Back into blogging
Blogging got boring for a while. I just don’t like to write about myself. I facebook my life or will tell family in a letter, but I don’t like to blog about it. The blogging history of the day was a great exercise for me and I am now excited about blogging again. Now blogging has once more become a relaxing activity for me.

November 17- A Revolutionary Day
Today is an international holiday and a very important holiday in my favorite nation in the world, the Czech Republic. November 17 is International Student’s Day. It is a day we remember the students who protested dictatorships and fought for democracy and freedom. (I will try to forget those students who fought against freedom) This is a day of great changes- On November 17 . . . 375 Emperor Valentinian I died. He was considered the last great Western Emperor. The Western Empire pretty much went downhill from there. 1558 Both Mary I of England and Reginald Pole died. Queen Mary I’s try to reverse precious policies and u

November 16 a Saintly Day
Before I get into the list of Saintly deaths I will state that Francisco Pizarro captured the Incan Emperor Atahualpa on this day. I told you it didn’t take long. Atahualpa was executed the next year by garrote. This is someone being executed by a garrote in Manila. On November 16 . . . 1384 Poland had a new king. Her name was Jadwiga. No, there was no typo, Jadwiga was crowned ki

November 15 in History Part Deux
On November 15: 1515 Thomas Wolsey became a Cardinal. He was the builder of Hampton Court one of the largest palaces in Europe. I was able to go there last April.

November 15 in History
On November 15th . . . 655- King Penda of Mercia by Oswiu of Northumbria during the Battle of Winwaed. Hwat! Both Mercia and Northumbria were Kingdoms in England in the Dark Ages. Penda was an Anglo-Saxon supposedly descended from the Norse God Woden. (Wednesday is named after Woden, the God who carried off the spirits of the dead, and caused thunderstorms from his “wild hunt” in the sky which would warn of danger) Penda was not born heir to a throne but fought most of his life for the crown of Mercia and through hs ruthlessness made Mercia one of the most powerful Kingdoms of the British Isles. At the time there was not only a battle for power but a battle for the sou