Historic riddles

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  1. Abraham Lincoln New Member

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    Oh sorry I thought you said battle of Bunker Hill must have been someone elses post but yes that's the Battle of New Orleans also it was during the war of 1812 not the 2nd american revolution.
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    Aren't they the same?

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    Who's this man and what he did to deserve this death.
  3. The Shaw Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second

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    The King of France who was guillotined during the revolution?
    Probably not.
  4. yuri2045 A Marines Biologist

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    No.
  5. The Shaw Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second

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    Also the war of 1812 wasn't a revolution because nothing changed. It is however sometimes called the second war of independence.
    There is a difference.
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    Yeah I meant independence, not revolution, derp.
  7. C_G Well-Known Member

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    Some sort of Brazillian misfit who the government were none to happy with?
  8. yuri2045 A Marines Biologist

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    Continue, you're close.
  9. crocve Well-Known Member

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    Joaquim José da Silva Xavier, known as Tiradentes.

    A brazilian rebel who fougth for the independence of Brazil against Portugal. He was hanged in 1792 (exactly in the same year of the execution of Louis XVI).

    He was then quartared, as the image shows.
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    Perfect, your turn.
  11. crocve Well-Known Member

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    [IMG]

    Who is it?
    Tip: It was famous leader of a political party.
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    Álvaro Cunhal,
  13. crocve Well-Known Member

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    Correct. Your turn.
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  15. crocve Well-Known Member

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    Is it a chief of state of a latin american country?
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  17. yuri2045 A Marines Biologist

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    Looks like an Argentinian guy. =P
  18. The Shaw Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second

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    Because I am the one reviving this topic, I reserve the right to post a new pic!
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    Don't cheat, tell me the significance of this image.
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    I know this one! The first photograph ever made in 1826 by Nicéphore Niépce.
  20. The Shaw Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second

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    FUCKING CHEATER!!!
    Now you go.

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