The Women’s Defence Relief Corps

Eight dozen years ago today, the Women’s Defence Relief Corps was formed.

George Wyndham

Seven score and seven years ago today, George Wyndham – the “die-hard” Commons opposition leader to Parliament Act 1911 – was born.

Goethe 261

A quarter of a millennium and eleven years ago today, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born. A fitting quote:

Legislators and revolutionaries who promise equality and liberty at the same time are either psychopaths or mountebanks.

Austria-Hungary and Romania

94 years ago today, the Kingdom of Romania declared war on the Habsburg Monarchy.

"Rights of Man"

221 years ago today (or was it in the following day?), the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was adopted.

Austro-American Peace

89 years ago today, the peace treaty after the Great War between Austria and those United States was signed.

The world should note that, while there was an armistice in November of 1918, peace was not conceded to Austria before the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye and the Treaty of Trianon had both come into effect.

The world should also note that this peace came after the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the bête noire of this weblog.

The Treaty of Prague

Seven score and four years ago today, the Treaty of Prague was signed.

Louis XVI

A quarter of a millennium and half a dozen years ago today, the future Louis XVI was born.

Vive le Roi de la France!

Levée en Masse

Two centuries and eighteen years ago today, the levée en masse was established.

Long Island Redcoats

Eleven score and a long dozen years ago today, Redcoats landed at Long Island.

Wrote MadMonarchist last year:

Many years ago it was the Long Island campaign that first made me question the "standard version" of the American Revolution. I was amazed at how Washington could be beaten again and again, retreat again and again and yet still be described as some sort of military genius for "ensuring the survival of his army" or some such notion.

Versailles on Capitol Hill

Seven baker's dozen years ago today, the Persona Non Grata of this weblog appeared before the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations to argue for the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles.

Lords Emasculation

A year short of a century ago today, His Britannic Majesty George V gave Royal Assent to Parliament Act 1911.

Franz Josef 180

Nine score years ago today, Archduke Franz Josef was born.

Gott erhalte und beschütze den Kaiser!

Grimmelshausen

334 years ago today, Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen passed away. A poignant quote:

Es ist kein Schwert, das schärffer schiert,
Als wenn ein Baur zum Herren wird.

which translates into:

There is no sword that cuts sharper
than if/when a peasant becomes master.

Blessed Charles

Six score and three years ago today, Blessed Charles of Austria-Hungary was born.

Andrew Cusack also has a collection of posts.

Franz Josef to Marienbad

106 years ago today, Emperor and King Franz Josef came on an official visit to His Britannic Majesty in Marienbad in the Kingdom of Bohemia.

Tribunal Révolutionnaire

Two years short of eleven score years ago today, Robespierre proposed a revolutionary tribunal.

On an additional note, Vizille is home to Musée de la Révolution Française. It would be interesting to visit this museum. Of course, it would help if my French were in better shape. I wonder what perspectives are represented there. However, I would not be surprised if the museum – to the extent it can be said that it does take a stand – is a pro-revolution museum.

India Independent

Three score and three years ago today, the Indian Independence Act came into force.

At last year's anniversary, I apparently hit someone's nerve over at The Monarchist.

Happy Liechtenstein National Day!

Chinese Republicans to War

Four score and a baker's dozen years ago today, the Republic of China declared war on Imperial Germany and Austria-Hungary.

Wrote MadMonarchist a year ago today:

Part of the reason for this was the German support for the Qing general Chang Hsun who restored the last Emperor for a brief time in 1917.

Alaska Settled

Eleven score and six years ago today, the Russian Empire settled Alaska.

Union Dissolution and Popular Vote

A century and five years ago today, a Norwegian referendum was held to approve the “already completed dissolution” of the union with Sweden.

The question was asked in such a way that if you participated in the voting you would anyhow concur that the union dissolution had taken place – and that it was legitimate and constitutionally in order. As Norwegian historian Nils Ivar Agøy put it, it was a question similar to the question “have you stopped beating your wife?”

The fact is that the act of the Norwegian Parliament on June 7, 1905 was constitutional coup d'état – asserting Parliament as the ultimate, sovereign power. We had a mixed government constitutional monarchy. The politicos showed no respect for that.

August 13, 1905 was a Sunday. Flags were all over the churches, and typically the priest gave his pro-dissolution sermon, and then the parish went to the polls.

There were 184 nays nation-wide. Tolerance for opposition was virtually non-existent. An oppositional pamphlet had to be published in Denmark, as no publisher in Norway would do it.

German Crown Council at Spa

Eight years short of a century ago today, the German Crown Council met at Spa.

Arrest of Louis XVI

Two years short of eleven score years ago today, Louis XVI of France was officially arrested.

Ambush of Loyalists

Eleven score and nine years ago today, Loyalists were ambushed.

Wrote MadMonarchist a year ago today:

Ah yes, Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox" who is so much admired. Don't mention of course that he was a vicious slave-driver, a rapist and a man who killed American Indians for sport. That just wouldn't be politically correct! "Bloody Ban" was a pussycat compared to Marion.

Defence of the Realm

Eight dozen years ago today, the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed the Defence of the Realm Act.

Constitution at Weimar

Seven long dozen years ago today, the Weimar Constitution was signed.

Imperium Austriacum

Two centuries and six years ago today, the Austrian Empire was proclaimed.

Storming at Tuileries

218 years ago today, the Tuileries Palace was stormed.

Treaty of Sèvres

Seven and a half dozen years ago today, the Treaty of Sèvres was signed.

Rebel Declaration Reached London

234 years ago today, the news of the United States Declaration of Independence reached London, England.

Nagasaki

Five baker's dozen years ago today...

Mark Weber has written:

Apart from the moral questions involved, were the atomic bombings militarily necessary? By any rational yardstick, they were not. Japan already had been defeated militarily by June 1945. Almost nothing was left of the once mighty Imperial Navy, and Japan's air force had been all but totally destroyed. Against only token opposition, American war planes ranged at will over the country, and US bombers rained down devastation on her cities, steadily reducing them to rubble.

The Western Confucian has more quotes – and some other thoughts, as well as linking to the below.

Fellow monarchist Andrew Cusack posts on his debate on Hiroshima.

Over at The Independent, Robert Fisk offers his thoughts.

House of Burgesses

Nine years short of four centuries ago today (July 30 in the Julian Calendar), the first elected legislature in America – the Virginia House of Burgesses – convened.

The Helvetic Confederation

A year short of three dozen score years ago today, Confoederatio Helvetica was founded.


The date may be uncertain, but the official date is August 1, and adjusted for changed calendar that makes August 8.

The Russian and Austro-Hungarian Empires

Four years short of a century ago today, the Austro-Hungarian Empire declared war on the Russian Empire.

United States Constitution Debated

Eleven score and three years ago today, the first draft to a new federal Constitution for those United States was debated.

Hiroshima

65 years ago today...



The Western Confucian posted a year ago, and there is also a list of material.

Lord North

218 years ago today, Frederick North, Lord North passed on from this world.

War Loose

Eight dozen years ago today, the first battle of the Great War commenced.

Feudalism to Be Abolished

Eleven score and a year ago today, the National Constituent Assembly moved to abolish feudalism.

Americans, Britons, and the Great War

Eight dozen years ago today, the bête noire of this weblog proclaimed neutrality in the Great War.

Those United States were to remain formally neutral to the conflict for thirty months and two days, but it was a “neutrality” that contained diplomatic and supplying bias.

Also on the same day, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland declared war. Sir Edward Grey had given a speech in the House of Commons about the lamps the night before.

Prince Carl

Two years short of seven score years ago today, Prince Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel of Denmark – later King Haakon VII of Norway – was born.

Solzhenitsyn

Two years ago today, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn passed on from this world.

An interview of the writer's son:

Solzhenitsyn's Harvard Address of 1978

France and Germany

Four years short of a century ago today, Imperial Germany and the Third French Republic declared war on each other.

German Crisis at Sea

Four score and a long dozen years ago today, mutiny broke out on a German battleship.

Independence Declaration Signed

234 years ago today, the United States Declaration of Independence was signed.

Franz Josef 180 this Month

Later this month the 180^th birthday of HLIRM Emperor-King Franz Josef I will be celebrated. The celebration is annual.

From last year's event (in German):

There is the celebration in Bad Ischl August 14 through 18. L'Associazione Culturale Mitteleuropa has its celebration August 20 through 22.

August Guns

Four years short of a century ago today, the Great War broke out in Europe.