HISTORY YOU NEVER KNEW: Marie Antoinette Was Born Hours After An Disaster That Helped Lead To Her Death
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READERS: I’ve decided to change up my writing and add some non-political stuff to my blog to showcase my writing. History is probably my favorite topic and really is the foundation from which the rest of my interests stem; politics, geography, and literature. I wanted to do posts about interesting tidbits in history that I’ve learned over the years that I often enjoy bringing up in casual conversation, often to impress people, and publish them as close to the historical dates they happened. I am starting with November 1, 1755. On that day an earthquake and tsunami struck Lisbon, Portugal in what is one of the worst natural disasters in European history. The earthquake had a profound effect on Europe in the subsequent decades. The day after the earthquake, on November 2, 1755, one of the most well-known historical figures of the 18th Century was born: Marie Antoinette, the future queen of France. This article is about how those two events, which occurred just 38 hours apart, are intertwined.
HISTORY YOU NEVER KNEW: Marie Antoinette Was Born Hours After An Disaster That Helped Lead To Her Death
HISTORY YOU NEVER KNEW: Marie Antoinette Was…
HISTORY YOU NEVER KNEW: Marie Antoinette Was Born Hours After An Disaster That Helped Lead To Her Death
READERS: I’ve decided to change up my writing and add some non-political stuff to my blog to showcase my writing. History is probably my favorite topic and really is the foundation from which the rest of my interests stem; politics, geography, and literature. I wanted to do posts about interesting tidbits in history that I’ve learned over the years that I often enjoy bringing up in casual conversation, often to impress people, and publish them as close to the historical dates they happened. I am starting with November 1, 1755. On that day an earthquake and tsunami struck Lisbon, Portugal in what is one of the worst natural disasters in European history. The earthquake had a profound effect on Europe in the subsequent decades. The day after the earthquake, on November 2, 1755, one of the most well-known historical figures of the 18th Century was born: Marie Antoinette, the future queen of France. This article is about how those two events, which occurred just 38 hours apart, are intertwined.