Damascus Abandoned

92 years ago today, Ottoman forces abandoned Damascus.

Assembly Dissolved

219 years ago today, the National Constituent Assembly was dissolved.

Hindenburg Line

A dozen and four score years ago today, the Allied Powers broke through the Hindenburg Line.

The Battle of Yorktown

A year short of 23 decades ago today, the Battle of Yorktown commenced.

Austrians for Central Bank Governor

There are at least two Austrian school candidates for the single post of Central Bank Governor and Executive Chairman of the Norwegian Central Bank, which is vacant as of January 1, 2011.

Mr. Thomas Kenworthy and yours truly have separately applied for the position.

Mr. Kenworthy has applied with platform of openness about the current system and limiting the harm of the existing system, whereas yours truly has applied with a platform of considerable change in an Austrian school direction.


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Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

383 years ago today, Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet was born. He was an ardent monarchist.

The Mad Monarchist has more.

T.S. Eliot Born

122 years ago today, T.S. Eliot was born.

Negotiators Elected

Half a dozen years short of a dozen score years ago today, the Continental Congress elected a delegation to secure a formal alliance with the Kingdom of France.

U.S. Bill of Rights

Eleven score and a year ago today, the United States Congress proposed the Bill of Rights.

Bulgarian Withdrawal

Four score and a dozen years ago today, the Kingdom of Bulgaria sought a ceasefire with the Allied Powers.

SCOTUS Founded

Eleven score and a year ago today, the SCOTUS saw the light of day.

American Negotiations with France

234 years ago today, the Continental Congress prepared instructions for negotiations with the Kingdom of France.

Christopher Bruun

29 years short of two centuries ago today, Christopher Bruun was born.

Christopher Bruun had a pamphlet made in 1905 in opposition the revolutionary acts in the Kingdom of Norway. The pamphlet had to be published in Copenhagen, as no publisher in Norway would touch it.

France Declared Republic

Two years short of eleven score years ago today, the First French Republic was proclaimed.

Vive le Roi de la France!

Accession of Olav V

53 years ago today, Crown Prince Olav of Norway, born Prince Alexander Edward Christian Frederik of Denmark, ascended to the ancient throne of St. Olav as King Olav V, upon the demise of his father, King Haakon VII.

The Pope and the Central Powers

93 years ago today, the Central Powers responded to the peace initiative of Pope Benedict XV.

Greenspan, Schiff, etc. on Gold and More

Oscar II Accession

138 years ago today, King Oscar II ascended the thrones of Sweden and Norway.

Universal Education

The Western Confucian reflects on universal education.

Toulon Sieged

217 years ago today, the Siege of Toulon commenced.

American Constitution Signed

Eleven score and three years ago today, the federal Constitution of those United States was signed, and the Constitutional Convention dissolved, at Independence Hall in Phildelphia in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Western Front Trenches

Eight dozen years ago today, the first trenches were dug at the Western Front.

Savannah Siege

231 years ago today, as a precursor to the Siege of Savannah, General Jean Baptiste Charles Henri Hector, Comte d'Estaing captured some British ships.

Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg

Eleven years short of a century ago today, Baron Roman Nickolai Maximilian von Ungern-Sternberg was executed.

The Mad Monarchist has several posts on the baron. The Western Confucian has also written on him.

Russian Republic Declared

Four score and a long measure years ago today, Russia was declared a republic.

Christian Magnus Falsen

Eleven score and eight years ago, Christian Magnus Falsen was born. Falsen was one of the leading men at Eidsvold. He was a proponent of aristocratic and monarchical power.

Mencken

A baker's dozen decades ago today, H.L. Mencken was born.

A quote:

Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule -- and both commonly succeed, and are right.

At the Gates of Vienna

327 years ago today, the Battle of Vienna commenced.

The Guillotine

33 years ago today, the French Fifth Republic performed execution by the guillotine for the last time.

When will we see the retirment of the legacy of the French Revolution as well? Or did they really think we would let ourselves be fooled to think that this was it?

In Geneva and outside Paris

A century and a dozen years ago today, Empress-Queen Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary was brutally murdered.

On the 21^st anniversary of this assassination, seven long dozen years ago today, the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye was signed.

Konstantin Dumba

Four years short of a century ago today, the United States Secretary of State Robert Lansing demanded Austro-Hungarian Ambassador Konstantin Dumba recalled.

Robert Nisbet

Fourteen years ago today, Robert Alexander Nisbet passed on.

A.J.P. Taylor

Two decades ago today, historian A.J.P. Taylor passed away.

A.J.P. Taylor wrote:

Until August 1914 a sensible, law-abiding Englishman could pass through life and hardly notice the existence of the state, beyond the post office and the policeman. He could live where he liked and as he liked. He had no official number or identity card. He could travel abroad or leave his country for ever without a passport or any sort of official permission. He could exchange his money for any other currency without restriction or limit. He could buy goods from any country in the world on the same terms as he bought goods at home. For that matter, a foreigner could spend his life in this country without permit and without informing the police. Unlike the countries of the European continent, the state did not require its citizens to perform military service. An Englishman could enlist, if he chose, in the regular army, the navy, or the territorials. He could also ignore, if he chose, the demands of national defence. Substantial householders were occasionally called on for jury service. Otherwise, only those helped the state who wished to do so. The Englishman paid taxes on a modest scale: nearly £200 million in 1913-14, or rather less than 8 per cent. of the national income. The state intervened to prevent the citizen from eating adulterated food or contracting certain infectious diseases. It imposed safety rules in factories, and prevented women, and adult males in some industries, from working excessive hours. The state saw to it that children received education up to the age of 13. Since 1 January 1909, it provided a meagre pension for the needy over the age of 70. Since 1911, it helped to insure certain classes of workers against sickness and unemployment. This tendency towards more state action was increasing. Expenditure on the social services had roughly doubled since the Liberals took office in 1905. Still, broadly speaking, the state acted only to help those who could not help themselves. It left the adult citizen alone.

And further:

He was what I often think is a dangerous thing for a statesman to be – a student of history; and like most of those who study history, he learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.

Brazil Independent

A dozen years short of two centuries ago today, the future Emperor Dom Pedro I proclaimed the independence of Brazil.

U.S. Envoy Threatens the British

Seven score and seven years ago today, the United States Minister to the United Kingdom, Charles Francis Adams, Sr., threatened the United Kingdom if she were to help those Confederate States of America.

Continental Congress Convenes

Two centuries and three dozen years ago today, the first Continental Congress convened.

The Situation in Nepal

Crown Prince Paras of Nepal has recently made statements on the monarchy. So NepalNews.com reports.

Quote of the Month (August)

Writes the Mad Monarchist:

Revolutions all over the world claimed to be fighting for “freedom” – well freedom is not something they can deliver. Real freedom comes from independence and that is what these revolutionaries have robbed us of.

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Treaty of Paris Signed

Eleven score and seven years ago today, the Treaty of Paris was signed, recognizing each single of those 13 United States of America.

Roth Born

Four years short of a dozen decades ago today, Joseph Roth was born.

Tolkien Passing

37 years ago today, J.R.R. Tolkien passed from this world.

Olive Branch Denied

235 years ago today, His Britannic Majesty refused the Olive Branch Petition.