The Washington herald., 1909-05-23
Combinations and Condolences
To Establish Mental Landmarks

ina Anne, Pope Clement XII. the Queen
! DOwager OF Spain, widow OF Philip ";
and Frederick William OF Prussia. which
last event must have been an unnaitigated
relief 10 his son and successor. Frederick
IL commonly called the Great"
A date may be elassed as suggestive II
It iTnpresses the memory either By the ar
rangeEns1t Of its digits or by some Gu
| rious coincidence for which Il stands.
either per Sc or through its relation 70
other dates OF similar notation To the
first OF these classes belong the century
years. In 500 on Christmas Day. the
coronation OF Chariemagne revived the
empire OF the west, the Holy Roman en-
pire, which was 20 endure as an institu-
ton I'll its extinction By Napoleon IN
| 1896. IN Il8o William II Of EngIand-WIIl-
| lam the Red-tell pierced by an arrow,
/ IN the New Forest-for his sins. or for
those Of his father. who laid ont the
pleasance at the expense OF the poor
/ Hampshire folk Another OF the Con-
/ GueroT's sons. Richard. was killed in ths
Forest-a curious coincidence Boniface
/ VII celebrated ire first PapaI jubilee in
100, on which occasion Dante was pres
ent. This was the year of Dante's cleo
ton TO the Office Of prior, the origin ot
/ all his subsequent troubles Chaucer died
/ In 100. BenTenutO CeIlini was born in
1900 In 1900 Clement VII burned Gior-
dano Bruno.
Ending in Fifteen.
| or the years ending in Is, IZ15 stands
for the signing Of Magma Charta: 1a5 for
the battle Of Agincourt and the burning
I Of John Huss-he was under safe conduct
/ OF the Emperor Slgismund. from whom.
in the same year. Frederick OF Hohen-
zoliern, Burgave Of Nuremburg- pur-
chased the Mark OF Brandenburg for
$4,000 guldea; real bargain. but times
were hard and the imperial tradesmen
/ exigent, especially his msjesty's shoe
maker, Il We are TO believe a not untrust-
worthy chronicleT. As for the Hohen-
/ zoIlerEs, they we're 10 travel far, and 20
strike at least one other profitable bar
/ gain with an imperial master, when. in
/ IS0l. during the war OF the Spanish sue
/ cession. Frederick bought the kingship OF
/ Prussia from the Emperor Leop0ld-Car-
+ lyle's little mar IN red stOckings"-the
consideration being contingent Of S,010
/ men Yet I79 years, and a HOhenZOIlern
was 70 strike another bargain-this time
/ from tie other side OF the counter. To
return 10 our muttons, 17I5 marks the
1 rebellion Of the Old Pretender and the
/ death Of Louis XIV; In 1915 was fought
/ the battle Of Waterloo. a1d-sf parva Iicst
/ ccmpOnere magnis-there died Mrs.
( Abingdon. the actress. and Nelson's Lady
I Hamilton-just ten years after the battle
/ Of Trafalgar.
Among what may be called redupIicated
/ dates. % &C. stands for Caesars first
/ landing IN Britain; ne died II - SIS
marks the deposition OF Charles the Fat,
and the end OF the Caroiing dynasty in
France; III, the coronation OF Henry Y,
/ of Germany, tha husband OF 8aude, who
was the daughter OF one English King
and the mother OF another YET another
English princess. Isabella. daughter OF
I King John. and sister OF Henry III and
Richard of Cornwall, was 70 marry 4
| Holy Roman Emperor. She was the third
wife OF Frederick Il Of HOhenstaufea.
His first wife had been Constance OF Cas-
tile. granddaughter OF the English King.
] Henry II Richard OF Cornwall was him
self afterward elected Emperor He
dated most ot his DEGREES from Great
Berkhanstesd. England; the anti-Kaise-.
AlphonsO the wise" OF Castle indited
MS from TOIedo-Hhile IL Germany chaos
relgned-
Boecaccio Born In 1913.
Boccsccio was born in 1z3-a date witb
an ominous ring 10 it; bgt he seems 20
have lived il down, dying al the ripe age
Of sixty-tvFo. g year after his friend Pc
trarch. Nevertheless d0uble-thirteen vim
dicated Itself IN the case OF the Emperor
Henry VII, whose death in that year
troublous times OF Guelph and Ghibbe-
line has been sscribeG 20 poison admin
istered. If We are 10 believe the grim
story, IN the sscramental wine IN Il18
assembled the council OF Constance, FOR
the ending OF the great schism, summon
ed BY Pope John XIII. one OF the three
rsvsI ponti6s extant az the time A SELF
rnsGe man was John. who began life as
a pirate. However, he set & good ex-
ample by abdicating. which the other two
following under pressure, Martin Y as
surned the tiara thus putting an end 10
the great scandal nfelands sch1sma, as
Slgismund Of the patched breeks put it
regardless Of grammar In 15i5 Francis
I came 20 the throne OF France Honest
VIII Shakespeare died IN 1915
/ To the second class OF suggestive dates
belongs I154. marking the accession of
Henry II, Of England and Adrian ", the
only Engiishman who has worn the tiara
the latter q strenuous pope, the first 10
put Rome under an interdict- He forced
Frederick Barbarossa 10 surrender Ar
mold OF Brescia. the earliest opponent of
the temporal power. Nor was he IN
mindful OF his native land, for he pre-
sented Ireland 70 Henry-a gift OF doubt
fuI value par le temps out court King
John. OF England. died IN I2ls as also
did his arch enemy. Innocent III \
great Pope was Innocent, and there be
those who say that John was not 50
black as he is painted; but doubtless the
world was well I'D Of them both. IN 1854
Shakespeare was born and John Calvin
died
James II DePOsed in 1885
Bent or re-estsblishing Catholicism IN
! England. James II was deposed in 1sSS-
Just a hundred years after the defeat of
the Spanish Armada. which, perhaps IS
! much as anything else. made England
Protestant: yet hundred years later, in
lI7Ss. died Charles Edward, the Young Pre-
tender. on January 80. the anniversary OF
: the execution OF his great-grandfsther,
Charles 7. Alexander OF Russia. who.
with the assistance Of Nine. de Krudener
Ian affinity OF those early. Inefficient
days-elaborated the Holy Alliance. died
, IN IS25. a hundred years after the demise
Of Peter the Great-a turbulent century
/. for Russia and for Europe.
Such are a few examples Of the coinci-
!. dences OF chronology. Similar sets may
be collected along innumerable different
lines. The present 5ottings are dedicated
, primarily to the man OF one date. who
: may by judicious selections Of his spe-
cialty. have a dozen strings TO his bow.
and. with Difference. 20 the man OF 4
dozen-enough 70 furnish forth q quite
unexpected number of landmarks on the
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