What's your favorite moment in history?

[Fyre_Nymph]

Columbus dicovering America
Julius Ceaser's murder
Extinction of the dinosaurs
Napolian and the French Revolution
You forgot,my favorite is _________.


I was wondering how many of you remembered lots of history,well enjoy and post at your own will!

[Fyre_Nymph]

sorry,I put some different topics in the poll.TYPEO!!!!!!(can this be our little secret,please?) :shhhh:

[dragonspirit 69]

King Henery has always interested me.

[Tsuchimaru]

When we Canadians burned down the whitehouse. Heh, try and take over OUR country will ya? :veryweird

[mol]

When we Canadians burned down the whitehouse. Heh, try and take over OUR country will ya? :veryweird
When the Canadians realized the first house they burned down was, in fact, just an outhouse. Then they went to the real White House. ;)

(j/k)

Ugh, dont know. I was going to say something silly like when Ozzy urinated on the Alamo. But, eh...

[Shanti]

I thought this was actually events in history! LOL

Real history, I think when the consitution was written.

In any old history, when disco died!!! LOL

[Xander67]

THe Renisance Period
Signing of the Declaration of Independence
The Constitutional Convention
Boston Tea Party
The Emancipation Proclimation
Benjiman Franklin's Birth
Thomas Edison invents the light bulb
Alexander Grahm Bell invents the Telephone
1984.. Apple unviels its Macintosh PC "what is that little mouse for?"

[WrathofCirce]

Definitely the Signing of the Declaration of Independance. In ancient history, it was the Death of Ahkenaten which ended the Ancient Egyptians brief dip into monotheism as Tut took the throne of upper and lower Egypt, during the 18th Dynasty.

[morrigen]

The restoration of King Charles II

[Fyre_Nymph]

thought I should vote on this one.

[Mnemosyne]

I love reading about Hannibal's military tactics in the Second Punic War. I think that he's brilliant. I know that I like those events because I hope if I reread the history books, the outcome will turn out differently. But no, he always loses at Zama. lol.

I also like the Italian Renaissance in Florence. I loved how these folks tried to have the classics in their writings, speaking, art.....etc.

[Laisrean]

Extinction of the dinosaurs happened before history, so it is pre-historic. Still, I am glad it happened or else I wouldn't be here. :)

[starshadow]

In my lifetime: It would be the end of the Vietnam "police action" or the fall of the iron curtain.

Before my lifetime (before 1962): Although this wouldn't be a favorite because the result was so horrible for mankind but, I would say the destruction of the library at Alexandria.

[savannahrose44]

When the Canadians realized the first house they burned down was, in fact, just an outhouse. Then they went to the real White House. ;)

(j/k)

Ugh, dont know. I was going to say something silly like when Ozzy urinated on the Alamo. But, eh...
:rollingla

[savannahrose44]

When G W left office....Wait a minute that hasn't happend yet! DOOM! :ahhhh:

[malltynos]

the building of carnac in brittany
ditto pentre ifan, wales
nesta, the helen of wales, running away with her cousin owain (abducted my eye!)
gwenllian duffing up the normans (okay, so she got beheaded later, but it was still a good fight!)
jemima nicholls - ROCKS!
the druids last stand on Mona...

[Dorchadas Síofra]

Hitler's defeat in germany
the Wiccan religion being acknowledged as a religion in the U.S.
extinction of dinosaurs
declaration of independence and the constitution

[Antoninus]

The Murder of Julius Ceaser
The rise and fall of the Roman Empire
The flowering of Greek civilization
Ghengis Khan and his Mongol Horde
The list goes on and and on and on. I love history, basically anything pre-american is interesting to me. Ancient History particularly so.

[charmedkisses1]

I went down the road less traveled and picked Jesus! :smileroll

[Infinite Muse]

This is kind of a silly one.
I remember and am thrilled by the memory of a moment in time in 1989(?), I was 13 or so I suppose
It was a lovely summer day and I had just come in from outside
There was no one else in the house, but the tv was on for some reason
and it was the last two or three minutes of the grey cup
this is so silly because i know nothing about and am not a fan of football at all, or any sport for that matter
but i watched those last three minutes
watched the riders win for the first time in however many millions of years
and yeah it was the coolest thing ever
their fan base is so dominant it is very hard to not remember the line "and that'll live forever baby" at the end
so thats my favorite moment in history

[PAGANFILES]

The end of WWII.

Terry

[ap Dafydd]

Emperor Julian renouncing Christianity
Glyn Dwr's rebellion
King Charles being executed
King Louis likewise
US Army being kicked out of Vietnam
US Army being kicked out of Iraq (I know that one hasn't happened yet...)

and England losing at, well, anything really!

[Ron]

England losing at anything.
England burning.
Owain Glyn Dwr's Rebellion.
Hwyel Dda's rise to power.
Usayn Amry being taught lessons.
oh and... ap Dafydd posting of that!

[Cacaoatl]

My favorite is the day that Filipino warrior king Lapu-Lapu killed Magellan. One of the few times in history that the mighty Spaniards were defeated by "savage" brown people.

My second favorite would be the defeat of the Texas rebels at the Alamo.

And my third favorite would be the battle of Hot Gates when 300 Spartans held off the Persia horde long enough for the rest of the Greeks to rally their forces.

[Cacaoatl]

England losing at anything.
England burning.
Owain Glyn Dwr's Rebellion.
Hwyel Dda's rise to power.
Usayn Amry being taught lessons.
oh and... ap Dafydd posting of that!


Why so much animosity toward England? I know they've been pricks but they've had their share of noble moments as well.

[SwordsFlameSong]

Anything pre 1300 ADE
Civil War
WWII
Viet Nam

[Ravens_Tears]

When we Canadians burned down the whitehouse. Heh, try and take over OUR country will ya? :veryweird

The war of 1812 :cool:

[brymble]

When we Canadians burned down the whitehouse. Heh, try and take over OUR country will ya? :veryweird

*hands tschuimaru a book of matches and a map of DC*

[brymble]

i'm most interested in the cultural revolution of the 1960's.

[Thunder]

April 28, 2000

[Toby Stimpson]

Hehe...id have to say my favourite is the day I was born *egotism* :D

[imogen quest]

When Napoleon escaped from Elba, and all the soldiers Louis XVIII sent against him switched sides and marched with him to Paris. That might be my favorite historical "moment" of all time, though it is hard to choose.

[Philosophia]

The christmas truce in WW1. A beautiful example of humanity.

[Zephyrstorm]

I actually love studying the history of the Mongols and Korea...
The First kingdoms of Korea and the Invasions of Genghis Khan... and the time of Ramesses the Great. :)

[Little Billy]

I think I like Gerald Ford falling down the stairs.

Yep, that's my favorite.

http://www.cah.utexas.edu/photojournalism/graphics/presidents/ford/bigpics/Ford_10.jpg

LB,
Will NEVER forgive him for pardoning Nixon.

[Grimr]

Emperor Julian renouncing Christianity
Glyn Dwr's rebellion
King Charles being executed
King Louis likewise
US Army being kicked out of Vietnam
US Army being kicked out of Iraq (I know that one hasn't happened yet...)

and England losing at, well, anything really!


I have to agree with you with Roman Emperor Julian.

[Grimr]

My all time favorite history is ancient Sparta.

Early Greek Philosophy period to the late.

Ancient Greece.

Alexander the Great.

Lycurgus

Leonidas.

Battle Of Thermopylae

Ancient Rome.

Spartacus and the slave revolt.

Augustinian Rome.

Julius Gaius Caesar



Feudal and Samurai Japan.

Ancient Egypt.

Native American tribes. Apache,Sioux,Hopi,Navajo,Cherokee,Heron,BlackFoot and so on.

Ancient Babylon,Sumeria,Akkadia,and Persia.

Ancient China.

The ancient Celts and Norse.

ancient Gaul.


Renaissance Europe.

American Civil War.

World War I. and II.

Napoleonic France.

History of marauding pirates. ;) Just now getting into that.

Aborigines of Australia.

17th-and early 19th century philosophy.

Especially the enlightened era.

Early Buddhism.

ancient India.

early Hinduism.


Mongols.

[PeatBog]

My all time favorite history is ancient Sparta.

Early Greek Philosophy period to the late.

Ancient Greece.

Alexander the Great.

Lycurgus

Leonidas.

Battle Of Thermopylae

Ancient Rome.

Spartacus and the slave revolt.

Augustinian Rome.

Julius Gaius Caesar



Feudal and Samurai Japan.

Ancient Egypt.

Native American tribes. Apache,Sioux,Hopi,Navajo,Cherokee,Heron,BlackFoot and so on.

Ancient Babylon,Sumeria,Akkadia,and Persia.

Ancient China.

The ancient Celts and Norse.

ancient Gaul.


Renaissance Europe.

American Civil War.

World War I. and II.

Napoleonic France.

History of marauding pirates. ;) Just now getting into that.

Aborigines of Australia.

17th-and early 19th century philosophy.

Especially the enlightened era.

Early Buddhism.

ancient India.

early Hinduism.


Mongols.

That about covers anything pre-Industrial Age.

[OrionNeb87]

I don't really have a favorite 'moment' in history but events preceeding the Ancient Roman Empire interest me.

[Grimr]

That about covers anything pre-Industrial Age.


I have a complete dislike for the industrial age and anything after.

I admire the warfare of World War I and II.

That is about it after the industrial age.

[elessar]

I would have to say:
Building of the first pyramid : Saqqara
Portuguese battling the roman legions
Portuguese discovering the world ( brasil, india, african coast )
the mayan empire

[Haruka2077]

The 1700's, all of them, everywhere.

[Wolfpoet]

When the British army burned down the Whitehouse..... Just kidding.

My favourite part of history has always been the Victorian age. Not just from a British perspective but on a global sclae it was a time of change, when the world moved from one age to the next. The victorian age was the dawn of what we call the modern age.

Plus Benjamin Disraeli rocked.

[Brightshores]

Probably too many to mention -

(alright, not all are moments, but events/individuals)
Invention of writing
Invention of agriculture
Building of Stonehenge and Calanis Stone Circles
Coronation of King Conn of a Hundred Battles on Tara
St. Brendan the Navigator sailing to N. America c. 600 AD (in a wee leather boat!)
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Elizabeth I
Gothic architecture
Battle of Bannockburn
Italian renaissance art
Women's suffrage / women's rights movement

I could go on - but it would take forever and I would get very boring. :hahugh:
I agree with Dracon - Industrial Age to Present is decidedly unimpressive.:aburst:

[Zibblsnrt]

My favourite part of history has always been the Victorian age. Not just from a British perspective but on a global sclae it was a time of change, when the world moved from one age to the next. The victorian age was the dawn of what we call the modern age.

It was also one of those times in which "optimism" wasn't considered a four-letter word. Screwed-up though a lot of things were back then, people at least had the idea that things were good, things could get better, and that they could have a part in that.

All other things being equal, it's certainly a preferable starting point to "we're all bad and doomed, so we should only react and generally not bother."

[xAGONYx]

My favorite moment in history is when the Germans bombed pearl harbor.

[Rasenna]

Hrm....I'm torn between the Italian Rennaisance and Victorian Britian/United States.
-R (English Lit. major and Italian Studies minor)

[Zibblsnrt]

My favorite moment in history is when the Germans bombed pearl harbor.

You mean the climactic battle of the Yanko-Prussian War?

[Garm]

Favourite moment?

I would have loved to see the faces of the Romans upon returning to Rome after the Vandals were finished with it.

The Vandals beseiged Rome succsessfully. In the negotiated truce they agreed to let the cities populace leave with whatever they could carry, leaving the rest of their possesions behind for the Vandals to plunder. A generous enough arrangement by the standards of a time when rape, maiming and murder were were considered standard R & R for victorious armies.

But the Romans decided to be smart aleks. They stashed their heavier valueables away like junkies do when they're hiding their drugs, in secret compartments, hallowed out furniture, that sort of thing. Probably figured the dumb barbarians would just get drunk and wreck a few things. Now the deal was the Vandals would occupy the city for three days and leave. When the Romans got back they saw that Vandals had not been partying but had in fact been hard at work taking apart every single thing that might have had something else inside of it.

Boy, were they psssed

[Tanya]

Ghandi picking up a handful of salt

closely followed by a tired cleaning lady named Rosa telling a white man she wasn't giving up her seat on the bus.

[Cliona]

The entire reign of Queen Elizabeth - I would love to have been able to sit in the same room with her and do an interview!