Name That Historical Event

[General Brewster]

Your go.
Had hoped it would take a little longer.

[paleologos]

...
Had hoped it would take a little longer.

You are from the Netherlands, you post an image of a flood, how hard would that be?

Anyway...

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[Abdülmecid I]

The establishment of the Society of Friends, marked by the oath of its three founders. The Society of Friends was a rebellous carbonari-like organisation with very naughty intentions over the territorial integrity of the Ottoman Sultanate.

[King Athelstan]

Some image searching led me to this thingy, from which I google-translated, found the name Giorgikis Olympios, searched him up which lead me to think this is founding of the "Friendly Society" or Filiki Eteria.

EDIT: Ach, I have again been :'d

[paleologos]

The establishment of the Society of Friends, marked by the oath of its three founders.

Correct.

The Society of Friends was a rebellious carbonari-like organization with very naughty intentions over the territorial integrity of the Ottoman Sultanate.

Or you could say that their intentions over the territorial propriety of the Ottoman Sultanate were corrective.


Abdülmecid I has the ground.

[Abdülmecid I]

Next one is a historical event that was eventually more influential on literature than geopolitics.

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[Cookiegod]

Well it says it in the title. 1679, Ottoman prisoners near king Louis XIV. of France, who at that time tried to get them to attack the Austrians ultimately leading to the great battle of Vienna.

I don't actually know what influence on French literature you're specifically referring to, but I'd assume this is the Turks giving him some gifts to cement the alliance?

Generally speaking, French orientalism is more seen to have been triggered by the 1669 visit of Suleiman Agha.

EDIT: Did it have an influence on La Fontaines fables of Bidpai?

[Abdülmecid I]

Well the caption is misleading. The turban-wearing gentlemen are neither Ottomans nor prisoners. Their meeting with the Sun King was the inspiration for a famous literary work.

[paleologos]

Wild guess here:
Is it the Moroccan embassy of Mohammed Tenim?

[Ἀπολλόδοτος Α΄ ὁ Σωτήρ]

Embassy sent by Tahmasp II in 1715 to Louis XIV.

famous literary work.

Lettres persanes - Montesquieu

[Abdülmecid I]

Well done, exactly! The embassy was led by Mehmed Riza Begh, under the orders of the Safavid Shah, to establish relations with the French Kingdom. Their goal mainly concerned trade, but also the formation of an anti-Ottoman alliance (although they usually preferred the Hapsburgs for this purpose). The negotiations were fruitful, although the diplomatic representation of Persia in France gradually declined, as the former was troubled by foreign invasions, coups and rebellions, in almost the entirety of the 19th century. The Lettres persanes, on the other hand, fascinated the French and sparked the birth of a great interest over the "exotic Orient". Only one correction, the ruling monarch was Sultan Huseyn and not Tahmasp. Tahmasp only gained the throne after his father was deposed by the Afghans and mainly served as a figurehead, under the authority of the more powerful military.

[Ἀπολλόδοτος Α΄ ὁ Σωτήρ]

Inspired by current judicial events...

Only one correction, the ruling monarch was Sultan Huseyn and not Tahmasp.

Oops...

[Ἀπολλόδοτος Α΄ ὁ Σωτήρ]

Here's a hint, all three men in the picture have different religions, an Orthodox Christian shakes hand with a Sunni Muslim while a Catholic watches.

[Cookiegod]

I recognised Milosevic. Your hint made me think of Bosnia and I immediately looked up the Dayton agreement. And yup, the guy in the middle is the Croatian Franjo Tuđman, with Alija Izetbegovic to the right. So I'll assume it's the signing of the agreement in Paris in 1995.

[Ἀπολλόδοτος Α΄ ὁ Σωτήρ]

Correct, although from what I've encountered online I'm not sure if this photo is taken in Dayton or Paris but it does pertain to the Dayton Agreement. Your turn!

- I'd appreciate if someone can give rep to Cookiegod . I'm out of points!

[paleologos]

I repped Cookiegod.

[Cookiegod]

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[paleologos]

Robert Mueller's testimony to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, February 11, 2003.

[Cookiegod]

Apologies. Yes indeed. Mueller lying about Iraqi WMD's in the build-up to the war. Have a rep and your turn.

[paleologos]