Sunday, 8 March 2026
Upper Austrian Peasants' War 1626
Upper Austrian peasant war of 1626 - Wikipedia
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| Pappenheim was sent to deal with it |
The Upper Austrian peasant war (German: Oberösterreichischer Bauernkrieg) of 1626 was a rebellion led by farmers whose goal was to free Upper Austria from Bavarian rule. The motive (found in the Frankenburger Würfelspiel of 1625) was an escalation of the Bavarian Electorate's attempt to press the country into the Catholic faith at the time of the Thirty Years' War.
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| Stefan Fadinger, elected high commissioner of the Traunviertel and Hausruckviertel districts, and the supreme commander of the rebel army |
Elizabethan Light Horsemen in Ireland.
Thanks to Stephen Tindle for this. Issue 39 of Military Illustrated contained an article by John Tincey with colour plate by Christa Hook about Elizabethan Light Horsemen in Ireland.
Saturday, 7 March 2026
Brumm Limited Edition Cugnot Wagon
Brumm Limited Edition Cugnot Wagon • DiecastSociety.com
About the Cugnot Wagon… “Designed by Nicolas Joseph Cugnot, a French military engineer and tested on 23/10/1769, this is considered the first steam car in the world, called FARDIER, weight carrier or burden carrier, it reached the speed of 3.5-4 km/h and was meant to be and used to transport the Gribeauval cannon. His autonomy lasted 15 minutes because of his little boiler. If the original is exhibited at the Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris, a functional replica exists at Void-Vacon in France’s hometown of Cugnot since 2010, one at the Tampa Bay Automobile Museum in Florida in the United States and a 7/10 scale replica at the Mus And the Automobile of Turin.”
Friday, 6 March 2026
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