William Shakespear died this weekend April 23, 1616! What is YOUR connection?
Also, this weekend we remember:
1. King Henry VII of England died April 21st 1509 (Tudor-18) (my wife's 2nd Cousin) Henry is best remembered for restoring power and stability to the English monarchy following the civil war. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tudor-18
2. Prince Rodgers Nelson(Nelson-10329) Musician 1958-April 21, 2016 (24 degrees from me!) Prince sold over 100 million records worldwide, ranking him among the best-selling music artists of all time https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Nelson-10329
3. Richard Nixon 1913- April 22, 1994 (Nixon-22) Ironically his WikiTree ID is his death day https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Nixon-22
4. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910) AKA Mark Twain (Clemens-1) https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Clemens-1
Shakespeare was buried on 23rd April, 1616; a very appropriate day for an English writer as it's St George's day. He may have died a day or two earlier. Cervantes the writer of Don Quixote was also buried on 23 April 1616 but in fact the two men weren't buried on the same day. (England used the Julian calendar in 1616, Spain used the Gregorian ).https://www.pressenterprise.com/here-is-how-world-book-day-is-connected-to-the-deaths-of-shakespeare-and-cervantes
Thanks! Got the linked fixed!
William is 19 degrees from me.
3 branches (2-9-9):
I'm 26 degrees from William Shakespeare according to the connection finder through several marriages.
Last week I was 4 degrees from a young lady someone had connected to the wrong parents. When I connected her to the correct parents, she was 19 degrees from me on the connection finder.