Monday, February 27, 2017

Post 2/27/17

Four Russian Ambassadors die in three months.

         Russian Ambassador to Greece Malanin
         Russian Ambassador to India Kadakin
         Russian Ambassador to Turkey Karlov
         Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Churkin


Monday, December 07, 2015

3/26/15 Post

3/26/15


US ally Saudi Arabia is bombing the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen while the US is flying air support for Iran-backed Quds bombing ISIS in Iraq

DLB


Saturday, January 26, 2013

Post 1/26/13

Year 1841

Jacob L Martin becomes acting Secretary of State


Year 1852

The Chattanooga, Harrison, Georgetown and Charleston Railroad is established


Year 1878

The Diocese of Leeds is established from the suppressed Diocese of Beverley


On 20 December

  Year 1906   Bishop Francisco Jarrín y Moro becomes Bishop of the Diocese of Plasencia

On 6 December

Born in Spain

  Year 1964   Archbishop Armand – Etienne M Blanquet du Chayla becomes Titular Archbishop of the Titular Archepiscopal See of Dercos

On 17 September

Born in France

   

Saturday, December 01, 2012

Post 12/1/12

Year 1280

Bishop Goberto becomes Bishop of Agrigento


Year 1289

Between the years 1289 – 1292 Bohemian King Wenceslaus II becomes suzerain of some upper Silesian
duchies.


Year 1338

Cardinal Pierre Roger de Beaufort Turenne is given the title of Cardinal of Sts Nereus and Achilleus.


On 18 December

Born in France

  Year 1372   Friedrich III von Saarwerden becomes Archbishop Elector of Cologne     Year 2008   The Apostolic Prefecture of Galapagos is promoted to the Apostolic Vicariate of Galapagos.

On 15 July

 

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Post 11/14/12

Year 1350

Archbishop Miklós Vásári becomes Archbishop of Esztergom


Year 1363

Friedrich II von Truhendingen becomes Bishop of Bamberg


Year 1881

William H Hunt becomes Secretary of the Navy


Year 1886

Fitzhugh Lee becomes Governor of Virginia


Year 1900

Archbishop James August Smith becomes Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Post 11/11/12

Year 647

Saint Amand becomes Bishop of Liege


Year 676

Dominus I becomes Pope


Year 684

St Benedict II becomes Pope


Year 701

Pope Sergius I is ordered arrested but Italian garrison refuses


Year 828

Bertin becomes Prince Bishop of Speyer