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Category Archives: 13th Century
September 11, 1226
On September 11, 1226, the Roman Catholic practice of the public adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (the wine and the wafers, or the grape juice and the crackers if you’re Baptist) spread from the ceremony of the Mass in the… Continue reading
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Tagged beer, Blessed Sacrament, Catholic Church, food, hipsters, kimchi, tacos
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August 14, 1281
On August 14, 1281, Kublai Khan failed at his second attempted invasion of Japan. Once again his warriors were defeated by the Japanese and forced back to their ships, where a typhoon rose up and sunk all… Continue reading
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Tagged 2nd times the charm, didn't want it anyway, Japan, Kublai Khan
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February 21, 1245
On February 21, 1245, Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland was granted resignation by Pope Gregory IX. He’d committed several felonies while as Bishop, including torturing a man to death and forging a papal letter. Pope Gregory was thought to have said, “I can forgive the torture and killing of a damned Viking, but … Continue reading
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Tagged a little bit of torture, Bishop Thomas, Catholic Church, crimes, felonies, Finland, forgery, Pope Gregory IX, torture
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December 25, 1223
On December 25, 1223. St. Francis of Assisi got permission from the Pope, Honorious III, and set up the first Nativity scene in Greccio, Italy. He found a suitable cave and set up a manger with hay and two live animals, an ox and an ass. He then invited the nearby villagers to come and … Continue reading
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Tagged Assisi, Greccio, miracles, Nativity Scene, pooping Caganer, Pope Honorious III, Saint Francis
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April 13, 1204
On April 13, 1204 the 4th Crusade went on Spring Break and sacked the fabulously wealthy Mediterranean coast city of Constantinople. Pope Innocent III had called the 4th Crusade to go and capture Jerusalem from the infidel Muslims and the Holy Roman Empire (Italy), the Republic of Venice, and the Kingdom of France answered the … Continue reading
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Tagged 4th Crusade, Constantinople, france, Holy Roman Empire, Jerusalem, muslims, par-tay, Pope Innocent III, Venice
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April 5, 1242
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1242 AD the army of Alexander Nevsky of Novgorod (a medieval Russian state) fought a group of the Teutonic Knights at the border of Russia and Estonia. It was fought almost entirely on top of a large frozen lake and only ended when the ice collapsed under several thousand … Continue reading
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Tagged ice, not a good idea, Russia, Teutonic Knights, warfare
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July 2, 1298
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1298 an army led by Albert of Austria defeated and killed Adolf of Nassua near Worms, Germany. Unknown to historians was that Albert of Austria was in fact, Albert Kleinistein, a temporial scientist from the year 2332 AD. Professor Kleinistein invented the second working time machine and went back … Continue reading
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Tagged dinosaurs, Hitler, technology gone wrong, time travel, war
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December 11, 1282
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1282 AD, Llywelyn (Llewelyn ap Gruffydd) Ein Llyw Olaf, the last prince of an independent Wales was killed in Cilmeri, central Wales. It was deemed a mercy killing, as no one alive in England at that time could pronounce his name. Even the Welsh agreed that the uppity son-of-a-bitch … Continue reading
July 10, 1212
On THIS DAY IN HISTORY! July 10th, 1212, the most severe of several early fires of London burned most of the city to the ground. Henry Fitz-Ailwin de Londonestone First Mayor of London was finally let go after twenty-four consecutive terms after his debacle of hiring the City Planning Firm of Porc dePaille et Porc … Continue reading
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Tagged England, fire, London, money, politics, science
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