A Brief History On April 7, 1141, the daughter of King Henry I of England, Matilda, became the first female to rule England when she had already been known as “Empress Matilda.” Why the title “Empress?” Because she was the “Holy Roman Empress, Queen consort of the Romans.” Digging Deeper Born in England around 1102, she was sent to Germany to become the child bride of Holy Roman Emperor Henry V. Widowed at the age of 23, her father married her to Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou, known as “The Handsome.” The “Game of Thrones” that was the English monarchy…
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A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on April 7th. For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On April 7, 30 AD, Jesus Christ of Nazareth was crucified in Jerusalem and died on that same day. Or did He? On April 7, 1141, the daughter of King Henry I of England, Matilda, became the first female to rule England when she had already been known as “Empress Matilda.” On April 7, 1827, John Walker of Stockton-on-Tees, England (Dunham County), first…
A Brief History On April 7, 1827, John Walker of Stockton-on-Tees, England (Dunham County), first sold the item he had invented the year before, the now taken for granted friction match. Today, with smoking on the decline, and the need for starting fires greatly diminished by modern technology, it is hard to remember just how important the invention of the friction match was. Just try lighting a stogie with flint and steel! Digging Deeper Walker was original apprenticed to a surgeon, but quickly realized he was not of the proper mind set for surgery, so he switched his studies to…
A Brief History On April 7, 1868, one year after he helped Canada achieve a measure of independence in the formation of the Canadian Confederation, Irish immigrant to the United States and then Canada, Thomas D’Arcy Etienne Grace Hughes McGee, was assassinated by Patrick J. Whelan, a Fenian Irish nationalist. McGee goes down in history as one of the Founding Fathers of Canada, what they call the Fathers of Confederation. Digging Deeper Ironically, McGee, born and raised in Ireland as a Catholic that hated the British rule over the Emerald Isle, fought against that British rule for Irish independence and…
A Brief History On April 7, 2018, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) mixed martial arts promotion television Pay-Per-View event labeled UFC 223 has been rocked by the bizarre assault of a UFC bus carrying fighters expected to fight in the event by one of their own major fighting stars on Thursday, April 5, 2018 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Digging Deeper A group of fighters and entourage members including high profile fighting star Irishman Conor “The Notorious” McGregor made their way into the basement of Barclays where they confronted and assaulted a bus carrying other MMA fighters,…
