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Post by Iron Duke on Sept 30, 2019 12:18:15 GMT
This chap was born in 1906 and died in 1996. A British Army officer in WWII rising to the rank of Lt. Colonel. I'm pretty confident in saying he was the only officer to fight while armed with a longbow, broadsword and bagpipes! Mad Jack? Churchill is correct. If anyone's interested in his exploits, well worth a watch: |
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Post by Nobunaga Oda on Sept 30, 2019 14:47:35 GMT
Churchill is correct. If anyone's interested in his exploits, well worth a watch: So back to me? |
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Post by Navia Lanoira on Oct 1, 2019 10:00:44 GMT
Well idk
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Post by Iron Duke on Oct 1, 2019 12:13:22 GMT
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Post by Nobunaga Oda on Oct 1, 2019 14:20:19 GMT
He was born in Spain, but had died in France. After his death, his second wife was said to have felt "devastated and lonely after the death of" this person and took her own life. Despite his country becoming embroiled in a Civil War and two World Wars raging around him, he was largely uninvolved with them. |
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Post by Iron Duke on Oct 2, 2019 12:57:54 GMT
He was born in Spain, but had died in France. After his death, his second wife was said to have felt "devastated and lonely after the death of" this person and took her own life. Despite his country becoming embroiled in a Civil War and two World Wars raging around him, he was largely uninvolved with them. Total long shot, Picasso? |
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Post by Nobunaga Oda on Oct 2, 2019 14:15:30 GMT
He was born in Spain, but had died in France. After his death, his second wife was said to have felt "devastated and lonely after the death of" this person and took her own life. Despite his country becoming embroiled in a Civil War and two World Wars raging around him, he was largely uninvolved with them. Total long shot, Picasso? Yep. Good one! |
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Post by Iron Duke on Oct 3, 2019 12:41:23 GMT
A Frenchman, he was the 159th man to hold the office for which he is known.
An extract from one of the surviving versions of his most famous speech:
"Although, O sons of God, you have promised more firmly than ever to keep the peace among yourselves and to preserve the rights of the church, there remains still an important work for you to do. Freshly quickened by the divine correction, you must apply the strength of your righteousness to another matter which concerns you as well as God. For your brethren who live in the east are in urgent need of your help, and you must hasten to give them the aid which has often been promised them. For, as the most of you have heard, the Turks and Arabs have attacked them and have conquered the territory of Romania [the Greek empire] as far west as the shore of the Mediterranean and the Hellespont, which is called the Arm of St. George. They have occupied more and more of the lands of those Christians, and have overcome them in seven battles. They have killed and captured many, and have destroyed the churches and devastated the empire. If you permit them to continue thus for awhile with impurity, the faithful of God will be much more widely attacked by them. On this account I, or rather the Lord, beseech you as Christ's heralds to publish this everywhere and to persuade all people of whatever rank, foot-soldiers and knights, poor and rich, to carry aid promptly to those Christians and to destroy that vile race from the lands of our friends. I say this to those who are present, it meant also for those who are absent. Moreover, Christ commands it."
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Post by Iron Duke on Oct 7, 2019 12:56:53 GMT
A Frenchman, he was the 159th man to hold the office for which he is known. An extract from one of the surviving versions of his most famous speech: "Although, O sons of God, you have promised more firmly than ever to keep the peace among yourselves and to preserve the rights of the church, there remains still an important work for you to do. Freshly quickened by the divine correction, you must apply the strength of your righteousness to another matter which concerns you as well as God. For your brethren who live in the east are in urgent need of your help, and you must hasten to give them the aid which has often been promised them. For, as the most of you have heard, the Turks and Arabs have attacked them and have conquered the territory of Romania [the Greek empire] as far west as the shore of the Mediterranean and the Hellespont, which is called the Arm of St. George. They have occupied more and more of the lands of those Christians, and have overcome them in seven battles. They have killed and captured many, and have destroyed the churches and devastated the empire. If you permit them to continue thus for awhile with impurity, the faithful of God will be much more widely attacked by them. On this account I, or rather the Lord, beseech you as Christ's heralds to publish this everywhere and to persuade all people of whatever rank, foot-soldiers and knights, poor and rich, to carry aid promptly to those Christians and to destroy that vile race from the lands of our friends. I say this to those who are present, it meant also for those who are absent. Moreover, Christ commands it." He was born in France c1035 and died in 1099 in what is now Italy. |
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Post by Arya Stark on Oct 7, 2019 13:36:03 GMT
A Frenchman, he was the 159th man to hold the office for which he is known. An extract from one of the surviving versions of his most famous speech: "Although, O sons of God, you have promised more firmly than ever to keep the peace among yourselves and to preserve the rights of the church, there remains still an important work for you to do. Freshly quickened by the divine correction, you must apply the strength of your righteousness to another matter which concerns you as well as God. For your brethren who live in the east are in urgent need of your help, and you must hasten to give them the aid which has often been promised them. For, as the most of you have heard, the Turks and Arabs have attacked them and have conquered the territory of Romania [the Greek empire] as far west as the shore of the Mediterranean and the Hellespont, which is called the Arm of St. George. They have occupied more and more of the lands of those Christians, and have overcome them in seven battles. They have killed and captured many, and have destroyed the churches and devastated the empire. If you permit them to continue thus for awhile with impurity, the faithful of God will be much more widely attacked by them. On this account I, or rather the Lord, beseech you as Christ's heralds to publish this everywhere and to persuade all people of whatever rank, foot-soldiers and knights, poor and rich, to carry aid promptly to those Christians and to destroy that vile race from the lands of our friends. I say this to those who are present, it meant also for those who are absent. Moreover, Christ commands it." He was born in France c1035 and died in 1099 in what is now Italy. Pope Urban II? |
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Post by Iron Duke on Oct 8, 2019 12:18:15 GMT
He was born in France c1035 and died in 1099 in what is now Italy. Pope Urban II? Correct, your turn. |
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Post by Arya Stark on Oct 8, 2019 18:27:04 GMT
Ok, here goes: I won two FIFA world cups with my country One of my nicknames was Alegria de Povo I played alongside Péle I was a heavy drinker and died of Cirrhosis The home team room of the Maracanã is named after me Who am I? |
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Post by K S Thimayya on Oct 8, 2019 23:46:55 GMT
Ok, here goes: I won two FIFA world cups with my country One of my nicknames was Alegria de Povo I played alongside Péle I was a heavy drinker and died of Cirrhosis The home team room of the Maracanã is named after me Who am I? Mané Garincha? |
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Post by Arya Stark on Oct 9, 2019 12:29:06 GMT
Ok, here goes: I won two FIFA world cups with my country One of my nicknames was Alegria de Povo I played alongside Péle I was a heavy drinker and died of Cirrhosis The home team room of the Maracanã is named after me Who am I? Mané Garincha? Correct, your turn |
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Post by Iron Duke on Oct 16, 2019 12:31:59 GMT
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