Page 36 - Pastiche Vol 1 Edition 1 January 2019

History is always a nostalgia. As we pace up with the century, we take a quick
glimpse of what happened in the month of January in the past years.

On 1649 At the conclusion of the English Civil War, King Charles
I was brought before a high court of justice at Westminster Hall
on charges of treason. The Civil War had been fought over
whether the King's power was absolute or was limited by the
powers of Parliament. Oliver Cromwell had led the
Parliamentary forces to victory over the Royals. In the trial that
followed, Charles was found guilty and condemned as "a tyrant,
traitor, murderer, and public enemy" and was beheaded several
days later in front of Whitehall Palace in London.

On 1905, five hundred protesting Russian workers were killed
by the troops of Czar Nicholas II in St. Petersburg. The event
became known as "Bloody Sunday" and marked the beginning
of the violent revolutionary movement of 1905 which
ultimately failed. A second revolutionary movement in 1917
succeeded and the Czar abdicated.

On 1971, in Uganda, a military coup led by Idi Amin deposed
President Milton Obote. Amin then ruled as president-dictator
until 1979 when he was ousted by Tanzanian soldiers and
Ugandan nationalists. During his reign, Amin expelled all Asians
from Uganda, and ordered the execution of more than 300,000
tribal Ugandans.

On 1999 Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland,
Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal and Spain began using
a new single European currency, the Euro, for electronic
financial and business transactions.

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