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Communist Zombie posted:Didn't someone debunk this by showing it from the angle it was supposed to be presented at where it then looked pretty good, even if still somewhat incorrect? While not as hilarious looking, there's also the Horniman Walrus. The taxidermist didn't know walrus are wrinkly so he overstuffed the poor thing. Resulting this huge monster with stretched out skin. Queen Victoria apparently loved it though.
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Cumslut1895 posted:probably already removed from wikipedia The Dutch had been blocking the river Schelde since 1585, denying Spanish controlled harbours in present day Belgium trade (and boosting trade for their own harbours). Spain ceded the southern Netherlands to Austria, who started demanding that the Schelde be opened again. The Holy Roman Emperor (Joseph II) had the backing of the British on this and Joseph figured that the Dutch wouldn't want to piss off the British as the former just lost to the latter in the 4th Anglo-Dutch war. So in 1784 he send some ships down the Schelde. To Joseph's surprise the Dutch weren't bluffing and send a ship to intercept his ships. The Dutch fired one warning shot (which hit the poor kettle) and the Austrian ships promptly surrendered. Both sides geared up for war, but before anything serious happened the French mediated and a treaty was signed: Some territories were exchanged and the Dutch would continue blocking the Schelde, but had to pay Austria 9,5 million guilder. My history book mentioned that the Austrians occupied fort Lillo and broke some dikes which caused many people to drown. But I'm having trouble finding other sources for that. I guess if it happened they were considered collateral damage.
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Bonapartisan posted:Louis, failed King of Holland? His main problem was that he didn't act like Napoleon's puppet and actually took care of his people. For example he refused to institute a draft, so he failed to deliver the amount of troops from the Netherlands Napoleon demanded. And he turned a blind eye to smugglers doing trade with the British, because blocking all trade would gently caress over the Dutch economy. Napoleon eventually got fed up with Louis and used a British invasion into Louis' lands (which was actually quickly repelled) as an excuse to replace him. Raygereio has a new favorite as of 20:33 on Nov 15, 2015 |
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SirPhoebos posted:Anyone here know what I'm talking about? In the 14th century several Russian principalities rose up against their Mongol overlords. They found out that the leader of one the Mongol hordes was on his way with his army, so they assembled an army and waited for the Mongols to arrive. The Mongols took their sweet time however and eventually the Russians (soldiers & commanders) got bored and wandered off into nearby towns to get drunk at the local taverns. The Mongols picked up that there was a Russian army in front of them that wasn't any paying attention, so the Mongols surrounded the Russians and attacked. The Russian army - both taken by surprise and completely drunk, was wiped out. The commander of the Russians - Knyaz Ivan Dmitriyevich drowned while trying to cross the nearby river. Whether because he was attacked while crossing, or because he fell and was too drunk to get up is probably a mystery. According the story, the incident gave the river its name: pyana translates from Russian to intoxicated/drunk. Raygereio has a new favorite as of 21:58 on Dec 2, 2015 |
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