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.