chronology in GR

[Lycidas at worldnet.att.net]

March 15, 2000


          Idibus Martiis
     
BRUTUS

Remember March, the ides of March remember:
Did not great Julius bleed for justice's sake?
What villain touch'd his body, that did stab,
And not for justice? What! shall one of us,
That struck the foremost man of all this world
But for supporting robbers, shall we now
Contaminate our fingers with base bribes,
And sell the mighty space of our large honours
For so much trash as may be grasped thus?
I had rather be a dog, and bay the moon,
Than such a Roman.

        Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, 4. 3. 18-28 



See Weisenburger's Companion.9 

This chronology....But in 1945 the Easter holy day fell on
April Fool's....the literary precursers of this
design...Ulysses (Homer and Dante) and Melville's great
satire, The Confidence Man.  

World War II 

1 9 3 9 

September 1: Official beginning of war. Germany invades
Poland. 

In the Byzantine Calendar , September 1 is the first day of
the Church Year. 

September 3: Great Britain and France declare war on
Germany. 

Feast of: Mary, Comfort of the Afflicted and  Mary, Mother
of the Good Shepherd.


1 9 4 0 

July 16: Hitler orders the invasion of Great Britain. 

Feast of: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, This manifestation of the
Virgin Mary is associated with Apocalyptic events.

September 15: Heavy bombing of London. 

Memorial of: Our Lady (Mary) of Sorrows. 

1 9 4 1 

June 8: Great Britain attacks Syria. 

Trinity Sunday. (A variable Feast Day)
On the following day, the 9th, Feast of: Mary of Perpetual
Help.

September 8: Leningrad is surrounded by German troops. 

Feast of the Birth of The Virgin Mary. 

December 7: Bombing of Pearl Harbor and entrance of U.S.A.
in the war. 

The following day is the 8th: Feast of the Immaculate
Conception,  it was already December 8th in Japan.

On the 10th: Feast of Our Lady of Loretto (Italy)

December 11: Germany and Italy declare war on the U.S.A.

On the 12th: Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of
the Americas 

1 9 4 2 

January 1: Twenty-six nations sign the initial Charter of
the United Nations. 

Feast of Mary the Mother of God. 

June 24: Eisenhower assumes command of the U.S. troops in
Europe. 

Birth of John the Baptist. 

1 9 4 3 

April 23: The High Command to prepare the Invasion of Europe
is established in Great Britain. 

Holy Friday 

Feast of St. George, the Dragon Slayer, Patron Saint of
England.


July 25: Mussolini is deposed in Italy. 


July 25 to August 3: Hamburg is devastated by Allied
bombing. 

On July 24th: Feast of Mary, Mother of Mercy.
On August 2nd: Feast of Mary, Queen of the Angels.
 

September 8: Italy makes peace with the Allies. 

Feast of the Birth of Mary. 

October 13: Italy declares war on Germany. 

Anniversary of Last Apparition (and Miracle) at Fatima. 

1 9 4 4 

June 4: Rome is freed.

On the 5th: Trinity Sunday 
\
June 6: Landing in Normandy.



July 9: German Army is isolated in the Baltic States. 


Feast of Corpus Christi (Variable Holy Day).

August 15: Allied Landing in South France. 

Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 

August 25: Paris is freed. 

Feast day of St. Louis (King Louis IX of France). 

September 3: Brussels is freed. 

Feast of Mary, Mother of the Good Shepherd.  

September 15: U.S. troops march across German border. 

The 14th: Feast of the Triumph of the Cross.

1 9 4 5 

February 13-14: Bombing of Dresden. 

On the 14th: Ash Wednesday 

April Fools: Easter

April 30: Hitler commits suicide.

May 1: Berlin surrenders to the Soviets.

On May 1st: Feast of Saint Joseph--the carpenter.

May 7: Germany surrenders formally. 

On the day after, the 8th: Feast of Mary, Mediatrix of All
Graces. 

July 16: First test of Atomic Bomb. 

Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel 

August 6: Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima. 

Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord. 

August 15: Emperor of Japan broadcasts via radio the
Surrender of Japan. 

Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 

September 2: Japanese representative signs the Surrender of
Japan. 

Feast of Mary, Comfort of the Afflicted 

September 8: The last of the Allied troops officially leave
Germany. World War II is officially
concluded. 

Feast of the Nativity of Mary.