A Musical Riot
Igor Stravinsky’s ‘shockingly contemporary’ The Rite of Spring premiered on 29 May 1913.
Mathew Lyons
France’s Kyivan Queen
Anne of Kyiv married Henry I, king of the Franks, on 19 May 1051.
A Medical Break Through
The physician James Parkinson, who lent his name to the medical condition he defined, was born on 11 April 1755.
No Grand Plan
The dissolution of the monasteries as a series of decisions and indecisions.
The Great Wine Blight
The botanist Jules Émile Planchon, who led efforts to find a remedy for phylloxera, died on 1 April 1888.
Birth of an Ottoman Traveller
Evliya Çelebi was born on 25 March 1611.
The End of the Templars
Pope Clement V suppressed the order on 22 March 1312.
Statute of Kilkenny
The parliament of Kilkenny, which passed the eponymous Statute, opened on 18 February 1366.
Birthday of the Dead
José Guadalupe Posada, who produced over 20,000 engravings during his career, was born on 2 February 1852.
Death of a Swordmaster
Camillo Agrippa, author of Trattato di scientia d’arme, died on 1 January 1600.