A century ago today, Russel Kirk was born.
Friday, October 19, 2018
Kirk 100
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Labels: thinkers
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
Queen on the Scaffold
Two centuries and 25 years ago today, Queen Marie Antoinette was brutally murdered.
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Saturday, October 6, 2018
Friday, October 5, 2018
Christianity in the French Revolution
225 years ago today, Christianity was disestablished in France.
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Labels: France, short note
Interregnum of Portugal
108 years ago today, the interregnal government of Portugal commenced.
Viva o Rei!
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Labels: Iberia
Thursday, October 4, 2018
Wilsonian Terms
A century ago today, the German Empire sought an armistice with the bête noire of this weblog, who later the same month “responded,” saying only a “democratic Germany” would be dealt with.
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Labels: military intervention, short note
Monday, October 1, 2018
Chancellor von Baden
Ten decades ago today, Maximilian von Baden succeeded Georg von Hertling as Chancellor of the German Empire.
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Labels: military intervention, short note