Up to 1873 in #fplhistory just in time for the start of the long depression.

john paul van hecke.

Up to 1809 in #fplhistory sees the birth of Charles Darwin

Up to 1760 in #fplhistory George III succeeds to the throne as King of Great Britain and Ireland and Elector/King of Hanover upon the death of George II

Got a feeling there is going to be a lot of talk about Gordon in this week, looking forward to deadline dilemmas with @pras-fpl.bsky.social dare we go down that route again…. once bitten twice shy springs to mind🤔

Yes a good one this joe. I enjoyed it very much. Wasn’t expecting it.. I assume you’ve seen dead man’s shoes?

Yes a good one this joe. I enjoyed it very much. Wasn’t expecting it.. I assume you’ve seen dead man’s shoes?

Up to 1698 AD in #fplhistory & Tsar Peter the Great of Russia imposes a tax on beards to modernize Russian society by aligning it with Western European customs.

Up to 1626AD in #fplhistory King Charles I disbands English parliament

Haha, I share your pain. A Very frustrating few weeks can only get better🤞
Good video as usual with Tom & happy birthday by the way

I’m not to familiar with it but thanks to #fplhistory I’m reading up on it now over the morning coffee 👍

Up to 1545 AD in #fplhistory , King Henry VIII’s flagship, the Mary Rose, sank in the Solent off Portsmouth during the Battle of the Solent against a French invasion fleet

Up to 1506AD in #fplhistory the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid.

Hoping the weather warning for snow this evening doesn’t have an impact on tonight’s game 🙈🤞

Same here Joe up kinderscout today

Up to 1438 AD in #fplhistory The city of Cluj (Kolozsvár) is conquered, thus marking the end of the Transylvanian peasant revolt

Big points for you Joe🫡👏#fplhistory

Believe it or not I just watched a short video on YouTube about it 😂 some funny comments. “And now we’re gonna party likes it’s 1374”
#fplhistory is full of surprises 👀👌

Up to 1374 AD in #fplhistory. A Sudden outbreak of St. John's Dance causes people in the streets of Aachen, Germany, to experience hallucinations and begin to jump and twitch uncontrollably until they collapse from exhaustion

Up to 1306 in #fplhistory Robert the Bruce was crowned King of Scots Following the murder of his rival, John Comyn

I was on a hike around the Cotswolds, luckily managed to get signal to tune into the deadline streams. 8 mins to go It was meltdown and utter chaos! quite amusing looking back now though and worth a watch.

O’reily wasn’t predicted last night 😫 forcing plan B into action 🃏

Up to 1270 in #fplhistory The Eighth Crusade and siege of Tunis ends by agreement between Charles I of Sicily, brother to King Louis IX of France, who had died months earlier, and the sultan of Tunis

Up to 1231 in #fplhistory a period of fighting erupted between the English and the Welsh Prince Llywelyn the Great who burned several English-held castles and towns,including Montgomery,New Radnor,Hay,Brecon, & captured Neath and Kidwelly castles.Also a time close to the tale of faithful dog Gelert

A huge jump this GW up to the year 1178 in #fplhistory where the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa is crowned King of Burgundy

Rice Rice baby #fpl

Up to 1106 in #fplhistory the Battle of Tinchebrai: English King Henry I defeats his brother Robert, Duke of Normandy, effectively unifying England and Normandy under Henry's rule

Up to 1062 in #fplhistory, powerful Anglo-Saxon Earl Harold Godwinson launched military campaigns,essentially retaliatory "raids" against the Welsh kingdom led by Gruffydd ap Llywelyn (the only Welsh king to unite all of Wales) leading to his demise and destabilizing Wales before the Norman Conquest

Merry Christmas

Up to 1012AD in #fplhistory Anglo-Saxon Archbishop of Canterbury Alphege murdered by Vikings while being held hostage by them in Greenwich, London