Charles and John Wesley founded the Methodist movement in 1729 ( at Oxford University) Charles (born prematurely in 1707) was the younger brother of John! (born in 1703) Charles was the main hymnist in the family, but John also translated a number of hymns (mostly German) himself. John began studying the German language on board […]
Monthly Archives: December 2022
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Christmas originally known as “Christ Mass” in Roman Catholic Realms has become a worldwide secular entertaining festive season. 25th December 336 AD was when the church in Rome began formally celebrating Christmas, during the reign of emperor Constantine The Great (272 – 337 AD). Because Constantine made Christianity the effective religion of the empire, some […]
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Razia Sultan the first and only female Muslim ruler of medieval India (1236 – 1240), was also known as Raziya Al Din. She was of Turkish Seljuks slave ancestry and was trained to lead armies and administer kingdoms. Razia Sultana was the fifth Mamluk Sultan. She appointed an Abyssinian slave, Malik Jamaluddin Yaqut, to the […]
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Gerald Bogle Levy better known as Bogle and also as Bogle Dancer, Mr Bogle, Father Bogle and Mr Wacky, was a Jamaican dancehall star, dancer and choreographer. Beenie Man (one of the dancehall legends from the early 90s) called Bogle “the greatest dancer of all time” and recognised as “part of the foundation and as […]