@atticusfinch-105.bsky.socialHoly Wound
This nearly 700-year-old image was made for prayer
The miniature comes from the Prayer Book of Bonne of Luxembourg, Duchess of Normandy, made in Paris before 1349 and attributed to Jean Le Noir and his workshop.
@you-safzai.bsky.socialDo not look at who is speaking; look at what is being spoken—whether it is the truth or a lie. Facts and history remain unchanged, no matter who reveals them! 🌌✨ #Wisdom #StandWithTruth #HistoryMatters #QuotesOfLife #Integrity 🫶🌿💚
@you-safzai.bsky.socialDo not look at who is speaking; look at what is being spoken—whether it is the truth or a lie. Facts and history remain unchanged, no matter who reveals them! 🌌✨ #Wisdom #StandWithTruth #HistoryMatters #QuotesOfLife #Integrity 🫶🌿💚
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social8 October 2001
U.S. president George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social8 October 1967
Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia. Guevara would be executed the next day.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social8 October 1944
Captain Bobbie E. Brown earns a Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Crucifix Hill, just outside Aachen.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social8 October 1943
Around 30 civilians are executed by Friedrich Schubert's paramilitary group in Kallikratis, Crete.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social8 October 1941
During the preliminaries of the Battle of Rostov, German forces reach the Sea of Azov with the capture of Mariupol.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social8 October 1918
Corporal Alvin C. York kills 28 German soldiers and captures 132, for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social8 October 1895
Korean Empress Myeongseong is assassinated by Japanese infiltrators.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social8 October 1871
Slash-and-burn land management, months of drought, and the passage of a strong cold front cause the Peshtigo Fire, the Great Chicago Fire and the Great Michigan Fires to break out
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social8 October 1856
The Second Opium War between several western powers and China begins with the Arrow Incident.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social8 October 1645
Jeanne Mance opens the first lay hospital of North America in Montreal.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social8 October 1573
The Spanish siege of Alkmaar ends with the first Dutch victory in the Eighty Years' War.
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