A Scotsman in Buckingham

Welcome to my Blog. My name is Neil and I have been living in Buckinghan, UK since the 11th September 2020. I lived in the Armenia, Latvia and China. I am a teacher of Geography, Global Perspectives and English. I am married to Lena who is my soulmate and best friend.We also have a little boy, Robert. As you can tell from the Blog's name I am Scottish although I was born in London. My Blog will be for sharing my thoughts on anything that takes my fancy. Please feel free to comment.

Friday, 15 July 2016

Today in History 15th July

Hello there Gentle Readers. Its been a while so lets brace ourselves against the winds of time while the gusts of history pull us up into the air.

1099. The church of the Holy Sepulchre is captured by Christian armies during the 1st Crusade.

1799. The Rosetta stone is found in Egypt.

1904. Anton Checkhov, Russian playwrite dies.

1956. Ian Curtis, lead singer of The Joy Division is born.

2006. Twitter is launched.

#1stcrusade #rosettastone #twitter #iancurtis #checkhov #july15

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