‘Queen’s Evil’, also known as ‘King’s Evil’, was a common skin disease in the Middle Ages, affecting the lymph nodes of the neck. What was unique about the common treatment for this condition however?
Answer: In France and England it was widely believed to respond to a cure by the monarch’s touch. This touch was commonly applied by the laying on of hands or blessing by the monarch on those afflicted by the disease.
Source: The Routledge Companion to the Tudor Age
1865 – Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by actor John Wilkes Booth. Vice President Andrew Johnson becomes President. Between 1860 and 1960 four US presidents elected in years ending in a zero will be assassinated. Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley and Kennedy.
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Darius I, King of Persia
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“Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.”
Publilius Syrus (85BC to 43BC) Syrian writer, best known for his sententiae. Brought as a slave to Italy, by his wit and talent he won the favour of his master, who freed and educated him.
Russian general. He acted as general for both the Imperial Russian Army and the counter-revolutionary army fighting the Bolsheviks. He is most famous for attempting a military coup against the Russian Government while serving as its commander-in-chief.
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