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Friday the 13th
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Friday the 13th is considered an unlucky day in Western superstition. It occurs when the 13th day of the month in the Gregorian calendar falls on a Friday, which happens at least once every year but c
Friday the 13th marked on a calendar
Friday the 13th marked on a calendar
The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci
The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci
Gioachino Rossini by Henri Grevedon
Gioachino Rossini by Henri Grevedon
An Alitalia airplane without the row 17
An Alitalia airplane without the row 17
History of the Knights Templar
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The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and the Temple of Jerusalem, or Templars, was a military order founded in c. 1120.
Friday the 13th
…being considered unlucky, there is no record of the two items being referred to as especially unlucky in conjunction before the 19th century. Some cite the arrest of the Knights Templar on Friday, October 13, 1307, by officers of King Philip IV of France as the origin of the Friday the 13th superstition, but it is agreed the origins…
Knights Templar playing chess, 1283
Knights Templar playing chess, 1283
The Battle of Hattin, from a copy of the Passages d’outremer, c.1490
The Battle of Hattin, from a copy of the Passages d’outremer, c.1490
The manuscript illustration (c. 1350) alludes to the accusation of "obscene kisses" at the base of the spine
The manuscript illustration (c. 1350) alludes to the accusation of "obscene kisses" at the base of the spine
Jacques de Molay, nineteenth-century color lithograph by Chevauchet
Jacques de Molay, nineteenth-century color lithograph by Chevauchet