1.
1438 –
In the year 1438, Margery Kempe, an
author, is touted as having written the very
first autobiography in English. The exact date of her birth and death are
not known but it is believed her book was written in 1438 just prior to her
death. Excerpts of the book are rumored to have been published in the early
1500s, but the book was not published in its entirety until it was
re-discovered in 1936. A statue of
Margery Kempe was erected in 2020 at the entrance of a medieval bridge in
Oroso, Northern Spain.
2.
1492 –
(Spain) ‘Queen Isabella the 1st’
gave approval, and financed the exploratory voyage made by Christopher Columbus
in the year 1492. When he returned to her with Indians he had kidnapped for
slaves, as a gift to the Queen, she ordered him to immediately return them and
release them to their rightful freedom. During
her 30 year reign, from 1474-1504 Queen Isabella reorganized her countries
system of government. Spain’s crime rate went down and the debt left incurred
by King Henry IV was relieved. While she was against slavery, she did have her
prejudices when it came to religion, and expelled the Jews from Spain that
refused to convert to Christianity.
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