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Denkewel wrote that the Battle of Neville’s Cross in 1346, between England and Scotland during the Hundred Years' War, was commemorated. According to him, Philip VI of France had incited David II of Scotland to attack England, but that attempt failed and David was captured. https://t.co/vPt8kTZee0 #Geschiedenis #HonderdjarigeOorlog #NevillesCross (translated)

Bart Nijman wrote that he saw signals everywhere that reminded him of a period in history he had studied in school. Although he believed that history would not repeat itself exactly or be predicted in advance, he saw patterns and practices in the current moralism, activism, and antisemitism that frightened him. He wrote that it should be prevented that descendants would later have to justify themselves to victims for the actions of their grandparents. At the same time, he stated that excuses were being sought to dismiss warning signals. Nijman said he was left with a bitter feeling from a piece by Rob Fransman. https://t.co/l6LTc1XoPm #geschiedenis #activisme #antisemitisme (translated)

Journalist Kim Ghattas states in her new book that the origin of the enmity between the US and Iran is deeply rooted in the events in Lebanon in the 1980s, using the mysterious murder of Malcolm Kerr as a central element to explore this complex history. #IranVSUSA #KimGhattas #Libanon (translated)

Denkewel wrote that the Battle of Leipzig of 1813 was commemorated, in which the French Empire of Napoleon faced coalition troops from Russia, Prussia, Austria, and Sweden. According to the author, Napoleon had to retreat and the father of the newly born Richard Wagner was one of the 90,000 victims. https://t.co/C4pZx1sAmB #geschiedenis #Napoleon #SlagbijLeipzig (translated)

Jan Dijkgraaf addressed a letter to Stephan van Baarle asking whether the Netherlands killed one and a half million Armenians in 1915 and whether their great-grandfathers were therefore responsible for the Armenian genocide. https://t.co/uQ1XpxGL0d https://t.co/eU3q1UtuO4 #geschiedenis #Armenië #genocide (translated)

"The cuts to research and educational activities undermine public knowledge about archives - and thus the support for the institution," said Maria Grever, emeritus professor of theoretical history and historical culture at Erasmus University. #NationaalArchief #Toekomstvisie #Archiefsector (translated)

Denkewel wrote that he commemorated the Battle of Raft Swamp in 1781, which he believed took place during the American Revolutionary War between Whig patriots under General Griffith Rutherford and Tory loyalists under Colonel Hector McNeill, nicknamed "One-Eyed Hector." He wrote that the Tories fled. https://t.co/yiBNi1Gga1 #AmerikaanseOnafhankelijkheidsoorlog #Geschiedenis #Herdenking (translated)

Stefan Willems shared a message from Grégory de Walque, commercial director of car-sharing platform Poppy, about the damage to shared cars in Brussels and Antwerp. De Walque wrote that Poppy had reached its record number of rides on Friday because the metro was not running and thousands of people used the app to get to work. By the end of the day, according to him, eight vehicles had been destroyed, two of which were completely burned out. He wrote that the damage was caused by rioters, not by protesters, and that this was the second time this year for Poppy. In his message, De Walque countered three reactions that he claimed to have often read under videos of the destruction: that shared cars belong to no one, that Poppy is insured, and that a large company would hardly notice a few destroyed cars. He stated that every Poppy is used hundreds of times a year and referred to research from Brussels Mobility, according to which each Poppy replaces 11.5 private cars among regular users. According to De Walque, Poppy was not insured for this kind of damage, and each destroyed car represented a direct loss. The costs of the destruction, he said, were higher than the revenue from Poppy's best day ever. He also wrote that the company had only had one profitable year since its inception and that the fleet consisted of 2,500 cars. De Walque wrote that the team would get the damaged cars back on the road, even during a strike. He asked Brussels, according to him, to help keep the shared cars available. #autodelen #Brussel #mobiliteit (translated)

Denkewel wrote that on that day the Battle of Hastings from 1066 was commemorated. According to him, a Norman-French army led by Duke William I the Conqueror faced the Anglo-Saxons under King Harold II. He called the outcome a decisive Norman victory and the first step in the conquest of England. (translated)

Denkewel wrote that the Sea Battle at Fehmarn in 1644, during the Torstenson War, was commemorated. According to the author, a Swedish-Dutch fleet and a Danish-Norwegian fleet faced each other; of the seventeen Danish ships, only two would have escaped after a crushing defeat. https://t.co/9Z0Wqk0aBH #geschiedenis #oorlog #Fehmarn (translated)