Winston Churchill and his Glow Worm
Winston Churchill and his Glow Worm
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1616 – Sir Walter Raleigh is freed from the Tower of London after 13 years of imprisonment for treason.
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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 Michoacán, New Spain, in 1765.
- Early in life I drove mules before joining the priesthood.
- From 1810, I became a brilliant guerrilla leader in the struggle for Mexican independence, initially overseeing insurgents in the south of the country (1810-1813).
- In October 1814, I convened a ‘sovereign congress’ at Chilpancingo, which declared independence from Spain.
- Isolated and trapped by royalist forces, I was captured and executed in Mexico City in 1815. I am considered one of the founders of the radical liberal tradition of Mexican politics.
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Solon (638-559 BCE)
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HistoryWow’s Highlighted Historical Quotation
“I am unable to write anything … Everything has been banned. I am ruined, persecuted and totally alone.”
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891-1940), Russian author, discussing his inability to write in the Soviet Union.Source: Mikhail Bulgakov – Diaries and Selected Letters by Roger Cockrell
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