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) Continue reading

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) Continue reading

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. Continue reading

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. Continue reading

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. Continue reading

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.

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: Continue reading

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) Continue reading

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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: Continue reading

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 Continue reading

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! Continue reading

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. Continue reading

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: Continue reading

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: Continue reading

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) Continue reading

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. Continue reading

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. Continue reading

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) Continue reading

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) Continue reading