samuel pepys

     

On Feb. 23, 1667 he wrote in his "Diary", "This day I am, by the blessing of God, 34 years old, in very good health"

Trivia about samuel pepys

  • In 1666 he wrote in his diary about sparks falling on him in a boat on the Thames during the Great Fire
  • The library at Cambridge's Magdalene College is named for this diarist who bequeathed it his books & diary
  • This famous diarist's wife called King Charles II's mistress 'Moll' Davis "The Most Impertinent Slut"
  • Feb. 23, 1633:This future English diarist & secretary to the admiralty makes his first "entry"
  • In his diary he wrote about the couple as children, calling William "very pretty" & Mary "a fine dancer"
  • It wasn't until 1825 that his diary of the 1660s, written in shorthand, was deciphered
  • When he died in England in 1703, he left his famous diary to a nephew
  • 17th century English diarist known for the phrase "and so to bed"
  • According to legend, there's buried treasure at the Tower, & this famous diarist born in 1633 tried to find it
  • Begun on Jan. 1, 1660, his "Diary" held thrilling accounts of the Plague & the Great Fire of London
  • We thought we'd sneak this 17th century diarist into the category even though his name has a long "E" sound
  • (Cheryl of the Clue Crew in London) Tea was still new to England when he had his first cup & wrote about it in his diary, September 25, 1660
  • As president of the Royal Society, this diarist's imprimatur is on the title page of Newton's "Principia"
  • In his famous diary, he recounted the horrors of the Great Plague of 1660s London
  • The diary this Englishman kept from 1660 to 1669 was deciphered & published in 1825
  • Jan. 1, 1660. This Briton entered his first words into the diary. His life, his loves would live here... famous & forever

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