The Great Wine Blight
The botanist Jules Émile Planchon, who led efforts to find a remedy for phylloxera, died on 1 April 1888.
Mathew Lyons
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.
Publication of A Christmas Carol
The first edition of 6,000 copies was published on 19 December 1843.
An Oxford Resurrection
Anne Greene survived her execution on 14 December 1650.
Dante is Exiled from Florence
Sentenced on charges of corruption on 27 January 1302, Dante Alighieri never saw the city again.
Pius X ends use of Castrati
The Pope, in a bull of 22 November 1903, ended the use of the male singers in the Sistine Chapel, who had previously dominated men’s opera.