1152 – Church of Ireland acknowledges the Pope
June 27th, 2008
This entry is short and sweet.
The Church of Ireland acknowledges the Pope’s authority.
From wikipedia.
890 – Ottar from Hålogaland meets King Alfred the Great
June 26th, 2008
Seriously, who is this guy other than the “North-most of all the Northmen”?? Interesting stuff though.
Ohthere from Hålogaland (Norwegian: Ottar fra Hålogaland) was a Viking adventurer from Hålogaland. Around 890 AD he travelled to England, where Alfred the Great, king of Wessex, had his tales written down.
Ohthere reported that he lived “north-most of all the Northmen”, and that “no-one [lived] to the north of him”.[1] He spoke of his travels to the White Sea, and south to England; of the Finns (and possibly also the Sámi, since at that time the term “Finns” referred to the Sámi, as well as the people known today as Finns) and the Swedes; and of a mysterious people called the “Beormas”, who spoke a language related to that of the Finns, and lived in an area of the White Sea region. This is marked on the accompanying map as “Bjarmland“, and has been seen by some as a reference to people of the Old Permic culture.
Ohthere’s story is the earliest known written source for the terms “Norway” and “Denmark“.[2][citation needed]
Ohthere is believed to have come from Troms, probably somewhere north of Harstad, perhaps the island of Senja, where today’s Lenvik is seen as a likely home; or possibly further north, for example from either of the islands of Kvaløya and Karlsøy.
From wikipedia.
1421 – The Battle of Baugé
June 25th, 2008
So, the French it appears CAN win a battle, just not the wars. GG France… although it was the “French-Scots”, so that probably has something to do with it.
The Battle of Baugé, fought between the English and the Franco-Scots on March 21, 1421 in Baugé, France, east of Angers, was a major defeat for the English in the Hundred Years’ War. The English army was led by the king’s brother Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, while the Franco-Scots were led by both John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Buchan, and Sieur de Lafayette, the Constable of France. English strength was 10,000 men, against the French-Scots’ 6,000.
1543 – Third Succession Act
June 24th, 2008
1543, an interesting year pulled out of thin air. There were a few things that happened this year, but of them I chose the Third Succession Act. Recently, Shawna and I rented “The Other Bolyen Girl”, which was about Anne Bolyen, her sister and Henry the VIII. It was a fairly good movie, and an interesting spin on how the crazed life of Henry and his many marriages and desperate desire for a son developed, and how these women were “taken care of” so to speak. Henry VIII’s reign is pretty big in English history. Breaking from Rome and establishing the Church of England, a founder of the Royal Navy (the Mary Rose), building coastal defences, and leaving Mary (Mary I, aka Bloody Mary) & Elizabeth (Elizabeth I, aka The Virgin Queen) as heirs to the throne after Edward.
The Third Succession Act of Henry VIII’s reign was passed by the Parliament of England in mid-1543, and returned both Mary and Elizabeth to the line of the succession behind Prince Edward. The Act was formally titled the Succession to the Crown Act 1543, or the Act of Succession 1543; it is often incorrectly dated 1544. The Act superseded the First Succession Act and the Second Succession Act, which had left Prince Edward the only heir to the throne. It returned both of Henry’s daughters Mary and Elizabeth to the line of succession, behind Edward, any potential children of his, and any potential children of Henry by his current wife Catherine Parr.
Edward VI attempted to ignore the Act in his will by naming Lady Jane Grey as his successor in place of Mary. However this failed and Mary took her rightful place on the throne as ordained by the Act.
From wikipedia.
Greenacre – Oates Family Tree
June 6th, 2008
My Great Uncle Wilf and my Great Uncle Alan had worked for many years on the Greenacre – Oates side of the family tree. They gathered information via Census and Church/Parish records, gravestones, etc.
I have a full copy of all of their final work, and have decided to continue where they left off.
With the advent of the Internet, and many people turning to the online community to work on their Genealogy, there are a great many resources to help me track down and find missing ancestors, gaps in the tree, and expand upon what has already been discovered.