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 r...

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...

 Hi everyone! Welcome to A Kick Of History! In today's post I will tell you the story of the Apollo 11 Landing! Before we get onto it, I just want to tell you that if you like my content please subscribe or follow my blog! Thank you so much, now let's get on with it! All my info is from this site:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11#Mission During the late 1950s to very early 1960s, the United States was part of the Cold War. The Cold War was a geopolitical rivalry against the Soviet Union. On October the 4th, 1957, the Sputnik 1 was launched by the Soviet Union. The Sputnik 1 was the first artificial satellite put in space. This success fired the fears and imaginations of people around the world. It showed that the Soviet Union had the power to bring nuclear weapons over intercontinental distances. This meant that they could challenge the American claims of military, economic, and technological superiority. The action of the Sputnik reaching space, triggered something ph...

 Hi everyone! Welcome to A Kick Of History! In today's post we will talk about a historic event that changed the world. This event was the Fall Of The Berlin Wall. All my info is from this site:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Wall  Now, without further-ado, let get on with it! The Berlin Wall was a concrete barrier that was heavily guarded. This barrier or wall, physically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. The construction of the wall was started by the German Democratic Republic on the day of August 13, 1961. This wall cut West Berlin off from the rest of East Germany, this included East Berlin. This huge barrier had guard towers placed along it and a wide area of land known as the "death strip." This area of land had anti-vehicle trenches, beds of nails, and much more. The Eastern Bloc shows the wall protecting the population from elements trying to prevent the building of a socialist state in East Germany.  On the 15 of June, 1961, the First Secretary of th...

 Hi everyone and welcome to A Kick Of History! Today we will be talking about D-Day and what happened in it. I really hope you enjoy this post, and lets get started! All of my info is from this site:  https: //www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day So first of all, what is D-Day? Well, D-Day is the day of the Normandy Landings. This was during World War II. This day was June 6, 1944. From then on, we celebrate this day of the year to remember the Normandy Landings in France. We also have this day to honor the people who fought to end World War II.  Now that we have that down, let's see how it all started.  After World War II started, Germany had already invaded and taken occupation of northwestern France starting in May 1940. The Americans had entered the war soon after in December 1941. By 1942 the Americans and the British were taking into consideration, the possibility of an Allied invasion that was across the English Channel. The year after that, the plans for...