Lecky 180

180 years and two days ago today, William Edward Hartpole Lecky, who stood up against the rising age of democracy, was born.

Feldkirch 99

99 years ago today, the Austro-Hungarian Imperial and Royal Family arrived at the Austro-Swiss border in an Imperial train and departed Austria – under the protection of the icon of this weblog, Lt.-Col. Edward Lisle Strutt.

Neunundneunzig Jahre Interregnum sind ganz mehr als genug!

Eckartsau Departure at 99

A year short of a century ago today, the Austro-Hungarian Imperial and Royal Family departed the hunting lodge at Eckartsau, where the Emperor-King and his family had been in internal exile since the end of the war, under various protection, the last three and a half weeks led by this weblog's icon, Lt.-Col. Edward Lisle Strutt.

Last Britannic Denial of Royal Assent

Three centuries and ten years ago today, Her Britannic Majesty denied Royal Assent, a right never since exercised by a Britannic Sovereign.

Ibsen at 190

190 years and two days ago today, Henrik Johan Ibsen was born. Incidentally, it is also World Storytelling Day.

Please feel free to visit or revisit my centennial article on Ibsen.

Louis XVI and Rebels

230 years and two days ago today, His Majesty King Louis XVI of France received American rebels.

Hungary 1848

170 years ago today, an attempted revolution broke out in Hungary.

Frederik Stang at 210

210 decades ago today, Frederik Stang was born.

Stang was first minister in Christiania from 1861 and Prime Minister (statsminister; a title shared from then until 1905 with the head of the Stockholm delegation, who had had the title alone till then) and head of government from 1873 until he left the fight over the checks and balances with the parliament to Christian August Selmer.

Brest-Litovsk at 100

A century ago today, the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed, marking Russia's exit from the Great War.

The Vendée

225 years ago, the War in the Vendée commenced.

An excerpt from a movie based on the conflict: