I love that the rain stopped a revolution. Such a British thing to happen. “Can’t have a march today, it’s bloody raining” 😂

@breaderikthegreat3224

Жыл бұрын

You would think that they are used to constant rain

@CosmicCreeper99

Жыл бұрын

@@breaderikthegreat3224 Yet they always never are

@stormrunner4081

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I’ve just washed my hair so if I March in the rain I’m going to have hell hair all month

@ahistoric_gamer9716

Жыл бұрын

@@breaderikthegreat3224 we never are

@scotandiamapping4549

Жыл бұрын

I burst out laughing at that bit

The idea that the future emperor of France decided it was a good idea to combat 'revolution' in London as a policeman, working alongside Robert Peele of all people. is incredibly funny to me.

@aliabdallah102

Жыл бұрын

I mean, we're talking about the same guy who, declared war on Prussia, LOST, got CAPTURED and thus couldn't negotiate. Yeah, he's not that bright.

@plumebrise4801

Жыл бұрын

@@aliabdallah102 He was forced to declare ,in the 2nd half of his reign (As Emperor) ,he reinstored the Senate ,and it was full of Republican that wanted to destroy the Empire and make a Republic ,so when he proposed to modernize the army a few years before 1870 ,it was rejected by the Senate ,and when the Senate had to vote on wether or not the war should be Declared ,they voted Yes ,knowing that Napoleon III didn't want it . (But the Senate and the population wanted the war) .

@zachpaterson8128

Жыл бұрын

@@aliabdallah102 Doesn't make it any less funny. Just the image of Louie-Napoleon dressed up as a 'bobby' is rather entertaining. Then throw in Robert Peel (for whom the police get the name 'bobbies') and it is even funnier.

@alejandromaldonado6159

Жыл бұрын

So it was the anti-Napoleon senate that caused France to lose Alsace-Lorraine which would inevitably lead to France hating Germany that would lead to where they are in WW1.

@athishnirup1815

Жыл бұрын

@@aliabdallah102 he was forced to because Bismarck knew Napoléon the third army reforms were still half way through and now was the time to strike, he indirectly forced france to declare war on prussia, he also industrialised france really quickly do you know and restablished france as the cultural capital of Europe, during his reign France was known as the mistress of Europe, he took avenged his uncle's defeat at Russia by winning the crimean war and ending russia's byzantine restoration, and defeated the Austrians and supporting Italian unification.

Rain was the true defender of the British crown

@theEWDSDS

8 ай бұрын

How does a verified YT from a year ago only have 7 likes?

@m14garand

8 ай бұрын

@@theEWDSDS FR

@Ghost_Division

5 ай бұрын

Rain, we britons do hate the rain

@caspramio

5 ай бұрын

Rain for the people, storms, and bloody thunder for the invader. -The British weather, perhaps.

@zurielsss

5 ай бұрын

Like how snow defended Russia and the forests defending Vietnam

“The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy” - Benjamin Disraeli Britain was spared of revolutions throughout the 19th and 20th centuries because the governments adopted the idea that evolution was more preferable to revolution. Gradually expanding voting rights and bettering working conditions whenever things seemed tense enough, not too much at any one time however. Essentially we saw what happened in France and decided we’d rather not have that. Took a lot of change over time, but it was bloodless and eventually got there.

@Rifat.Rafael.Birmizrahi

Жыл бұрын

Not to mention far more stable and future proof. If you adopt constant evolution you can always react to new ideas, new rules and new conditions. Whereas even if you bring the best people in charge with the best system at the time with a revolution and commit to it so strictly, your "best system" might become outdated in the future and it would be much harder to change it again (without another revolution). This is also a big benefit of not having a codified constitution.

@catmonarchist8920

Жыл бұрын

And revolution was already tried in the 1600s which wasn't much fun

@aaronleverton4221

Жыл бұрын

@@catmonarchist8920 Well, it went a little more gloriously the second time.

@billcipherproductions1789

Жыл бұрын

@@aaronleverton4221 The 1689 was a blood less revolution. Inviting a foreign monarch to replace or own. France it have more painful experience exactly a century later.

@cpj93070

Жыл бұрын

@@billcipherproductions1789 I mean William was half English so was he truly foreign?

For an empire that conquered 1/4 of the world, it is baffling but hilarious that people refuse to have a march while it's raining.

@emperorofthereiwaera3583

Жыл бұрын

The Birtsh Grenadiers: Hold my bayonet

@rajko_

Жыл бұрын

1/4*

@rjg1410

Жыл бұрын

The main reason we conquered Africa and the Middle East is so we had somewhere to go that wasn't raining.

@lelouchvibritannia7809

Жыл бұрын

There's a reason the British were so successful

@makutas-v261

Жыл бұрын

One fourth, not one third.

Britain didn't have one in 1848 because the continent was having too many of them and Britain just had to be different

@cantripleplays

Жыл бұрын

No obviously it’s because Britain is Britain.

@madensmith7014

Жыл бұрын

Brexit 1848

@Ciborium

Жыл бұрын

It's all part of England's euroskepticism, courtesy King Henry VIII. If all of Europe is doing it, are we really sure it's a good thing? After all, they have a lot of bad ideas on the Continent.

@Uppernorwood976

Жыл бұрын

This is not as inaccurate as it seems. If France do it, do the opposite. It’s a good rule.

@rajko_

Жыл бұрын

So true,our people have saying when someone is being smartass and whining a lot we say "don't pretend to be English"

My history teacher told me it’s because Britain were one of the first to have a revolution due to Cromwell. Finding out that it sucked and keeping the monarchy was easier pretty much prevented any further chances

@louisduarte8763

Жыл бұрын

What about the "Glorious Revolution"? The one that yoinked James II of England/VII of Scotland off the throne to replace him with his daughter, Mary II, and her husband William III? Or am I thinking of something else?

@vonkaiser6817

Жыл бұрын

@@louisduarte8763 that wasn’t really a proper, forceful Revolution. It’s called the glorious Revolution because it was peaceful and the majority wanted it. Not to mention, the monarchy stayed intact, just different monarchs.

@Skeloperch

Жыл бұрын

Sounds about right. The English already had their political adolescence during the 18th and 17th centuries. While a de jure monarchy, it was a de facto republic since 1721. The Hanoverian Kings ***technically*** ruled the country, but the real power was already devolved, and it continued to slowly devolve over the next 270 years. The British had released the pressure slowly but safely, and it stopped a bomb from going off.

@simonet7803

Жыл бұрын

@@vonkaiser6817 it's local differences but similar trajectory. Whereas in France the bourgeoisie overthrew the aristocracy in Britain the aristocracy was subsumed into the bourgeoisie. In both countries similar development occured altho at different times, i.e. the end of a pure aristocratic rule in favour of bourgeois rule during the process of proletarianisation of the peasantry.

@zaleost

Жыл бұрын

@@louisduarte8763 That was technically more of a foreign power invading and the army (along with pretty much everyone else) quietly stepping aside and letting Willian come in and take the throne since no one really liked James.

It seems like these episodes are being turned out at a record pace but are also better than ever, which is really saying something. The creator of the channel is an absolute legend

@boredgeneral770

Жыл бұрын

With the funding of James bisonette anything is possible

@Weesee_I

Жыл бұрын

@@boredgeneral770 Don't forget "Izi?!"

It’s kind of crazy how much of the world’s history has been shaped by nonsensical actions.

@princekalender2154

Жыл бұрын

It kinda debunks the idea that humans are rational beings.

@nopenope2550

Жыл бұрын

@@princekalender2154 Nah, we're still rational beings. We just enjoy chaos.

@ecurewitz

Жыл бұрын

Because people are dumb

@nickfifteen

Жыл бұрын

Geology is another thing that gets me. Like, imagine if a mountain didn't exist to block or hinder an invading army (like Hannibal and the Alps) or if Antarctica wasn't so far south. The fact that something happened millions of years ago could affect human history fascinates me to no end.

@milliondollarmistake

Жыл бұрын

real life plot holes

Europe Nations: “Hey why didn’t you have a Revolution?” Britain: “Rain my friend. I was saved because of rain.”

@peggaislag

Жыл бұрын

You could say Vienna was also saved by rain during the Ottoman siege

@bustavonnutz

Жыл бұрын

@@peggaislag AND THEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED! COMING DOWN THE MOUNTAINSIDE!

@fiveninenowNOW

Жыл бұрын

In Briton, there is no such thing as ‘sun’

@rhodesiansneverdie1539

Жыл бұрын

@@fiveninenowNOW Yeah it's freezing today.

@fiveninenowNOW

Жыл бұрын

@@rhodesiansneverdie1539 I was melting like half a week ago and now look at the weather. It’s mental that even the weather has severe mood swings

*VIDEO SUGGESTION:* How did the other European powers react to the proclamation of The Second French Empire with Napoleon III? Didn't it raise any red flags considering... past events? Was there ever even a possibility of there being an Eighth Coalition War?

@pattersong6637

Жыл бұрын

It'd be a great time to use Napoleon III's slogan "The Empire Means Peace" which he used to try to calm down the other powers in Europe. It's such a hilarious phrase in retrospect.

@scsports7281

Жыл бұрын

And the start of the 2nd republic also gave a scare to Europe

@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns

Жыл бұрын

Can you imagine Hitler's nephew becoming West German Chancellor in 1977 and everyone being like "nah, it'll be fine"?

@mappingshaman5280

Жыл бұрын

​@@Banana_Split_Cream_Bunsbeing related to someone does not mean you believe what they believe. Matter of fact one of hitler's close relatives famously fought in the US army.

@ninab.4540

9 ай бұрын

​@@Banana_Split_Cream_BunsConsidering the rise of the far right in Europe rn (bad and ugly) the new H should say like "Never again....here I am!"

I would argue that Britain's wealth and relative liberalism compared to the rest of Europe played an important part. The UK _did_ nearly have a full-scale revolution soon after the Napoleonic Wars, but the situation back then was much more dire due to being pre-Reform and under the quite literal cloud of a volcanic winter causing global famine.

@zaleost

Жыл бұрын

True, if things were really so desperate that the people felt a revolution was really necessary they would have at least come back the next day after it stopped raining.

@AFGuidesHD

Жыл бұрын

Except most countries in Europe that had revolutions were also wealthy

@cameroncammell8375

Жыл бұрын

@@AFGuidesHD so that means britain is simply better at stopping chaos ten points to britain

@kjn3350

Жыл бұрын

@@AFGuidesHD They were wealthy but still less equal and undergoing industrialisation that had already happened in Britain. While Britain was stable post-industrialisation and beginning very slowly to equalise again, most other countries were going through the effects of rising inequality, which just breeds revolutionary sentiment.

@iankemp1131

Жыл бұрын

@@kjn3350 Indeed, plus despite working conditions being pretty grim under industrialisation, they paid more and gave many people more chances than were previously available in agriculture. People went to the mill towns of Lancashire and Yorkshire and the mining towns of South Wales voluntarily. Otherwise the Welsh Valleys would be as empty as the similar hills of central Wales.

It's like the old saying goes: "France may be England's greatest enemy, but the rain is England's greatest threat."

@Edward-it9cr

Жыл бұрын

no way

@DasNetzwerk

Жыл бұрын

:D

@toyotaprius79

Жыл бұрын

Like how England's difficulty is Ireland's opportunity

@cameroncammell8375

Жыл бұрын

@@toyotaprius79 I like how romes difficulty was every single barbarian nations oppotunity

@toyotaprius79

Жыл бұрын

@@cameroncammell8375 if that's your pejoritive

We need a video solely done on the 1848 revolutions

@Gorboduc

Жыл бұрын

Time to bring back the ten minute videos!

@ShivamR34440

Жыл бұрын

That would be nice

@andgordo558

Жыл бұрын

The Revolutions podcast did a whole season on 1848 if you’re interested!

@lollakasfamilianimi3246

Жыл бұрын

as mentioned Mike Duncans The Revolutions podcast covered the 1848 revolutions in great detail

@Fearsomemitchy

Жыл бұрын

Epic History TV next video will be on the revolutions of 1848

I know it turned out to be irrelevant, but the Duke of Wellington's plan was very insightful, it showed he understood how showing force can encourage others to feel the need to show force themselves and the escalation this can cause.

@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns

Жыл бұрын

A lot of political types have zero understanding of how conflict works. For instance, most good martial artists know to avoid street fights where possible because they know of the level of uncontrolled danger involved. Similarly, many countries have started wars that have ended in their defeat because their leaders overestimated their chances and underestimated the resistance their actions would generate. A useful example would be Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait or even Putin's war in Ukraine: Putin thought that the people of Ukraine would simply welcome him... instead, he woke the sleeping NATO beast up... he turned neutral Finland and Sweden against him, while Germany has reinvigorated its military for the first time since reunification.

@adamhenrywalker

2 ай бұрын

@@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns Your analysis of the war in Ukraine is pitifully inaccurate

Although seriously, you can see how structurally, Britain was better equipt to deal with potential unrest than more authoritarian regimes on the continent

@SamZZZZZ526

Жыл бұрын

How?

@gavinreid2741

Жыл бұрын

The British were terrified of a revolution after events in France and nipped it in the bud.

@balargus319

Жыл бұрын

@@SamZZZZZ526 You don't have an absolute monarchy. It wasn't exactly what one would call democratic, but the house of commons and even to a certain extent the house of lords meant that the rallying cry of autocracy didn't ring quite as true, AND that reformists could already obtain (And in this case, embarrassingly lose) a platform.

I know you briefly mentioned revolts in Ireland and Wales in the years leading up to 1848, but there was actually a small-but-significant rebellion in Ireland in the year 1848 itself. I learned about it in school when taught about the revolutions of 1848. The "rebellion" boiled down to little more than a single firefight between an unknown number of Irish rebels and British forces which left two rebels dead. Like I said, small. But two significant things came out of this rebellion: 1. The French-inspired tricolor flag which Ireland still uses today. 2. The creation of the IRB (Irish Rebublican Brotherhood). Essentially a precursor to the IRA, this was the secret revolutionary organisation which eventually carried out the 1916 Rising, which eventually led to Irish independence. As an amusing sidenote, two of the Irish rebel leaders fled to the USA and went on to fight against one another in the American Civil War.

@JOGA_Wills

Жыл бұрын

Was that the cabbage patch battle ??

@bakrahabibi5471

Жыл бұрын

Irish leader #1: Paddy, America's having a civil war. Them bloody confederates want to enslave men of color Irish leader #2: Confederates seem based Irish leader #1: 😐

@vipershark

Жыл бұрын

@@JOGA_Wills Yes

@brandonlyon730

Жыл бұрын

@@bakrahabibi5471 Sad thing, many catholic groups especially the Poles and Irish were victims of harassment and crimes from the KKK. Even my polish great grandfather immediately had to buy himself a gun when he and his family first came to America when the Klan was harassing them despite being as white as they were.

@conorsarsfield7158

Жыл бұрын

@@bakrahabibi5471 names were John Mitchel and Thomas F Meagher

It's quite funny learning about this while knowing how the UK's armada was saved from the Spanish ships because of inadequate weather conditions back in 1588. I'm missing lot of other exemples but it truly makes you feel sometimes like the UK's greatest ally is no other than their own welll known British weather

@JeeVeeHaych

Жыл бұрын

Same could be said for Japan: the Mongols tried to invade it (twice) and both times most of their fleet was destroyed by a typhoon.

@moritamikamikara3879

Жыл бұрын

...such a pity we might not have that weather for too much longer...

@jj48

Жыл бұрын

@@JeeVeeHaych (Weather saves Japan) Japan: Divine fortune smiles upon us! We shall remember this in legend and make it a part of our national heritage and identity! (Weather saves UK) UK: Oh, bother. Guess we shall have to take tea inside today.

@lewis123417

Жыл бұрын

Our greatest ally is God

@davidjoelsson4929

Жыл бұрын

@@moritamikamikara3879 weather and climate is not the same thing

A revolution in the U.K. being cancelled because of a slight drizzle is perhaps the most British thing I have ever heard of. I guess that truly the flames of revolution cannot burn if there is rain. 🤷🏻‍♂️🌧️ 🇬🇧🍵😂

The inversion of the "skipping through the field of flowers" staple scene, with the "Being Productive!" caption. Brilliant as always, HM

so crazy that a Napoleon served under the Duke of Wellington to enforce law and order in Britain

@konstantinopoulos33

Жыл бұрын

His son, the fourth Napoleon, was in exile in London after his father's empire fell, and insisted on fighting in some heroic war. Despite their advice he insisted on heading over to fight the Zulus (the British wanted to hang onto him in case there was ever another Napoleonic restoration). So Napoleon IV was disembowelled by a Zulu warrior while fighting for the British.

@mcdxcom

Жыл бұрын

Not that Napoleon

@merwthegreat

Жыл бұрын

@@mcdxcom thats why he said "a napoleon"

@harbl99

Жыл бұрын

You want a wild one? When the French knocked over the Corsican republic in the late 1700s, Napoleon's father was planning to make a run for it to that haven for European political exiles: England. So, yeah, but for one little chaos butterfly Napoleon might have been bought up in Britain as 'Leo Bonport' or something.

@konstantinopoulos33

Жыл бұрын

@@harbl99 Makes sense, the British were Pasquale Paoli's main ally

We’re going to need an entire video on how Louis-Napoleon ended up in Britain and what he was doing after

@bluepotato7

Жыл бұрын

He was in Britain because he was exiled under the July Monarchy's laws, but after it got overthrown in 48 he came back and ran for president

@stevemc01

Жыл бұрын

@@bluepotato7 *ahem* PRESIDENT

@derrickthewhite1

Жыл бұрын

@@stevemc01 I mean, he STARTED as president...

@bluepotato7

Жыл бұрын

@@stevemc01 yes, he did classic presidential things such as "make the senate pay off my personal debts" and "overthrow democracy and make me the emperor"

@stevemc01

Жыл бұрын

@@bluepotato7 very presidential of the era

Terrific mix of narrative and sarcasm! I don’t know how you do it every time.

@JJ-gr7gl

Жыл бұрын

Being British has something to do with it, I suppose.

Video idea: Why hasn’t the US invaded Cuba since the fall of the USSR?

@Hand-in-Shot_Productions

Жыл бұрын

As an American, I find this a good question! After all, without a superpower to protect Cuba, who would stop a hypothetical US invasion?

@lake1963

Жыл бұрын

us pledged not to at the end of the Cuban missile crisis

@frazza5503

10 ай бұрын

Americans are so pro war it’s insane.

"Who would later go on to find gainful employment in France." And this is why History Matters is awesome. (Also, his sense of humor is so dry he could have made the conditions acceptable for the Chartists to march in London).

The British Monarchy: * *is threatened* * The Rain: *"I got you fam."*

Thanks, fun and interesting as always. Seeing you've posted a new video always brightens my day.

1:10 great variation on the "running through fields of daisies" motif.

“It was the rain” God proves himself the ally of the British aristocracy once again!

@Liverpool67890

Жыл бұрын

And did those feet in ancient time walk upon Englands pastors green

@STEINLAR

Жыл бұрын

God really is an Englishman

@stevencooper4422

Жыл бұрын

@@Liverpool67890 Upon these dark satanic mills

@cjclark1208

Жыл бұрын

So they proclaim, my pleb brain scoffs and chuckles. Royalty is humorous, often parasitic and not even mutually beneficial it’s a travesty.

@brazilempireforever9776

Жыл бұрын

ally of a bunch of gay aristocrats🤢🤮

It’s nice to know that “can’t be arsed to fight for anything but the status quo” is a long established part of British culture

@konstantinopoulos33

Жыл бұрын

Evolution over revolution, baby!

@fakeplaystore7991

Жыл бұрын

Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way.

@Osterochse

Жыл бұрын

not only a British thing I might add.

@tywinlannister8015

Жыл бұрын

@@Osterochse Yeah, but the British perfect the art of doing it in such a stylish way it is considered a cultural landmark to them.

@TrashskillsRS

Жыл бұрын

Probably because of the extremes that came with Cromwell. Britain basically established modern day conservatism as a result of that to avoid having too crazy things happening too quickly.

This is a good skit. I love history and I love comedy; combine them together, it's gold. The 2-minute setup and punchline in 2:28 really hit. Amazing!!!

That must have been quite the strong rain because when I was in the UK, people seemed almost completely unbothered by rain most of the time - quite a few not even using an umbrella.

@artemislogic5252

Жыл бұрын

lmao

Britian survived thanks to financial backing from James Bizonette

@soldier.proud-234

Жыл бұрын

I m pretty sure he will reply ur comment

@thegreatestchigone5813

Жыл бұрын

It’s also because of his ability of spinning three plates

@cheepy1330

Жыл бұрын

very much

@JChrist0AD

Жыл бұрын

Don't forget Kelly money makers, they made more money for the Brit's.

@jamesbissonette8002

Жыл бұрын

@@soldier.proud-234 yep

It just wouldn’t have been proper. After all, what would the neighbours think?

2:35 I love the guy on fire in the rain in the background

From memory, apparently Queen Victoria, the Duke of Wellingt9n and other luminaries of the period ‘signed’ that petition. It also led to the saying ‘it’s in the bag’ emerging as petitions are placed in a giant satchel type thing in Parliament.

Anti-revolution Pitch Meeting: "Must've been hard to not have a revolution in the UK." "Actually it was super easy. Barely an inconvenience."

@wafiqnasna4638

Жыл бұрын

Having a revolution is tight

@matthewmccallion3311

Жыл бұрын

"Oh, really?"

I thought you were going to talk about the great reform... Britain came extremely close to a revolution a few decades before 1848 and the way they dealt with that is interesting

@suficer7827

Жыл бұрын

Was it raining back then as well?

@smorcrux426

Жыл бұрын

@@suficer7827 it's br*tain so it rains all the time

@adamlakeman7240

Жыл бұрын

@@smorcrux426 Why the asterix?

@smorcrux426

Жыл бұрын

@@adamlakeman7240 because it's a horrifying word conjuring up terrible images of rotten teeth and poor foreign policy and should not be uttered, let alone spelt

@matthewmac5787

Жыл бұрын

​@@smorcrux426 but.. you said Britain in the original comment?

1:09 Wait, not frolicking through the flowers is illegal.

I love how at 2:34 the man in the background is on fire while it is raining

I- I was today years old when I learned republican Britain's flag is a brighter reverse of Hungary. Also it's incredibly fitting that the reason why the UK didn't kick the crown was because of the weather. "Yeah reforms are all well and good but nobody likes the rain"

@AnaIvanovic4ever

Жыл бұрын

I think it highly unlikely there'd been a revolution even if it was sunny and the marsch happened.

@gavinowens459

Жыл бұрын

Omg thank you! I was wondering why he imposed the hungarian flag over Britain at 1:48 Lol

@robinrehlinghaus1944

Жыл бұрын

"Hungary inspired the irish republican flag" is not something I'd have expected to learn today, but I'm glad about it.

@robinrehlinghaus1944

Жыл бұрын

@@gavinowens459 Maybe the fact that it's exactly at 1:48 is an easter egg, too

@NordeGrasen34

Жыл бұрын

@@robinrehlinghaus1944 British republican, not Irish republican. The Irish flag was inspired by the French tricolour.

Because James Bissonette stopped the revolutionaries before they could do anything

@Trolligi

Жыл бұрын

Facts

@jamesbissonette8002

Жыл бұрын

Nah

@rolf2655

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesbissonette8002 COMRADE, the legendary comrade is here

@michaelmoheb557

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesbissonette8002 can I have ur autograph

"Here's a truncheon. Go and hit someone with it!" Got a giggle at that.

What a very interesting and knowledgeable audience you have, lots of fun (and educational) reading all the comments. Thankyou

Major revolution in Ireland was avoided by the Great Famine. The previous year was the worst year of the famine and the blight was still destroying the crops. (Contrary to popular belief, starving people are too exhausted to rebel. It's people who see a crisis coming that rebel.)

Fun fact: a young Allan Pinkerton was involved in the chartist movement for a time before later immigrating to America and founding the Pinkerton detective agency.

@Felipe-yv4bc

Жыл бұрын

Those goddamn Pinkertons are everywhere!

@declannewton2556

Жыл бұрын

Talk about team switching

@billcipherproductions1789

Жыл бұрын

By the end was fighting for the owns he wanted overthrow, just in a different place at a different.

Your videos are really great! Thanks for teaching everyone so much history in a fun way.

Again the level of detail in the video animation is freaking amazing

"Wait, if we're underwater then how can be a Fire?" 2:35

Classic Britain. "Oi mate it's raining, we can't go to demonstrate now." "Yeah, terrible idea to march in the rain, innit?"

Belgium too somewhat narrowly avoided revolution in 1848. It was an important success for the Belgian state which at that point had only existed for about 18 years. It proved the new state was stable and further cemented Belgium's status as an independent nation. This may be interesting to do a video on. Or perhaps one called "Why didn't Belgium become a Republic?". Interesting and funny stories to be told there. For example, at one point during the revolution of 1830, symbol of the revolution Louis de Potter, who was a republican, threatened to fellow revolutionaries that he would declare a republic at once, standing on the balcony before the masses in Brussel. He was stopped from doing so only under threat of being thrown down the balcony... Eventually Belgium became a monarchy because this was the only way to gain support from the anti-French monarchist powers and other conservative forces. However, the republican faction, as well as organist faction, would only truly stop being a threat to the new Belgian constitutional monarchy from 1848 on.

I put on your videos to brighten my day. Learning with a smile.

They had James Bisonette as a political advisor and brought stability to England

Good question. Now do Spain, and also why German Revolutions were unsuccessful in 1848.

@nikoclesceri2267

Жыл бұрын

I can answer the German one with one word: Grapeshot

@fakeplaystore7991

Жыл бұрын

@@nikoclesceri2267 And the King of Prussia didn't want a crown from the gutter.

The weather over the British isle truly shaped a whole millennia of history

Great episode! Also as a fun side fact, the image at the end of the man ice skating is a recreation of the painting, "The Skating Minister" At least, I think it is

1:48 ah yes the greatest fear of the 19th century British Government, Hungarian invasion

@NewestLatest

Жыл бұрын

It’s the British republican colours

@NewestLatest

Жыл бұрын

Basically the upside down Hungarian flag tho

@Zuzentasun

Жыл бұрын

@@NewestLatest It is a correct Hungarian flag

@NewestLatest

Жыл бұрын

@@Zuzentasun oh that means it is an incorrect British republican flag

"It was the rain" As a person whose never been to England my picture of England is that it's always raining or threatening rain or a good chance of rain. Wouldn't rain stop stuff constantly in England if they were always worried about it? 😉

@ProjectEkerTest33

Жыл бұрын

Why do you think we conquered all those foreign places? So we could go somewhere it wasn't f*cking raining all the time

@ArdisMeade

Жыл бұрын

Why did you think so many English people left England when they wanted fame and fortune?

@Huckleberry.69

Жыл бұрын

You are correct, and when it doesn't rain we complain it's too hot.

@joethompson3621

Жыл бұрын

@@Huckleberry.69 indeed

@josephockford2719

Жыл бұрын

It was 40 degrees Celsius last week in England and high 30s in the rest of the UK. Literally the day after it was 18 degrees, grey, and raining by me and hasn't changed since....

Two phrases that describe SO MUCH of history: "promptly ignored" and "but eventually."

I love your channel keep up the great stuff!!

Glad to see a new video, love the content keep it up man.

1:59 that horse has a hat

@marcw5285

Жыл бұрын

Just noticed it. 😅😅😅😅

Also, Britain was transporting anyone who might cause trouble to Australia - including Chartist leaders like William Cuffay. That, and free migration of people with no economic opportunities to the colonies meant that there weren’t as many potential rebels in the UK come 1848. Chartists went on to play a major role in establishing democratic institutions in places like Australia and New Zealand. Cuffay’s life is fascinating. He was the son of an English woman and an African man in the Caribbean and was a political activist his whole life. TLDR: sending your working class people to take over other people’s countries makes revolution at home less likely.

the guy burning while its raining 🤣 I love this channel

0:08 and in Switzerland, Sweden, Wallachia, Moldavia, Poland and Belgium

@jononpaper

8 ай бұрын

And Denmark

nice video as always!

Lol by far one of my favorite videos Long time fan here, love the content

"The poors want stuff." The nightmare scenario of the 1% for 200 years.

Once again History Matters has taught me more about history than I learned in school. Here are a few video suggestions 1. Why did Britain enter WW1? 2. Why didn't Britain and France aid the Confederacy? 3. Why did Texas join the United States? 4. Why didn't North and South Korea reunite?

@SirAntoniousBlock

Жыл бұрын

They've done them, or most of them.

@xymos7807

Жыл бұрын

Britian and France were threatened by the Union. The East Coast was blocked off, and has the UK and France been able to send aid, they would have been seen as sympathizers of Slavery which until the Battle of Gettysburg had been a non-issue.

The conditions in Britain were so awful that between about 1810 and 1910 ten million emigrated from Britain. Emigration was encouraged to reduce poverty and elevate the excessive population growth. Most Emigration was to North America and Australia. After events in France the British government were prepared to suppress any attempt at revolt. People just left.

One thing to consider is that up until the American and French Revolutions, the UK had been the leader of liberalism in the world. So they had achieved many things in steps that were taken a lot earlier from the 12th century _Magna Carta_ to the 17th century Glorious Revolution. So at the beginning of the 19th century, the UK was a Bourgeois liberal ruled society and by the end of the 19th century, it had moved to having the beginnings of more of a social liberal democracy. However, prior to the French Revolution, France was an absolute monarchy, as were the German/HRE states. Russia was also an absolute monarchy right up until the beginning of the 20th century, hence its revolutions in 1917 were far more drastic.

Always wondered, thank you

Was it an unusually strong rainstorm or thunderstorm or something? Because I’ve lived in London before and a bit of rain stops nothing. People just pull out an umbrella or put on an overcoat or whatever and go about their business. There has to be more to what stopped the march than a bit of rain.

Great video as always. I have a video idea :"What happend to the Venice Republic" or " Why did the Venice Republic came to an End"

@pattersong6637

Жыл бұрын

"Napoleon unilaterally gave it to Austria without asking Venice first, so the French Republic ended the Venetian Republic and doomed it to Austrian imperial rule" is a fun story, yes.

"Louis-Napoleon, who would later on find gainful employment in France". This is a great summary of Napoleon III.

Thank you for video sir

2:04 that skull lmao

2:10 ah yes, I Totally Remember When A Former Prime Minister and eventual French Emperor Where police officers in The United Kingdom

@wandomwindow6762

5 ай бұрын

From stopping to leading a revolution…

Keep it up mate love the videos

The best animated sideburns on KZread

Video Proposal: Why are there two Dominicans?

Parallel to this, however, was the Irish Potato Famine which was still affecting the populace in that the 47 harvest was fairly poor. There was an attempt at rebellion that went nowhere because the famine left the populace too weak and destitute to mount opposition.

@lasigh3883

Жыл бұрын

@Sam Wallace There was a rebellion in Ireland in 1848. The presenter is wrong. Dry your eyes.

@lexingtonbrython1897

Жыл бұрын

@Sam Wallace It's almost like the Irish people were victims of English imperialism, and that Westminster had great power in oppressing them.

@lasigh3883

Жыл бұрын

@Sam Wallace Sorry, I don't speak illiterate.

@lasigh3883

Жыл бұрын

@Sam Wallace How humiliating for you! LOL.

@lasigh3883

Жыл бұрын

@Sam Wallace You just had your face firmly pushed into the mud of the intellectual battlefield. You know it. I know it. We both know it. LOL

Genuinely fascinating!

taking the time to read those papers is definitely worth it. those bits keep getting funnier every time.

I'm having a hard time believing that rain stopped play in this case. Rain doesn't stop much here. I'm thinking that rain was the excuse given when the Chartists realised that they had overestimated their numbers.

@vorynrosethorn903

Жыл бұрын

Probably, the 100,000 constables and the presence of the army also probably caused all the radicals to go to ground and them to realise that they wouldn't be able to use the momentum of the situation topple parliaments control of the situation, though the rain probably did keep away the habitually aggrieved who usually form a considerable contingent of any such movement.

@nicktecky55

Жыл бұрын

Forging the petition had nothing to do with it, I suppose?

0:28 It's funny that you put Queen Maria II of Portugal in the stability club because in the 40's Portugal was in the middle of a civil war between absolutists, moderate liberals, radical liberals ,religious people, anti-clericalists and still counted on the intervention of Spain and England.

That's the most British thing I've ever heard lol: "It's raining" "But civil rights.." "...it's raining"

Ty’s ancestor in the Chartists: “We mustn’t forget that it’s been raining”

This is a big reason Canada is peaceful people. It’s hard to start a revolution when you have to shovel 4ft of snow every other day. Even during the Trucker Protest propane tanks were key to provide heat and were eventually seized by RCMP, which essentially ended the protest

I really appreciate the effort you’ve put into these videos, they are informative. But you do speak rather fast! And I had to stop and rewind when that document came up halfway through so I could read it! The figures you gave for the number of men who could vote after 1832 were presumably for the UK as a whole, for England and Wales I think it was 20%? And I suppose it is too much to ask nowadays that a British person doing a video on British history might do it in British English, rather than, like, the American variety! I’m quite sure that none of the chartists complained about things “sucking”. I suppose the police constables might have been told “here is a truncheon, go and hit someone with it”, but probably not “here is a truncheon, go hit someone with it”.

new video on my birthday id say thats the best gift i got

>Anything in history happens >Britain: Let me tell you how I was the centre of all of it

1848 Europe: So what saved you from a Revolution? British Parliament: The rain 1848Europe: A rain of bullets? British Parliament: No, just a rainy day.

Hopefully we will have one soon, never been needed more!

Great video.

The children you added look so adorable in this style🤣😍

Ah, that feeling when even the heavens cry for the sake of the British Monarchy

The Chartists' demands were also very radical and numerous, and the movement was associated with violence rather than genuine desire for change, so the government was much less willing/likely to listen

@catmonarchist8920

Жыл бұрын

Annual Parliaments also seems like a terrible idea for stability

Yet another question that I hadn't thought of asking yet was interested to know the answer to lol. You're good at those. Thank you for another fun video! Stay well out there everybody, and God bless you, friends. ✝️ :)

Absolutely love it, such a British thing haha, and the humor is great! Also, the guy NOT running through the field of flowers = priceless.