The Countdown Thread

[Aldgarkalaughskel]

SPAM ALERT: I'd like to ask the moderators to delete every post as off-topic, that isn't related to the historical facts in connection with countdown numbers. Thanks.


COUNTDOWN TO EMPIRE TOTAL WAR (Click!)



We're all eagerly awaiting for the day of release, right? Here we'll countdown to That Day, 6 February, 2009.

Which is now only 88 days to go.

Find an interesting, ETW era historical fact that has something to do with the number of remaining days. Plausibly a historical year.

Here I go.

Events of 1788

• January 1 - The first edition of The Times, previously The Daily Universal Register, is published.
• January 2 - Georgia ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 4th U.S. state under the new government.
• January 9 - Connecticut ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 5th U.S. state.

More may be found:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1788

[snuggans]

The 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers) ("the Devil's Own")

An Irish Regiment of the British Army, one of eight Irish regiments raised and garrisoned in Ireland. As part of the Cardwell-Childers reforms of the British Armed Forces, the regiment amalgamated with the 94th Foot, to form the Connaught Rangers on 1 July 1881. It saw extensive service in the Peninsular War, Crimean War and Indian Mutiny.

More may be found:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/88th_Re...naught_Rangers)

[Aldgarkalaughskel]

I was mistaken. It's not 86, but 88.

[Boicote]

Countdown To Empire Total War

87 days
2093 hours
125619 minutes
7537179 seconds

[Ghillie]

Events of 88 B.C.

Rome

• The Social War ends with the defeat of the Italian allies by the Romans.
• The First Roman Civil War starts with democratic uprising led by Marius, but the democrats under the tribune P. Sulpicius Rufus were crushed by the conservatives under Sulla. Marius fled to Africa.
• First Civil War in Rome, between Marius and Sulla. Some Italian cities are destroyed: for instance, Feorli, rebuilt by the praetor Livius Clodius afterwards.

Greece

• Mithridates VI of Pontus invades Greece.

Mithridates VI Emperor, ruler of the kingdom of Pontus along the Black Sea conquered Roman territories in Asia Minor and modern day Syria. He ordered and orchestrated the genocide massacre of about one hundred thousand Roman men, women and children. It is said 80,000 are killed in a single day.

Deaths

• Publius Sulpicius Rufus, Roman tribune
• Mithridates II of Parthia

[Innos]

88. Infanterie-Division (88th Infantry Division) - German Empire

The 88th Infantry Division (88. Infanterie-Division) was a unit of the Imperial German Army in World War I. The division was formed in November 1914 as the Menges Division (Division Menges), named after its commander, and made up primarily of Landwehr troops. It became the 88th Infantry Division in August 1915. The division was disbanded in 1919 during the demobilization of the German Army after World War I.

The Menges Division initially served on the Eastern Front, receiving its baptism of fire in the Battle of Łódź. In 1915, it participated in the Gorlice-Tarnów Offensive, breaking through at Przaznysz and fighting in the battle on the Narew. On August 2, 1915, it became the 88th Infantry Division. From November 1915 to December 1917, the division occupied the line near Daugavpils. In December 1917, after the armistice on the Eastern Front, the division was transferred to the Western Front, where it entered the line in positions near St. Quentin and on the Oise. It participated in the 1918 German Spring Offensive, fighting in the First Battle of the Somme (1918), also known as the Battle of St. Quentin or the Second Battle of the Somme (to distinguish it from the 1916 battle). From April to July 1918, it was in the line in the Champagne region, and then fought in the Second Battle of the Marne. Except for minor periods, it remained in the Champagne region until the end of the war, and faced the Allied Meuse-Argonne Offensive in October and November 1918. Allied intelligence rated the division as fourth class

From Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/88th_Infantry_Division_(German_Empire)

[Aldgarkalaughskel]

Very good, guys, keep those numbers coming!

Countdown To Empire Total War

87 days
2093 hours
125619 minutes
7537179 seconds

Great idea, included in the OP.

[Serben]

Countdown To Empire Total War

87 days
2093 hours
125619 minutes
7537179 seconds

Time Since 1337

[Mikiez]

ITS THE FINAL COUNTDOWN!

[Aldgarkalaughskel]

86 days to go.

Events of 1786

• January 3 - The Treaty of Hopewell is signed between the United States of America and the Choctaw Nation.
• January 10 - The Treaty of Hopewell is signed between the United States of America and the Chickasaw Nation.
• May 1 - Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro premieres in Vienna.

More may be found:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1786

[Ghillie]

Events of 86 B.C.

By place


Rome

• First Mithridatic War
  
  • March 1 — Sulla captured Athens from the Pontic army, removing the tyrant Aristion.
  • Lucius Licinius Lucullus decisively defeated the Mithridatic fleet in the Battle of Tenedos.
  • The Roman forces of Lucius Cornelius Sulla defeat the Pontic forces of Archelaus in the Battle of Chaeronea.

Births

• October 1 — Sallust, Roman historian (d. 34 BC)

Deaths

• January 13 — Gaius Marius, Roman general and politician (b. 157 BC)
• After March 1 — Aristion, philosopher and tyrant of Athens
• Sima Qian, Chinese historian (b. 145 BC)

(Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/86_BC")

[Carl von Döbeln]

Events of 1686

• May 4 - The Municipality of Ilagan is founded in the Philippines.
• July 17 - A meeting takes place at Lüneburg between 'some evangelical Princes and Electors' and representatives of the King of Navarre, the King of Denmark and the Queen of England. The object of this meeting is the formation of an 'evangelical' league of defence against the Catholic League, called the 'Confederatio Militiae Evangelicae'.[1]
• July 22 - New York City and Albany, New York are granted city charters by the colonial governor.
  

More may be found:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1686

[Ghillie]

I meant historical events related to the ETW era.
Sorry, if i wasn't clear. *edits OP*

PS you can delete this afterwards, Jim

Ahhhh ok it didnt say at the beginning tho. Well then I guess it is only one post per day and not many viewers can add any more than the first post of the day. I suppose you succeeded in making a post where you will be the only one posting

[Aldgarkalaughskel]

Ahhhh ok it didnt say at the beginning tho.

OP is edited now, thanks for your input anyway.

Well then I guess it is only one post per day and not many viewers can add any more than the first post of the day. I suppose you succeeded in making a post where you will be the only one posting

That's not true, just look at Snuggan's post (post #2).

[Orko]

only 7458575 seconds till release!

[Ludicus]

Anglo-French Commercial Treaty of 1786 (26 Set)

The agreement governed Anglo-French commercial relations until 1793 when Great Britain entered the war against revolucionary France. Many historians feel that the influx of British manafactured goods under the commercial Treaty depressed the French economy and nearly ruined some French industries.

[Empress Meg]

Gents, please understand that taking large amounts of text from other websites, even Wiki is frown upon. This is akin to taking text from a book and not citing it. Be respectful and post a minimum amount of text with a link to the site in the future.

By popular revolt () thread opened.

Devoirs The Empress

[snuggans]

84th Regiment of Foot (Royal Highland Emigrants)

Began as a regiment of the "Provincial Establishment" (military units made up of Colonial citizens of the British Empire, raised during the American Revolution). While it wore the Scottish Highland uniform and was known as a Highland Regiment, it consisted of no more than 25% Scottish membership, the rest made up of the other nationalities present in the English Colonies during the American Revolution.

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[Ludicus]

1784
The second Mysore war came to an end by the treaty of Mangalore.

[Aldgarkalaughskel]

Treaty of Paris (1783)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



Signing of the preliminary Treaty of Paris, November 30, 1782.


The Treaty of Paris, signed on September 3, 1783, and approved by the Congress of the Confederation on January 14, 1784, formally ended the American Revolutionary War between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the thirteen colonies or the United States of America, which had rebelled against British rule starting in 1775. The other combatant nations, France, Spain and the Dutch Republic had separate agreements; for details of these see Peace of Paris (1783).

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