Sun, 16 July 2017
In January 1848 Europe was sleeping on a volcano. Pre-Order The Storm Before the Storm! |
Sun, 28 May 2017
In June 1832 a bunch of radical republicans spontaneously broke out in song. |
Sun, 21 May 2017
In 1820 the Good Cousins staged a revolution in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. |
Mon, 15 May 2017
After the fall of Napoleon, Austrian Foreign Minister Metternich attempted to orchestrate a new conservative order in Europe. Sponsor: Bombfell.com/revolutions. |
Sun, 7 May 2017
In 1830, the Belgians said we don't want to be a part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands anymore. |
Sun, 30 April 2017
What the heck did the rest of France think about the July Revolution? Sponsor Link: Audible.com/revolutions
Direct download: 6.08a-_The_Fait_Accompli_of_1830_Master.mp3
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Mon, 24 April 2017
King Charles X should have never signed the Four Ordinances. You know. In hindsight.
Direct download: 6.07-_The_Last_King_of_France_Master.mp3
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Sun, 16 April 2017
Time to get this piece on the board. |
Sun, 9 April 2017
On Wed July 28, 1830 the people of Paris proved that piles of rubble were the key to urban revolution. |
Sun, 2 April 2017
On Monday July 26, 1830 the Four Ordinances were published. On Tuesday July 27 the July Revolution began. |
Sun, 26 March 2017
In early 1830 King Charles X tried to beat back the liberal opposition. Instead they came back stronger than ever.
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Sun, 19 March 2017
After ascending to the throne in 1824 Charles X wanted to impose his ultra-royalism on France, but his annoying subjects kept resisting. |
Sun, 12 March 2017
After the fall of Napoleon, the Bourbon monarchy was restored. |
Sun, 12 February 2017
In 1830, both Simon Bolivar and Gran Colombia died.
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Sun, 5 February 2017
On Sept 25, 1828 Simón Bolívar went out the window. |
Sun, 29 January 2017
At the end of 1826 Simon Bolivar returned to Colombia to deal with the revolt of Jose Antonio Paez. |
Sun, 22 January 2017
In 1825 Upper Peru became the independent nation of Bolivia. |
Sun, 15 January 2017
Wherein Gen. Sucre wins a very Bolivarian battle. |
Sun, 11 December 2016
Simòn Bolívar and Jose de San Martin met for the first and only time in July 1822
Direct download: 5.22-_The_Guayaquil_Conference_Master.mp3
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Sun, 4 December 2016
In 1822, Antonio Jose Sucre and Simon Bolivar liberated Quito and made Gran Colombia whole.
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Wed, 23 November 2016
Title kinda says it all. |
Sun, 20 November 2016
Lord Thomas Cochrane turned out to be the key to Peru. |
Mon, 14 November 2016
José de San Martín gets zonked on opium and marches through the Andes. |
Sun, 6 November 2016
On June 24, 1821 the Battle of Carabobo secured permanent independence for Venezuela. http://revolutionspodcastfundraiser.com/ |
Sun, 30 October 2016
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Mon, 24 October 2016
Do not buy land in Poyais.
Direct download: 5.17a_Supplemental_Gregor_MacGregor_Master.mp3
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Sun, 9 October 2016
In 1820 a mutiny in Cádiz changed the course of Spanish American history. .
Direct download: 5.17-_The_Big_Rock_On_The_Side_Of_The_Road_Master.mp3
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Sun, 2 October 2016
In July 1819 Bolívar led a legendary march into the mountains to liberate New Granada once and for all. |
Sun, 18 September 2016
In January 1818 Simón Bolívar met José Antonio Páez. The War of Venezuelan Independence would never be the same.
Direct download: 5.15-_The_Centaur_of_the_Plains_Master.mp3
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Sun, 11 September 2016
With an assist from the Republic of Haiti, Simon Bolivar launched a new expedition to Venezuela in 1816.
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Sun, 4 September 2016
Enter José de San Martín and Bernardo O'Higgins.
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Sun, 28 August 2016
The restoration of King Ferdinand VII spelled big trouble for Spanish American Independence. |
Sun, 21 August 2016
In 1814 Simón Bolívar met the Legions of Hell. It wasn't pretty. |
Sun, 14 August 2016
Simón Bolívar left Venezuela in 1812. He came back in 1813. |
Sun, 7 August 2016
Things did not go well for the First Venezuelan Republic. |
Sun, 24 July 2016
in 1810 Simón Bolívar brought Francisco de Miranda home. |
Sun, 17 July 2016
Further unrest plagued Spanish America in 1809 as the situation deteriorated back in Spain.
Direct download: 5.07-_The_First_Cry_For_Freedom_Master2.mp3
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Sun, 10 July 2016
In May 1808 Napoleon deposed the Spanish Monarchy.
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Sun, 3 July 2016
1n 1806, two invasions of South America tested the waters of independence. Also, Bolívar swears to liberate his country or die trying. |
Sun, 26 June 2016
Enter Bolívar. |
Sun, 19 June 2016
After the Seven Years War the Spanish American Empire was hit with an array of revolts. Also six degrees of Francisco de Miranda.
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Sun, 12 June 2016
After the Bourbons came to power they reformed the Spanish Empire and along the way created the Viceroyalty of New Granada. |
Sun, 5 June 2016
After Columbus "discovered" America the Spanish built up an empire upon which the sun never set. |
Sun, 17 April 2016
1806-Present. Enjoy. |
Sun, 10 April 2016
After declaring independence, Jean-Jacques Dessalines ordered the extermination of the white French. |
Sun, 3 April 2016
Done at the headquarters of Gonaives, the first day of January 1804, the first year of independence.
Direct download: 4.17a-_The_Haitian_Declaration_of_Independence_Master.mp3
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Sun, 3 April 2016
The new nation of Haiti was born on New Years Day 1804. |
Sun, 27 March 2016
In the summer of 1802 the worst Yellow Fever epidemic on record hit Saint-Domingue--making it very difficult to re-impose slavery. |
Sun, 20 March 2016
With the massive expedition he assembled, Bonaparte reckoned it would take three months to retake Saint-Domingue. |
Sun, 13 March 2016
In 1801 Toussaint Louverture annexed Santo Domingo and promulgated a new constitution without permission from France. First Consul Bonaparte was not amused.
Direct download: 4.14-_The_Constitution_of_1801_Master.mp3
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Sun, 6 March 2016
From 1799-1800 Toussaint Louverture and Andre Rigaud fought a civil war for control of Saint-Domingue. |
Sun, 28 February 2016
Toussaint Louverture began to craft an independent foreign policy for Saint-Domingue in 1798. |
Sun, 21 February 2016
In 1797, Touissant used the conservative victory in the elections of Year V to solidify his own position in Saint-Domingue.
Direct download: 4.11-_To_Attempt_the_Impossible_Master.mp3
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Sun, 14 February 2016
By mid-1796, Toussaint Louverture had no rival on Saint-Domingue. Then Sonthonax came back. |
Sun, 7 February 2016
From the summer of 1794 to the summer of 1795, the future of Saint-Domingue hung in the balance.
Direct download: 4.09-_What_the_Future_Will_Bring_Master.mp3
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Sun, 31 January 2016
In February 1794, the National Convention not only ratified the emergency emancipation of the slaves, they extended it even further. |
Sun, 24 January 2016
Le Cap burns. White colonial rule ends. The slaves are freed. |
Sun, 17 January 2016
The Second Commission was supposed to implement the Law of April 4 and defeat the slave uprising. This turned out to be harder than they thought.
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Sun, 10 January 2016
With slave revolts and civil war erupting in Saint-Domingue, the Legislative Assembly abolished all racial distinctions on April 4, 1792. |
Sun, 3 January 2016
First the whites revolted. Then the free coloreds revolted. Then the slaves REALLY revolted. |
Sun, 20 December 2015
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen sure seemed to imply that men were born free and equal in rights. In fact, it explicitly said so. |
Sun, 13 December 2015
Wherein we find out what everyone thought about everyone else. Direct Link: 4.02- The Web of Tension Sponsor link: http://casper.com/revolutions |
Sun, 6 December 2015
The French colony of Saint-Domingue was the single most lucrative colony in the New World. |
Wed, 25 November 2015
One last look back at the pile of severed heads. |
Sun, 11 October 2015
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Sun, 27 September 2015
Napoleon conquered Europe. Then he got beat and the Bourbons came back. Twitter: @mikeduncan |
Sun, 27 September 2015
After coming to power in 1799, First Consul Bonaparte achieved many of the Revolution's dreams and healed many of its open wounds. So he declared himself Emperor in 1804. |
Sun, 20 September 2015
And his name is Napoleon Bonaparte. Sponsor Link: lynda.com/revolutions Me on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeduncan |
Sun, 13 September 2015
When the War of the Second Coalition got off to a terrible start for the French, the Triumvirate that had been running the Directory since 1797 was overthrown. Hey look I'm on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeduncan |
Sun, 6 September 2015
While Bonaparte was off trying to conquer Egypt, the rest of Europe mobilized against France. |
Sun, 30 August 2015
In July 1798 Bonaparte and his healthy, hopeful army arrived in Egypt. In August 1799 Bonaparte ditched his now demoralized, plague-ridden army and sailed for home. |
Sun, 23 August 2015
The Directory manipulated the elections of Year VI to block left-wing candidates. Meanwhile Talleyrand provoked the Americans into war and Bonaparte sailed for Egypt. |
Sun, 16 August 2015
After Fructidor the Directory cracked down on the conservatives. They also created more sister republicans to systematically loot. Sponsor Link: http://lynda.com/revolutions
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Sun, 9 August 2015
After taking a drubbing in the elections Year V, the Directory decided to just annul the results. |
Sun, 2 August 2015
Bonaparte almost gets beat! But then he doesn't. Also don't invade Ireland in December. sponsor link: http://lynda.com/revolutions.
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Sun, 19 July 2015
Control the central position. Move on the rear. Live off the land. Sponsor Link: http://lynda.com/revolutions
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Sun, 12 July 2015
The adventures of everyone's favorite proto-communist. k |
Sun, 5 July 2015
When the Thermidorean Convention introduced the Constitution of Year III, the political Right went a little nuts. |
Sun, 28 June 2015
That's the slogan that rallied the last remnents of the sans culottes to action...right before they got crushed by the Thermidorean Convention.
Direct download: 3.41-_Bread_and_the_Constitution_of_1793.mp3
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Sun, 21 June 2015
The terrible winter of 1794-95 helped France push back all her enemies. Also...Poland! |
Sun, 14 June 2015
After the events of 9 Thermidor, the Revolution began to swing back to the right. |
Sun, 7 June 2015
The events of 9 Thermidor II brought Act I of the French Revolution to a gruesome end. |
Sun, 7 June 2015
Promoting a fundraising drive spearheaded by Scott Chesworth at the Ancient World podcast to help preseve Syria's massively important cultural treasures. Link to The Ancient World for all the Details. Direct Link to the Syrian Heritage Initiative Direct Link to Scott's findraising page for the International Rescue Committee
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Sun, 31 May 2015
If the mainspring of popular government in peacetime is virtue, amid revolution it is at once virtue and terror: virtue, without which terror is fatal; terror, without which virtue is impotent. |
Sun, 24 May 2015
In the spring of 1794. the Revolution devoured a few of her most beloved children. sponsor link: lynda.com/revolutions |
Sun, 17 May 2015
At the end of 1793, the Committee of Public Safety completed it's consolidation of power. |
Sun, 10 May 2015
Do not get into a popularity contest with George Washington. spnsor link: lynda.com/revolutions |
Sun, 26 April 2015
Marie Antoinette thought he was behind EVERYTHING sponsor link: lynda.com/revolutions |
Sun, 19 April 2015
In Oct 1793 the French Revolution took a stab at reforming time itself. |
Sun, 12 April 2015
In October 1793 the Reign of Terror got started with the executions of Marie Antoinette and the Girondins. |
Sun, 5 April 2015
In the fall of 1793, the French Republic started to gain traction against its enemies. Setting up the stage for the Reign of Terror. sponsor: lynda.com/revolutions |
Sun, 29 March 2015
In the summer of 1793 a re-organized Committee of Public Safety began to consolidate power. |
Sun, 22 March 2015
In the summer of 1793 the Revolutionaries in Paris were besieged from all sides. |
Mon, 16 March 2015
Question Time! sponsor link: lynda.com/revolutions |
Sun, 8 March 2015
On May 31-June 2, 1793 Paris once again rose in armed insurrection against the national government. |
Sun, 1 March 2015
In the spring of 1793 revolts against Paris started erupting all over France. Sponsor: lynda.com/revolutions
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Sun, 15 February 2015
After the Battle of Valmy the French armies advanced on all fronts. |
Sun, 8 February 2015
King Louis XVI was put on trial by the National Convention and executed Jan 21, 1793. |
Sun, 1 February 2015
The National Convention voted unanimously to abolish the monarchy on Sept 21, 1792. Then they proceeded to go at each others throats. Sponsor: lynda.com/revolutions |
Sun, 25 January 2015
With the Allied armies approaching Paris, the sans-culottes broke into all the prisoners and slaughtered the inmates. |