Fun history lesson!

In June 1846, 33 US immigrants in Alta California who had entered without official permission rebelled against the Mexican government. Among their grievances were that they had not been allowed to buy or rent land and had been threatened with expulsion.

They declared independence and formed the "Republic of California," and adopted the Bear Flag.

In other words, a group of white "illegal aliens" from the U.S. revolted against Mexico and started a new country. And that is the origin story of California. What an irony.

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I love discovering the history behind things and loved researching the history of medieval pies and the things they put in them! https://flip.it/pwkq8Y #food #history #HistoryTrivia #pies #feast #banquet #middleages #medieval

🚀 Ah yes, the groundbreaking #cartography of ancient coins and inscriptions, because everyone’s been desperately needing a treasure map to the trivia nobody asked for. 🗺️ Just follow the #Hesperia breadcrumbs, and maybe you’ll find a lost civilization—or just your way to a history lecture no one wanted. 😂
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🇪🇸➡️🇺🇸 **From Spain to the US:** The $ symbol has its roots in the Spanish peso, which was often written as "P" over "S". Simplification turned it into "$". #HistoryTrivia #USHistory

In 1896, the $5 Silver Certificate Educational Note made its debut, a true marvel of design and purpose. Depicting 'Electricity as the Dominant Force in the World,' it symbolized progress and knowledge. A collector's treasure to this day! #Numismatics #HistoryTrivia

In 1102 there was a dispute over whether Canterbury or York had the supremacy in the Church. At an ecclesiatical council in Westminster, Archbishop Gerald of York threw a tantrum because Archbishop Anselm of Canterbury had a chair that was raised higher than Gerald's. Gerald refused to sit down until chairs were on the same level.  Later that year the Pope censured Gerald and ordered him to swear an oath to Anselm.
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1556 John Noyes was executed at Litchfield, Suffolk. To get burning coals to start the blaze, officers had to break down the doors of a house where there was a single remaining chimney which had smoke coming out (all other fires in the village being extinguished). It was a forlorn gesture of neighbourly solidarity with the local shoemaker. Killing people in their own parishes was unpopular.
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A law passed in 1539 made it a capital offence for a priest to marry a woman. (Strangely, keeping a woman as a concubine resulted only in confiscation of property.) A late amendment allowed married priests three weeks to "put away" their wives without penalty. Archbishop Cranmer sent his wife and children to Germany.

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After the French had been defeated at the Battle of Brémule (20 August, 1119), Henry returned the captured magnificent warhorses to William Clito and Louis the Fat (VI) as humiliating gifts.

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During the Siege of Oxford 1644 there was an outbreak of the plague and cats and dogs were killed as it was thought they were responsible for the spread. All this did was increase the local rat population.

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In medieval England you often had to pop across the channel to sort out a dispute. Henry II kept 25 ships on regular standby for making the crossing. Thomas Becket had 6, the Queen Eleanor had 1.

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In the retribution that followed the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381, Flemish widows in the city of London were allowed to take part in the executions of the convicted rioters who were beheaded for beheading their merchant husbands only a few weeks before. Flemish wives struggled with heavy axes and killed their husbands’ murderers. The justice was chillingly biblical.

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