A Kick of History

 Hello everyone! Welcome to A Kick Of History! In todays post we will talk about King Henry VIII's six wives. This is something that I just got into and I am very excited to share it with you all! This post was actually inspired by a song I heard from "Six The Musical". (Yes, I am very much a theater kid). I would just like to ask you to subscribe or follow my blog if you haven't already. It would be much appreciated! Now, without further a-do let's get started! All my info is from this site: https://www.history.com/news/henry-viii-wives   1. Catherine of Aragon (1485 - 1536): When King Henry VIII took the throne in the year 1509, he was 17. A few weeks later, he married his first wife. Catherine of Aragon. She was the daughter of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain. She was actually the widow of Henry's eldest brother, Arthur. Ever since the moment King Henry got married he was eager and obsessed with continuing the Tudor family line. Over multiple bir

Hi everyone! Welcome/welcome back to A Kick Of History! In today's post I will be telling the life story of an amazing person. Someone fought for peace and freedom among all, Nelson Mandela. Before we get into it, I would really appreciate it if you could subscribe or follow my blog so you can get a notification whenever I post! Now let's get on with the post. All my info is from this site:  https://www.nelsonmandela.org/content/page/biography Nelson (Rolihalha) Mandela was a child born into the Madiba clan which was in Mvezo. Mvezo is in the Eastern Cape and Mandela was born on July 18, 1918. His parents were Noqaphi Nosekeni and Nkosi Mphakanyiswa Mandela. Nkosi was the principal councilor to the Acting King of the Thembu. The Acting King was Jongintaba Dalindyebo. Sadly, in 1930 when Nelson was 12 years old his father died. He then became a ward of Jongintaba at the Great Place. After hearing stories from his elders about his ancestors during wars of resistance, Mandela had

 Hi everyone! Welcome to A Kick Of History! In today's post we will talk about a notorious crime couple that went down in history. Today we will delve into the story of Bonnie and Clyde. Before we get into it though, it would be awesome if you could follow or subscribe to the blog if you like the content! I post every week or so, so you will get content continually! Now, without further a-do, let's get into it! All my info is from this site:  https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/bonnie-and-clyde   Bonnie and Clyde had met in Texas in January, 1930. During this time, Bonnie was 19, and married to a murderer who was then imprisoned. Meanwhile, Clyde was 21 years old, and unmarried. A bit after they met, Clyde was arrested for burglary and sent to jail. But, he escaped using a gun that Bonnie had smuggled to Clyde. He was then recaptured and sent back to the jail. In February of 1932 Clyde was paroled and then released from jail, where he then reunited with Bonnie and resumed

Hi everyone! Welcome to A Kick Of History! In today's post we will talk about an amazing event in history that you would probably want to go back and see if you could. We are going to be talking about the Ancient Greek Olympic Games! Before we get on with it, please follow or subscribe to my blog! Then you will get a notification whenever I post, so you can learn more and more about the history of our world! Now let's get on with it! All my info is from this site:  https://www.olympic.org/ancient-olympic-games    The Olympic Games were a series of athletic competitions that was among the representatives of the city -states and one of the Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece. The Olympic Games were held to honor Zeus the King of The Gods. The first Olympic Games were held on 776 BC. The Games were the sporting, social, and cultural highlight of the year on the Ancient Greek Calendar for almost 12 centuries. The Games took place for every fours years from the years 776 BC to at le