Jun 2, 2014 · Paul Fürst, engraving, c. 1721, of a plague doctor of Marseilles. However, though the beak mask has become an iconic symbol of the Black Death, there is no evidence it was actually worn during the 14th Century epidemic. Medical historians have in fact attributed the invention of the ‘beak doctor’ costume to a French doctor named Charles de ...

Aug 25, 2017 · And the life of the ebony clock went out with that of the last of the gay. And the flames of the tripods expired. And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all.”-‘The Masque of the Red Death’, Edgar Allan Poe (1842) Europe in the later Middle Ages and Early Modern period was not a healthy place.

Aug 24, 2017 · Following James’s death, Villiers’s enemies assumed the favourite’s ascendancy would come to an end. If anything, Villiers became more powerful under Charles. Benjamin Woolley’s new book The King’s Assassin: The Fatal Affair of George Villiers and James I is available on 24 August, priced £20 .

Jul 21, 2017 · In 1845, Sir John Franklin set sail for the Arctic with 128 men. They never returned. Now, the National Maritime Museum can present a world-first exhibition that delves into the tragedy and uncovers what humans are capable of when pushed to extremes.

Feb 10, 2016 · In February 1945 Violette Szabo was executed by the Nazis with a single shot to the back of the head. She was aged just 23.

Mar 13, 2014 · Born in Wisconsin in 1878, it was her husband's early death from tuberculosis and the death of her baby during childbirth that convinced Flikke of the national need for decent medical care. As a On this day in 1942, Julia Flikke of the Nurse Corps became the first female Colonel in the United States Army.

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Mar 25, 2023 · In 1913, Wells-Barnett established the Alpha Suffrage Club in Chicago, reportedly the first black women’s suffrage association in the US. Gender and racial equality were often at odds in the American suffrage movement, with many NAWSA activists unwilling to support the right to vote for both black and white women in segregated southern states.

Oct 13, 2015 · In June 2015, History of War were lucky enough to have the chance to attend the 71st anniversary of D-Day in Normandy.

May 30, 2017 · Delaney, death & liquor Should Regency reprobates get caught for their deeds, however, it would be the hangman’s noose for them. Slip down the slime-sewn stairs hidden against the redeveloping shoreline around the area of Executioner’s Dock and you will find the place where men hung by the neck until dead.