French historian and soldier. He fought bravely in the First World War, being admitted to the Legion d’Honneur, and in the interwar period published a range of pioneering historical works. At the outset of the Second World War he joined the Resistance, and was later tortured and killed by the Nazis.
On This Day
1570 – James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, regent for the infant King James VI of Scotland, is assassinated by firearm, the first historically verified instance of this occurring.
1719 – The Principality and microstate of Liechtenstein is established within the Holy Roman Empire.
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HistoryWow’s Quick Shot Videos
A short, sharp hit of history in video format. Acclaimed Irish playwright and novelist Oscar Wilde was the toast of London society in the 1890s until things came decidedly unstuck through an association with a young British aristocrat, Lord Alfred Douglas, known as ‘Bosie’.
The source for this HistoryWow video is: Oscar and Bosie - A Fatal Passion by Trevor Fisher; General Historical Texts.
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Who Am I?
- I was born in Sinope, on the Black Sea, in 412 BCE.
- My father was a magistrate accused of “defacing the currency”, resulting in me being forced into poverty.
- I found that this enabled me to live in accordance with my belief in entire self-sufficiency.
- I spent a wandering life begging my way and sleeping in the open in any such shelter I could find, leading to me being dubbed a “Cynic” in Athens.
- I died, legend has it, by eating raw cuttlefish in order to prove that cooking it was unnecessary.
Last week’s answer:
Belisarius (circa 494-565)
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HistoryWow’s Highlighted Historical Quotation
“The newspaper’s function is not to instruct, but to startle.”
19th century US newspaper magnate James Gordon Bennett, founder of the New York Herald, first published in 1835.Source: Abraham Lincoln by Carl Sandburg
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HistoryWow’s Featured Historical Figure of Note
William Hull (1753-1825)American military commander. He surrendered United States troops at Detroit to the British during the War of 1812, dealing a severe blow to the American war effort. A court-martial found Hull guilty of cowardice and neglect of duty.
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