TODAY - March 7
NIELS’ MORNING GREETINGS
ON: MARCH 7
New 2021 edition
TODAY’s LENGTH:
This day is here
in Belgium 3 hours and 24 minutes longer than December 21. Its length is 11
hours and 20 minutes – from 07.14 to 18.34.
See more about
where you are – also in English – on www.dagenslaengde.dk
TODAY’s NAME:
This day is
called PERPETUA's DAY or PERPETUS DAY. Perpetua was a Christian woman, who together
with her girl friend Felicia was condemned to death in 203 AC. She had according to the legend already earlier
been dreaming of her fate and had seen herself walking up to heaven on a
ladder. The two women were thrown in front of the lions by the Roman soldiers.
But they survived the tough treatment by the animals. Then they were killed
with knives. And later they were made saints by the Catholic church.
In Belgium the
day is called SAINTE FÉLICITÉ (
Felicity ) – after a widow with seven daughters in Rome. She lived in the years
101-165 AD – and became a martyre.
TODAY’s EVENT:
1926:
The first
successful telephone conversation between London and New York takes place.
TODAY’s QUESTION:
Ottomans – what is the history ?
The Ottomans were the population of the huge Ottoman empire created
in 1299 by Osman I – an empire which lasted more than 600 years. It was
dissolved in 1922. It covered present day Turkey, large parts of Central Asia,
the Balkans in Europe, and most of the Middle East and North Africa. Its peak was in the 16th century
following its conquest of Constantinople in 1483.
The Ottoman Empire was ruled by a Sultan with his seat
in Constantinople/Istanbul.
The empire was to a large degree built upon slavery –
all the way up to 1908. They were Eunuks, harem women, Janishars and normal
slaves. In the 19th century about a quarter of the population in
Istanbul were slaves. They were primarily
taken from Christian areas, and many were sold to the Arabs.
The last part of the Ottoman Empire was split up in
smaller countries after World War I, as the Ottomans had fought with the
Germans – and lost.
The piece of
furniture called an Ottoman is a
special sofa without armrest and back. It was brought to Europe in the 18th
century by the Ottomans.
QUESTION FOR TOMORROW:
The place where
the pepper grows - where does that expression come from? And what does it
mean?
47 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT EUROPE:
EUROPE AT WORK www.europe-at-work.be
TODAY’s QUOTE & FAMOUS PEOPLE :
1.
Yesterday’s quote:
Women are beyond
any doubt the best we have of that sort!
This was once said by the Danish
author and humourist Gustav Wied.
See photo.
2.
Today’s quote:
Many people are
often not really of the same age as themselves.
Who has said that?
3. Famous
people born on this day:
1788: Antoine César Becquerel ( died 1878 )
1850: Thomas Masaryk ( died 1937 )
1875: Maurice Ravel ( died 1937 )
1940: Rudi Dutschke ( died 1979 )
4. Famous
people died on this day:
322
BC: Aristotle ( 62 years )
161: Antonius Pius ( 75 years )
1274: Thomas Aquinas ( 50 years )
1976: Tove Ditlevsen ( 58 years )
1999: Stanley Kubrick ( 70 years )
Niels Jørgen Thøgersen
www.simplesite.com/kimbrer +
EUROPE AT WORK www.europe-at-work.be
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