Day Tripping: March 16

Early Assault, Timely Lyric, Late Admission

Welcome to my daily feature where each day on the calendar marks a part of our shared history.

By Göran Schmidt — LSH 24373 (lm_dig2645), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28918409

Silencing A Reformer

King Gustav III of Sweden, a great patron of the arts, attended a ball at the Royal Opera House in 1792. As he walked through the foyer greeting his subjects, a lone man approached from…