Prof. Frank McDonoughさんのイラストまとめ

5 October 1918. French aviator, Roland Garros (aged 29), was killed when his plane was shot down near Vouziers, Ardennes, during WW1. He was the first person to fly a plane across the Mediterranean. The French Open Tennis complex and championships are named in his honour.

@allanholloway @RoyneAlianore This book suggests Edward II was not killed, but lived as a “wandering pilgrim”.

6 September 1990. England cricket legend, Len Hutton, died (aged 74). He played for England in 79 Test matches between 1937 and 1955. Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack described him as “one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket”.

6 September 1651. King Charles II spent the night hiding in an oak tree at Boscobel, after his defeat by Oliver Cromwell’s forces at the Battle of Worcester.

29 August 1632. John Locke, known as the “Father of Classical Liberalism”, was born in Wrington, Somerset. He’s considered one of the first of the British empiricists. His writings influenced Voltaire, Rousseau and the United States Declaration of Independence.

26 August 55 BC. Julius Caesar crossed the English Channel for his first invasion of Britain. The Romans briefly established a beachhead on the coast of Kent, but abandoned it and returned to Gaul.

19 August 1953. England, captained by Len Hutton (pictured ), won The Ashes against Australia for the first time since the 1932-1933 tour. England won the final Test to take the series 1–0 after the first 4 Tests were all drawn.

PHOTO OF THE DAY. A vision of the future from a German Magazine (1930).

30 July 1792. The new French national anthem, La Marseillaise by Claude Rouget de Lisle, was first performed in Paris. It was composed in Strasbourg after the declaration of war by France against Austria, and originally called, War Song for the Army of the Rhine.

29-31 July 1703. Daniel Defoe, author of the classic novel, Robinson Crusoe, was placed in a pillory over 3 days at 3 different locations in London as punishment for publishing a satirical pamphlet attacking Church of England zealots. But the crowds only pelted him with flowers.