Quote of the Month

Writes Dr. Jonathan M. Kolkey:

Today it’s a cardinal article of faith that the America colonists were completely justified revolting against King George III and British colonial rule. However, the beauty of comparative history is that it allows us to look at this episode in broader perspective so that the alleged uniqueness of events often fade as larger patterns are identified. In fact, the American Revolution looks a great deal less wholesome – indeed rather unnecessary – upon sober reflection.

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Some Quotes at the End of the Month

The Western Confucian, denying it began with King George III, writes:

It all began with King John, who usurped the both ancient Anglo-Saxon and Catholic liberties, a situation corrected when the tyrant was forced to sign the Magna Carta, whose first article guarantees "that the English Church shall be free, and shall have its rights undiminished, and its liberties unimpaired."

Mr. Gerald Warner of Scotland on Sunday writes (also at The Monarchist):

For generations, British schoolchildren were educated – or brainwashed – into an exaggerated respect for parliament and its associated institutions. Even as the British Empire went into receivership, imitation chambers emerged in former colonies, with Speakers and clerks decked out in the horsehair wigs that replicated the supposed gravitas of the circus on the Thames. Reinforcing this spurious deference was the Whig interpretation of history, which attempted to imbue an infamous gang of self-serving bandits and tyrants with a "democratic" veneer and an invented romance.

Concluding:

Now, the challenge is to explore all our existing resources, as is the British way, to replace this failed legislature. We must be the only tribe in the world to have a council of elders that we relegate to ceremonial duties: time to make more use of the Privy Council. An executive monarch, too, curbing the power of a prime minister, was until recently unthinkable; but, considering the record of recent prime ministers, it now seems a positive alternative.

Monarchists Shut Down Nepalese Capital

Monday in the past week Kathmandu was shut down by monarchists. So Reuters India reports.

Google News has more.

Gay "Marriage"

The Western Confucian posts:

• The Heretical Roots of Modernist Marriage
• "Marriage Equality" and Religious Liberty

Please also feel free to visit or revisit yours truly's My Bike Is a Car.

Loyalist Book

Royal World recommends James H. Stark's The Loyalists of Massachusetts and the Other Side of the American Revolution.

Please also feel free to visit or revisit your blogger's related bibliography.

Louis XVI Remembered

Over at The Times, Ms. Bess Twiston Davies reports on a memorial Mass for Louis XVI.

Another mass:

And a procession:

H/T: Royal World

The Capuchin Crypt

Dag T. Hoelseth, proprietor of Hoelseth's Royal Corner (please note that it has moved) blogs on a Der Spiegel article on the Imperial crypt in Vienna.


Elsewhere: Royal World

Joseph de Maistre

Eleven years short of two centuries ago today, Joseph-Marie, comte de Maistre passed on.

The Zimmermann Telegram

Four score and a long dozen years ago today, the Persona Non Grata of this weblog learned of the Zimmermann Telegram.

The Legal Tender Act

A century and four dozen years ago today, the Legal Tender Act was passed.

J.B. Hjort

A century and fifteen years ago today, J.B. Hjort was born. Four decades and a year ago yesterday, he passed away.

J.B. Hjort wrote Justismord (Miscarriage of Justice), where he analyzed – amongst others – the “trials” against Anne Boleyn, King Charles I of England, Queen Marie Antoinette of France, and Prime Minster Selmer of Norway.

J.B. Hjort also wrote Demokrati og statsmakt (Democracy and State Power), where he addressed – although being guilty of abuse of the word democracy – the need for checks due to the vices of democracy.

He often wrote in Farmand, and he was an active opponent of a government-“developed” language.

Andreas Hofer

Two centuries and three days ago today, Andreas Hofer was martyred.

William and Mary

Sixteen score and a year ago today (February 13 in the Julian Calendar), William and Mary were proclaimed sovereigns – in the so-called Glorious Revolution.

Happy Birthday, Your Majesty!

Best wishes to His Majesty King Harald V of Norway on his 73^rd birthday!

Norwegian King Emasculation

Three years ago today, the Norwegian Parliament unanimously passed a Constitutional Amendment to include parliamentarism in the written Constitution – the day before His Majesty's 70^th birthday.

Some other interesting material on royal activism:

• The Daily Telegraph: Why We Must Listen to Prince Charles
• Mail Online: Our Glorious Leader: Prince Charles's Sarcasm-Laced Jibe at Tony Blair as He Fought to Avert Invasion of Iraq
• Trond Norén Isaksen: Swedish MP Suggests Changing King's Constitutional Role

Wrote “Lord Beaverbrook” over at The Monarchist at the end of last month:

Her Majesty looks more and more like the King of Sweden[,] who holds no reserve powers at all, who has no theoretical ability to withhold Royal Assent, declare war or dismiss a government. In Sweden, the king is purely ceremonial and purely symbolic. How much longer will it be until Her Majesty becomes a bicycle riding monarch too?

Raymond Poincaré

Three years short of a century ago today, Raymond Poincaré became President of the French Third Republic.

Jefferson Davis President

A year short of fifteen decades ago today, Jefferson Davis assumed the Office of President of the Confederate States of America.

Henry Adams

Eight score and a dozen years ago today, Henry Adams, later author of Democracy: An American Novel, was born.

Charles II, King of Scotland

361 years ago today (February 5 in the Julian Calendar), Charles II was proclaimed King by the Parliament of Scotland.

Draft Covenant for the League of Nations

Seven long dozen years ago today, a draft covenant for the League of Nations was presented by the bête noire of this weblog.

Happy Birthday, Your Serene Highness!

Best wishes to Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein, on his 65^th birthday!

Rebels Accept Treaty of Paris

226 years ago today, the Treaty of Paris was ratified by the Congress of the Confederation.


Update: It was January 14.

Chinese Abdication

Two years short of a century ago today, the Emperor of China was forced to abdicate.

James Wright Escapes

234 years ago today, Sir James Wright, Governor of the Province of Georgia, escaped imprisonment by the rebels in Savannah.

Gouverneur Morris

A quarter of a millennium and eight years ago today (January 31 in the Julian Calendar), Gouverneur Morris was born.

President Jefferson Davis

149 years ago today, Jefferson Davis received word he had been made President of the Confederate States of America.

The Seven Years' War Ended

247 years ago today, a treaty was signed in Paris, ending the Seven Years' War.

The treaty affirmed – amongst other things – His Britannic Majesty's sovereignty over Québec. One might speculate in whether the King of France would have supported the American rebels were it not for this war.

Ukraine at Peace with Central Powers

92 years ago today, Ukraine came to terms with the Central Powers.

Charles I Beheaded

361 years ago today (January 30 in the Julian Calendar), Charles I was beheaded.

Archduchess Regina, R.I.P.

Princess Regina Helene Elizabeth Margarete of Saxe-Meiningen passed on in the past week, 85 years old. Their Imperial and Royal Highnesses Archduke Otto and Archduchess Regina would have celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary in May of next year.

Your blogger is sadenned by the loss of now Her Late Imperial and Royal Highness, and he extends his condolences and thoughts to His Imperial and Royal Highness the Archduke Otto and the House of Habsburg.

Requiescat in pace!

Elsewhere: The Mad Monarchist, Royal World, The LRC Blog, The Daily Telegraph

Treaty of Alliance

Eleven score and a dozen years ago today, the Treaty of Alliance was signed.

To the Throne in a Tree

Two years short of three score years ago today, Her Britannic Majesty ascended the throne at Treetops.


Previously: Treetops Accession

The Treaty of Waitangi

170 years ago today, the Treaty of Waitangi was signed.

Judicial Day of Infamy

Six dozen and a year ago today, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt announced his plan to pack the SCOTUS.

Provisional Confederate Congress

A year short of 150 years ago today, the Provisional Confederate Congress convened in Montgomery, Alabama.

First U.S. Electoral College Vote

Eleven score and a year ago today, the United States Electoral College elected the POTUS for the first time.

No Diplomacy with the Kaiser

93 years ago today, those United States broke diplomatic relations with Imperial Germany.

Monarchist Rally in Prague

Czech monarchists marched in Prague last month. So České Noviny reports.


H/T: Royal World

Republican for Active King

Two score and five years ago today, Johan Scharffenberg passed away.

Scharffenberg was active in 1905 for the republican cause in the Kingdom of Norway, but at the end of World War II he was behind a move to give more powers to the King.

SCOTUS Met

Eleven score years ago today, the SCOTUS met for the first time.

Lisbon Assassination

A century and two years ago today, His Most Faithful Majesty Carlos I of Portugal and the Prince Royal were assassinated.