28 June 2017
Huguenot
[hyoo-guh-not or, often, yoo-]
noun
1. a member of the Reformed or Calvinistic communion of France in the 16th and 17th centuries; a French Protestant.
Origin of Huguenot
German
1555-1565; French, perhaps blend of Hugues (name of a political leader in Geneva) and eidgenot, back formation from eidgenots, Swiss variant of German Eidgenoss confederate, literally, oath comrade
Related forms
Huguenotic, adjective
Huguenotism, noun
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Examples from the Web for Huguenot
Contemporary Examples
The du Pont family descended from Huguenot nobility in Burgundy, emigrating to the United States in 1800.
Foxcatcher’s Real-Life Psycho Killer
Marlow Stern
November 17, 2014
Historical Examples
This induces him to cross the Channel in order to take a share in the Huguenot wars.
A Roving Commission
G. A. Henty
He was of Huguenot ancestry, and learned the goldsmith’s trade of his father.
Tea Leaves
Various
This seems strange considering that all the merchants of the new company were Huguenot Protestants.
Montreal 1535-1914 under the French Rgime
William Henry Atherton
“I would rather see him hanged, but saved, than alive and a Huguenot,” was the gloomy reply.
The Works of Honor de Balzac
Honor de Balzac
He escaped in 1576, and put himself at the head of the Huguenot party.
Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 of 8
Various
Armadas, though born in Hull, was the son of a Huguenot refugee.
Days of the Discoverers
L. Lamprey
Anagram
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Today’s quote
Sometimes I wish that I could go into a time machine right now and just look at my self and say, ‘Calm down. Things are gonna be fine. Things are gonna be all great. Just relax.’
– Tristan Wilds
On this day
28 June 1914 – Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, while in Sarajevo, Bosnia. The assassin, Gavrilo Princip, was one of 16 Bosnian Serbs found guilty of the incident. The assassination led to World War I as European countries took sides in the subsequent retaliation. The world’s major powers aligned into two opposing alliances: the Allies (UK, Russia, France, USA, Italy and Japan) and the Central Powers of Germany and Austria-Hungary (later joined by the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria). More than 70 million military personnel were mobilised. By 1918, when the war ended, there were more than 9 million combatants and more than 7 million civilians dead. However, prior to this, following the Russian Revolution in 1917, the new communist government withdrew Russia from the war. The Allies took exception to this and invaded Russia as part of the White Armies (counter-revolutionary, anti-communist forces made up of British, French, Japanese and US Armies, as well as Russian conscripts) that waged war against the communist Red Army in what became known as the Russian Civil War. Both sides massacred civilians (the Red Terror and the White Terror). The war caused massive famine. By the time the war ended in 1922, around 8 million were dead (5 million from famine) and the Red Army was victorious.
28 June 1919 – World War I officially ends as Germany signs the Treaty of Versailles. The armistice had been agreed to on 11 November 1918, but it took until June 1919 to formalise the peace treaty. The treaty forced Germany and her allies to take responsibility for the war, to disarm, to make significant territorial concessions and to make financial reparations to a number of countries. The Treaty of Versailles was one of the motivators behind Hitler’s rise to power and subsequently World War II that resulted in the deaths of between 50 million and 80 million people.
28 June 1997 – World heavyweight champion boxer, Mike Tyson, bit Evander Holyfield’s ear during the third round of a world title rematch. Tyson was initially disqualified and then allowed to continue the fight, however, Tyson then bit off a part of Holyfield’s other ear which was later found on the floor of the ring. Tyson was disqualified and later fined $3 million. His boxing licence was rescinded, but reinstated in 1998.