Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 98. This time we examine the year 1681 as the first recorded boxing match is held in England.

 

Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

  

iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 

Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/I3itppkgflgewupxhllk632qfpm?t=The_Year_Was

Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/van-gogh-chops-off-ear

 

Sources:

https://fictionhorizon.com/how-old-is-gandalf-in-lord-of-the-rings-mythology/

https://www.ejmas.com/jcs/2010jcs/jcsart_murray_1007.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoan_civilization

https://www.ancient.eu/image/8097/mesopotamian-boxers--musicians-plaque/

https://www.thescore.com/news/1461241

https://scotboxer.webs.com/historyofboxing.htm

https://www.pletthistory.org/talks/an-extraordinary-history-of-boxing-and-fisticuffs/

 

Photo: 

https://www.britannica.com/sports/boxing/The-Queensberry-rules

Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (reproduction no. LC-USZ62-78647)