With the whirlwind of writing and working on my latest novel, Magick, I really have lost tack of days and dates. I looked at the calendar and thought, oooh… October 15th! … and then I couldn’t remember why it’s significant.
I know yesterday was the anniversary of the battle of Hastings in 1066, and I found out about some other famous things which happened on today’s date in the past:
533 – Byzantine general Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the Vandals.
1520 – King Henry VIII of England orders bowling lanes at Whitehall
1522 – Emperor Karel I names Hernan Cortes governor of Mexico
1582 – Many Catholic countries switch to Gregorian calendar, skip 10 days
1815 – Napoleon Bonaparte arrives on island of St Helena to begin his exile
and I found some famous people whose birthday it is or would have been today:
- Michel Foucault
- Akbar the Great
- Mario Putzo
- Virgil
- David Trimble
- Friedrich Nietzsche
- Tito Jackson
- P.G. Wodehouse
…. but I still can’t remember why this day seemed significant to me… I hope I haven’t missed an appointment or a birthday!
Lois Elsden 
To night is the fist showing of ITV’s new mini drama – The Great Fire.
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Oh yes…. I wonder what it will be like? Could be really interesting… or it could be a prequel to ‘London’s Burning’!
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It IS the story of Londons Burning!
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That was the date that I started commenting on your blog. How soon they forget. Sigh!
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Just as well I had a few glasses of wine, David… I was obviously celebrating our friendship! I’ve put it on my phone so I’ll remember next year!! 😉 xx
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