We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/12/an_interesting_day_in_history.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 16:05:30 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 1431 Infant King Henry VI of England crowned king of France. The last Lancastrian King of England, he had a tough time. 1653 Oliver Cromwell became Lord Protector of England, Scotland & Ireland - and poster boy for the separation of Church and State. Along with that fellow Calvin over in Geneva, Switzerland . 1689 Parliament adopts the [English] "Bill of Rights" Part of the Anglo-Saxon-Celt heritage now enshrined in our Bill of Rights - note the similarities. Ours has held up better for us than this one did for Brits in many respects. 1809 Napoleon divorces Josephine. From this... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/12/an_interesting_day_in_history.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/12/an_interesting_day_in_history.html Thu, 16 Dec 2004 07:18:17 -0600 Jack- Get one of you Italian friends to teach you the pronunciation of 'Napoleon Bonaparte' in Italian; it will sound very similar to the original Corsican. Cheers JMH http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/12/an_interesting_day_in_history.html#comment-10490 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/12/an_interesting_day_in_history.html#comment-10490 Thu, 16 Dec 2004 14:00:12 -0600 Castle Argghhh! Our reach is long..." ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/12/an_interesting_day_in_history.html#comment-10489 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/12/an_interesting_day_in_history.html#comment-10489 Thu, 16 Dec 2004 13:59:23 -0600 By complete coincidence today, I was discussing with my collegues here the subject of Napoleon, his strategic errors, and the radically different way he is viewed within and outside of France. When I visited Versailles, I was surprised to see how much he is lionized. In the hall that shows very large paintings of French victories (OK, now, be nice... I'm making a point here) Napoleon's campaigns take up roughly 40% of the room, where history stretches back to roughly 600AD. Unfortunately, my French isn't good enough for me to discuss with my colleagues here the irony that Napoleon isn't really French... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/12/an_interesting_day_in_history.html#comment-10481 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/12/an_interesting_day_in_history.html#comment-10481 Thu, 16 Dec 2004 09:59:36 -0600