Special hand letters contribute to changing world history

Hand letter is an important part of human history for thousands of years. With only pen and paper, the famous hand letters below have contributed to changing the history of the world.

The first hand letter was sent by the Persian queen Atossa around 500 BC, Pen Heaven led the Greek historian at the time of Hellanicus. As more and more people know how to read and write, the method of sending handwritten messages is also more common.

Today, although electronic communication forms have largely replaced the majority of letters, letters still have a place in our hearts. According to statistics, 64% of people said they did not write a letter in a year. However, up to 69% said that getting something written by hand with them still means more than a message via phone, Facebook or a tweet on Twitter.

Please introduce the important hand letters that have contributed to changing the history of the world:

Love letter to King Henry VIII's girlfriend

In 1527, the most famous king in the history of the misty royal family was Henry VIII who used his royal pen to write a love letter to the woman who would become his second wife. It is worth mentioning that at that time Henry had Queen Catherine but she could not give him a son and bring the successor he desired.

The wild love that Henry VIII gave to Anne Boleyn forever changed the British religious system.

In the letter, he talked about the renters in London that he had arranged for Anne Boyle when he firmly pursued new feelings and tried to cut off his first marriage.

'Talk about a temporary shelter for me, thanks to the help of the Cardinals, we have a place, and I can't find it around here, for any reason, because the letter carrier will show you more. Talking about ours, he assured us, no more things or responsibilities need to be fulfilled, no better risks, both existing and predicted risks. therefore he believes that from here on, for the convenience of our two, there are specials that are too long to be written, both difficult to send through a message ', the original words of King Henry VIII in letter.

The most readable part of the letter is how King Henry ended it when he signed and wrote 'written in his hand, who wished he would be mine'.

The wild love that Henry VIII for Anne Boleyn forever changed the British religious system , caused him to leave the Roman Catholic Church in 1533 to divorce his first wife and marry Anne. in a secret ceremony. This incident caused the pope to contact Henry and spark the Anglican reform movement.

The letter changed Abraham's appearance

In October 1860, an 11-year-old girl living in New York state wrote to the 16th President of the United States Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865). She hopes he will be the next president in the ongoing White House race.

The letter of 11-year-old girl living in New York state wrote to the 16th President of the United States Abraham Lincoln.

Grace Bedell was inspired to write to Lincoln after her father brought Lincoln's photo home from a fair trip. In the letter, Grace suggested that more people would think he could be elected when he had a beard.

'I'm just an 11-year-old little girl, but I really want you to be the president of the United States, so I hope you won't think I'm brave to write for a great man like you. Do you have any girls about your age? If yes, please send me your love and tell her to write to me if I cannot answer this letter. I have 4 brothers and part of them will vote for you. And if you leave your beard, you will try and make the rest vote for you. He will be much smarter because his face is so skinny. All women like beards and they will ask their husbands to vote for him, and if he is male, he will also vote for him. However, I will try and make people vote for me when I can. '

We still don't know for sure if Grace's letter was the reason Abraham Lincoln had to bear his beard, but less than a month after receiving the letter, it was what he had done.

Later, Grace met Lincoln when his train stopped in Westfield, New York, on his way to the inauguration in 1861 . 'Lord Lincoln bent down to kiss her, and talked to her for a few minutes. Her advice was not left by the austere leader. A new beard growing a few months covered Lincoln's lower face , ' according to an article about this meeting on New York World. And Lincoln is also the first US president to bear a beard .

Letter from Pastor Martin Luther King from Birmingham Prison

In April 1963, the Birmingham campaign began in Birmingham, Alabama (USA) with parades, sitting demonstrations and anti-racist protests. Judge WA Jenkins quickly issued a ban on all demonstrations or parades, a rule that Martin Luther King and other activists ignored. Luther King was arrested on April 12 and locked up at Birmingham prison.

After he was arrested, 8 white secretary in Alabama condemned King and his methods in a statement posted in the local newspaper. Despite being imprisoned under difficult conditions, King still wrote a response.

Martin Luther King led a full-fledged rally to black Americans in March 1965.(Photo: Bettman / Corbis).

In the 11-page letter, King said that they could not wait for the issue of racial discrimination in court.

'I can't sit still and do nothing in Atlanta and don't care what happens in Birmingham. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

We have met in a mutual network, tied together in a single fate. Anything that directly affects someone is indirectly affecting everything. '

After being released from prison, King continued to participate in non-violent protests calling for an end to racism. Just four months after the Birmingham prison letter was sent, King took part in a parade in Washington DC and presented the world-famous 'I have a dream' memorial to Lincoln.

The letter about Darwin's theory of evolution and natural selection

World famous natural and biological scientist Charles Darwin is a very well-written person. The number of letters he exchanged with his best friend, botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker, was no less than 1,400. In January 1844, Darwin wrote to Hooker, he was beginning to be convinced that species had no "unchanging". Fifteen years after Darwin sent his letter, his book On the Origin of Species , publications have truly changed the way we see the world, born.

The letter from Charles Darwin communicates with his best friend - botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker.

'I have read countless books on agriculture and tree planting, and have never stopped collecting facts. Finally the light at the end of the tunnel flashed, and I was almost convinced that the species had no 'unchangeable' thing. Heaven prevented me from Lamarck's 'progressive tendency', 'Lamarck's silly changes in the will of animals', but my conclusions are not much different from him. , although different ways of changing are different. I think I have found a simple way to make species adapt subtly to different environments'.

Winston Churchill's refusal to compromise with Germany

In May 1940, after being elected, almost immediately the legendary British prime minister Winston Churchill was put under pressure of compromise with the Nazis and ended the war.

The secretary, his personal assistant, Eliot Crawshay-Williams, wrote to him. Eliot Crawshay-Williams thinks that England should 'consider the value of damage when there is an opportunity to achieve the best peace terms possible. Otherwise, after losing many lives and money, we will only see ourselves in France - or worse. I hope this doesn't seem defeated, I don't mean that. I just have a realistic mind. '

If Churchill listened to that letter and accepted surrender instead of continuing to fight the Nazis, British history would be completely different. Churchill replied with his own letter, a simple note: 'I am ashamed of him for writing such a letter. I sent it back to you — burn it and forget it. '

Despite this advice, Eliot's letter was not burned but was sold with Churchill's reply for £ 34,850 at a Christie auction in 2010.