Subject: Turning Points of History
Posted by: Cymruambyth
Date: Feb 24 09
What do you assess to be major turning points in history? There are the obvious events, of course, like the signing of Magna Carta, the American Revolution, the French revolution, the establishment of the State of Israel, and so on, but what about other, less well-known events? I submit the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec on September 13, 1759 which saw Canada become a British colony, or the Battle of Bosworth Field on August 22, 1485 which brought Henry Tudor to the throne, ending 331 years of Plantagenet rule in England.
Posted by: Cymruambyth
Date: Feb 24 09
What do you assess to be major turning points in history? There are the obvious events, of course, like the signing of Magna Carta, the American Revolution, the French revolution, the establishment of the State of Israel, and so on, but what about other, less well-known events? I submit the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec on September 13, 1759 which saw Canada become a British colony, or the Battle of Bosworth Field on August 22, 1485 which brought Henry Tudor to the throne, ending 331 years of Plantagenet rule in England.
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prana 
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Invention of the printing press Reply #81. May 11 12, 11:32 AM |
Greatguggly
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Construction of the Panama Canal. Apologies if it's already been mentioned. Reply #82. May 11 12, 7:32 PM |
Keldan
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The battle of Hastings was a major turning point for English history - the battle was a close run thing and could have gone either way - the way all of the events of 1066 played out leaves plenty of room for alternative scenarios in History Reply #83. Sep 22 12, 3:32 PM |
jabb5076
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The defeat of The Spanish Armada in 1588 that allowed England to become the world's greatest naval power. Reply #84. Sep 22 12, 7:18 PM |
REDVIKING57
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Don't mention that to the Dutch. The Dutch Navy severely thrashed the Royal Navy in the three Anglo - Dutch wars in the mid - 17th. Century. Particularly at the Battle of the Medway, which remains the Royal Navy's most embarrassing and comprehensive defeat. It wasn't until the 18th. Century British Maritime power came to the fore. Reply #85. Sep 22 12, 8:20 PM |
alexis722
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Discovery of electricity and its uses worldwide. Waterloo. Advances in medicine and health, specifically inoculations and use of DNA. Anywhere in the world - women finally getting the right to vote. Have we even reached the 100th anniversary of that in the U.S.? Wars and battles: with no adversity in the world, we may never have had inventions and discoveries that we have now. Reply #86. Sep 22 12, 8:35 PM |
daver852
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It hasn't happened yet, but there's a real possibilty that the upcoming election in the United States could end in a tie in the elctoral college, with each candidate winning 269 electoral votes. If this happened, the winner of the presidential election would be decided in the House of Representatives, with each state delegation receiving one vote. Since the Republicans have a large majority of state delegations, Mitt Romney would become President. The Vice President is chosen by the Senate, with each senator getting one vote. If Democrats continue to control the Senate, they would select Joe Biden as Vice-President, so we could see a President and Vice President from different parties for the first time in over 200 years. And if the Senate split 50-50, Joe Biden would get to cast the deciding vote for himself! Isn't the Constitution interesting? Reply #87. Oct 17 12, 10:02 AM |
boxjaw
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That's fascinating daver. The Constitution is quite an interesting object. Personally not a big fan of the Electoral College, but it does have it's positives. Reply #88. Oct 17 12, 11:21 AM |
| Greatguggly
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Can't say I'm a big fan either what with California being so huge and leaning more and more left. If they went any more to the left they'd smash into Hawaii. Reply #89. Oct 17 12, 11:38 AM |
| boxjaw
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Oh Rick. . . You are soooo FOXy! Reply #90. Oct 17 12, 12:22 PM |
| Greatguggly
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LOL...and you're so PMSNBC-ish! Reply #91. Oct 18 12, 10:08 AM |
trojan11
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And now, to round off this mutually adoring turning point - a little light mandolin music and a big kiss. :) Reply #92. Oct 18 12, 11:07 AM |
| boxjaw
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Make it sloppy. Reply #93. Oct 19 12, 6:48 AM |
| trojan11
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Without dentures? Reply #94. Oct 19 12, 7:29 AM |
| boxjaw
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Even Better! Reply #95. Oct 19 12, 1:49 PM |
| REDVIKING57
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Now Then! Now Then, Boys! Steady Now! And NO tongues! :)) Reply #96. Oct 19 12, 5:16 PM |
| Greatguggly
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This must be the part where I say thanks but no thanks and bail. Reply #97. Oct 20 12, 11:13 AM |
lesley153
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Before I lose my appetite completely... I just spotted post 80. How could I have missed it? It's absolutely right! Reply #98. Oct 20 12, 7:31 PM |
Mixamatosis
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The defeat of Hitler and the turning point battle was Stalingrad. Reply #99. Jul 24 15, 5:43 PM |
HairyBear
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A fairly well known example but not given nearly enough credit: Gavrilo Princip's assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Without that assassination, the powder keg that was Europe in 1914 might never have gone off, WWI would never have started, the 1917 Russian Revolution would never have occurred, the Adolf Hitler would never have been a corporal in the German army, the Versailles Treaty would never have been put into place, the Communists never would have established the Soviet Union, the devastating German inflation never would have occurred, Hitler never would have risen to power, WWII would never have occurred, the Holocaust would never have occurred, the US would never have allied itself with Russia, the Iron Curtain never would have fallen over Europe, Communism would never have become a model for Mao Tse-tung and Pol Pot, the slaughter of millions of Russians & Chinese and a quarter of the Cambodian population would never have occurred, bloody civil wars in Korea and Vietnam would never have happened, and Israel would not be a state. All this from ONE bullet. Reply #100. Sep 01 15, 3:20 AM |
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