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Wednesday, 7 July 2021
Tuesday, 6 July 2021
Thomas More
Thomas More was executed for treason on 6 July 1535. https://localhistories.org/a-brief-biography-of-thomas-more/
Monday, 5 July 2021
Colonial New England
The first houses in New England were simple wooden huts. They had timber frames covered in clapboard with thatched roofs. Rather than glass windows had sheets of paper soaked in oil. The first chimneys were of logs covered in plaster – an obvious fire hazard! The earliest houses were crowded, dark, and drafty. localhistories.org/daily-life-in-colonial-new-england
Sunday, 4 July 2021
Declaration of Independence
On 7 June 1776 Richard Henry Lee of the Virginia Assembly presented Congress with resolutions declaring the independence of the colonies, calling for a confederation, and expressed the need to find foreign allies for a war against Britain. On 11 June Congress appointed a committee to write a declaration of independence. It was signed on 4 July 1776. https://localhistories.org/a-history-of-colonial-america/
Friday, 2 July 2021
Hampton
In the Anglo-Saxon language the word Hamm meant water meadow. Hamm tun meant hamlet by the water meadow. Southampton was Hamm tun then Hamtun. It gave its name to Hampshire, which was originally Hamtun shire. Littlehampton was probably given its name to differentiate it from Southampton, which in turn was given its name to differentiate it from Northampton.
Tuesday, 29 June 2021
Inca food
The Incas lived in the highlands and lowlands of what is now Peru. In the lowlands the staple food was maize. In the highlands the main food was potatoes. Incas also ate peppers, tomatoes, and avocados. They also ate peanuts and a grain called quinoa. https://localhistories.org/a-history-of-food/
Sunday, 27 June 2021
Milada Horáková
A brave woman was executed by the Communists in Czechoslovakia on 27 June 1950 https://www.private-prague-guide.com/article/milada-horakova/