Winston Churchill and his Glow Worm
Winston Churchill and his Glow Worm
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1846 – Astronomers Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier, John Couch Adams and Johann Gottfried Galle jointly discover Neptune.
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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 County Mayo, Ireland, in 1865.
- I was involved in the anti-British Fenian movement before moving to South Africa in 1896.
- On the outbreak of the Boer War (1899 – 1902), I led the formation of an Irish brigade and demonstrated my prowess with explosives by blowing up every railway bridge from Bloemfontein to Johannesburg.
- After the conflict, I moved to Paris and married the Irish actress and nationalist Maude Gonne (1866-1953).
- I took part in the Easter Rebellion (1916) against Britain. I was captured and executed on 5 May 1916.
Last week’s answer:
Kasushika Hokusai (1760-1849)
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HistoryWow’s Highlighted Historical Quotation
“Owing to some peculiarity in my nervous system, I have perceptions of some things which no one else has … an intuitive perception of hidden things.”
Ada Lovelace (1815-1852), British mathematician, remarking on her advanced mathematical mind.Source: History’s People - Personalities and the Past by Margaret MacMillan
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