I just love doing this research on what happened on a specific day in history see A Date with History
Looking up information on these amazing people shows just how wonderfully inventive they were in the past. I feel we should all be aware of them and how they have all touched our lives in one way or another. Remembering them on their special day is the least we can do!
This picture was painted by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) of his son Nicolas in 1621. Just too beautiful not to share!
Not all are famous people – some are famous events or places. Do have a read through all these interesting facts – I am sure you will find them fascinating.
This is as far as I have got so far!
MAY
30 VOLTAIRE & JOAN OF ARC
31 HAYDEN
JUNE
1 PRINCE IMPERIAL & HELEN KELLER
2 VITA SACKVILLE WEST
3 BIZET
4 MONTGOLFIER
5 SARAH CHURCHILL
6 ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM
7 CRUSADERS
8 PITCAIRN
9 MAESTA
10 OXFORD/CAMBRIDGE RACE
11 CONSTABLE
13 ALEXANDER THE GREAT
14 BATTLE OF NASEBY – CROMWELL
15 MAGNA CARTE
16 SALVATION ARMY
17 TAJ MAHAL
18 BATTLE OF WATERLOO
19 ROBERT PEEL
20 SAMUEL MORSE
21 GALILEO
22 WILLIAM WILBERFORCE – SLAVERY
23 THEOPHILUS SHEPSTONE
24 PABLO PICASSO
25 GEORGE ORWELL
26 V&A
27 DUBROVNIK
28 RUBENS
29 DE-SAINT EXPERY
30 GONE WITH THE WIND
JULY
1 DARWIN & RUSSEL
2 NOSTRADAMUS
3 ROBERT ADAM
4 INDEPENDENCE DAY
5 ISAAC NEWTON
6 THOMAS STAMFORD RAFFLES
7 CONAN DOYLE
8 PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY
9 BARBARA CARTLAND
10 GODIVA
11 JW SWAN LIGHT BULB
12 HENRY DAVID THOREAU
13 THE DEATH OF MARAT
14 COLLAPSE OF THE CAMPANILE
15 MARSEILLES
16 JOSHUA REYNOLDS
17 CATHERINE THE GREAT
18 GANDHI
19 JOHANNES KEPLER
20 GREGOR MENDEL
21 TATE GALLERY AND BERNARD LEACH
22 ROSE KENNEDY
23 EDDIE RICKENBACHER
24 AMELIA EARHART
25 JACK LONDON
26 GEORGE B SHAW
27 DE HAVILLAND
28 BEATRIX POTTER
29 VINCENT VAN GOGH
30 EMILY BRONTE
31 FRANZ LISZT
AUG
1 THE DOOMSDAY BOOK
2 HENRY HUDSON
3 RUPERT BROOKE
4 DOM PERIGNON
5 NEIL ARMSTRONG
6 ALFRED TENNYSON
7 MATA HARI
8 IZAAK WALTON
9 SISTINE CHAPEL
10 MAGELLAN
11 EDITH WARTON
12 WILLIAM BLAKE
13 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE CEDED
14 CETEWAYO
15 KING DUNCAN 1
16 T.E.LAWRENCE
17 DAVY CROCKETT
18 SALIERI
19 COCO CHANEL
20 TCHAIKOVSKY
21 CHRISTOPHER ROBIN MILNE
22 DEBUSSY
23 LOUISE XVI
24 JAMES WEDDELL
25 GEORGE STUBBS
26 MOTHER TERESA
27 KRAKATOA
28 JOHN LEA AND WILLIAM PERRINS
29 INGRID BERGMAN
30 ERNEST RUTHERFORD