Prof. Frank McDonoughさんのイラストまとめ

5 June 755. English missionary, Boniface (“the Apostle of Germany”), was murdered by a group of Germanic “unbelievers” along with 53 of his companions. His remains were buried in the church of Fulda and are now entombed within a shrine beneath the high altar of Fulda Cathedral.

2 June 455. What was known as the “Sack of Rome” began, as the “Vandals” entered the city and vandalised, looted and plundered for two weeks. They were at war with the usurping Roman Emperor, Petronius Maximus, at the time.

28 May 604. Augustine of Canterbury, the first Archbishop of Canterbury, probably died on this day as it was subsequently celebrated as St Augustine’s Day. He was revered as a saint for his role in bringing Christianity to England after being sent from Rome by Pope Gregory.

24 May 1930. British pilot, Amy Johnson, became the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia. Flying G-AAAH Jason, she left Croydon Airport on 5 May and landed at Darwin, Northern Territory on 24 May, having travelled 11,000 miles.

17 May 1900. The British garrison, led by Robert Baden-Powell, the later founder of the Boy Scouts, ended the 217 day Boer siege of Mafeking in the 2nd Boer War. There were unprecedented scenes of celebration on the streets of Britain.

8 May 1903. French Post-Impressionist artist, Paul Gauguin, died (aged 54). His art was largely unappreciated during his lifetime but is now widely recognised especially for his experimental and often distinctive use of colour.

7 May 1663. The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, was opened. In 1672, the theatre caught fire and a larger one built on the same site. It was subsequently rebuilt twice more. The third building was also destroyed in a fire in 1809. The building that stands today opened in 1812.

25 April 1744. Swedish born astronomer, mathematician and scientist, Anders Celsius, died (aged 42). He proposed the Centigrade temperature scale which was later renamed Celsius in his honour.

16 April 1746. Loyalist forces of George II defeated the Jacobites, supported by French troops, who wanted to restore the Stuarts to the British throne, at the Battle of Culloden. After the battle, many highland traditions were banned.

15 April 1865. US President, Abraham Lincoln (aged 56), died at 7:22 AM in William Petersen’s boarding house, opposite the Ford’s Theatre, Washington DC, where he had been fatally shot by John Wilkes Booth on the night before.