{"id":2007,"date":"2026-04-15T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/?p=2007"},"modified":"2026-04-15T16:00:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T15:00:05","slug":"november-the-9th-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/november-the-9th-month\/","title":{"rendered":"The Month of Love Roman Months April 15th"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"565\" height=\"496\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-04-08.45.19.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2008\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-04-08.45.19.png 565w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-04-08.45.19-300x263.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Roman Months, and April the Month of Love &#8211; Table from Wikipedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>April was Aphrodite&#8217;s month.\u00a0 The goddess of love and beauty.\u00a0 Hence, the month of love.\u00a0 It is also National Couple Appreciation Month!  (&#8216;National Couple Appreciation Month was founded in 2010 by Blissful Escapes to, in the words of the company, \u201cencourage couples to do something special to re-enforce and celebrate their relationship.\u201d&#8217;  Quote taken from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daysoftheyear.com\/days\/couple-appreciation-month\/\">this site<\/a>.). But first, the new section of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>On This Day<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1738<\/strong> \u2013George Frideric Handel&#8217;s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Serse\">Serse<\/a><\/em>, has its premiere performance in London, England. From 1723 Handel lived in a House at 23, Brook Street which is in Mayfair. The House became a museum. Jimi Hendrix lived next door. And so now it is the Handel Hendrix House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"747073\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #747073;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1003\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/handel-house-museum-1003x1024.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11891 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/handel-house-museum-1003x1024.webp 1003w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/handel-house-museum-294x300.webp 294w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/handel-house-museum-768x784.webp 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/handel-house-museum-1505x1536.webp 1505w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/handel-house-museum-2007x2048.webp 2007w, 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data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #864f45;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"499\" data-id=\"11892\" src=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/handel-house-museum_04-1024x499.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11892 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/handel-house-museum_04-1024x499.webp 1024w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/handel-house-museum_04-300x146.webp 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/handel-house-museum_04-768x374.webp 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/handel-house-museum_04-1536x749.webp 1536w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/handel-house-museum_04-2048x999.webp 2048w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/handel-house-museum_04-1320x644.webp 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>See my post on <a href=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/jimi-hendrix-in-london-november-27th\/\">Hendrix in London.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1755 \u2013 Samuel Johnson published his famous &#8216;A Dictionary of the English Language&#8217;. <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>He had a team of clerks in his attic in Bolt Court. They wrote down his definitions and illustrations of their use. He was often quite naughty in including funny, rude or idiosyncratic definitions. For example, a lexicographer was &#8216;A writer of dictionaries. A harmless drudge.&#8217; A Second Marriage was: &#8216; A triumph of hope over experience.&#8217; Oats. &#8221;A grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people.&#8217;  The innovation of his dictionary was that the definitions came with copious illustrations of a word&#8217;s use from well-known authors. While researching he borrowed books from friends.  When he eventually returned them they were marked with lots of underlining and annotation in the margins.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"8e8379\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #8e8379;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Dr.-Johnsons-Home-683x1024.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11896 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Dr.-Johnsons-Home-683x1024.webp 683w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Dr.-Johnsons-Home-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Dr.-Johnsons-Home-768x1152.webp 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Dr.-Johnsons-Home-1024x1536.webp 1024w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Dr.-Johnsons-Home-1365x2048.webp 1365w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Dr.-Johnsons-Home-1320x1980.webp 1320w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Dr.-Johnsons-Home.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dr Johnstone&#8217;s House in Bolt Court, Fleet Street, Photo K Flude<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"8d8689\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #8d8689;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" data-id=\"11897\" src=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/dr-johnson.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11897 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/dr-johnson.webp 480w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/dr-johnson-225x300.webp 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Statue of Dr Johnstone,  in Fleet Street Photo K Flude<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"978273\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #978273;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"648\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"11898\" src=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Samuel-Johnsons-Cats-Monument-648x1024.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11898 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Samuel-Johnsons-Cats-Monument-648x1024.webp 648w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Samuel-Johnsons-Cats-Monument-190x300.webp 190w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Samuel-Johnsons-Cats-Monument-768x1213.webp 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Samuel-Johnsons-Cats-Monument.webp 911w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dr Johnstone&#8217;s famous Cat Photo K flude<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1912<\/strong> \u2013 \u00a0Titanic sinks at 2:20\u00a0a.m. This was 2 hours and 40 minutes after she hit the iceberg. 1514 people were lost of 2,224.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1923<\/strong> \u2013 Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes.  Its development involved decades of work over 2 continents, but it was extracted by a team from the University of Toronto in 1921.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1945<\/strong> \u2013 Bergen-Belsen concentration camp is liberated. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iwm.org.uk\/history\/the-liberation-of-bergen-belsen\">The Imperial War Museum<\/a> writes: &#8216;<em>Thousands of bodies lay unburied around the camp and some 60,000 starving and mortally ill people were packed together without food, water or basic sanitation. Many were suffering from typhus, dysentery and starvation.<\/em>&#8230; <em>Nearly 14,000 died after the liberation<\/em>.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1989 <\/strong>\u2013 97 Liverpool fans packed into the Hillsborough Stadium, were crushed to death watching the  FA Cup Semi-final. 766 were injured. The Police tried to cover up the events, and the press blamed the Liverpool fans, particularly Rupert Murdoch&#8217;s the Sun. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Roman Months<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I have spoken about the Roman Calendar in previous posts. Today, I&#8217;m concentrating on the Months.  The Romans wrote about a &#8216;legendary&#8217; calendar, set up by Romulus when he founded Rome. It consisted of 10 months of 30 and 31 days followed by a winter period not divided into months. This allowed them to extend the year so that it fitted into the Celestial cycle. The year began in March, suitable names were given to March, April, May and June. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having given names to June the Romans gave up and the next 6 months were given numbers from 5th month to 10th month as in the diagram above. The Calendar was  not well regulated and the months eventually began to lose their integration with the seasons, and needed reform.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Photo-by-Manasvita-S-on-Unsplash-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"photo of november calendar\" class=\"wp-image-2009\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7499999830206358;width:318px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Photo-by-Manasvita-S-on-Unsplash-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Photo-by-Manasvita-S-on-Unsplash-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Photo-by-Manasvita-S-on-Unsplash-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Photo-by-Manasvita-S-on-Unsplash-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Photo-by-Manasvita-S-on-Unsplash-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by Manasvita S on Unsplash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Calendar was reformed several times. January and February were added by the legendary <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Numa_Pompilius\">Numa Pompilius<\/a> about 713&nbsp;BC replacing the monthless winter period. But, Julius Caesar undertook the major reform in 46BC. This was the so-called &#8216;Year of Confusion&#8217;. This first year was 445 days long. This is how far out of sync the Calendar had got. The Julian Calendar realigned the calendar to the seasons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Year began on January 1st, with 365 days, 12 months and a 4 year leap year cycle. This held sway until the 16th Century when a further reform was ordered by Pope Gregory as the year is not exactly 365.25 days long. It was not adopted in the UK until 1752 when we lost 11 days to align ourselves with Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More on the Ides and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=3287&amp;action=edit\">Kalendes of the month<\/a> here. For more on <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Numa_Pompilius\">Numa Pompilius<\/a> or see my <a href=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/february-17th-the-festival-of-fools-fornacalia-and-fornication\/\">post<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First published in November 2022.\u00a0 Republished April 2025, and 2026 when On This Day was added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April was Aphrodite&#8217;s month.\u00a0 The goddess of love and beauty.\u00a0 Hence, the month of love.\u00a0 It is also National Couple Appreciation Month! 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