Showing posts with label the Napoleonic Wars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the Napoleonic Wars. Show all posts
Monday, April 27, 2026

Forgotten world empires: The rise and fall of the Dutch Empire

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During the  Enlightenment , the Netherlands were one of the world’s great imperial powers. They were then one of the freest countries in the...
Friday, August 15, 2025

Great naval conflicts: From the Seven Years’ War to the Napoleonic Wars

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Many pirate movies take place in this general time period, and so do many history movies I grew up on pirate movies like “Treasure Island,” ...
Monday, July 14, 2025

The “French Revolutionary Wars”: A great European cataclysm

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“Do you hear in the fields The howling of those fearsome soldiers? They are coming into your midst To slit the throats of your sons and con...
Saturday, September 7, 2024

Napoleon’s 1812 invasion of Russia led to his downfall

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“From the day of exchanging the ratification of the present treaties, there shall be perfect peace and amity between his majesty the empero...
Thursday, August 15, 2024

The Napoleonic Wars: A series of several coalitions and conflicts

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The Napoleonic Wars lasted for twelve years, with a death toll in the millions … The Napoleonic Wars lasted for twelve years, with a death ...
Tuesday, June 18, 2024

The British Empire: From the Acts of Union to the Battle of Waterloo

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The eighteenth century was a crucial period for the  British Empire . It saw the birth of the “Kingdom of Great Britain” itself , in the 17...
Thursday, July 14, 2022

A review of Cecil Jenkins’ “A Brief History of France” (book)

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“The French people solemnly proclaim their attachment to the Rights of Man and the principles of national sovereignty as defined by the Dec...
Monday, May 2, 2016

Latin America became independent because of Napoleonic Wars – (well, partially)

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" ... the American continents , by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be ...
Friday, January 8, 2016

A review of “The War of 1812” (PBS program)

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"No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave , And the star-spangled banner in...
Tuesday, July 14, 2015

A review of “The French Revolution” (History Channel)

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"There is therefore a purely civil profession of faith of which the Sovereign should fix the articles, not exactly as religious dogma...
Friday, August 15, 2014

A review of PBS Empires “Napoleon”

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" Glory is fleeting , but obscurity is forever." - Napoleon Bonaparte He was the ruler of  France , but learned French as a...