This day in history

[Traianvs]

Originally posted by Lazarus and the Gimp
July 21st!

This days saw the death of Henry "Hotspur" Percy in pitched battle at Shrewsbury 1403, as his unsuccessful attempt to seize the English crown was defeated by King Henry IV.

Additionally, the Confederates slapped the Union in 1861, in the Battle of the Bull Run, while 1798 saw Napoleon defeat the Egyptians in the Battle of the Pyramids.

It's a blood, guts and slaughter day today.

Additionally, today's the day the great and magnificent Leopold I took the oath (1831). It's also our national holiday... hooray, everyone rejoice!

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Boo! You let the Saxe-Coburgs in!

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

July 22nd

Mikhail Gorbachev accepts a ban on intermediate-range nuclear missiles- one of the key steps towards the end of the Cold War.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

July 24th 1704

Sir George Roke seizes Gibraltar during the War of the Spanish Succession. And we're not giving it back. NEVAH!

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

July 26

657 Mu'awiyan defeats Caliph Ali in the Battle of Siffin in Mesopotamia.
1526 Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon and colonists leave Santo Domingo for Florida.
1529 Francisco Pizarro receives a royal warrant to "discover and conquer" Peru.
1758 British forces capture France's Fortress of Louisbourg after a seven-week siege.
1759 The French relinquish Fort Ticonderoga in New York to the British under General Jeffrey Amherst.
1775 The Continental Congress establishes a postal system for the colonies with Benjamin Franklin as the first postmaster general.
1790 An attempt at a counter-revolution in France is put down by the National Guard at Lyons.
1794 The French defeat an Austrian army at the Battle of Fleurus, France.
1830 King Charles X of France issues five ordinances limiting the political and civil rights of citizens.
1847 Liberia becomes the first African colony to become an independent state.
1848 The French army suppresses the Paris uprising.
1886 William Gladstone is replaced by Lord Salisbury as Prime Minister of England.
1918 Britain's top war ace, Edward Mannock, is shot down by ground fire on the Western Front.
1920 The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified.
1948 In an Executive Order, President Harry Truman calls for the end of discrimination and segregation in the U.S. armed forces.


A mixed bag. With Gladstone (one of our greatest PM's) getting replaced by Salisbury (one of our worst) I declare today to be "Crap politics Day".

[Hueij]

August 22 1970

The day the music died... The Beatles are officially disbanded

[Zkribbler]

Aug. 23, 79 -- Vesuvius erupts!

[Saras]

August 23, 1939 - Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, sealing the fate of baltic states, poland and finland.

[Kuciwalker]

A mixed bag. With Gladstone (one of our greatest PM's) getting replaced by Salisbury (one of our worst) I declare today to be "Crap politics Day".

Especially with the ratification of the 19th Amendment

[Lord Avalon]

Originally posted by Zkribbler
Aug. 23, 79 -- Vesuvius erupts!

According to History.com, you're a day early.


August 23

1784 : State of Franklin declares independence

On this day in 1784, four counties in western North Carolina declare their independence as the state of Franklin. The counties lay in what would eventually become Tennessee.

The previous April, the state of North Carolina had ceded its western land claims between the Allegheny Mountains and the Mississippi River to the United States Congress. The settlers in this area, known as the Cumberland River Valley, had formed their own independent government from 1772 to 1777 and were concerned that Congress would sell the territory to Spain or France as a means of paying off some of the government’s war debt. As a result, North Carolina retracted its cession and began to organize an administration for the territory.

Simultaneously, representatives from Washington, Sullivan, Spencer (modern-day Hawkins) and Greene counties declared their independence from North Carolina. The following May, the counties petitioned for statehood as "Frankland" to the United States Congress. A simple majority of states favored acceptance of the petition, but it fell short of the two-thirds majority needed to pass, even after the counties’ changed their proposed name to "Franklin" in an attempt to curry Benjamin Franklin’s and others’ favor.

In defiance of Congress, Franklin survived as an independent nation for four years with its own constitution, Indian treaties and legislated system of barter in lieu of currency, though after only two years, North Carolina set up its own parallel government in the region. (emphasis mine) Finally, Franklin’s weak economy forced its governor, John Sevier, to approach the Spanish for aid. North Carolina, terrified of having a Spanish client state on its border, arrested Sevier. When Cherokee, Chickamauga and Chickasaw began to attack settlements within Franklin’s borders in 1788, it quickly rejoined North Carolina to gain its militia’s protection from attack.

http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=50703

1814: Dolley Madison saves portrait of George Washington from British aggressors.

[Hueij]

Originally posted by Lord Avalon


August 23

http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=50703

1814: Dolley Madison saves portrait of George Washington from British aggressors.

And this has any historic significance how? In the grand scheme of things?

[Lord Avalon]

Well, if other people are going for the historically significant stuff, I'll look for the quirky.

And if it weren't for her, would there be Dolly Madison snack cakes? I think not.

[Besides, when the sun becomes a red giant, all our history may well be insignificant.]

[Hueij]

Originally posted by Lord Avalon

And if it weren't for her, would there be Dolly Madison snack cakes? I think not.

See? I didn't even know that there were Dollly Madison cakes.

February 13, 4.513.236.836 AD

Expanding Sun devours Earth, making the This Day in History thread obsolete.

[Lord Avalon]

Hey, Joe

Sept 18, 1970: Jimi Hendrix died.

[Zkribbler]

Sept. 24, 1903: Latest Train in History

Gulf & Interstate Railroad Train No. 1 arrived in Port Bolivar, Texas, 3 years, 16 days and 10 minutes late. Some of the original passengers were on board.

In 1900, after departing Beaumont, just 85 miles away, the train was hit by a hurricane and tidal wave. Considerable time was needed for the G&I to raise money to buy a new train and to relay the track. When the task was finally finished, G&I announced it would honor the tickets from the original ill-fated train. Twelve passengers took the company up on its offier.