A Brief History On April 28, 1192, the Hashshashin (Assassins) assassinated Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, just two days after his title to the throne was confirmed by election. The incident was one of many bizarre and violent episodes to occur during the Crusades. These wars rank among the longest religious conflicts in human history. This article presents a timeline of some of the most bizarre incidents to occur in the roughly two hundred years long conflict between Christians and Muslims for control of the Holy Land. Digging Deeper In late April 637, Jerusalem was…
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A Brief History On April 21, 1952, the first Secretaries’ Day was celebrated. The presidents of the National Secretaries Association and of Dictaphone Corporation came up with the unofficial holiday in conjunction with an ad agency. Now called Administrative Professionals Day, it is now celebrated on the Wednesday during the last week of April (in the US and Canada). The International Association of Administrative Professionals (the renamed National Secretaries Association) holds the copyright to the name, Administrative Professionals Day. The day is celebrated in several other countries on various dates and by various names. 10. Sweetest Day. Along with Mother’s…
A Brief History On Easter Sunday, possibly April 5, 33 AD, the Christian Bible reports the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Although this resurrection is the most well known, there are of course reports of others. Here is a list of 10 of the most notable reports of human resurrection. 10. The Son of the Widow of Zarephath, date unknown. As reported in the Bible(1 Kings 17:21), the prophet Elijah prayed over the body of the boy that God would “Let this child’s life come unto him again,” and the boy then lived again. 9. The Son of the Woman of…
A Brief History On April 20, 1657, the Dutch masters of the colony of New Amsterdam, later to become New York City, made the historic move of granting religious freedom to two dozen Jewish refugees that had fled oppression in Recife, New Holland, in 1654 when the Portuguese conquered that city. Digging Deeper This humble beginnings of the New York Jewish population was opposed by Peter Stuyvesant, the Director of New Amsterdam. Fortunately for the refugees, the Dutch West India Company headquartered back in Amsterdam saw otherwise and ordered the Jewish refugees be given sanctuary. By 1661 the first Jew…
A Brief History Religious reformer Martin Luther refused to recant during his trial for heresy on April 18, 1521, but what might you not know about him? Digging Deeper 10. Luther received a Doctor of Theology degree from the University of Wittenberg in 1512. He had earlier earned two bachelor’s degrees. He received a bachelor’s degree in Biblical studies in 1508 and another bachelor’s degree in the Sentences by Peter Lombard in 1509. 9. Although Luther believed that “holy war” or religious wars were against God’s will, the same war fought for secular reasons were permissible, or even desirable! Meanwhile, Luther’s…
