TODAY - August 15

 

NIELS’ SUMMER GREETINGS

ON: AUGUST 15

New edition

TODAY’s LENGTH:

This day is here in Denmark 2 hours and 20 minutes shorter than June 21. Its length is 15 hours and 5 minutes – from 05.47 to 20.52.

See more – also in English – about where you are on:  www.dagenslaengde.dk

TODAY’s NAME:

This day is called MARY's ASCENSION DAY. Virgin Mary was the mother of Jesus. The name Maria/Mary is the Greek version of the Aramaic name Mirjam. According to the New Testament the young woman Mirjam/Mary was told by an angel that she with the help of the Holy Spirit would become pregnant with a son. The son she called Jesus, and he was born in a stable in Jerusalem. After that Maria had to flee to Egypt with her husband Joseph. But after some years they came back to to Nazareth. She was later present at her son's crucifixion.

A Catholic dogma from 1950 tells that Mary together with her son was take tken up to heaven with soal and body. This is celebrated in the Catholic church on the third Sunday of August.

The day’s name is the same in Belgium:  ASSOMPTION.

TODAY’s EVENT:

1843:  Tivoli in Copenhagen opens. _____________________________________________

TODAY’s QUESTION:

Jorvik - what is that? And what is the history behind it?

This is the name which the Vikings gave to the city, which today is called York in the north of England.

The city is more than 2000 years old and was originally founded as city by the Romans in 71 AD. Its name was Ebocarum.  It is the Latin version of the original Celtic name ofvthe area. Several Roman emperors lived here, including Hadrian (who build the wall between England and Scotland) and Constantine 1.  When Constantine died his son, the later Constantine the Great, was nominated Roman emperor during his stay in Ebocarum.  He became the first Christian Roman emperor. And still today the city has a very big statue of him.

After the Romans decided to leave England in 400 AD the area was occupied by immegrants from Jutland and North Germany, the Anglo-Saxons.  Their name for Ebocarum was Eoforwic. And when they in 866 AD were thrown owt by the Danish Vikings the city got the Norse name Jorvik.  The present name York first appeared during the 13th century.

Today you have a very interesting interactive Jorvik Historical Viking Centre in the centre of York. It is really worth visiting. It is even more interesting that the Viking Centre in Dublin.

York be ame very famous also for another reason. When the Duke of York in 1664 with his army won a battle with the Dutch and took over what was called Nieuw Amsterdam the English renamed the place and gave the city its present name New York. ________________________________________________________________________

QUESTION FOR TOMORROW:

The Varus Battle - what was that? And how is it very important? ____________________________________________

47 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT EUROPE:

EUROPE AT WORK     www.europe-at-work.be

 

TODAY’s QUOTE & FAMOUS PEOPLE :

1.  Yesterday’s quote:

        It is not easy to stop in politics. It is like riding a tiger. You cannot get off.

             It was said by the former Danish prime minister and UN High Commissioner for 

             Refugees,  Poul Hartling.

 

2.  Today’s quote:

        When you do stupid things they should at least succeed!

             Who among today's personalities has said that?

3.  Famous people born on this day:

1769:  Napoleon Bonaparte  ( died 1821 )

1925:  Oscar Peterson  ( died 2007 )

1945:  Alain Juppé

 

4.  Famous people died on this day:

           423:    Flavius Honorius  ( 39 years )

            1887:  Meir Aron Goldschmidt  ( 68 years )

            1967:  René Magritte  ( 69 years )

            1996:  Sergiu Celibidache  ( 84 years )

 

Niels Jørgen Thøgersen

niels4europe@gmail.com  

www.simplesite.com/kimbrer  + EUROPE AT WORK:  www.europe-at-work.be  

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