….In the early 15th century, England was torn apart by a series of civil wars known as the Wars of the Roses. These wars were fought between the houses of Lancaster and York, two factions vying for control of the English throne. The Battle of Barnet was one of the pivotal conflicts in this series of wars .On March 9, 1471, during the Wars of the Roses, the Battle of Barnet took place. This battle saw the Yorkist forces, led by Edward IV, clash with the Lancastrians, commanded by the Earl of Warwick. Warwick, once an ally of Edward IV, had turned against him, supporting the Lancaster cause.
The battle occurred near Barnet, in Hertfordshire. Despite being heavily outnumbered, Edward IV’s forces defeated Warwick’s army, and Warwick himself was killed in the battle. This victory allowed Edward IV to regain the throne and effectively ended the Lancastrian challenge to his rule. The Battle of Barnet is considered one of the turning points in the Wars of the Roses, as it solidified Edward IV’s power and ultimately led to the downfall of the Lancastrian faction.
The consequences of the battle were far-reaching. With Warwick’s death, the Lancastrians were deprived of one of their most skilled commanders. The defeat further weakened the Lancastrian cause, and by the end of the year, Edward IV was firmly in control of England, despite brief challenges from the remaining Lancastrian forces.
….1562Naples, Italy, banned kissing in public.If authorities caught couples kissing in public, the act was punishable by death. ….
1566 David Rizzio, private secretary to Mary, Queen of Scots, is murdered in the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh by a group of the conspirators accompanied by the Queen's husband Lord Darnley. Darnley had accused Rizzio of having an adulterous affair with his wife and making her pregnant. Despite trying to protect her secretary, Rizzio is stabbed multiple times in the presence of the Queen and dies soon afterwards.
… This daguerreotype of Margam Castle taken on 9th March 1841 by Calvert Jones is credited with being the first photograph taken in Wales.
Calvert Jones, who was born in Swansea, was a mathematician, painter and photographer. When he became rector of Loughor, he took up photography as a hobby and took many photographs of the Swansea area, as well as in France and Italy. He also developed his own technique of overlapping photographs to give panoramic images. ….
2011: Space Shuttle Discovery makes its final landing after 39 flights, more spaceflights than any other spacecraft to date. It was Discovery that launched the Hubble Space Telescope in 1990.
Music
1964 – The Four Preps released a song called ‘A Letter to the Beatles’ whose lyrics describe a boy losing his girlfriend to the Fab Four. The single was a commercial success but it had to be removed from the charts because it contained lyrics from ‘I Want To Hold Your Hand’ without permission.
1970,Black Sabbath – formally known as Earth – make their concert debut under the new name at The Roundhouse in London. 1997 The cult television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer premiered; created by Joss Whedon, the show centred on Buffy Summers, “an alternative feminist icon” who battles vampires, demons, and other assorted supernatural forces of evil.
I remember the outrage caused by kissing in public in the 60s. It was met with a terrible tutting that only a certain kind of old people are capable of.
