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| author | nik <nik@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-08-01 19:54:02 +0000 |
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| committer | nik <nik@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-08-01 19:54:02 +0000 |
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Richard the Lionheart was crowned on 3rd September 1189, not the 27th
February.
If you do a web search for "lionheart crowned" you'll get lots of
conflicting information. Some sites say 3rd September, while others
say 27th February. Most of the "27th February" crowd seem to take their
information from other incarnations of this file on other operating
systems.
After a very pleasant afternoon spent lunching with my girlfriend's
parents, I availed myself of their extensive reference library.
You'd be surprised how hard it is to get concrete information about this.
The _Encyclopedia Brittanica_ doesn't mention the date, only the year, as
does _Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable_, as do all the other printed
sources I tried. One of them even said July 7th 1189! Microsoft's (yeah,
so sue me) Encarta '95 has quite a comprehensive entry, but again, no
day and month information
In desperation, I tried the web once more, and finally stumbled upon
http://www.btinternet.com/~timeref/hsttime2.htm. This revealed that
Henry II died on 6th July 1189 (presumably the source of the 7th July
entry in another reference), and that Richard was crowned on 3rd
September.
Best of all, this site gives references. So if any of you have a copy of
_The Life and Times of Richard I_, John Gillingham, pub. George Weidenfeld
and Nicholson Limited, 1974, then you can confirm this for yourselves.
For completenesses sake, I tried to find an ISBN number for the above
book. But Amazon and Barnes and Noble don't appear to stock it (although
it looks like a revised version, by the same author, is due out in October
1999, in case anyone's interested).
PR: docs/10488
Submitted by: solon@macaulay.demon.co.uk
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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/calendar/calendars/calendar.history b/usr.bin/calendar/calendars/calendar.history index 961f429..1755bed 100644 --- a/usr.bin/calendar/calendars/calendar.history +++ b/usr.bin/calendar/calendars/calendar.history @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ /* * History * - * $Id: calendar.history,v 1.6 1997/02/22 19:28:21 peter Exp $ + * $Id: calendar.history,v 1.7 1997/02/25 01:20:25 mpp Exp $ */ #ifndef _calendar_history_ @@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ 02/24 Ents destroy Isengard (LOTR) 02/24 Impeachment proceedings against Andrew Johnson begin, 1868 02/26 Aragorn takes the Paths of the Dead (LOTR) -02/27 The Lionheart crowned, 1189 02/28 The "French Connection" drug bust occurs in Marseilles, 1972 02/29 French and Indian raid on Deerfield MA, 1704 03/01 Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba arrested for witchcraft @@ -302,6 +301,7 @@ 09/01 Joshua A. Norton proclaims himself 'Emperor Norton I', 1859 09/02 Great Britain adopts Gregorian Calendar, 1752 09/02 Japan signs unconditional surrender on US battleship `Missouri', 1945 +09/03 The Lionheart crowned, 1189 09/03 Anniversary of the Founding of the Republic in San Marino 09/05 Kennedy orders resumption of underground nuclear tests, 1961 09/05 The first Continental Congress was convened in Philadelphia, 1774 |
