Events Tagged: "lightning"

St. Barbara martyred by her father Dioscorus - locked in tower, converted to Christianity, beheaded by father who was struck by lightning

Carus becomes emperor - successful against Persia, mysteriously killed by lightning

Benjamin Franklin's kite experiment demonstrates electrical nature of lightning

Turgot's epigram on Franklin: 'He snatched lightning from heaven and scepter from tyrants'

Lightning kills Illuminati courier Lanz - Bavarian authorities find documents revealing infiltration plans