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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014985425967193125noreply@blogger.comBlogger740125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993354881681765030.post-15804787240666265842019-03-13T19:55:00.002-07:002019-03-13T19:55:54.546-07:00The Hartford Convention<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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1814: Anti-war Federalists hold convention proposed amendments to the US Constitution but squelched move to secede from the United States. When Convention’s committee met with President Madison, the peace treaty had arrived.
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Pictured is the State House in Hartford, Conn. where Convention was held.
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<a href="https://historyweblog.com/2019/03/sb1/">The series</a> on the Hartford Convention ended yesterday.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014985425967193125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993354881681765030.post-36597025267350282782019-01-29T10:10:00.001-08:002019-01-29T10:10:20.504-08:00My Class Session on 1826-1835Cold weather cancelled today’s class. One of my topics would have been the world’s creators (visual arts, performing arts, and literature) that were active during this decade. I have my idea of noteworthy writers and artists to include but since I have a “free day”, I wonder who the
community thinks ought to be included. Who do you think are noteworthy people working during this period?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014985425967193125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993354881681765030.post-54731514432936875842019-01-28T11:46:00.000-08:002019-01-28T11:46:34.476-08:00Career of Mary, Queen of Scots<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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1561-1587: Queen of France by marriage, then Queen of Scotland in her own right. She next married a lordling; then his murderer. She escaped to England and eventually beheaded by Elizabeth I.
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From the series: “One single slip she made in the whole course of her defense, but none could have been more unluckily characteristic and significant.”
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Series on <a href="https://historyweblog.com/2019/01/mary-queen-of-scots-beheaded/">Career of Mary, Queen of Scots</a> ended yesterday.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014985425967193125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993354881681765030.post-27770027870215599202019-01-27T09:07:00.001-08:002019-01-27T09:08:47.023-08:00Japan Reopens Relations With Outside World<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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1854: Commodore Peary’s Successful Diplomatic Mission. This is the dramatic story how centuries long isolation ended. This began the process of a new global power emerging. At the time, the decision balanced on the edge of the knife. example,
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"The proposition to have consular agents residing in Japan evidently gave great anxiety to the commissioners."
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From <a href="https://historyweblog.com/2018/08/japanese-american-treaty-signed/">Japan Reopens Relations With Outside World.</a>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014985425967193125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993354881681765030.post-42010587081833782019-01-24T10:50:00.001-08:002019-01-24T10:50:04.577-08:00USS Kearsarge Defeats CSS Alabama<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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1864: The US Navy had hunted the notorious Confederate raider the CSS Alabama for months. Finally, of the coast of Normandy the USS Kearsarge caught up to it. The destruction of the Alabama became one of the most memorable naval battles of the Civil War.
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“On Sunday, in the morning, being June 19th, the Alabama steamed out of Cherbourg harbor and steered straight to meet the Kearsarge.” - From <a href="https://historyweblog.com/2018/07/the-confederate-captains-report/">The Destruction of the Alabama.</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014985425967193125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993354881681765030.post-71827776424323432092019-01-10T11:31:00.001-08:002019-01-10T11:31:43.206-08:00China's Awakening<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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1905: Print industry and education revolutionized Chinese society. Series told from the Chinese point of view by contemporary Chinese
authors. <a href="https://historyweblog.com/2018/12/wf1/">Series ended yesterday</a>.
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Sun Yat-sen Pictured. <a href="https://oriental.historyweblog.com/">More Oriental History</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014985425967193125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993354881681765030.post-61292333723574557752018-12-30T09:13:00.001-08:002018-12-30T09:14:22.334-08:00The Discovery of Gravity<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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1666: Legend is that Isaac Newton was inspired to study falling objects by an apple falling from a tree and hitting him. The significance was an overall theory of gravity and the relationship of mass and force. His big book was the Principia Mathematics.
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Pictured is a tree from seed that descended from the legendary tree of the dropped apple.
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<a href="https://historyweblog.com/2018/12/discovery-of-gravity/">Series on Discovery of Gravity</a> ended a couple of days ago.<br />
<a href="https://historyweblog.com/h/science-history/">More</a> Science History.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014985425967193125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993354881681765030.post-91687497471558340022018-12-25T06:58:00.001-08:002018-12-25T06:59:15.374-08:00Merry Christmas, 2018<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Washington Irving first published this essay on “old time Christmas” in England. Then he collected it in his famous Sketchbook.
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of former times. [Snip] The traditionary customs of golden-hearted antiquity, its feudal hospitalities, and lordly wassailings, have passed away with the baronial castles and stately manor-houses in which they were celebrated. They comported with the shadowy hall, the great oaken gallery, and the tapestried parlor, but are unfitted to the light showy saloons and gay drawing-rooms of the modern villa." </blockquote>
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1869: ’69 has been a great year for technology. In 1869, the first railroad across the North American continent (north of Mexico) was completed. So was the Suez Canal. In 1969 the first manned spacecraft landed on the Moon.
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As for the railroad story, writers and public speakers of every class have well-nigh exhausted their resources of expression in detailing the attributes of the project, its promotion, accomplishment, and effects.
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1881-1890: On the map Germany was unified after centuries division but under the surface divisions of the people remained. How to unify the German people in their hearts and minds? Military/police methods would not solve the problem alone.
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<a href="https://historyweblog.com/2018/12/consolidation-of-germany/">This series</a> tells the story of how Otto von Bismarck addressed the problem.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>It ended just a couple days
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<a href="https://historyweblog.com/h/german-history/">More German History</a> at https://german.historyweblog.comAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014985425967193125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993354881681765030.post-67286741840615500422018-12-20T12:29:00.002-08:002018-12-20T12:29:46.263-08:00Britain Tightens Control of Egypt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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1885: In this time two of the most ancient and glorious civilizations had come under the control of Great Britain: India and Egypt. Like those ancient natives of those storied lands, expansion beckoned. This is the story not only of British Empire but how Egypt led to expansion up the Nile.
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Nominally, the government was stilled headed by legitimate monarchs. The British exercised control through them.
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<a href="https://mideast.historyweblog.com/">More Mideast History</a> at https://mideast.historyweblog.comAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014985425967193125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993354881681765030.post-72969497938689437042018-12-18T15:29:00.002-08:002018-12-18T15:29:23.652-08:00Canadian Front in the War of 1812<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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1812: The USA began the war chiefly to conquer Canada.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The US army performed below the bar set by the Revolution while the British/Canadians performed better. Even though the victories of the last year of the war, the US did not have the strength to offset the reverses of the first year. Moreover, by 1814, the British navy had blockaded the US coastlines. When the peace treaty was received in Washington, President Madison was relieved that the USA did not need to make territorial concessions.
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From <a href="http://dld.bz/hgc4H">Canada Versus USA</a> series at History Moments<br />
More <a href="https://historyweblog.com/h/canadian-history/">Canadian History</a> at the Canadian History websiteAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014985425967193125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993354881681765030.post-68197505159046861002018-12-17T17:32:00.001-08:002018-12-17T17:32:34.826-08:00Japan Repels Mongols Podcast1281: After conquering most of Asia, the Middle East, and China, the Mongols, under their greatest leader, Kublai Khan, turned east to the island nation of Japan. This podcast says how the Horde faced the seas and islands beyond.
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Napoleonic Wars, War of 1812, Greek Independence, Latin-American Independence Wars, Texas Independence, Mexican-American War, Chinese Opium
Wars, Crimean War, Indian Sepoy Mutiny, American Civil War, Franco-Prussian War, American Indian Wars. Anything I left out?
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More Military History at <a href="https://military.historyweblog.com/">https://military.historyweblog.com</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014985425967193125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993354881681765030.post-5541404983962064582018-12-15T11:31:00.003-08:002018-12-15T11:31:39.866-08:00Dante Composes The Divine Comedy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I wonder what a contemporary American would write in his version of the divine afterlife. Where would you place today's celebrities? --Donald Trump? Meghan Marckle? or …?
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Series on Dante Composes The Divine Comedy ended this week. <a href="http://dld.bz/hjdKu">http://dld.bz/hjdKu</a><br />
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<a href="https://historyweblog.com/h/cultural-history/">The Cultural History website</a> here.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014985425967193125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993354881681765030.post-53858342010977771992018-12-13T05:49:00.002-08:002018-12-13T05:50:08.541-08:00Democratic Candidates Ranked by Age<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Have you seen this chart of the ages of the Democratic Presidents through history compared to today’s potential candidates? They are color coded by their tier in the polls. Biden and Saunders are in the top tier.<br />
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As for the old ages, I do not believe that this is such a bad factor. I remember them from the 1980’s. They were just as dumb then as they are now (and just as smart, too.) I rather want to see new ideas than new people.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014985425967193125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993354881681765030.post-90462511325289613332018-12-12T07:43:00.003-08:002018-12-12T07:43:54.058-08:00Herodotus the “Father of History”. <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qqdBfiaOhuw/XBEsWSxfGsI/AAAAAAAAB84/IwqrrbWtGxIujF5x4xAiV5AlQ0PyX3GAwCLcBGAs/s1600/Herodotus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="950" data-original-width="557" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qqdBfiaOhuw/XBEsWSxfGsI/AAAAAAAAB84/IwqrrbWtGxIujF5x4xAiV5AlQ0PyX3GAwCLcBGAs/s320/Herodotus.jpg" width="187" /></a>During the 5<sup>th</sup>. century BC few people could read, so Herodotus made his living by going from town to town telling stories. Either he took stories from his book to perform or he incorporated his performances into his book or he did both. This is why his book is episodic – it could be presented in a television series. In fact, I used that for my website History Moments.
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The best edition of his book is <a href="http://dld.bz/hgcyB">here</a>.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014985425967193125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993354881681765030.post-18745045442444800782018-12-09T09:37:00.001-08:002018-12-09T09:37:54.561-08:00China's Decisive Loss to Britain in Opium War<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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1840: In light of the narcotics problem around the world, Britain’s causus belli in this war was despicable. Two things stand out in this war. (1) How little the narcotics problem was viewed in those days and (2) how small detachments of Britain’s army and navy was able to defeat (and to decisively defeat) huge armies and navies China. China and the Ottoman Empire were the top two non-western civilizations on the planet at that time. The West enjoyed decisive military superiority and global dominance.
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Oriental History at <a href="https://oriental.historyweblog.com/">https://oriental.historyweblog.com/</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014985425967193125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993354881681765030.post-84709354311652022572018-12-08T20:12:00.000-08:002018-12-08T20:12:03.742-08:00The Last Kingdom<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WhcLRv9gPCo/XAyU9NrugtI/AAAAAAAAB7Y/veEZIVLUsIUV0D7pkb4cqFvposnam9Q8QCLcBGAs/s1600/Last%2BKingdom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; clear: left; color: #0066cc; float: left; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-decoration: underline; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></a>871-901: Binge Watching the series on Netflix about the conflict between the Viking invaders and the Saxon natives. Alfred of Wessex won but the later conquest of William the Conqueror meant that the Vikings won, too. What Alfred’s victory won was time and time meant assimilation. A westernized Scandinavian invaders together with the natives made medieval and modern Britain.
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For the true story of King Alfred’s reign:<a href="http://dld.bz/hhxmt">http://dld.bz/hhxmt</a>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014985425967193125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993354881681765030.post-33038496112083330992018-12-07T14:50:00.001-08:002018-12-07T14:51:42.994-08:00Obama’s Re-election, 2012<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KzQVEKBoBLo/XAr4boA3j2I/AAAAAAAAB6Y/QpFmHFkgCxQUQHyIksBPkeZsC2Dngzk0QCLcBGAs/s1600/S%2BObama.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="345" data-original-width="273" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KzQVEKBoBLo/XAr4boA3j2I/AAAAAAAAB6Y/QpFmHFkgCxQUQHyIksBPkeZsC2Dngzk0QCLcBGAs/s320/S%2BObama.jpg" width="253" /></a>Worked my new Current History landing page today and came across an old article I wrote back in 2011 on why President Obama would not win re-election. Shows what a great political analyst I was.
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Current History: <a href="http://dld.bz/hhrde.qr">http://dld.bz/hhrde.qr</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014985425967193125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993354881681765030.post-5774993397955822502018-12-05T19:30:00.002-08:002018-12-05T19:30:20.696-08:00Mexico Rejects Maximilian<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iY6eYfDHkhI/XAiW9O3RckI/AAAAAAAAB6A/QXOJvtTKHdUI1zp_pOcjEimSXGjcNb8BwCLcBGAs/s1600/Max%2BShot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1355" data-original-width="1600" height="271" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iY6eYfDHkhI/XAiW9O3RckI/AAAAAAAAB6A/QXOJvtTKHdUI1zp_pOcjEimSXGjcNb8BwCLcBGAs/s320/Max%2BShot.jpg" width="320" /></a>1867: When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. That's what Maximilian learned the hard way in Mexico. Napoleon III of France wanted a foothold in the Americas and Mexico was one giant base. Maximilian, with a French army backing him, proclaimed himself Emperor of Mexico in 1864. The idea of Mexico becoming a de-facto vassal of the French Empire did not sit well with the Mexicans. As important, the USA did not want a major European power on its border. With the Civil War winding down, President Abraham Lincoln sent a warning to Paris and an army to the Texas border.
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Napoleon caved and pulled the French army out. Emperor Maximilian lost his army, his government, his empire, and his life. He was executed by firing squad at Cerro de las Campanas on June 19, 1867 <br />
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Series on Mexico Rejects Maximilian ends today. <a href="http://dld.bz/hhcFk">http://dld.bz/hhcFk</a>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014985425967193125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993354881681765030.post-24819679604239504592018-12-04T19:47:00.000-08:002018-12-04T19:47:52.339-08:00Britain Acquires Cape Colony<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EtV-kCFT1NY/XAdKCd3NMOI/AAAAAAAAB5s/oUMk_dmGAlgDoE11LahvqWVsrQWvVRWdACLcBGAs/s1600/Cape_Town_in_1800.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="900" height="212" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EtV-kCFT1NY/XAdKCd3NMOI/AAAAAAAAB5s/oUMk_dmGAlgDoE11LahvqWVsrQWvVRWdACLcBGAs/s320/Cape_Town_in_1800.jpg" width="320" /></a>The Dutch lost it to the British in 1795.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The peace Treaty of Amiens gave it back to the Dutch but when war broke out again in 1805 the British conquered it for good the following year. When the Union of South Africa was formed in 1910, the colony was absorbed into it.
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Except for the worst extremists, Americans understand the need for compromise. They still expect the leaders they vote for to at least try to do what they say. The significance of his promise, was that it was made in such a way so it was to be the one thing that his supporters could count on.
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Who can you trust to keep his/her word anymore? If the responsible behave irresponsibly, then is an irresponsible person so different?
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Read_my_lips:_no_new_taxes">Factual article in Wikipdia</a>
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1798: Combatting disease by injecting vaccine into the bloodstream was a major breakthrough in medical science. Edward Jenner used “cowpox” to
combat smallpox. His contribution was not only discovering the remedy but then proving that his patients were immune from smallpox.
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014985425967193125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993354881681765030.post-56525248747636713892018-11-30T11:21:00.003-08:002018-11-30T11:21:44.456-08:00Early Years of Independent Switzerland<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s8SX1noVzFw/XAGK8mGMe1I/AAAAAAAAB4M/paFljKbuDS0RXFZprr0qtVVEYE2Mv8-dgCLcBGAs/s1600/Hapsburg-Stronghold.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="400" height="212" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s8SX1noVzFw/XAGK8mGMe1I/AAAAAAAAB4M/paFljKbuDS0RXFZprr0qtVVEYE2Mv8-dgCLcBGAs/s320/Hapsburg-Stronghold.jpg" width="320" /></a>
1499: We think of Switzerland as the neutral, peaceful country but during Medieval years the land was anything but. They fought the Holy
Roman Empire for independence for many years. How did the Swiss come under Imperial rule? Their prince became Holy Roman Emperor.
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history website:<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span><a href="http://historyweblog.com/">http://historyweblog.com/</a></span>
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