Wednesday 31 May 2023

Pictures of Romsey, Hampshire

 I created a new file of my pictures of Romsey - some photos I took in the charming Hampshire town of Romsey, which is famous for its abbey

Tuesday 30 May 2023

Christopher Marlowe

 On 30 May 1593, the Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe was stabbed and killed.

Sunday 28 May 2023

Dr Guillotin

 Joseph-Ignace Guillotin was born on 28 May 1738. He didn't actually invent the guillotine. Mechanical beheading devices had been used in parts of Europe for centuries. But he proposed that such a device should be used in France as a humane method of killing people. The French government accepted his proposal and it was named the guillotine after him. A history of punishments

Sunday 21 May 2023

Tuesday 9 May 2023

Saturday 6 May 2023

Robespierre

 Maximilien Robespierre, one of the leaders of the French Revolution was born on 6 May 1758. He was guillotined in 1794.

Wednesday 3 May 2023

National Two Different Colored Shoes Day

 3 May is National Two Different Colored Shoes Day. Here is my history of shoes