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Coincidences Of Dates

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Day
17
Month
May
Year
1878
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Public Domain
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In 1807 France was at war with Prassift. In 1870, whioh embraces the same figures reversed, there were again hostiíities between them. In 1756 there was also war between the same power?, in whioh Franoe sustained a terrible defeat. Jnst ílf ty years after that event, 1806, Prussia w&s humiliated, yea, mofe than that - almost destroyod, by the disastrous doublé battle of Jen a and Auerstadt. In commenting upon that event, the English historian, Allison, whose sympathies were with Prussia, says : ''Such were the disastrons battles of Jona and Auerstadt, which prostrated the strength of the Prussian rnonarchy, and in one day effected what the might of Russia, Austria and Franco had been unable to effect in the Seven Years' war, from 1765 to 1763." Curiously enough, sixty years from that time, in 1866, Prussia was raised to the height of power by the extraordinary resulte of the battle of Sadowa. In 1805 the Russian power received a crushing defeat in the great battle of Austerlitz, in which three Emperors were present, viz. : The Emperors of France, Russia and Austria. The forces of the two latter were nnited, but fourfifth of those who participated in the struggle at Austerlitz were Russian s. A half century passed away, and in 1855 the French and the Russians were contending for supremacy at Sebastopol, under Emperors of the same ñames as those who met in 1805. In 1809 the French were at war with the Austrians, and entered Vienna in triumph. In 1859, at tlie end of a half centennial period, the same coimtriea were engaged in a deadly contept, with even larger numbers, in Northpni Italy. In 1779 the first Jiapojeon, nvd sflis-ed, as First Consul, the suprerae autlioritv in France. In 1829, fïfty years after," tlie third Napoleon bad just been elected President of the same country.

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