Describe 5 Moments/Periods in your Country's History Using 5 Words

2007-05-18 05:07:14

#1

sergeriver: Cowboy from Hell; +1,928|7204|Argentina

Pick 5 moments/periods in your country's history and describe them using 5 words.

Argentina:

May 25, 1810 - May Revolution: First Argentinian government. Thanks Napoleon.

July 9, 1816 - Independence: Fuck off Spain. Thanks Brits.

1880's - Conquest of the Desert: Genocide of native indigenous people.

1976-1983 - Military Junta: Shame. Violation of Human rights.

1982 - Falklands/Malvinas War: Unnecessary, a waste of lives.

2007-05-18 05:20:14

#2

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|7163

1662: Dutch East India Company came to Taiwan (YAY I R teh part Dutch )

1895-1945: Japanese occupation of Taiwan, aboriginal massacre (GG Japan)

1949: Feburary 28th massacre aka 228 ROFL @ Dictatorship

1988: Martial law ended (Yay democracy!)

2003: Completion of Taipei 101 (Tallest building bitches, Asians > you)

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2007-05-18 05:22:14

#3

^*AlphA*^: F*ckers; +3,135|7185|The Hague, Netherlands

The Netherlands

58BC - Roman era : Roman province of Germania Inferior

1568 - 1648 - Eighty Years of War : Dutch Defeated the Spanish Control

1584 - 1702 - Days of the "Superpower" (Dutch East India Company/Dutch West India Company, VOC/WIC): The Dutch Golden Age Period

1795 - 1813 - Batavian Republic : Ruled by Napoleon "The French"

1940 - 1945 - World War 2 :Occupied by German Military Control

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2007-05-18 05:24:44

#4

CruZ4dR: Cereal Killer; +145|7103|The View From The Afternoon

Norway

700-1000: The Vikings were pwning all.

1349: Black Death/Black Plague, killed 1/3 of Norwegians.

1450: Union with Denmark "400-year night".

17. May 1814: Constitution day, then union with Sweden.

1905: Union dissolved. Haakon VII 1st Norwegian king.

2007-05-18 05:45:05

#5

BVC: Member; +325|7142

1643: Abel Tasman reaches our shores
1840: Treaty of Waitangi, nation formed
1893: First nation giving women votes
1915: ANZAC troops fight at Gallipoli
1985: Nuclear laws cause much controversy

2007-05-18 05:50:50

#6

Ty: Mass Media Casualty; +2,398|7222|Noizyland

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Ow fuck I just fell of me chair.
To drunk . damn bourbon $ coke. Sleep

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2007-05-18 05:50:52

#7

CameronPoe: Member; +2,925|7002

3200 BC - Passage tomb at Newgrange built.

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432 AD - St. Patrick spreads christianity.

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Good Friday 1014 - Vikings decisively defeated at Clontarf.

https://www.fanaticus.org/DBA/battles/clontarf/clontarf.jpg

1798 - Failed Irish Rebellion Against British.

Easter 1916 - The turning point for Ireland.

https://spencer.lib.ku.edu/exhibits/25th/sc35b.jpg

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2007-05-18 06:20:36

#8

=OBS= EstebanRey: Member; +256|6997|Oxford, England, UK, EU, Earth

Roman Invasion
Norman Invasion
The Empire
WW2
My Birth

2007-05-18 08:36:58

#9

Drakef: Cheeseburger Logicist; +117|6809|Vancouver

Canada (The English-Speaking Population)

September 13, 1759 - Battle of the Plains of Abraham - Wolfe's death, future English Canada.

July 1, 1867 - Confederation of the Dominion of Canada - Drunks create independant northern dominion.

October 5, 1970 - Beginning of the October Crisis - Legacy of Trudeau, Canadian great.

April 17, 1982 - Patriation of the Canadian Constitution - Among other things, a pirouette.

October 30, 1995 - Quebec referendum - The Quebecois are Canadian too.

2007-05-18 09:14:34

#10

PureFodder: Member; +225|6732

England

43 AD : A bunch of foreigners invade
1066 : A bunch of foreigners invade
1340s : The black death, everyone dies
1665 : The black death, everyone dies
1600-1800 : We are the invading foreigners

2007-05-18 09:21:18

#11

konfusion: mostly afk; +480|6997|CH/BR - in UK

Switzerland:
1291: Forest Cantons signed Federal Charter - (founding)
1315: Swiss decisive victory against Hapsburg - (secured existence)
1648: Switzerland is recognized as independent - (in Europe, at least)
1803: Napoleon defines Swiss Kantons' Borders
1971: Women gain right to vote - (that's how conservative we are)

-konfusion

2007-05-18 09:21:39

#12

Bull3t: stephen brule; +83|6749

Fuck sec.

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2007-05-18 09:33:10

#13

KevMunro: Bring a Towel; +8|6878|Brisbane

Overflow of convicted prisoner population
Landmass discovered with dreamy conditions
Ships sailed to deposit convicts
Convicts colonize and generate economy
Kingdom's rejects become sporting spartans

2007-05-18 22:03:04

#14

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|7122|Canberra, AUS

40kya - Humans arrive in empty land

1788 - Continent declared British penal colony

1901 - Jumble of colonies become country

1915 - ANZAC legend born at Galipolli

1942 - Constitutional links with Britian cut.

That's OK, isn't it?

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

2007-05-18 22:07:37

#15

RedTwizzler: I do it for the lulz.; +124|6984|Chicago

British colonized the new world
Americans kicked some British ass
Went to Africa, got workforce
Went to Asia, killed VK
Went to Iraq, crushed culture

2007-05-18 22:23:01

#16

Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6985|Long Island, New York

1492 - Discovered - by Christopher Columbus (although it's disputed)
1776 - Freedom - Gain our independence from britain
1865 - United - Country reunites under one national flag
2001 - Country becomes more united than ever.
March 2003 - Vietnam II.

2007-05-18 22:32:50

#17

Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|7213|Cambridge (UK)

PureFodder wrote:
England

43 AD : A bunch of foreigners invade
1066 : A bunch of foreigners invade
1340s : The black death, everyone dies
1665 : The black death, everyone dies
1600-1800 : We are the invading foreigners

2003-2007 : We team up with some of our cousins to have a go at being 'invading foreigners' again.

2007-05-18 23:09:07

#18

=OBS= EstebanRey: Member; +256|6997|Oxford, England, UK, EU, Earth

RedTwizzler wrote:
British colonized the new world
Americans kicked some British ass
Went to Africa, got workforce
Went to Asia, killed VK
Went to Iraq, crushed culture

You not gonna credit the Spanish and the French then, shame on you.

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