My friends! It is the new episode of the Napoleonic Quiz with @Napoleonic_Imp! @ThatchGer1@LondonSE4@cturner72 make this a show that was full of surprises. Banish the lockdown blues with some historical shenanigans.
The 2020 Napoleonic Quiz Ep 3. https://t.co/fiTRqPvESX
Today marks the 235th anniversary of The Storming of the Bastille in Paris (1789).
Though the Bastille only held seven inmates at the time of its storming, it was seen by many as a symbol of royalist power in Paris. Thus, its fall was a major flashpoint in the French Revolution
Today marks the anniversary of the signing of the Franco-Prussian part of the Treaty of Tilsit (1807).
While Napoleon had been generous in the Franco-Russian part of the treaty (signed just two days earlier), the Prussians were treated far more harshly.
Joséphine de Beauharnais died at Malmaison #onthisday 1814, a few days after catching a chill while on a walk with Emperor Alexander I of Russia. In 1805 Pierre Paul Prud'hon portrayed the empress sitting in her gardens, where she assembled an extraordinary collection of plants.
AN UPCOMING EVENT
You're warmly invited to join us on Sunday 19th May for an online event:
Wellington’s Law: The Battle for Military Justice in the Peninsular War
Speaker: @ZwhiteHistory
More information & tickets via the link below.
See you there!
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Individuata nei capelli di Beethoven la causa della sua sordità. Studio Usa, tutta colpa del piombo dentro il vino a buon mercato che il musicista e compositore beveva #ANSA
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“Adieu, my children. Would that I could press you all to my heart.”
#OTD 1814 Napoleon bid farewell to soldiers of the Old Guard at Fontainebleau Palace. Some wept, and Napoleon, visibly moved, gave a final embrace to General Petit and kissed the eagle standard before departing.
The Third War & Peace in the Age of Napoleon Conference is coming!
Co-hosted with & at York St Joh Uni, 5th-7th September 2024
20 minute papers or full panels welcome from anyone with a fresh perspective on social, political, military aspects of the period
Please R/T widely
@mcribbHistory Congratulations 👏 those things happen and they usually bring (with sorrow) change and opportunities 🪴
You are moving to a beautiful country, I have fond memories of it. Wish you all the best
"When the sun had entirely emerged from the fog, and fields and mist were aglow with dazzling light... He drew the glove from his shapely white hand, made a sign with it to the marshals, and ordered the action to begin..." Leo Tolstoy: War and Peace. #onthisday 1805 #Austerlitz