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2023 - Anniversaries - Priory Church of St. Bartholomew The Great 900, Sir Christopher Wren 300, Major Davel 300, Voyage South of Antarctic Circle 250, Boston Tea Party 250, Marie Antoinette 230, Telegraph 185, ICRC 160, Phonograph 145, National Geographic Society 135, Gornergrat Railway 125, First Flight 120, WWI 105, Hollywood Sign/Walt Disney Company/Warner Brothers 100, Gustave Eiffel 100, Villa Le Lac 100, Penicillin 95, Mahatma Gandhi 75, NASA 65, Picasso 50, La Grand-Place (Brussels) 25, Nelson Mandela 10, Coronation of King Charles III



900th Anniversary of the Founding of the Priory Church of
          St Bartholomew the Great

900th Anniversary of the Founding of the Priory Church of St Bartholomew the Great.
Founded in 1123 by Prior Rahere (died c.1143) on land granted by King Henry I of England (c.1068-1135).
The Priory Church escaped the Great Fire of London (1666) and is the oldest surviving parish church in London, England.


300th Anniversary of the Death of Sir Christopher Wren

300th Anniversary of the Death of Sir Christopher Wren(1632-1723).
Architect - St. Paul's Cathedral, Greenwich Hospital, South Front and Fountain Court of Hampton Court Palace ...

Greenwich Hospital (Old Royal Naval College) - is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site - Maritime Greenwich.


300th Anniversary of the Death of Major Davel

300th Anniversary of the Death of Jean-Abraham-Daniel Davel "Major Davel" (1670-1723).
Initial leader of movement for Vaudois liberation from Bernese rule (Switzerland).


250th Anniversary of the First Voyage South of the
          Antarctic Circle

250th Anniversary of the First Voyage South of the Antarctic Circle.

Captain James Cook (1728-1779) - British Explorer, Cartographer and Naval Officer - was the first recorded navigator to cross the Antarctic Circle in 1773.


250th Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party

250th Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party (1773).
Protest against ‘Taxation Without Representation’, 1767 Townshend Revenue Act, 1773 Tea Act ...


230th Anniversary of the Death of Marie Antoinette

230th Anniversary of the Death of Marie Antoinette (1755-1793).
Last Queen of France before the French Revolution.

The Queen’s Hamlet - is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site - Palace and Park of Versailles.
The former Palais de la Cite - is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site - Paris, Banks of the Seine.



185th Anniversary of Samuel Morse Demonstrating the Telegraph system (1838)
A revolution for long-distance communication.

Link for Samuel Morse's Wife's Ancestor Links with Early New England Settlers - image chart.


160th Anniversary of Founding of International Committee
          of the Red Cross

160th Anniversary of Founding of International Committee of the Red Cross (1863).

"The ICRC is an independent, neutral organization ensuring humanitarian protection and assistance for victims of armed conflict and other situations of violence. It takes action in response to emergencies and at the same time promotes respect for international humanitarian law and its implementation in national law."



145th Anniversary of Thomas Edison Patenting the Phonograph (1878)
First device to both record sound and play it back.

Link for Thomas Edison's Ancestor Links with Early New England Settlers - image chart.


135th Anniversary of the Founding of the National
          Geographic Society

135th Anniversary of the Founding of the National Geographic Society (NGS)(1888) - one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational organizations in the world.

NGS’s mission: “to use the power of science, exploration, education, and storytelling to illuminate and protect the wonder of our world”.


125th Anniversary of the Gornergrat Railway

125th Anniversary of the Gornergrat Railway -

The World's first fully electric cog railway from Zermatt up to Gornergrat Station (at 3,089 m or 10,135 feet) started in 1898.



120th Anniversary of the First Successful Airplane Flight by the Wright Brothers (1903).

Link for Orville and Wilbur Wright's Ancestor Links with Early New England Settlers - image chart.



105th Anniversary of the End of World War I (WWI) (1918)
* We Must Never Forget
* The World Must Never Forget

Link for 100th Anniversary of World War I - Memorial - at the Tower of London - image chart.
Link for 100th Anniversary of the End of World War I (WWI) - image chart.
Link for 100th Anniversary of the World War I (WWI) Peace Treaty of Versailles - image chart.
Link for 150th Anniversary of the Birth of Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae - wrote poem "In Flanders Fields" - image chart.


100th Anniversary of the Hollywood Sign

100th Anniversary of the Hollywood Sign, Walt Disney Company, and Warner Brothers (1923).


100th Anniversary of the Death of Gustave Eiffel

100th Anniversary of the Death of Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923).
French Civil Engineer - Eiffel Tower, Internal support structure for the Statue of Liberty in New York ...

The Eiffel Tower - is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site - Paris, Banks of the Seine.
The Statue of Liberty (New York) - is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.


100th Anniversary of Villa Le Lac

100th Anniversary of Villa "Le Lac" Le Corbusier (1923).
Designed and built by Le Corbusier for his parents in 1923. The house is an example of Le Corbusier’s minimalist and functionalism designs.

Charles-Édouard Jeanneret “Le Corbusier” (1887-1965) - Swiss-French Architect, Designer, Painter, and Writer.

Villa "Le Lac" Le Corbusier - is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site - The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement (17 sites spread over seven countries - Switzerland, Argentina, Belgium, France, Germany, India, and Japan).


95th Anniversary of the Discovery of Penicillin by
          Alexander Fleming

95th Anniversary of the Discovery of Penicillin by Alexander Fleming (1928)
Medication used to manage and treat a wide range of infections.


75th
          Anniversary of the Death of Mahatma Gandhi

75th Anniversary of the Death of Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948).
Lead nonviolent resistance campaign for India's independence from British rule.



65th Anniversary of the Founding of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (1958)
Apollo Moon landing, Space Shuttle, support for International Space Station ...

Link for 50th Anniversary of the first Men to Walk on the Moon (1969) - image chart.
Additional Links to be added soon


50th Anniversary of the Death of Pablo Picasso

50th Anniversary of the Death of Pablo Picasso (1881-1973).
Spanish Painter & Sculptor - created the "Dove of Peace" lithograph for posters for the 1949 World Peace Council ...



25th Anniversary of the 1998 Admission of La Grand-Place, Brussels as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Link for La Grand-Place, Brussels - House of Brabant (House of Reginar) - image chart.
Link for Brussels Town Hall - Hotel de Ville - Holy Roman Emperors - Carolingian Dynasty - image chart.
Link for Brussels Town Hall - Hotel de Ville - House of Brabant (House of Reginar) - image chart.
Additional Links to be added soon


10th
          Anniversary of the Death of Nelson Mandela

10th Anniversary of the Death of Nelson Mandela (1918-2013).
Anti-apartheid activist - and 1st President of South Africa.


Coronation of King Charles III King of the United
          Kingdom

Coronation of H.M. King Charles III, King of the United Kingdom (2023).

The Coronation took place at Westminster Abbey on May 6, 2023 - followed by a procession with the Gold State Carriage from Westminster Abbey to Buckingham Palace - finishing with an appearance on the balcony at Buckingham Palace.

Westminster Abbey - is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site - Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church.


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