1 In 216, King John inexplicably lost his jewelry while trying to cross the estuary of the Vash River. Now a scientist has discovered that a large amount of jewelry was taken away by the sea because of an unusually huge tide of the convoy.
Analysis of historical astronomical records shows that the king's guards and wealth were hit by a double blow: the sun and the moon are united, and the moon is closest to the earth, producing powerful waves 22 feet high!
From 1199 to 1216, John was the king of England, and history believed that he was a poor king, dwarfed by his father Henry II .
is known for his greed and won the nickname "Bad John King". In folklore, he is a major villain in Robin Hood .
1On October 12, 216, a week before he died of Dysentery, John tried to avoid the enemy's army, traveling from Lynn through the bushes to Svenhead Abbey in Lincolnshire.
Dashed lines show the route of King John and his escorts across the Washington River
However, after powerful waves destroyed and sank food, valuables and carriages allegedly crown jewels, the king's convoy was also unexpectedly flooded by sea water.
Astronomer Professor Donald Olsen at Texas State University found that the king's misfortune was not due to improper planning or improper route choice, but because of a weird wave called " tide ".
On that decisive day, the sun and moon were arranged in such a way that they were more attractive to the tide than they were normally. However, the distance between the moon and the earth is also closer than usual, which further amplifies the power of the tide.
Analysis of Earth and Moon orbits shows that October 14, 1216 was the perigee of the moon, when it was closest to Earth, only two days before the moon and the sun were aligned on October 12.
Professor Olsen told the Daily Telegraph : "Astronomy and hydrological calculations show that the tide may arrive around 4 pm on October 12, 1216."
"King John unfortunately tried to cross the Washington River on the day of the tide. During these days, the tide will prevail, and crossing a week ago or a week later will almost certainly not encounter destructive tides."
Professor Olsen said that if the king tried to cross at any other time of the day, the tide would not cause such great damage, and the jewelry on the crown would probably never be lost.
In his book Study of Art, History, and Literature with Astronomy, he wrote: "King John and his luggage train happened to try to cross the Washington River on a day when the tide was very different."
"" Crescent fell on that day, and, the time when this day approached the perigee of the moon, when the moon was closest to the earth, it produced the greatest tide-high force on the earth's oceans.
"This unusual moon form produced ocean tides and tide tides, resulting in huge losses in King John's crown jewelry. ”
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