On This Day In History
This day 108 years ago - 13 June 1912 - Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington and seven other members of the Irish Women's Franchise League were arrested after smashing the windows of Dublin Castle.
This was in protest of the Home Rule Bill, which did not include the right of women to vote. pic.twitter.com/9A0v65lJXT
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) June 13, 2020
#OTD in 1904, suffragist & civil rights activist Mary Church Terrell, co-founder of the Natl Assn of Colored Women, spoke—in German—at the Intl Council of Women’s congress in Berlin: "the only woman taking part [with] a drop of African blood in her veins". https://t.co/t3CRA2KXrb pic.twitter.com/7swWEqJN9S
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) June 13, 2022
On this day in 1904, a white judge ordered a Black mother to brutally whip her 15-year-old son in front of hundreds of white people in Lexington, Kentucky. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/FToEUZg1cC
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) June 13, 2022
13 June 1381. The Peasants Revolt, led by Wat Tyler, culminated in the destruction of the Savoy Palace in London. What could not be smashed or burned was thrown into the river and Jewellery was pulverised with hammers. pic.twitter.com/9AsVtgYfUK
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 13, 2022
13 June 1525. Protestant reformer, Martin Luther (aged 41), married former nun Katharina von Bora (aged 26), in defiance of the Catholic rule of priests and nuns remaining celibate and single. Luther opposed celibacy and thought priests and nuns should be allowed to marry. pic.twitter.com/vyg1YhP6tv
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 13, 2022
13 June 1665. Deaths in the “Great Plague” of London escalated dramatically, as warmer weather arrived. The rich ran away to the countryside, including, King Charles II, his family and his court, who left the city for Salisbury and then Oxford. In the end, 100,000 people died. pic.twitter.com/jFDwUBGA36
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 13, 2022
13 June 1920. The US Post Office Department ruled that children could no longer be sent by parcel post. Before that time, provided a child weighed less than 50 lbs, a person could simply affix stamps to their clothing and send them off from a post office to a nominated address. pic.twitter.com/MRO2sOkveF
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 13, 2022
June 14th
1381 Richard II in England meets leaders of the Peasants' Revolt on Blackheath. The Tower of London is stormed by rebels who enter without resistance.
1645 Battle of Naseby, Leicestershire: "New Model Army" under Oliver Cromwell & Thomas Fairfax beat royalists forces of English King Charles I
1821 Badi VII, king of Sennar, surrenders his throne and realm to Ismail Pasha, general of the Ottoman Empire, bringing the 300 year old Sudanese kingdom to an end
1940 Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp opens in Nazi controlled Poland with Polish POWs, later expanded to include civilian Jews and gypsies (approx. 3 million would die within its walls)
1941 Estonia loses 11,000 inhabitants as a consequence of mass deportations into Siberia
1982 Argentina surrenders to Great Britain, ending the 74-day Falklands Islands conflict
Did You Know?
US Continental Congress adopts the Stars & Stripes flag, designed by Francis Hopkinson, replacing the Grand Union flag
Today in History in 1777
Would You Believe?
First mammal made extinct by human-induced climate change announced - the Bramble Cay melomys from Torres Strait
Today in History in 2016
This day 329 years ago – 14 June 1690 – William of Orange arrived at Carrickfergus, later travelling to Belfast.
Ruler of the Dutch Republic, William came with an army of 36,000 men, including Danish, Huguenot and German soldiers, to fight the Battle of the Boyne in Co. Meath. pic.twitter.com/6yJEa1FtJP
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) June 14, 2019
From 13 to 15 June 1878, Sarah Winnemucca—Paiute translator, negotiator, advocate—rode to get help for her besieged tribe. In 1884 she published 'Life Among the Paiutes: Their Wrongs and Claims', the first known autobiography by a Native American woman. https://t.co/RHZ7dcN75n pic.twitter.com/vwekpXIdVK
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) June 14, 2022
On this day in 1910, Louisiana broadened its law against interracial marriage, prohibiting Black and white people from living together and authorizing the State to break up thousands of families. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/TrqrvThIFF
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) June 14, 2022
14 June 1381. Richard II met leaders of Wat Tyler’s Peasants’ Revolt at Mile End, London, to hear their greivances. At this meeting, Richard II appeared to give into all of the peasants demands and asked them to go home in peace. In reality, he intended to suppress the revolt. pic.twitter.com/VPAV7HB3qp
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 14, 2022
14 June 1789. A new alcoholic drink, distilled from maize and called Bourbon was first produced. It’s been claimed it was invented by clergyman Elijah Craig, but this has never been conclusively proven, even though a leading brand of the drink is named after him. pic.twitter.com/jHy1jElvQP
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 14, 2022
14 June 1822. Englishman Charles Babbage proposed an “automatic mechanical calculator”. It’s considered the first mechanical computer. Babbage’s invention contains all the essential ideas of modern electronic computers. pic.twitter.com/TNydbxuYOD
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 14, 2022
14 June 1919. Britons John Alcock & Arthur Brown left St. John’s in Newfoundland for Clifden, Connemara, Galway on the first nonstop transatlantic flight. They made the flight in a modified First World War Vickers Vimy bomber and arrived on the following day. pic.twitter.com/SBYmoefOb3
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 14, 2022
14 June 1920. German born Max Weber died (aged 56). He’s regarded as one of the most important theorists on the development of modern Western society and is often cited as one of the four founders of sociology, alongside Du Bois, Durkheim and Marx. pic.twitter.com/g0MZuOQlJx
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 14, 2022
14 June 1928. Suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst died (aged 69). She was a crucial figure in achieving votes for women in the UK, even though some historians have questioned the effectiveness of her militant tactics which included bomb attacks on prominent politicians. pic.twitter.com/SDYIKoQKSX
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 14, 2022
14 June 1907. Norway’s Parliament granted women the right to vote in national elections for the first time. Only women who were at least 25 years old and met certain tax-paying thresholds were eligible to vote. pic.twitter.com/iN8f817Vpz
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 14, 2022
14 June 1946. John Logie Baird, the Scottish inventor, died (aged 57). He was one the key inventors of the mechanical television, demonstrating the first working television system on 26 January 1926 and the inventor of the first publicly demonstrated colour television system. pic.twitter.com/3bYtabWZ87
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 14, 2022