Isabelle Aubret singing her winning song “Un premier amour” at the Eurovision Song Contest 1962
The Eurovision Song Contest 1962 was the seventh in the series. France won for a third time with the song “Un premier amour”, performed by Isabelle Aubret. This marked the first time a country had won three contests. Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, and Spain all scored “null points” for the first time.
“The Battle” from the cycle of paintings “Polonia” dedicated to January Uprising of 1863 and painted by contemporary Artur Grottger
The January Uprising was an uprising in the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (present-day Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, Latvia, parts of Ukraine, and western Russia) against the Russian Empire. It began on 22 January 1863 and lasted until the last insurgents were captured in 1865.
Farewell to Europe by Aleksander Sochaczewski, which depicts a Katorga in Imperial Russia
Katorga was a system of penal servitude of the prison farm type in Tsarist Russia. Prisoners were sent to remote camps in vast uninhabited areas of Siberia—where voluntary workers were never available in satisfactory numbers—and forced to perform hard labour.
manofarms89 asked: Regarding the tags on your post on the Treaty of Dovydiškės, did you mean Baltic, instead of Balkan?
Ah, phone typo. But yes, definitely meant Baltic! Thanks :D
Watercolour on ivory miniature Portrait of Demasduit (Mary March), by Lady Henrietta Hamilton, 1819
Demasduit (c. 1796 – January 8, 1820) was a Beothuk woman, one of the last of her people on the island of Newfoundland, Canada. She was born near the end of the 18th century. The Beothuk were openly hostile to Europeans, and violent conflict between the two groups was common. The conflicts usually took more Beothuks than Europeans, which led to their decline. These new settlers also had taken up residence in the coastal areas, which hindered the Beothuks’ access to food resources near the coast.
(Source: collectionscanada.gc.ca)
Winston Churchill’s edited copy of the final draft of the Atlantic Charter, 1941
The Atlantic Charter was a pivotal policy statement first issued in August 1941 that early in World War II defined the Allied goals for the post-war world. It was drafted by Britain and the United States, and later agreed to by all the Allies. The Charter stated the ideal goals of the war: no territorial aggrandizement; no territorial changes made against the wishes of the people; restoration of self-government to those deprived of it; free access to raw materials; reduction of trade restrictions; global cooperation to secure better economic and social conditions for all; freedom from fear and want; freedom of the seas; and abandonment of the use of force, as well as disarmament of aggressor nations. In the “Declaration by United Nations” of 1 January 1942, the Allies of World War II pledged adherence to the charter’s principles.
336bc asked: P.S. I just noticed your subtitle "History teaches us everything..." I studied History as an undergrad and Urban Planning in grad school. People would say, OMG they are totally unrelated, and I would reply, "one must understand the past in order to prepare for the future." One educated person (an engineer [rolls eyes]) thought that was absurd and laughed in my face. But I am sure I am correct.
Ah but it is so true. You are correct!
