2007-08-19 08:50:41 · 10 answers · asked by Dhoopy 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
No he didn't (this is the date of the American Declaration of Independence for other readers). It was quoted as an extract from these diaries in the "X-files" but only as a fictional device.
2007-08-19 09:01:14 · answer #1 · answered by morwood_leyland 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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did king george the 3rd of england ever write in his diary "nothing of importance happened on 7/4/76.?
2015-08-13 12:38:24 · answer #2 · answered by Shir 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-01 12:53:26 · answer #3 · answered by forcier 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has been said that George III of England wrote it. But it was Louis XVI of France who wrote "Rien" (nothing) in his diary on the day the Bastille fell and heralded the French Revolution. That was on 14 July 1789.
"In the past we've said that "on July 4th, 1776, George III, king of England, wrote in his diary, 'Nothing of importance happened today.'"
Turns out we were taken in by an old historic myth.
"King George III never kept a diary," says Arnold Hunt, curator of historical manuscripts at the British Library. "The quote is a variation of another well-known story from the French revolution," he says."
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11703583
2007-08-19 12:02:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Whether he did or not is irrelevant because the reality is it wasn't that important a date. It was the date of declaration of independence, but that wasn't earned for another 5 years (or 7 depending on your point of view).
We celebrate 1776 because of a piece of paper and an idea, but I can declare independence from the US today and it doesn't mean anything until I get it.
2007-08-19 10:20:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Funny thing is the Founding Fathers felt the same way.
That is the day the final draft was signed, they always figured the original done a bit before would be the day everyone celebrated.
2007-08-19 09:16:32 · answer #6 · answered by Showtunes 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After losing the United States and his favorite daughter dying George was pretty much MAD every day. I don't know if the voices in his head would let him keep a diary.
2007-08-19 09:24:23 · answer #7 · answered by staisil 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's very likely. He wouldn't have heard about the beginning of the War for Independence or even the Declaration of Independence yet. No phones, no satellites, no airplanes. So it is not only likely he didn't know yet, there was no way he could have heard about it for weeks if not months.
2007-08-19 08:59:19 · answer #8 · answered by Serena 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He probably did wrtie that, because news of the Declaration of Independence would not have gotten to him until weeks after the event. It was not immediately known to him what was happening. This was well before TV and the Internet, so news was not instantaneous like it is today.
2007-08-19 08:56:54 · answer #9 · answered by kepjr100 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
He lived for about 40 years after that incident. But then died of constipation in old age. What a life.
2007-08-19 08:53:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋