Bach's cantata Bleib bei uns premieres on Easter Monday (1725), and Rattanakosin, today's Bangkok, founded by King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (1782). Born on this day: Elizabeth II, Max Weber and Charlotte Brontë. Died: Francis, Mark Twain and John Maynard Keynes.
31 events, 58 births and 71 deaths on this date.
Written for Bach's church duties in Leipzig, where he directed music for four Lutheran city churches, this cantata was first heard on Easter Monday. Its title, meaning 'stay with us', comes from its opening words.
Elias Gottlob Haussmann · Public domainRattanakosin, the city that became modern Bangkok, was set up by King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke on the river's east side. It became the capital after Thonburi, and the Bangkok of today grew from it.
Planned from scratch by Lúcio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer, the city took over from Rio de Janeiro as the seat of government. Its modernist layout, with numbered blocks and zoned sectors, later earned it UNESCO World Heritage status.
Arturdiasr · CC BY-SA 4.0
Adams took the oath as the first person to hold the office of vice president under the new Constitution. He had been a leading figure in the Revolution and later became the second president, serving from 1797.
Gilbert Stuart · Public domain
A court in La Paz gave Luis García Meza, who had ruled Bolivia as a dictator, a 30-year jail term with no parole. The sentence covered murder, theft and fraud, along with breaking the constitution.
Ethiopia's emperor, Haile Selassie, came to Jamaica, a visit that mattered greatly to the Rastafari movement, which regards him as divine. For followers of Rastafari, who hold him in deep reverence, it was a rare chance to see him in person.
unknown; according to [1] and [2] an official portrait of which b/w copies were distributed by the Ethiopian government · Public domain
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Born in Mayfair, London, she went on to reign as Queen of the United Kingdom for seventy years, the longest of any British monarch. She was a constitutional monarch who stayed on the throne through decolonisation, the Troubles and Britain's move into and out of Europe.
Original: Joel Rouse/ Ministry of Defence Derivative: nagualdesign · OGL 3
Max Weber was a German sociologist whose work on rationalisation and the rise of capitalism shaped the social sciences. He is best remembered for The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, which argued that religious belief helped give birth to modern economic life.
Ernst Gottmann · Public domain
Charlotte Brontë was an English novelist and poet, remembered above all for Jane Eyre, first published under the pseudonym Currer Bell. Her time at a harsh Lancashire school later shaped the setting of Lowood in that novel.
George Richmond · Public domain
Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, was the first Jesuit pope and the first from Latin America. He led the Catholic Church from 2013 until his death, and was known for his humility and his care for the poor and for people forced to flee.
Korea.net / Korean Culture and Information Service (Jeon Han) · CC BY-SA 2.0
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, writing as Mark Twain, was an American humorist whose books about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn remain classics. He was also a sought-after speaker, known for sharp wit and satire.
Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain
The British economist whose ideas on demand and unemployment reshaped modern macroeconomics, especially during the Great Depression. He argued that governments could use spending and monetary policy to soften recessions and depressions.
Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain
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