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Category Archives: 14th Century
February 10, 1355
On February 10, 1355, the St Scholastica Day riot broke out in Oxford, England. It all started when two students from the University of Oxford complained about the quality of wine they were served at the Swindlestock Tavern. Come on, they should have… Continue reading
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Tagged England, Oxford, penance, St Scholastica Day, traditions, wine
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February 2, 1349
On February 2, 1349, London, England was burying at least 200 people a day as a result of the Bubonic Plague. This disease had a mortality rate of over 80% if contracted. In 2020, many people in America were going, “This Corona Virus isn’t a real… Continue reading
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Tagged Black Death, Corona virus, England, London
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December 10, 1317
On December 10, 1317, King Birgir of Sweden pulled some Game of Thrones action called the Nykoping Banquet. King Birgir of Sweden invited his two older brothers, Valdemar, Duke of Finland and Eric, Duke of Sodermanland to his… Continue reading
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Tagged game of thrones, Hatuna Games, King Birgir, Nykoping Banquent, Sweden
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July 27, 1377
On July 27, 1377, the first example of a quarantine occurred in the city of Rugusa, which is now Dubroknik, Croatia. The city council passed a law that required newcomers from plague areas to isolate for 30 days, and then… Continue reading
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Tagged Alabama, alchemy, Arizona, Croatia, Dubroknik, firsts, Florida, Georgia, Latin, lickspittle, quaranta, quarantine, Rugusa, state governors, Texas, Trump
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February 2, 1349
On February 2, 1349, the Bubonic Plague was ravaging through Europe and England, and in London, there were at least 200 human bodies a day being buried. While most everyone in London considered this to be a horrible, apocalyptic time, where death and the possibility of dying from a horrible, painful disease was extremely likely, … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Plague, Bubonic Plague, England, gravediggers, Latin, London, Mors Auream
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June 22, 1342
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1342 on Alternative Earth Arda, Bilbo Baggins returned to his home at Bag End, The Shire. He returned home older, wiser and more understanding of the world from his travels. He also had to throw the greedier members of his family out of his house, because they’d hoped he’d … Continue reading
January 28, 1393
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1393, The “Ball of Burning Men” was a masquerade ball held in Paris, in which the King of France, Charles VI, almost died. It was held by Queen Isabeau to celebrate the third marriage of her lady-in-waiting, twice widowed Catherine de Fastaverin. The highlight of the masquerade was the … Continue reading
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Tagged france, men acting the fool, Murphy's Law, nobility, wine, women
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September 16, 1400
On THIS DATE IN TWISTED-HISTORY! in 1400 Owain Glydwr was officially declared the Prince of Wales. The sheep also vote him the best kisser, but the donkeys and pigs were unimpressed as they averred that sheep aren’t a very good judge of kissers and will generally allow anyone with a handful of clover to get … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, donkeys, pigs, royalty, sheep, the welsh
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July 30, 1419
On THIS DAY IN HISTORY in 1419, Anti-Catholic Hussites, followers of the executed dictionary reformer, Jan Hus, stormed into Prague and threw all seven members of the Catholic Dictionary Council out the window of the Council House, killing most from the fall, with the rest being torn apart by the waiting crowd below. Jan Hus … Continue reading
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Tagged catholics, death, irony, languages, really cool words
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June 27, 1358
In 1358 – the Republic of Dubrovnik was founded and lasted until 1808, when Napoleon ran over to it in his large scale game of RISK and pushed down its walls (since it was really just a City-State in present day Croatia) and declared ‘You FOOLS! Only I can consolidate Europe and win this game. … Continue reading