec 15) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1994/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 19:46:06 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1994/ In the year 1994, NAFTA is established (Jan 1), China gets its first connection to the internet (Mar 1), the Rwandan genocide begins (Apr 7), Nelson Mandela wins the first fully multiracial presidential elections in South Africa (Apr 27), the Channel Tunnel between England and France opens (May 6), the O. J. Simpson case begins (Jun 12), the Russian army leaves Estonia and Latvia, ending the last traces of Eastern Europe’s Soviet occupation (Aug 31), MS Estonia sinks in the Baltic Sea, killing 852 people (Sep 28), the first conference devoted entirely to the subject of the commercial potential of the World Wide Web opens in San Francisco (Nov 4) - and all these fine people were born: 1994-0102 Valentina Giacinti* football player - Trescore Balneario, Italy 1994-0103 Katri Lylynperä* cross-country skier - Vammala, Finland 1994-0103 Simon Pettersson* athlete (discus)/OS - Sweden 1994-0104 Viktor Axelsen* badminton player/OB - Odense, Denmark 1994-0105 Zemgus Girgensons* hockey player - Riga, Latvia 1994-0110 1994-0112 Emre Can* football player/with Turkish ancestry - Frankfurt, Germany 1994-0114 Connor Brown* hockey player - Etobicoke, ON Canada 1994-0114 Muktar Edris* long-distance runner/WC - Ethiopia 1994-0115 Eric Dier* football player - Cheltenham, England 1994-0116 Mikko Lehtonen* hockey player/OG - Turku, Finland 1994-0120 Hampus Lindholm* hockey player - Helsingborg, Sweden 1994-0121 Marny Kennedy* actress - Melbourne, VIC Australia 1994-0121 Toni Kuusela* athlete (javelin) - Vimpeli, Finland 1994-0121 Nico Salo* floorball player - Tampere, Finland 1994-0 1994-0123 Mattias Nilsson* hockey player - Visby, Sweden 1994-0125 1994-0126 Steph Catley* football player - Melbourne, Australia 1994-0127 Anouck Jaubert* sport climber - Saint-Étienne, France 1994-0131 1994-0201 Julia Garner* actress - New York, NY USA 1994-0201 Teemu Suninen* rally driver - Tuusula, Finland 1994-0202 *Brock McGinn* hockey player - Fergus, ON Canada 1994-0203 Malaika Mihambo* athlete (long jump)/OG/w Tanzanian father - Heidelberg, Germany 1994-0203 Aimee Lou Wood* actress - Stockport, Greater Manchester, England 1994-0204 Alexia Putellas* football player - Mollet del Vallès, Spain 1994-0206 Charlie Heaton* musician/actor - Leeds, West Yorkshire, England 1994-0207 Nina Christen* sport shooter/OB - Stans, Switzerland 1994-0207 Nathan Walker* Australian hockey player/SC - Cardiff, Wales 1994-0208 Nikki Yanofsky* singer - Montreal, QC Canada 1994-0210 Kelvin Hoefler* skateboarder/OS - Sao Paulo, Brazil 1994-0210 Makenzie Vega* actress - Los Angeles, CA USA 1994-0211 Dylan Arnold* actor - Seattle, WA USA 1994-0212 Alex Galchenyuk* hockey player - Milwaukee, WI USA 1994-0212 Arman Hall* sprinter/OGr - Miami, FL USA 1994-0213 Memphis Depay* football player - Moordrecht, Netherlands 1994-0214 Becky Hill* singer - Bewdley, Worcestershire, England 1994-0214 Thanapob Leeratanakachorn* model/ actor/singer - Bangkok, Thailand 1994-0216 Annika Beck* tennis player - Gießen, Germany 1994-0219 Fausto Desalu* athlete (sprinter/OGr) - Casalmaggiore, Italy 1994-0220 Brigid Kosgei* long-distance runner/marathon world record - Kenya 1994-0223 Dakota Fanning* actress - Conyers, GA USA 1994-0225 Mackenzie Arnold* football goalie - Gold Coast, QLD Australia 1994-0225 Eugenie Bouchard* tennis player - Montreal, QC Canada 1994-0225 Ifeoma Onumonu* American-Nigerian football player - Rancho Cucamonga, CA USA 1994-0226 Kalle Koljonen* badminton player - Helsinki, Finland 1994-0226 Jacob Trouba* hockey player - Rochester, MI USA 1994-0301 Justin Bieber* singer - London, ON Canada 1994-0301 Camille Razat* model/ actress - Toulouse, France 1994-0302 1994-0303 Amir Khosravani* Paralympic athlete (long jump)/OG - Bandar Ganaveh, Iran 1994-0305 Daria Gavrilova* Russian-Australian tennis player - Moscow, Russia 1994-0306 Mads Burnell* mixed martial artist - Husum, Denmark 1994-0307 Chase Kalisz* swimmer/OG - Bel Air, MD USA 1994-0307 Jordan Pickford* football goalie - Washington, England 1994-0308 1994-0310 Nikita Parris* football player/EC - Liverpool, Merseyside, England 1994-0311 Andrew Robertson* football player - Glasgow, Scotland 1994-0312 Katie Archibald* Scottish-British racing cyclist/OG - Chertsey, England 1994-0312 Noemi Zbären* athlete (hurdles) - Langnau, Emmenthal, Switzerland 1994-0313 1994-0314 Jasmine Abrams* Guyanese athlete (sprinter) - New York, NY USA 1994-0314 Ansel Elgort* actor - New York, NY USA 1994-0315 1994-0316 Sierra McClain* actress /singer - Decatur, GA USA 1994-0317 Christin Hussong* athlete (javelin) - Zweibrücken, Germany 1994-0318 Megan Tapper* (b Simmonds) hurdler/OB - Kingston, Jamaica 1994-0321 Erik Back* athlete/sprinter - Helsinki, Finland 1994-0325 An Baul* 안바울 judoka/OB - Anyang, South Korea 1994-0326 Paige VanZant* mixed martial artist - Dundee, OR USA 1994-0327 Wesley Vázquez* middle-distance runner - Bayamón, Puerto Rico 1994-0328 1994-0329 Jack Bandeira* actor - Middlesbrough, England 1994-0329 Tom Wilson* hockey player/SC - Toronto, ON Canada 1994-0401 Ella Eyre* singer/ songwriter - London, England 1994-0403 Feng Bin* athlete (discus/WG) - Penglai District, China 1994-0406 Simona Brown* actress/ of Jamaican heritage - London, England 1994-0406 Ilya Lyubushkin* hockey player - Moscow, Russia 1994-0407 1994-0409 Clara Henry* actress/ blogger/television presenter - Landsvetter, Sweden 1994-0411 Duncan Laurence* (b de Moor) singer - Spijkenisse, Netherlands 1994-0412 Saoirse Ronan* actress/ Irish parents - New York City, NY USA 1994-0413 Elvis Merzļikins* hockey goalie - Riga, Latvia 1994-0414 1994-0415 Elena Linari* football player - Fiesole, Italy 1994-0415 Shaunae Miller-Uibo* (b Miller) sprinter - Nassau, Bahamas 1994-0418 Olli Kokko* swimmer - Finland 1994-0420 1994-0422 Chandler Stephenson* hockey player/SC - SK Canada 1994-0424 Henri Liipola* athlete (hammer) - Koski Tl, Finland 1994-0425 Omar McLeod* athlete (hurdles/OG) - Clarendon, Jamaica 1994-0426 Zoe Smith* weightlifter - England 1994-0428 Alexandra Burghardt* athlete (sprinter & bobsleigh/OS) - - Mühldorf am Inn, Germany 1994-0428 Joonas Korpisalo* hockey goalie - Pori, Finland 1994-0428 Mina Tanaka* 田中 美南 Japanese football player/w Thai mother - Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand 1994-0428 Haftamnesh Tesfay* athlete (runner) - Ethiopia 1994-0501 Jaccob Slavin* hockey player - Erie, CO USA 1994-0501 Krisztián Tóth* judoka/OB - Darmstadt, Germany 1994-0502 Alexander Choupenitch* fencer/OB - Brno, Czechia 1994-0502 Gerard Descarrega* Paralympic athlete (sprinter)/OG - La Selva del Camp, Tarragona, Spain 1994-0502 Sara Forsberg* singer/television personality - Finland 1994-0505 “Celeste” Epiphany Waite* singer/songwriter - Culver City, CA USA 1994-0507 Josh Anderson* hockey player - Burlington, ON Canada 1994-0508 Ajeé Wilson* middle-distance runner - Neptune, NJ USA 1994-0510 1994-0511 Menno Vloon* athlete (pole vault) - Zaandam, Netherlands 1994-0516 Mikhail Grigorenko* hockey player - Khabarovsk, Russia 1994-0518 Chris Driedger* hockey goalie - Winnipeg, MB Canada 1994-0520 Alex Høgh Andersen* actor (Vikings) - Skælskør, Denmark 1994-0523 Esa Lindell* hockey player - Helsinki, Finland 1994-0524 Emma McKeon* swimmer/OB - Wollongong, NSW Australia 1994-0525 Matt Murray* hockey goalie - Thunder Bay, ON Canada 1994-0525 Aly Raisman* gymnast/OG - Needham, MA USA 1994-0526 Lindsey Horan* football player - Golden, CO USA 1994-0528 John Stones* football player - Barnsley, England 1994-0529 Lorelei Linklater* American actress - San Miguel de Allende, Mexico 1994-0529 Saku Mäenalanen* hockey player/OG - Tornio, Finland 1994-0530 Scott Laughton* hockey player - Oakville, ON Canada 1994-0531 Heorhiy Bushchan* football goalie - Odessa, Ukraine 1994-0531 Senja Mäkitörmä* athlete (shot put) - Varpaisjärvi, Finland 1994-0601 1994-0603 Bethany England* football player - Barnsley, England 1994-0603 Ville Pokka* hockey player/OG - Tornio, Finland 1994-0603 Anne Winters* actress - Dallas, TX USA 1994-0604 Roosa Laakkonen* volleyball player - Finland 1994-0605 Petra Olli* freestyle wrestler/WG - Lappajärvi, Finland 1994-0606 Markus Nutivaara* hockey player - Oulu, Finland 1994-0610 1994-0611 Jessica Fox* Australian canoeist/OG - Marseille, France 1994-0615 Lee Kiefer* fencer/OG - Cleveland, OH USA 1994-0615 Yussuf Poulsen* football player/w a Tanzanian father - Copenhagen, Denmark 1994-0616 1994-0617 Mimosa Jallow* swimmer/w Gambian father - Jyväskylä, Finland 1994-0618 Takeoff* (b Kirshnik Khari Ball) rapper - Lawrenceville, GA USA (2022/28) 1994-0619 Mallory Franklin* canoeist/OS - Windsor, Berkshire, England 1994-0619 Ala Zoghlami* Italian runner (steeplechase)/twin of Osama - Tunis 1994-0619 Osama Zoghlami* Italian runner (steeplechase) - Tunis 1994-0620 Drake Caggiula* hockey player - Pickering, ON Canada 1994-0620 Collin Delia* hockey goalie - Rancho Cucamonga, CA USA 1994-0620 Sarah Köhler* swimmer/OB - Hanau, Germany 1994-0622 1994-0624 Erin Moriarty* actress - New York City, NY USA 1994-0625 1994-0626 Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard* judoka/OB - Canada 1994-0629 Camila Mendes* actress/singer - Charlottesville, VA USA 1994-0630 1994-0701 Edvin Endre* actor/son of Lena Endre - Stockholm, Sweden 1994-0705 Shohei Ohtani* 大谷 翔平 baseball player - Ōshū, Iwate, Japan 1994-0707 Hali Flickinger* swimmer/OB - York, PA USA 1994-0707 Ned Porteous* actor (Emmerdale) - High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England 1994-0708 Buse Arikazan* athlete (pole vault) - Ankara, Turkey 1994-0708 Andrew Copp* hockey player - Ann Arbor, MI USA 1994-0709 Akiane Kramarik* painter (Prince of Peace)/poet - Mount Morris, IL USA - Akiane. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1953/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 19:43:18 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1953/ In the year 1953, Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Yugoslavia (Jan 14), Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes the 34th U.S. President (Jan 20), Joseph Stalin dies after 31 years of ruling the Soviet Union (Mar 5), Dag Hammarskjöld is elected U.N. Secretary-General (Apr 7), Edmund Hillary conquers Mount Everest at 8848 m/29029 ft (May 29), Elisabeth II is crowned at Westminster Abbey (Jun 2), The first Chevrolet Corvette is built at Flint, Michigan (Jun 30), the EEC assembles for the first time (Jul 5), The Korean War ends (Jul 27), the discovery of REM sleep is first published (Sep 4), the first issue of Playboy Magazine comes out (Dec) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1935/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 19:40:21 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1935/ In the year 1935, Italy’s Benito Mussolini and France’s Pierre Laval agree upon mutual non-interference of colonial claims (Jan 7), Amelia Earhart becomes the first to fly solo from Hawaii to California (Jan 11), the first canned beer is sold in Richmond, Virginia (Jan 24), the use of radar is demonstrated for the first time (Feb 26), Joseph Stalin opens the Moscow Metro to the public (May 15), Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio (Jun 10), the world’s first parking meters are installed in Oklahoma City (Jul 16), the Nuremberg Laws remove citizenship from Jews (Sep 15), Lebensborn program in support of Nazi eugenics is founded by Heinrich Himmler in Germany (Dec 12) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1880/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 19:38:25 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1880/ In the year 1880, Wabash, Indiana becomes the first electrically lighted city in the world (Mar 31), in Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway (May 13), France annexes Tahiti (Jun 29), The University of Southern California opens its doors (Oct 6), the first cash register is patented in Ohio (Nov 4) - and all these fine people were born: 1880-0101 Ernst Gennat* director of the Berlin criminal police/coined the term “Serienmörder” (serial killer) - Plötzensee, German Empire (1939/59) https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1882/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 19:35:59 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1882/ In the year 1882, P. T. Barnum acquires Jumbo the elephant from the London Zoo (Feb 3), polygamy is made a felony in the United States (Mar 22), the world’s first trolley bus begins operating in Berlin (Apr 29), the Chinese Exclusion Act is the first law restricting immigration into the U.S. (May 8), the first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City (Sep 4), Egypt becomes a British protectorate (Sep 13) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1887/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 19:33:18 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1887/ In the year 1887, construction of the Eiffel Tower begins (Jan 28), the first Groundhog Day is observed in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania (Feb 2), Chester Greenwood patents earmuffs (Mar 4), Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show opens in London (May 9), Emile Berliner is granted a patent for his Gramophone (Nov 8), Heinrich Hertz discovers the photoelectric effect on the production and reception of electromagnetic (EM) waves i.e. radio - and all these fine people were born: 1887-0101 Max Ritter von Müller* WWI fighter ace - Rottenburg an der Laaber, Bavaria, German Empire (1918/31) 1887-0104 Viljo Huttunen* Finnish actor/theater director - Toksova, Ingria, Russian Empire (1951/64) 1887-0110 1887-0111 Monte Blue* actor - Indianapolis, IN USA (1963/76) 1887-0120 1887-0121 Georges Vézina* hockey goalie (NHL 100)/the Vezina Trophy since 1926 - Chicoutimi, QC Canada (1926/39) 1887-0122 Helen Hoyt* poet - Norwalk, CT USA (1972/85) 1887-0128 Arthur Rubinstein* pianist - Lodz, Poland, Russian Empire (1982) 1887-0131 1887-0201 1887-0210 John Franklin Enders* biomedical scientist/N/“the Father of Modern Vaccines” - West Hartford, CT USA (1985/88) 1887-0217 Leevi Madetoja* composer - Oulu, GD of Finland (1947/60) 1887-0220 1887-0223 Kössi Kanto* actor/killed by an ice block - Kangasala, GD of Finland (1917/30) 1887-0228 Annie Mörk* actress/ theater director - Hanko, GD of Finland (1959/72) 1887-0303 Kurt Wolff* journalist/ writer/publisher - Bonn, Prussia, German Empire (1963/76) 1887-0311 Raoul Walsh* film director/actor - New York, NY USA (1980/93) 1887-0314 Sylvia Beach* bookseller/publisher/active in France - Baltimore, MD USA (1962/75) 1887-0315 Marjorie Merriweather Post* businesswoman/ socialite/ philanthropist - Springfield, IL USA (1973/86) 1887-0322 Chico Marx* actor/comedian/musician - New York, NY USA (1961/74) 1887-0323 Juan Gris* (b González-Pérez) painter - Madrid, Spain (1927/40) 1887-0324 Roscoe Arbuckle* actor/screenwriter/director - Smith Center, KS USA (1933/46) 1887-0324 Dickinson Bishop* businessman/ honeymoon survivor of the Titanic - Dowagiac, MI USA (1961/73) 1887-0325 1887-0331 1887-0401 1887-0402 Louise Schroeder* politician - Altona, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire (1957/70) 1887-0403 Edgar Lansbury* politician/ father of Angela Lansbury - London, England (1935/48) 1887-0403 Nishizō Tsukahara* 塚原 二四三 navy admiral - Fukui Prefecture, Empire of Japan (1966/78) 1887-0410 Bernardo Houssay* physiologist/N - Buenos Aires, Argentina (1971/84) 1887-0412 Harold Lockwood* actor/ director/producer - Brooklyn, NY USA (1918/31) 1887-0415 Felix Pipes* Austrian tennis player (OSd)/physician - Prague, Austria-Hungary (1983/95) 1887-0420 1887-0422 Harald Bohr* football player/mathematician/brother of Niels Bohr - Copenhagen, Denmark (1951/63) 1887-0425 Kojo Tovalou Houénou* (b Marc Tovalou Quénum) prominent critic of the French colonial empire in Africa - Porto-Novo, Kingdom of Dahomey (1936/49) 1887-0426 Elisabeth Risdon* actress - London, England (1958/71) 1887-0430 1887-0502 Vernon Castle* (b William Vernon Blyth) dancer - Norwich, Norfolk, England (1918/30) 1887-0510 1887-0513 Lorna Hodgkinson* educator/psychologist - Melbourne, Australia (1951/63) 1887-0522/28 Jim Thorpe* athlete/first native American to win OG - Prague, Indian Territory, USA (1953/65) 1887-0531 Saint-John Perse* (b Alexis Leger) French poet-diplomat/N - Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe (1975/88) 1887-0603 Toivo Niskanen* dancer/choreographer/ popularizer of tango in Finland - Helsinki, GD of Finland (1961/74) 1887-0620 Floyd Collins* cave explorer - Auburn, KY USA (1925/37) 1887-0622 Julian Huxley* evolutionary biologist/eugenicist - London, England (1975/87) 1887-0630 William Rosenberg* painter - Nurmijärvi, GD of Finland (1952/64) 1887-0706 Marc Chagall* Russian-French painter - Liozna, Russian Empire (1985/97) 1887-0716 Shoeless Joe Jackson* baseball player - Pickens County, SC USA (1951/64) 1887-0718 Vidkun Quisling* military officer/politician - Fyresdal, Telemark, Norway (1945/58) 1887-0722 Gustav Ludwig Hertz* physicist/N - Hamburg, German Empire (1975/88) 1887-0812 Erwin Schrödinger* physicist/N - Vienna, Austria-Hungary (1961/73) 1887-0817 Marcus Garvey* proponent of Black nationalism - Saint Ann’s Bay, Jamaica (1940/52) 1887-0830 Kalle Anttila* wrestler/OG - Muhos, Finland (1975/87) 1887-0830 Adam Kuckhoff* writer/journalist/ German resistance member (Rote Kapelle) - Aachen, German Empire (1943/55) 1887-0901 Blaise Cendrars* (b Frédéric-Louis Sauser) Swiss-French novelist - La Chaux-de-Fonds, Neuchâtel, Switzerland (1961/73) 1887-0903 Frank Christian* jazz trumpeter - New Orleans, LA USA (1973/86) 1887-0905 Irene Fenwick* (b Frizell) actress/m to Lionel Barrymore - Chicago, IL USA (1936/49) 1887-0910 Giovanni Gronchi* politician/P - Pontedera, Tuscany, Kingdom of Italy (1978/91) 1887-0913 Frank Gray* physicist/ researcher at Bell Labs/remembered for the Gray code - Alpine, IN USA (1969/81) 1887-0913 Theodore Roosevelt Jr* government&business& military leader - Cove Neck, NY USA (1944/56) 1887-0913 Leopold Ružička* chemist/N - Vukovar, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary (1976/89) 1887-0916 Nadia Boulanger* music teacher/conductor - Paris, France (1979/92) 1887-0928 Avery Brundage* athlete/ businessman/IOC president - Detroit, MI USA (1975/87) 1887-0930 Tyyne Savia* photographer/ photography teacher - Tampere, GD of Finland (1959/72) 1887-1001 1887-1015 Frederick Fleet* sailor/ Titanic crewman and survivor - Liverpool, England (1965/77) 1887-1020 Arne Halse* athlete (javelin/OS) - Kristiansund, Norway (1975/87) 1887-1022 John Reed* journalist/political activist - Portland, Oregon USA (1920/32) 1887-1031 Chiang Kai-shek* Chinese political and military leader - Fenghua, Zheijang (1975/87) 1887-1110 Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu* one of the first female engineers - Galati, Kingdom of Romania (1973/86) 1887-1119 James B. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1931/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 19:29:22 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1931/ In the year 1931, Thomas Edison submits his very last patent application (Jan 6), the Empire State Building is completed (May 1), the Huang He floods killed between 850,000 and 4,000,000 people (the deadliest historic natural disaster), the George Washington Bridge is dedicated (opening to traffic Oct 25) - and all these fine people were born: 1931-0101 Furio Colombo* journalist/politician - Châtillon, Kingdom of Italy (2025/94) 1931-0102 1931-0105 Robert Duvall* actor - San Diego, CA USA **** 1931-0106 Dickie Moore* hockey player (NHL 100)/businessman - Montreal, QC Canada (2015/84) 1931-0111 Mary Rodgers* composer/author/ screenwriter - New York City, NY USA (2014/83) 1931-0117 James Earl Jones* actor - Arkabutla, MS USA (2024/93) 1931-0119 Carl Brashear* U. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1965/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 19:24:42 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1965/ In the year 1965, Canada gets a new flag - the Maple Leaf Flag (Feb 15), Malcolm X is assassinated (Feb 21), Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama is followed by similar treatment of civil rights demonstrators (Mar 7), first American ground combat troops arrive in Vietnam (Mar 8), cosmonaut Alexey Leonov becomes the first person to walk in space (Mar 18), first photos of Mars are taken (Jul 15), the first stadium concert takes place as The Beatles perform at Shea Stadium in New York City (Aug 15), Fidel Castro announces that anyone who wants to can emigrate to the United States (Sep 28), Days of Our Lives debuts on NBC (Nov 8) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1967/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 19:22:02 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1967/ In the year 1967, Charlie Chaplin’s last film is launched (Jan 5), the first Boeing 737 takes it maiden flight (Apr 9), 400 million viewers around the world watch Our World, the first live satellite television production, featuring Beatles' All You Need Is Love (Jun 25), world’s first ATM is installed in England (Jun 27), Fleetwood Mac makes their live debut (Aug 13), Sweden switches to right-hand traffic (Sep 3), Che Guevara is executed in Bolivia (Oct 9), around 70,000 people protest against the Vietnam War in Washington D. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1890/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 19:14:36 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1890/ In the year 1890, the Kingdom of Italy establishes Eritrea as its colony in northeast Africa (Jan 1), Wilhelm II of Germany fires Otto von Bismarck (Mar 20), Vincent van Gogh allegedly shoots himself in the stomach and dies two days later (Jul 27), in New York´s Auburn Prison, William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed in the electric chair (Aug 6), the New Scotland Yard opens near the Big Ben clock tower (Nov), at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, a massacre takes place (Dec 29) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1891/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 19:11:22 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1891/ In the year 1891, paying of old age pensions begins in Germany (Jan 1), Jesse W. Reno patents the first escalator at Coney Beach (Mar 15), the Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago (Apr 1), Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes appears in the Strand Magazine in London for the first time (Jun 25), James Naismith invents baseball, production of the Swiss Army Knife (see the video below) by Victorinox begins, Nikola Tesla invents the Tesla coil - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1972/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 19:05:11 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1972/ In the year 1972, East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh (Jan 11), a Japanese WW2 soldier is discovered in Guam, having spent 28 years in the jungle (Jan 24), Nixon’s visit in China begins (Feb 21), The Godfather premiers in New York City (Mar 15), Okinawa is returned to Japan (May 15), Watergate scandal commences (Jun 17), 11 Israeli athletes are murdered at the Munich Olympics (Sep 5), M*A*S*H begins its run on CBS (Sep 17), Emmerdale premiers on ITV (Oct 16), Apollo 17 crew takes on their way to the Moon The Blue Marble photograph (Dec 7) and conclude on their return the program of lunar exploration (Dec 19), worship of Norse gods is officially approved in Iceland - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1892/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 18:52:15 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1892/ In the year 1892, Ellis Island begins accommodating immigrants to the United States (Jan 1), the Liverpool Football Club is founded (Mar 15), the world’s first fingerprinting bureau is formally opened by the Buenos Aires Chief of Police (Mar 31), the Pledge of Allegiance is first recited (Sep 8), the Dalton Gang is shot by two townspeople in Coffeyville, Kansas (Oct 5), first issue of Vogue is published (Dec 17), a tortoise called Timothy is brought to the estate of Powderham Castle in England, where she lives until her death in 2004 - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1828/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 18:49:12 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1828/ In the year 1828, the first American-Indian newspaper, Cherokee Phoenix, is published in New Echota, capital of the Cherokee Nation (Feb 21), French explorer René Caillié becomes the first non-Muslim to enter Timbuktu, and later return alive (Apr 20), Simon Bolivar declares himself dictator of Gran Colombia (Aug 27), Andrew Jackson is elected President of the United States (Dec 3) - and all these fine people were born: 1828-xxxx James McKay* fur trader - Fort Edmonton, Canada (1879/51) 1828-0101 1828-0103 Karl Collan* writer/ composer - Iisalmi, GD of Finland (1871/43) 1828-0105 Gabriel Jussilainen* farmer/folk lorist/fennoman - Korvi village, GD of Finland (1884/56) 1828-0110 1828-0117 Alexandru Cernat* Romanian general/politician - Galați or Vârlezi, Principality of Moldavia (1893/65) 1828-0122 Dora d’Istria* Romanian writer/feminist - Bucharest, Wallachia (1888/60) 1828-0123 Saigō Takamori* 西郷 隆盛 samurai - Kagoshima, Japan (1877/49) 1828-0131 Oskar Toppelius* schoolteacher/literary reseacher/theater critic - Oulu, GD of Finland (1904/76) 1828-0201 Meyer Guggenheim* the patriarch of the Guggenheim family - Lengnau, Aargau, Switzerland (1905/77) 1828-0208 Jules Verne* poet/playwright/science fiction writer - Nantes, Kingdom of France (1905/77) 1828-0224 Matthew T. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1895/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 18:38:35 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1895/ In the year 1895, Mintonette - later known as volleyball - is created by William G. Morgan in Massachusetts (Feb 9), first worldwide gasoline bus starts in Germany (Mar 18), Rudolf Diesel patents the Diesel engine (Mar 30), Wilhelm Röntgen discovers a type of radiation later known as X-rays (Nov 5), Alfred Nobel signs his last will, setting aside his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after his death (Nov 27), Svante Arrhenius becomes the first scientist to deliver quantified data on climate change (Dec 11), Auguste and Louis Lumière display their first moving picture film in Paris (Dec 28) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1896/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 17:58:28 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1896/ In the year 1896, the X-ray machine is exhibited for the first time (Jan 18), the very first speeding fine is written in England (Jan 28), the first edition of La Gazzetta dello Sport is published (Apr 3), the first modern Olympic Games begin in Athens, Greece (Apr 6), the Ford Quadricycle is completed, marking the start of “putting America - and the rest of the world - on wheels” (Jun 4), Richard Strauss' _Also Sprach Zarahustra_is first performed, in Frankfurt (Nov 27), the third-oldest underground metro system in the world, the Glasgow Subway in Scotland, opens (Dec 14) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1897/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 17:56:31 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1897/ In the year 1897, the word “computer” is first used in the journal Engineering (Jan 22), William McKinley becomes the 25th President of the United States (Mar 4), the first Boston Marathon is held (Apr 19), Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria is celebrated in the United Kingdom (Jun 22), the Klondike Gold Rush begins (Jul 17), aspirin is successfully synthesized by Felix Hoffmann (Aug 10), Thomas Edison is granted a patent for Kinetoscope, a precursor of the movie projector (Aug 31) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1898/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 17:54:49 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1898/ [caption id=“attachment_339” align=“alignright” width=“306”]1 Manhattan 2 Brooklyn 3 Queens 4 The Bronx 5 Staten Island[/caption] In the year 1898, New York City is divided into five boroughs (Jan 1), Annie Oakley promotes the service of women in combat situations with the United States military (Apr 5), neon is discovered at a laboratory in London (Jun 7), Britain makes a 99 year rent of Hong Kong from China (Jun 9), the United States annexes the Hawaiian Islands (Jul 7), Caleb Bradham names his soft drink Pepsi-Cola (Aug 28), the Treaty of Paris ends the Spanish-American War (Dec 10), Marie and Pierre Curie announce discovery of an element they name radium (Dec 26) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1809/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 17:52:13 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1809/ In the year 1809, Robert Fulton patents the steamboat (Feb 11), James Madison becomes the 4th U.S.President (Mar 4), King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden abdicates (Mar 29), Sweden restores political power to the Riksdag after authoritarian rule since 1772 (Jun 6), the city of La Paz declares its independence and forms first independent government in Spanish America (Jul 16), Ecuador declares independence from Spain (Aug 10), the Finnish territory of Sweden becomes part of Russia, the Grand Duchy of Finland, in the Treaty of Hamina (Sep 17) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1975/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 17:48:56 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1975/ In the year 1975, Wheel of Fortune premieres on NBC (Jan 6), Bill Gates and Paul Allen found Microsoft in Albuquerque, New Mexico (Apr 4), the South African government announces that it will provide all black children with free and compulsory education (May 6), Jaws is released in theaters (Jun 20), Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines (Oct 1), _Saturday Night Live _is aired for the first time (Oct 11), Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody is released (Oct 31), Juan Carlos becomes the King of Spain (Nov 22), Rubik’s Cube is patented, several former Portuguese colonies gain independence from Portugal - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1981/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 17:45:43 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1981/ In the year 1981, Iran releases the 52 Americans held for 444 days, ending the Iran hostage crisis (Jan 20), the first London Marathon starts with 7500 runners (Mar 29), President Reagan survives the assassination in Washington D.C. (Mar 30), Space Shuttle Columbia returns to Earth, the first time for a manned reusable spacecraft to do so (Apr 14), the first game of paintball is played in Henniker, NH (Jun 27), Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer get married in London (Jul 29), France abolishes capital punishment (Sep 18), the Egyptian president Anwar Sadat is assassinated in Cairo (Oct 6), Muhammad Ali boxes for the last time (Dec 11) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1990/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 17:41:31 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1990/ In the year 1990, Mr. Bean debuts on television (Jan 1), Manuel Noriega is disposed as the leader of Panama (Jan 3), Nelson Mandela is finally released from prison (Feb 11), Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as president (Mar 13), Namibia gains independence (Mar 21), WHO removes homosexuality from its list of diseases (May 17), the first ban of smoking in bars is passed in California, and Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War (Aug 2), East and West Germany reunify into a single Germany (Oct 3), South Africa ends segregation on a wide scale (Oct 15), Akihito is enthroned as the 125th emperor of Japan (Nov 12), the first known web page is written (Nov 13), communism is falling allover Europe and the U. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1949/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 16:46:17 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1949/ In the year 1949, VW Beetle Type 1 enters the American scene, but the future automotive phenomenon goes yet unrecognized (Jan 17), Australian citizenship comes into being (Jan 26), astronomer Fred Hoyle coins the term Big Bang (Mar 28), NATO is founded (Apr 4), the Republic of Ireland comes into being (Apr 18), Siam changes its name to Thailand (May 11), George Orwell’s 1984 is published (Jun 8), West Germany is established (Sep 7), the People’s Republic of China is officially proclaimed (Oct 1), East Germany is established (Oct 7), the cornerstone of the UN Headquarters is laid (Oct 24), Winston Churchill makes a landmark speech in support of the idea of a European Union (Nov 28) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1933/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 16:44:03 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1933/ In the year 1933, construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins (Jan 5), Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany (Jan 30), King Kong premieres in New York City (Mar 2), FDR is sworn in as the 32nd U.S. president (Mar 4), the board game Monopoly is invented (Mar 7), the concentration camp Dachau is completed, years before the WWII starts (Mar 20), Gestapo is founded (Apr 26), the first alleged sighting of the Loch Ness monster occurs (May 2), the first drive-in movie theater opens near Camden, New Jersey (Jun 6), all non-Nazi parties are forbidden in Germany (Jun 21), Wiley Post becomes the first person to fly around the world (Jul 22), Einstein arrives in the United States as a refugee from Nazi Germany (Oct 17), alcohol becomes legal again in the U. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1917/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 16:42:26 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1917/ In the year 1917, Mata Hari is arrested in Paris for spying (Feb 13), the first jazz recording is commercially released (Mar 7), the Russian Empire comes to an end as Nicholas II abdicates his throne (Mar 15), the Danish West Indies become the US Virgin Islands (Mar 31), Lenin returns to Russia from exile (Apr 16), Our Lady of Fátima apparitions begin, lasting 5 months (May 13), the first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded (Jun 4), the Lions Club International is formed (Jul 7), October Revolution in Russia starts years of turmoil (Nov 7/Oct 25 O. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1901/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 16:40:40 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1901/ In the year 1901, oil is discovered in the first great Texas gusher at Spindletop in Beaumont (Jan 10), Queen Victoria dies after 63 years of reign (Jan 22), New York State becomes the first to require automobile license plates (Apr 25), Cuba becomes a U.S. protectorate (Jun 12), Hubert Cecil Booth patents an electric vacuum cleaner (Aug 30), the first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm (Dec 10), Alzheimer’s disease is described for the first time by German psychiatrist Alois Alzheimer, Scotland Yard creates a fingerprint archive - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1905/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 16:10:05 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1905/ In the year 1905, The Trans-Siberian Railway officially opens (Jan 1), Las Vegas, Nevada is founded when 110 acres (0.4 km²), in what later becomes downtown, are auctioned off (May 15), the Japanese fleet destroys the Russian fleet in a 2-day battle (May 27-28), the Norwegian Parliament declares the union with Sweden dissolved, and Norway achieves full independence (Jun 7), Albert Einstein publishes his theory of special relativity (Jun 30), Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway (Nov 18) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1903/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 16:08:37 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1903/ In the year 1903, Morris and Rose Mitchom introduce the first teddy bear in the United States (Feb 15), Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States “in perpetuity” (Feb 23), the first Tour de France bicycle race commences (Jul 1), Prussia becomes the first country to require mandatory driver’s license for car drivers (Sep 29), Orville Wright makes the first flight with an aircraft with petrol-engine (Dec 17), women’s rights progress around the world - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1915/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 15:06:48 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1915/ In the year 1915, Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising, and Zeppelins bomb British towns for the first time (Jan 19), Alexander Graham Bell makes the first United States coast-to-coast phone call (Jan 25), Pluto is photographed for the first time (Mar 19), Charlie Chaplin’s The Tramp is released (Apr 11), the Gallipoli Campaign starts (Apr 25), RMS Lusitania is sunk by a German U-boat (May 7), Iceland gets its own flag (Jun 19), an enemy aircraft is shot down from the ground for the first time (Sep 30), Einstein’s theory of general relativity is formulated (Nov 25), the WW1 rages on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1923/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 15:04:43 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1923/ In the year 1923, the very first issue of the Time magazine is published, depicting Joseph G. Cannon on the cover (Mar 3), Lenin resigns for health reasons (Mar 9), the original Wembley Stadium opens its doors for the first time (Apr 28), the Hollywood sign is inaugurated in California, and the first dinosaur eggs are found in Mongolia (Jul 13), the Ottoman Empire ceases to exist (Jul 24), Roy and Walt Disney found The Walt Disney Company (Oct 16), Kemal Atatürk becomes president of the new republic of Turkey (Oct 29), Adolf Hitler is arrested for leading an attack against the Bavarian government (Nov 15) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1916/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 14:59:49 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1916/ In the year 1916, Paris is bombed by German zeppelins for the first time (Jan 29), Emma Goldman is arrested for lecturing on birth control in the U.S (Feb 11), the automobile company BMW is founded (Mar 7), the toggle light switch is invented (Apr), the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire is declared (Jun 10), the Pacific Aero Products Co., later named Boeing, is incorporated (Jul 15), Robert Baden-Powell publishes The Wolf Club’s Handbook in the U. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1966/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 13:21:18 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1966/ In the year 1966, Chicago Bulls is officially founded (Jan 16), Indira Gandhi is sworn in as Prime Minister of India (Jan 24), the Soviet space probe Venera 3 crashes on Venus, becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet’s surface (Mar 1), Leonid Brezhnev becomes the new Soviet leader (Apr 8), Guyana achieves independence (May 26), groundbreaking takes place for the World Trace Center (Aug 5), Star Trek debuts on NBC (Sep 8), LSD is made illegal in the United States (Oct 6), Ronald Reagan becomes Governor of California (Nov 8), the Vietnam War rages on - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1894/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 13:18:22 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1894/ The Tower Bridge in London in 1900 In the year 1894, William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film in the United States (Jan 7), Coca-Cola is sold in bottles for the first time (Mar 12), Blackpool Tower is opened for visitors in Blackpool, England (May 14), the Tower Bridge in London opens for traffic (Jun 30), the First Sino-Japanese War starts (Aug 1), New Zealand enacts the world’s first minimum wage law (Aug 31), Nicholas II becomes Tsar of Russia (Nov 1) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1881/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 13:13:03 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1881/ In the year 1881, Andrew Watson makes his debut in Scotland to become the first black international football player (Mar 12), tsar Alexander II is assassinated in Russia (Mar 13), Romania is proclaimed a kingdom (May 10), the world’s first regular electric tram service starts in Berlin (May 16), the American Red Cross is established (May 21), Billy the Kid is shot dead in New Mexico (Jul 14), Sioux chief Sitting Bull leads the last of his fugitive people in surrender to U. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1874/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 13:06:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1874/ In the year 1874, New York City annexes the Bronx (Jan 1), Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States, granting exclusive trading rights (Mar 18), Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans (May 20), the movement for osteopathic medicine in the U.S. starts (Jun 22), the first public zoo in the U.S. opens in Philadelphia (Jul 1), the first incandescent light bulb is patented in both Canada and the United States, but the U. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1929/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 13:03:05 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1929/ In the year 1929, the first Academy Awards are announced, with the actual awards being handed out in May (Feb 18), Herbert Hoover becomes the 31st U.S. President (Mar 4), the first public demonstration of color TV is held in New York (Jun 27), a secret decree of the Sovnarkom creates the backbone of the Gulag system in Soviet Union (Jul 11),** Wall Street Crash of 1929** (Oct 24-29) marks the beginning of the Great Depression, the Museum of Modern Art in New York opens to the public (Nov 7), the first light poles appear in London (Dec 2) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1852/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 13:00:46 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1852/ President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte proclaims a new constitution for the French Second Republic (Jan 14), nine men from various Jewish charitable organizations form Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City (Jan 15), the first British public toilet for women opens in London (Feb 11), French engineer Henri Giffard makes the first - around 30 km long - airship trip (Sep 24), Napoleon III becomes Emperor of the French (Dec 2) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1911/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 12:58:08 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1911/ In the year 1911, the first official air mail flight takes place in India, carrying 6,500 letters a distance of 13 km (Feb 18), International Women’s Day is celebrated for the first time (Mar 8), The New York Public Library is officially dedicated (May 23), IBM is incorporated in New York (Jun 15), Chevrolet enters the automobile market to compete with Ford (Nov 3), the Norwegian Roald Amundsen’s expedition reaches the South Pole (Dec 14) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1857/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 10:39:18 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1857/ Demonstration of the free-fall prevention mechanism in 1854 In the year 1857, the Estonian newspaper, Postimees, is established (Jan 1), the largest slave auction in the United States history is held in Savannah, Georgia (Mar 3), the first Otis elevator is installed, in New York City (Mar 23), Indian combatants capture Delhi from the British East India Company (May 11), the Victoria and Albert Museum is officially opened in London (Jun 22), Sheffield F. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1934/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 10:27:11 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1934/ Hitler and Mussolini in Venice in 1934 In the year 1934, Alcatraz becomes a prison (Jan 1, and remained so until 1963), Fuji Photo Film is founded (Jan 20), the outlaws Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed and killed by police in Louisiana (May 23), Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet for the first time, in Venice (Jun 14), Night of the Long Knifes in Germany increases Nazi power (Jun 30), Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany (Aug 2), the Soviet Union joins the League of Nations (Sep 19), Persia becomes Iran (Dec 27) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1971/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 10:17:00 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1971/ In the year 1971, cigarette advertisements are banned on radio and television in the United States (Jan 2), All in the Family debuts on CBS (Jan 12), Idi Amin becomes president of Uganda, and Charles Manson is found guilty in Los Angeles (Jan 25), Bangladesh declares itself an independent country (May 31), Neville Bonner becomes the first indigenous Australian to sit in the country’s parliament (Jun 11), Jim Morrison is found dead in Paris (Jul 3), Apollo 15 astronauts ride the first lunar rover on the Moon(Jul 31), Walt Disney World opens in Orlando, Florida (Oct 1), Greenpeace is founded in Vancouver, Canada (Oct 14), Mariner 9 becomes the first spacecraft to enter Mars orbit successfully (Nov 13), Starbucks is founded - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1961/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 09:48:18 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1961/ In the year 1961, U.S. President Eisenhower warns in his Farewell Address of the increasing power of the military-industrial complex (Jan 17), the Beatles perform for the first time (Feb 9), Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human in space (Apr 12), the Bay of Pigs Invasion of Cuba begins, failing two days later (Apr 17), the Swedish ship Vasa is removed from the water after 333 years of its sinking (Apr 24), Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space (May 5), President Kennedy announces his plan to put a man on the moon before the end of the decade (May 25), construction of the Berlin Wall begins (Aug 13), JFK sends 18,000 military advisers to South Vietnam (Nov 18), Fidel Castro announces that Cuba will now adopt socialism (Dec 2), Goa becomes part of India after 400 years of Portuguese rule (Dec 19) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1899/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 09:24:05 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1899/ In the year 1899, Opel Motors open for business (Jan 21), Felix Hoffmann patents aspirin and Bayer registers its name as a trademark (Mar 6), Jean Sibelius’s First Symphony premiers in Helsinki (Apr 26), gold is discovered in Nome, Alaska, leading to the Nome Gold Rush (Jul 27), Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident (Sep 13), the FC Barcelona Association football club is founded (Nov 29) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1819/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 09:16:05 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1819/ [caption id=“attachment_160” align=“alignright” width=“388”]SS Savannah in 1819[/caption] In the year 1819, Spain cedes Florida to the United States in exchange for the American renunciation of any claims on Texas and for $5 million (Feb 22), all onboard the French slave ship Le Rodeur become blind during the voyage over Atlantic, and consequently all of the slaves are thrown overboard (Apr 6), the SS Savannah leaves Georgia to become the first steamship to cross Atlantic, arriving at Liverpool on June 20 (May 22), Columbia acquires independence from Spain under the leadership of Simón Bolívar (Aug 7), Museo del Prado opens in Madrid (Nov 19) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1839/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 09:08:37 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1839/ In the year 1839, the first photograph of the Moon is taken by the French photographer Louis Daguerre (Jan 2), the Boston Morning Post first records the use of “O.K” (which stands for “oll korrekt”) (Mar 23), the world’s first commercial electric telegraph line comes into operation in England (Apr 9), Daguerre receives a patent for his camera (Jun 22), British forces seize Hong Kong as a base, as it prepares to wage the First Opium War (Aug 23) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1900/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 09:00:48 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1900/ [caption id=“attachment_152” align=“alignright” width=“426”]Zeppelin from the year 1936[/caption] In the year 1900, the first electric bus becomes operational in New York City (Jan 2), Dwight F Davis creates the Davis Cup tennis tournament (Feb 9), Russia responds to international pressure to free Finland by tightening imperial control over the country (Feb 14), the British Labour Party is formed (Feb 27), the Paris World Exhibition opens (Apr 14), Hawaii becomes an official U. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1957/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 08:36:32 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1957/ In the year 1957, Eisenhower’s second term as U.S. president begins (Jan 20), the first new conscripts join the Bundeswehr (Apr 1), John Lennon(16) and Paul McCartney(15) meet for the very first time, 3 years before forming the Beatles (Jul 6), Olav V becomes King of Norway (Sep 21), David Lean’s The Bridge on the River Kwai opens in the UK (Oct 2), the Soviet Union launches Sputnik I, the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth (Oct 4), Sputnik 2 is launched, with the dog Laika on board (Nov 3), Gordon Gould invents the laser (Nov 13), the Boeing 707 airliner flies for the first time (Dec 20) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1821/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 00:16:28 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1821/ [caption id=“attachment_81” align=“alignleft” width=“294”]Blessing the flag of Revolution in 1821[/caption] In the year 1821, the revolutionary Greek flag is raised at Agia Lavra, marking the looming independence from the Ottoman Empire - later celebrated as the Greek Independence Day (Mar 25), Napoleon dies in exile on Saint Helena (May 5), the United States takes possession of Florida, the territory bought from Spain (Jul 10), the Saturday Evening Post is published for the first time (Aug 4), the world’s first geographical society is established in Paris, France (Dec 15), Spain loses many of its South American colonies during the year 1821 - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-20th-century/ Mon, 26 Mar 2018 23:52:43 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-20th-century/ Pick a year between 1901 and 2000! If you have forefathers or -mothers born any of these years, you can have them added in the list by simply leaving a comment on the box below the year in question. Keep in mind though that you need to have the permission of any living person to be added here, unless that person is yourself. 1901 - 1902 - 1903 - 1904 - 1905 - 1906 - 1907 - **1908 **- 1909 - 1910 - 1911 - 1912 - 1913 - 1914 - 1915 - 1916 - 1917 - 1918 - 1919 - 1920 - 1921 - 1922 - 1923 - 1924 - 1925 - 1926 - 1927 - 1928 - 1929 - 1930 - 1931 - 1932 - 1933 - 1934 - 1935 - 1936 - 1937 - 1938 - 1939 - 1940 - 1941 - 1942 - 1943 - 1944 - 1945 - 1946 - 1947 - 1948 - 1949 - 1950 - 1951 - 1952 - 1953 - 1954 - 1955 - 1956- 1957 - 1958 - 1959 - 1960 - 1961 - 1962 - 1963 - 1964 - 1965 - 1966 - 1967 - 1968 - 1969 - 1970 - 1971 - 1972 - 1973 - 1974 - 1975 - 1976 - 1977 - 1978 - 1979 - 1980 - 1981 - 1982 - 1983 - 1984 - 1985 - 1986 - 1987 - 1988 - 1989 - 1990 - 1991 - 1992 - 1993 - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000 Updated 29. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/year-files-2/ Mon, 26 Mar 2018 23:24:20 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/year-files-2/ Straight to business, i.e. the year files. More info below the years. BC Births - The 1st Century - The 2nd Century - The 3rd Century - The 4th Century - The 5th Century - The 6th Century - the 7th Century - The 8th Century - The 9th Century - The 10th Century The 11th Century - The 12th Century - The 13th Century - The 14th Century - The 15th Century - The 16th Century - The 17th Century - The 18th Century - The 19th Century - The 20th Century - The 21st Century https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-19th-century/ Mon, 26 Mar 2018 22:43:28 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-19th-century/ Jaffa Road in the 19th century Jerusalem Here you have all the years between 1801 and 1900. A century that saw hundreds of important inventions in all fields of science. Click on any of these years to see who was born where, and what they did or accomplished during their lives. If you have ancestors born during this time period, you can as a patron have them easily added in the list. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1867/ Mon, 26 Mar 2018 22:33:33 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1867/ [caption id=“attachment_102” align=“alignleft” width=“354”]Alaska area compared with the other U.S. states[/caption] In the year 1867, Prince Mutsuhito becomes Emperor Meiji of Japan (Feb 3), Johann Strauss' The_ Blue Danube_ is first performed, in Vienna (Feb 13), the United States purchases Alaska from Russia for 7.2 million dollars (Mar 30), Queen Victoria signs the British North America Act, creating the Dominion of Canada - the first independent dominion in the British Empire (May 29), Karl Marx publishes the first volume of Das Kapital (Sep 14), the last shogun of Japan, Tokugawa Yoshinobu, tenders his resignation to Emperor Meiji (Nov 9) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1889/ Mon, 26 Mar 2018 22:19:28 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1889/ In the year 1889, the Coca-Cola Company is originally incorporated as the Pemberton Medicine Company in Atlanta, Georgia (Jan 15), the Eiffel Tower is inaugurated (Mar 31) and opens for the public in Paris, France (May 6), the Wall Street Journal is established (Jun 8), the Children’s Charter is passed in the United Kingdom, imposing criminal penalties to deter child abuse (Aug 26), the Moulin Rouge cabaret opens in Paris (Oct 6), in San Francisco, the first jukebox goes into operation (Nov 23) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1946/ Mon, 26 Mar 2018 21:16:01 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1946/ In the year 1946, Project Diana opens the Space Age (Jan 10), Trygve Lie is selected as the first UN Secretary-General (Feb 1), Juan Perón is elected president of Argentina (Feb 24) and Ho Chi Minh of North Vietnam (Mar 2), women vote for the first time in Japan (Apr 10), Italy is declared a republic (Jun 10), the bikini is first modeled in Paris (Jul 5), the U.S. detonates nuclear bomb near Bikini Atoll, and the last mass lynching in the U. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1991/ Mon, 26 Mar 2018 17:46:36 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1991/ In the year 1991, Gulf War’s Operation Desert Storm begins in Iraq (Jan 16), Latvia and Estonia vote for independence from the Soviet Union (Mar 3), Boris Yeltsin is elected President of the Soviet republic Russia (Jun 12), Berlin becomes the capital of the unified Germany (Jun 20), the Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved (Jul 1), The Soviet Union recognizes the independence of the Baltic States (Sep 6), the Soviet Union is dissolved (Dec 26), and officially ceases to exist (Dec 31) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1989/ Mon, 26 Mar 2018 17:42:13 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1989/ In the year 1989, George H. W. Bush becomes the 41st U.S. president (Jan 20), the Soviet army leaves Afghanistan (Feb 2), Rain Man wins the Academy Award for the best picture (Mar 29), the first McDonald’s restaurant begins construction in Moscow (May 3), Mikhail Gorbachev visits China (May 14), the Tiananmen Square massacre takes place in Beijing (Jun 4), France celebrates the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution (Jul 14), two million people join hands in the Baltic Way to demonstrate against Soviet rule of the Baltic republics (Aug 23), **Berlin Wall falls **(Nov 9) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/homepage/ Mon, 26 Mar 2018 16:53:36 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/homepage/ Welcome to Journeys of Life! Hi you there! This site is for all of you who are interested in people, in history and perhaps your own family history as well. Here we celebrate the human endeavor, the achievements of the human mind and effort, and also the lives of anyone of general interest. The purpose of this site is to be an educational experience from the historical standpoint since we aim to give historical background to each year we present here. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1822/ Mon, 26 Mar 2018 14:55:46 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1822/ [caption id=“attachment_3731” align=“alignright” width=“311”]Rosetta Stone (photo by Hans Hillewaert)[/caption] In the year 1822, the first group of freed slaves from the U.S. arrive to the west coast of Africa, founding later that year Monrovia (Jan 7), Greeks defeat Ottoman forces at Thermopylae (Jul 13), Brazil declares its independence from Portugal (Sep 7), Egyptian hieroglyphs are finally deciphered with the help of the Rosetta Stone (Sep 27), Pedro I is crowned as the first Emperor of Brazil (Dec 1) - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1888/ Mon, 26 Mar 2018 14:46:55 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1888/ [caption id=“attachment_2595” align=“alignright” width=“304”]Flammarion engraving from 1888[/caption] In the year 1888, the National Geographic Society is founded in Washington D.C. (Jan 13), slavery is abolished in Brazil (May 13), horse-driven trams begin operating in Tallinn, Estonia (Aug 24), George Eastman receives patent for his Kodak camera, using roll film (Sep 4), the Washington Monument, dedicated in 1885, opens to the public (Oct 9), John Boyd Dunlop patents the pneumatic bicycle tyre (Dec 7), Vincent van Gogh cuts off his left ear in a moment of madness (Dec 23), Camille Flammarion’s book L’atmosphère: météorologie populaire - with the Flammarion engraving - is published - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1893/ Mon, 26 Mar 2018 13:59:56 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/data-for-1893/ In the year 1893, the Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom has its first meeting (Jan 13), Rudolf Diesel receives a patent for the diesel engine (Feb 23), Gandhi arrives in South Africa where he will live until 1914 (May 23), New Zealand becomes the first country in the world to grant women the right to vote (Sep 19), Peder Krøyer completes his masterpiece Summer Evening on Skagen’s Southern Beach (Sep), the first car number plates appear in Paris, France (Oct 10), Edward Munch creates his most famous painting, The Scream - and all these fine people were born: https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/contact/ Mon, 26 Mar 2018 13:40:37 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/contact/ Hi there! My name is Tarja Kivi, and I am the editor of this site. Writing mainly in Helsinki, Finland, but of course anywhere else as well - oh the blessings of modern times! If you have a comment or request concerning a particular year in Journeys of Life, please use the comment section under the corresponding article. But you can also fill in the contact form below or leave a message in our Facebook page - openly or privately. https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-journey-begins/ Mon, 26 Mar 2018 13:40:36 +0000 https://lifeingoodmeasure.com/the-journey-begins/ Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton