TODAY: November 14
NIELS’ MORNING GREETINGS
ON: NOVEMBER 14
New edition
TODAY’s LENGTH:
This day is here
in Belgium 7 hours and 28 minutes shorter than June 21. Its length is 9 hours
and 1 minute – from 07.57 to 16.58.
See more – also in
English – about where you are on: www.dagenslaengde.dk
TODAY’s NAME:
This day is called FREDERICK’s DAY. The reason is that it was on this day in 1665, that the Danish king FREDERICK III signed a new law called the King’s Law. Through this law the King decided everything in the country. You can call it the start of a royal dictatorship. It lasted until 1849. The main author of this law was Peder Griffenfeldt.
Today is also the World Diabetes’ Day.
The day’s name in Belgium
is: SAINT AUBRY. He was a hermit in Bourgogne and also
involved in starting an order of monks. He
died in 1109.
TODAY’s EVENT:
TODAY’s QUESTION:
Cimbrians – who were they?
“Kimbrer” is what I am. Or
“Cimbrian” in English.What is that? Where did they come from? And where are
they/we now? Listen:
A “Cymbrian” belongs to a very
brave and energetic tribe in the north of Denmark. From the part of Jutland
called Himmerland – or rather “Kimbrerland”.Our first appearance are traced
back to several centuries before year 0. While the Romans grew stronger in the
south of Europe we Cimbriansgrew bigger and stronger up north. Our symbol was –
and is – a BULL. A strong one!
One sunny day – about 105 B.C.
– our chief Cimbrian declared: “Let’s conquer Rome!!” Off we went – thousands
of us. Heading south. With men, warriors, women, children, animals, equipment –
and a strong will. A colourful crowd, which got bigger and stronger and more
determined as we approached the Romans. One Roman Legion after the other was
beaten up and destroyed. In the Gallic area (now France), in the south of
Germany and Austria. The Roman Empire was in panic! Also when they saw our
Cimbrian warriors use their shields as huge sledges down the Alps! When the
Cymbrian approached Rome from the north the last Roman legion under the command
of Marius did nothing. It let the thousands and thousands of Cimbrians pass.
And the Romans were especially uneasy, when the Cimbrian worriors shouted at
the passive Roman soldiers: “We will say
hello to your wives in Rome, when we get there”!
But victories without defeats:
all of a sudden the mean Romans attack from the back – where all the women and
the children were. Thousands were tortured and killed. The Cimbrians were in
total panic, and on that day – 101 B.C. – the Cimbrians were totally defeated. Rome was saved.
Only a few thousand Cimbrians
managed to escape. Up north into the Dolomites! And they are still there – or
rather their descendants! About 70.000 of them – with fair hair, blue eyes and
a language which certainly has direct links back to the language of the
Cimbrians at the time. The place – about 50 km north of Verona – is called
Ljetzan (or Giazza in Italian).I visited Ljetzan in April 2004. A beautiful
place in a beautiful nature. And with a very nice CimbriMuseum – telling this
story.
Have a look at this site:www.rcvr.org/cittaepr/cimbri/welcome
Living history. Visit
Himmerland (see:www.europe-today.com/denmark/himmerl.html ) – and Ljetzan!
PS: A thousand years later
many of the strongest VIKINGS sailed from Himmerland to conquer England and
Normady.The descendants of the Cimbrians!
QUESTION FOR TOMORROW:
Storm in a tea
cup - where does that expression come from? And what does it mean?
THE EUROPEAN QUESTION FOR TODAY:
European citizenship: what does that give you in
addition to your national citizenship?
See the answer
on my blog: https://knowing-about-this.blogspot.com
THE EUROPEAN QUESTION FOR TOMORROW:
What is the European Regional Fund?
What has it done?
47 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT EUROPE:
EUROPE AT WORK www.europe-at-work.be
TODAY’s QUOTE & FAMOUS PEOPLE :
1.
Yesterday’s quote:
You
do not see the future. But you often see the past. This is strange, because
we do not have our
eyes in the back.
This was once said by the
Romanian-French author Eugene Ionesco.
2.
Today’s quote:
You cannot beat anything into
children. But you can applaud them and get a lot out of them
that way.
Who has said that among today’s personalities?
3. Famous
people born on this day:
1719: Leopold Mozart ( died 1787 )
1765: Robert Fulton ( died 1815 )
1779: Adam Oehlenschläger ( died 1850 )
1840: Claude Monet ( died 1927 )
1889: Jawaharlal Nehru ( died 1964 )
1907: Astrid Lindgren ( died 2002 )
1935: King Hussein ( died 1999 )
1948: Prince Charles
1954: Condoleezza Rice
4. Famous
people died on this day:
1263: Alexander Nevskij ( 43 years )
1831: Georg Friedrich Hegel ( 61 years )
Niels Jørgen Thøgersen
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