Quote of the Month

Writes “Deogolwulf” over at his wonderful weblog The Joy of Curmudgeonry:

Oh, didn’t it turn out spiffing! And war-mongering, king-slaying, and revolution-seeking for the greater glory of the total-plebeian state — what a glad tale!

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Imperial Germany on Red October

Four score and a baker's dozen years ago today, the German Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Richard von Kühlmann applauded Lenin's rise to power.

Democracy in Tonga

A "commoner" Prime Minister has been elected in Tonga. The Independent so reports.


H/T: Royal World

"Marriage"

The Western Confucian has some reflections on what marriage is.

Oath of Haakon VII

Five score and five years ago today, King Haakon VII gave his constitutional oath.

Surrender in German East Africa

Four score and a dozen years ago today, German East Africa surrendered.

New York Departed

Eleven score and seven years ago today, His Britannic Majesty's forces left New York.

Royal Arrival

105 years ago today, King Haakon VII arrived in Christiania.

The Mises Institute in der Kaiserstadt

The Ludwig von Mises Institute, based in Auburn, Alabama, is having its 2011 Supporters Summit in Kaiserstadt Wien.

The event is set to September 19 through 23.

The TSA

Some videos on the latest controversy:

Legislators taking action:

And legal authorities too:

LRC has more on the controversy. The Western Confucian does too.

Quantitative Easing Explained

Archduke Otto

The Royal Forums celebrate the Archduke Otto.

Austro-Hungarian Emperor-Kings

Half a dozen years short of a century ago today, Emperor-King Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary passed away.

Archduke Karl ascended the thrones of the Dual Monarchy.

The Bill of Rights in New Jersey

Eleven score and a year ago today, the State of New Jersey ratified the United States Bill of Rights.

Archduke Otto 98

The Archduke Otto is today 98 years old.

Happy Birthday to His Imperial and Royal Highness!

Gettysburg Address

147 years ago today, Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address.

On this day we recall the words of Samuel Langhorne Clemens:

Wherefore being all of one mind, we do highly resolve that government of the grafted by the grafter for the grafter shall not perish from the earth.

Remember also some words of Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn:

While it is perhaps true that “one cannot fool all the people all the time,” it seems that one can fool millions for centuries.

A behemoth was to rise to make the world “safe” for democracy.

King Haakon VII

A century and five years ago today, the Parliament of the Kingdom of Norway proclaimed Prince Carl of Denmark as King of Norway.

Departed Constantinople

A dozen years short of a century ago today, Sultan Mehmed VI departed Constantinople.

Prime Minister Selmer

Six years short of two centuries ago today, Christian August Selmer, Norwegian Prime Minister of King Oscar II, who fought with His Majesty against the usurping Parliament during the “constitutional crisis” of the 1880s, was born.

Prime Minister Selmer met with King Oscar at Sofiero Palace to discuss how to handle the “constitutional crisis.”

Articles of Confederation Adopted

233 years ago today, the Articles of Confederation were adopted for ratification, submitted to the rebel colonies two days later.

Viva o Imperador do Brasil!

Eleven to the power of two years ago today, Emperor Pedro II was deposed.



Emperor Pedro II profile at The Mad Monarchist.

The House of Lords

Mr. Theodore Harvey of Royal World marks Thursday's 11^th anniversary of the the House of Lords Act.

Landsdowne and the War

94 years ago today, Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, the 5^th Marquess of Lansdowne, former Governor General of Canada and Viceroy of India, expressed disagreement with the Allied war effort. About a year later, he wrote (according to the History Channel):

[The] prolongation [of the war] will spell ruin for the civilized world, and an infinite addition to the load of human suffering which already weighs upon it[...]

Norwegian Referendum

A century and five years ago today, Norwegians went to the polls on the issue of the vacant throne.

Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month

Four score and a dozen years ago today, the Great War came to an end. More than four years of brutal killing fortunately came to an end.

Unfortunately, it also meant the end of the old world.

German Abdication Announced

92 years ago today, Emperor Wilhelm II's abdication was announced.

World Bank Endorses Gold

Robert Zoellick, president of the World Bank, argues for a gold standard. So CNBC reports. And so does the Guardian.

Charles A. Coulombe 50

The American monarchist Charles A. Coulombe is 50 today. Happy Birthday!

America Makes Peace with Austria

89 years ago today, the peace treaty after the Great War between Austria and those United States came into force.

Red Russia

Four score and a baker's dozen years ago today, the world was struck by Red October.

Election of Jefferson Davis

Seven score and nine years ago today, Jefferson Davis was elected President of the Confederate States of America.

A Most Dangerous Landslide

Two years short of a century ago today, the Persona Non Grata of this weblog was elected the 28^th POTUS in a landslide victory.

Rebels in the Germanosphere

92 years ago today, revolutionaries were making their way in Austria-Hungary and Germany.

Marie Antoinette

A quarter of a millennium and five years ago today, Archduchess Maria Antonia was born.

Reflections on France

Eleven score years ago today, Edmund Burke had his Reflections on the Revolution in France published.

Stamp Act Enacted

245 years ago today, the Stamp Act was enacted.