Showing posts with label British Empire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label British Empire. Show all posts
Saturday, January 19, 2019
The Interesting Story of Col. Eugene Lietensdorfer-- Part 2: From Here To There To Everywhere
However, the French suspected him of being a spy and threw him into jail. He escaped by poisoning his guards and changed his name again, this time to Jean Eugene Lietensdorfer and rejoined the French Army and had been part of the force that invaded Egypt, but had switched sides, later joining the British.
After that he wandered and even ran a coffee shop for British officers in Alexandria, had married a Coptic maiden, his second wife. But, when the British withdrew, he left as well, leaving his wife and eventually making his way to Messina. There, he entered a Capuchin monastery as a novice friar.
He found this live wasn't for him so made his way to Constantinople where he became a dervish and Muslim. He went by the name of Murat Aga and wandered through the Middle East, eventually making his way to Mecca and Jedda.
Finally, he got the job of interpreter to Lord Gordon and accompanied him on a tour of Abyssinia and returned to Egypt where he met William Eaton. This is where he was involved in the First Barbary War.
And, we're not finished with his story yet. Wonder where he went next?
Quite A Bit of Moving On For This Man. --Cooter
Thursday, November 10, 2016
A Lot Happened Today-- Part 1: USMC Birthday I Presume
Happening on November 10th:
1775-- The U.S. marines were organized under authority of the Continental Congress.
1871-- Journalist-explorer Henry Stanley found Scottish missionary David Livingston in Africa.
1919-- The American Legion held its first convention in Minneapolis.
1938-- Kate Smith first sang Irving Berlin's "God Bless America" on her CBS radio program.
1941-- Winston Churchill delivered a speech in London in which he said, "I have not become the King's First Minister to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire."
1954-- The Iwo Jima Memorial, inspired by the famous Associated Press photograph of the Marines raising the U.S. flag over Mount Suribachi during World War II, was dedicated by President Dwight Eisenhower in Arlington, Virginia. Marine birthday, you know.
And Some More. --DaCoot
1775-- The U.S. marines were organized under authority of the Continental Congress.
1871-- Journalist-explorer Henry Stanley found Scottish missionary David Livingston in Africa.
1919-- The American Legion held its first convention in Minneapolis.
1938-- Kate Smith first sang Irving Berlin's "God Bless America" on her CBS radio program.
1941-- Winston Churchill delivered a speech in London in which he said, "I have not become the King's First Minister to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire."
1954-- The Iwo Jima Memorial, inspired by the famous Associated Press photograph of the Marines raising the U.S. flag over Mount Suribachi during World War II, was dedicated by President Dwight Eisenhower in Arlington, Virginia. Marine birthday, you know.
And Some More. --DaCoot
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
An Empire Shrinks-- Part 3
1956: The Suez Crisis leads to the evacuation of British troops from Egypt and, arguably, the beginning of the end of the British Empire.
1960: The independence of Nigeria and the Somali Republic mark the beginning of a decade in which Britain loses loses almost all of its African colonies.
1968: The beginning of the troubles in Northern Ireland.
1973: Britain joins the European Economic Community, the precursor of the European Union.
1978: Independence of Tuvalu and the Solomon Islands.
1984: Britain and China agree on a timetable for returning Hong Kong to China.
1997: Britain cedes Hong Kong to China, ending British colonial rule in all but a handful of mostly island territories.
1998: The Scotland Act creates the Scottish Parliament, which is given authority over some domestic issues such as education, health and social services, and the environment.
2011: The Scottish National Party (SNP) gains a majority in the Scottish Parliament.
2014: Scotland votes on independence from the United Kingdom. They decided to stay.
--Cooter
1960: The independence of Nigeria and the Somali Republic mark the beginning of a decade in which Britain loses loses almost all of its African colonies.
1968: The beginning of the troubles in Northern Ireland.
1973: Britain joins the European Economic Community, the precursor of the European Union.
1978: Independence of Tuvalu and the Solomon Islands.
1984: Britain and China agree on a timetable for returning Hong Kong to China.
1997: Britain cedes Hong Kong to China, ending British colonial rule in all but a handful of mostly island territories.
1998: The Scotland Act creates the Scottish Parliament, which is given authority over some domestic issues such as education, health and social services, and the environment.
2011: The Scottish National Party (SNP) gains a majority in the Scottish Parliament.
2014: Scotland votes on independence from the United Kingdom. They decided to stay.
--Cooter
Monday, February 22, 2016
An Empire Shrinks-- Part 2: The Sun Never Sets on the British Empire
TIMELINE OF EMPIRE'S DECLINE
1919: After World War I, the British Empire is arguably at its peak. With the breakup of the Ottoman Empire, the British gain control of Palestine, Transjordan and Iraq through League of Nations mandates.
1921: The Anglo-Irish Treaty partitions Ireland and establishes the southern part as the Irish Free State, which has the same constitutional status as Canada.
1930: Mahatma Gandhi leads the Salt March, a major act of disobedience against the British salt monopoly in India.
1939: Start of World War II.
1947: The British partition India and Pakistan and grant both countries independenc1952: Queen Elizabeth II ascends to the British throne.
More to Come. --Dacoot
1919: After World War I, the British Empire is arguably at its peak. With the breakup of the Ottoman Empire, the British gain control of Palestine, Transjordan and Iraq through League of Nations mandates.
1921: The Anglo-Irish Treaty partitions Ireland and establishes the southern part as the Irish Free State, which has the same constitutional status as Canada.
1930: Mahatma Gandhi leads the Salt March, a major act of disobedience against the British salt monopoly in India.
1939: Start of World War II.
1947: The British partition India and Pakistan and grant both countries independenc1952: Queen Elizabeth II ascends to the British throne.
More to Come. --Dacoot
An Empire Shrinks: The British Empire 1920-2014-- Part 1
From the September 18, 2014, Chicago Tribune "An empire shrinks" by Jonah Newman.
A series of world maps showing the British Empire in 1920, 1940, 19601980 and 2014 accompanied the page.
Back in 2014, a map going over the internet listed just 22 of 193 countries which were not touched by British power. But actually, at its height, after World War I, Britain ruled either directly or de facto, more than 60 countries from Antigua to Zanzibar.
Decolonization, like colonization, was messy. Some took many years and several stages. And, there remains 53 countries that are a part of the U.K.'s Commonwealth of Nations.
Scotland was headed to the polls to determine its independence. After voting, 55.3% voted to remain a part of Britain which greatly surprised me.
--CooterBrit
A series of world maps showing the British Empire in 1920, 1940, 19601980 and 2014 accompanied the page.
Back in 2014, a map going over the internet listed just 22 of 193 countries which were not touched by British power. But actually, at its height, after World War I, Britain ruled either directly or de facto, more than 60 countries from Antigua to Zanzibar.
Decolonization, like colonization, was messy. Some took many years and several stages. And, there remains 53 countries that are a part of the U.K.'s Commonwealth of Nations.
Scotland was headed to the polls to determine its independence. After voting, 55.3% voted to remain a part of Britain which greatly surprised me.
--CooterBrit
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