150 years ago today

[lustindarkness]

1812 - The United States declares war on Great Britain for impressment of Sailors and interference with commerce.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

1812 - The United States declares war on Great Britain for impressment of Sailors and interference with commerce.

and gets beaten :p

Three cheers for Wellington for delivering is us from French oppression!

[Valmy]

200 years ago today Wellington and Blücher defeated Napoleon in Waterloo.

Merde!

Du calme !
75 years ago was De Gaulle's Appeal of 18 June. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_of_18_June

Man this is quite the momentous date

[Valmy]

Three cheers for Wellington for delivering is us from French oppression!

And then handed you over to the Dutch. That went well.

[frunk]

In honor of Napoleon's defeat I'm watching Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

Three cheers for Wellington for delivering is us from French oppression!

And then handed you over to the Dutch. That went well.

better the dutch than the French or francophones

[Valmy]

better the dutch than the French or francophones

The French have only your best interests at heart. Talleyrand was ready to solve all your problems.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

better the dutch than the French or francophones

The French have only your best interests at heart. Talleyrand was ready to solve all your problems.

hardly. The Congress should have dismantled France after 1815.

[Valmy]

hardly. The Congress should have dismantled France after 1815.

Unless you also think they should have murdered every single citizen I don't see how that would have helped your issue.

But you are a Euro nationalist so I shouldn't assume you don't

But, of course, I was talking about Talleyrand's plan to have Flanders become independent and Wallonia to be annexed by France.

[Duque de Bragança]

200 years ago today Wellington and Blücher defeated Napoleon in Waterloo.

Merde!

Du calme !
75 years ago was De Gaulle's Appeal of 18 June. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_of_18_June

Man this is quite the momentous date

Germany has even better with November 9th

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_9_in_German_history

[viper37]

Three cheers for Wellington for delivering is us from French oppression!

And then handed you over to the Dutch. That went well.

better the dutch than the French or francophones

and 200 years later, you still haven't solved your problems.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

But, of course, I was talking about Talleyrand's plan to have Flanders become independent and Wallonia to be annexed by France.

After -of course- stealing another sizeable piece of what is today Flanders. Cause that is what France does: stealing land in attempt to reach the Rhine and it's "natural borders".
One has to admire him though: being an official of a thorougly beaten country and still trying to expand. Balls of steel.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

and 200 years later, you still haven't solved your problems.

Cause we're still stuck with francophones: thanks to frenchies meddling in 1830.

[Grey Fox]

Stuck?

That's no way to describe your betters that are trying to bring enlightment to your region.

[derspiess]

Happy Juneteenth!