Portrait Lives: Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.

The Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V, was one of a kind. He believed in peace and only entered war when necessary. He did what was necessary for Spain and the Holy Roman Empire. Never the less, he was his ideal view of a Catholic emperor, which meant spreading Catholicism. He wanted to protect the religion, it was his primary goal and was show as such when it was unanimous he would be elected to the emperor position.

Now a Portrait Lives:

He was Born in 1500.

aged about 7

aged about 2

aged same

aged about 19

aged about 30

Aged

About 33

aged about 37

aged about 48

aged about 50

aged 50s

He died in 1558 at 58.
His last words were "Ay Jesus (!)" He was probably hoping heaven would receive him.

Sources:
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor: http://www.luminarium.org/encyclopedia/charles5.htm
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor: http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/ReferenceDetailsPage/DocumentToolsPortletWindow?displayGroupName=Reference&jsid=73b339808e43d9133d3f7d01e6b6b599&action=2&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CK3404900201&u=dist214&zid=b25b1ff5bf4088b84760dea566efa922, a long url.

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The Reign of Charles V.

You might notice his chin, that's because of his families' years of inbreeding.

Quiz and Battle on History

Here is something fun I made up on the top of my head (in a rush). A battle between me and you on a Quiz on History! Beware, I am competitive!

It is 7 questions. If you get 0 right I win. You get more than 4 questions right I just lost by a little. You get more than 6 right I lose by a long stretch. You get the 7 right...which is unpractically impossible...anyway I lose.

Afterwards you can highlight next to the right of the questions to see the answer.

Ok, here are some more rules:

You can't look them up.

Try to do your best (because you're gonna need it).

1. Where was the skeleton of King Richard III found? C

A. buried in a popular place in London.  B. buried in a yard in Oxford  C. buried in a parking lot


2.  What image in the Sistine Chapel absolutely revolutionized painting? B

A. Delphic Sibyl

B. Creation of Adam

C. Expulsion of Adam and Eve

3. What medical conditions was suggested that Lisa might have in Mona Lisa? C.
A. Pregnancy and blindness
B. Scoliosis and Limb Paralysis
C. Tumor and a lump






4. Who was the one of the first child actors or actresses? E. At least that I know of.
A. Nelly Gwynn
B. Shirley Temple
C. Isa Bowman
D. Susanna Centlivre
E. Master Betty

from Arm Chair General

5. Who is this? (on the right) B.
A. Marat

B. Robespierre

C. George Washington

D. Guy Carleton

6. What did Michelangelo do when a critic said that there were too many naked people in the Sistine Chapel? A.

A. He drew him in Hell in the last judgement with a snake biting his privates

B. Slapped him

C. Made him disappear

D. Was above anger, he drew him in heaven with wings in the last judgement.

7.  Whose last reported words were "we are running on north and south?" C.

A. James Garfield

B. JFK, Jr. 

C. Amelia Earhart

D. Robert Lee

So did I win or did you!?

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National Geographic Almanac of World History, 2nd Edition

by Various
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The Artist Gainsborough's Last Words

Gainsborough

An officer of the 4th Regiment of Foot
by Gainsborough

Thomas Gainsborough, a brilliant often called 'genius' at painting in the 18th century. What little people know is that he once identified a thief. His father once predicted that he would be hanged, but once he saw how great his son Tom was at art he declared 'Tom will be a genius.' He was interested in
nature especially, and his portraits showed great natural backgrounds. So it fits knowing who he is that his last words would be art inspired. His words were

"We are all going to heaven, and van Dyke is of the company."

An Italian Painting by van Dyck

Anthony van Dyck ('van Dyck') was a 17th century painter whose masterful grasp of painting the feel and look of cloth dazzled people. Gainsborough must have admired the work of van Dyck.








Sources:
Familiar Short Sayings of Familiar Men by S. A. Bent, 1887. Don't be fooled! This book isn't about sayings, it is about quotes and not all of them are from men. http://www.bartleby.com/344/183.html
Entries of Anthony van Dyck and Thomas Gainsborough in The Dictionary of National Biography on Wikisource.

Anne Greene: An Alleged Murderess

Anne Greene may have killed her own child (in the eyes of the law) but despite this her own execution could not kill her.

She had just been a housemaid and now she had become a murderer. Her master's grandson had seduced her and she had had his child. But because of him and his grandfather pushing a conviction of her murdering this child (a stillborn), Anne was going to die.

Like all common women in 17th century England who were found guilty of infanticide, she was to die. She was took out to the 'Cattle yard' in Oxford in 1650. She said her last words, complaining of the obscenity of her former employer and she was hung. While she was hanging unconscious maybe her friends pulled and tugged her to try to give her a faster death as a good parting gift. When they thought that she was dead they put her in a coffin and sent her off to Surgeon William Petty for an autopsy.

Dr. Petty then opened the coffin and saw in wonder that she had taken a breath.
He tried to revive her and used some 17th medicine (want to learn more, see source 1 note). Anne recovered after Dr. Petty's treatment. She could remember everything except her execution and revival by the doctor and his assistant.

People claimed that God had saved her and her fame spread wide. She had been pardoned by the county justices.
People around the area went to see Anne when she was recovering and admission was charged.

Sources:
1. Miraculous deliverance of Anne Green by J. Hughes: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov....pdf
note: for more medical information about Anne's revival look under 'the resuscitation' in this source

2. Oxford ODNB, Anne Greene (c.1628-1659): http://www.oxforddnb.com

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Murder in Shakespeare's England

by Vanessa McMahon
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Last Words: Saint Louise-Marie of France or Mother Therese

Louise at 9

  "To paradise! Fast! At great gallop!"*

 These were Louise's last words in the late December of 1787. You can call her Mother Therese if you really want to show the fact she is a nun, I don't think she would really care what you call her.  She was born in 1737, the daughter of King Louis XV and his wife.
She had the bad fortune of having  partially defected leg because of an accident as a child, but still had a high self-confidence through her life.
She became a nun because of she believed she was miraculously cured after she survived an event when she was young which caused her to almost die.  She came out very religious.  She joined the Nun order at Mount Carmel. She became a Carmelite! (a real word)
She was in nun servitude for 13 years. Till, which has been said on Carmelnet she was poisoned by her father's enemies. I really don't think that was the case.
They said dramatically: "In Dec, 1787, the attempt [of murder] was repeated by means of a packet of false relics sprinkled with poison. After having opened the packet, mother Teresa immediately fell
ill.

Louise, now Mother Therese in full nun gear.

Is it really possible for someone to fall ill suddenly from poison? Usually it has to build up in the body, least I thought it did. Reportedly she had complained of stomach problems and she fell ill and then died.
And the question comes to mind about her supposed murder : Why kill a nun? Shouldn't killing a nun be bad luck? Any nun is harmless; not that they carry machine guns or plot conspiracies on a regular basis or anything. Why would they care anything about her, even if she is the king's daughter, she is also a nun.


Sources:
1. Her English Wikipedia page. Note: Don't get me wrong, just little structural facts from there and see lines below.
*I had to get the quote from Wikipedia because her words vary widely across the sources. Since Wikipedia had the original french wording, I thought it would be better translate it myself.No Google Translate, I know french. it was said as "Au paradis! Vite! Au grand galop!"
2. Venerable Therese of St. Augustine by Prof Plinio: http://www.traditioninaction.org/SOD/j052sdMadameLouise12-23.htm

3. TERESA OF ST. AUGUSTINE (Louise of France, 1737-1787) 
Venerable (D): http://carmelnet.org/biographies/TeresaStAugustine.pdf

There's quotables and there's Last Word quotables, which are a little more interesting compared to a regular quote.  So with this post I will start another segment-- not surprisingly called Last Words.