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Denkewel commemorated the Battle of Civetot in 1096, in which, according to the author, the army of the People's Crusade under Peter the Hermit and Walter Sans-Avoir faced the Seljuk Empire under Sultan Kilij Arslan I. Almost all 60,000 crusaders were killed according to Denkewel, marking the end of the People's Crusade. https://t.co/f1mo5UXHdv #SlagbijCivetot #Volkskruistocht #Kruistochten (translated)

Denkewel wrote that today the Battle of Coutras from 1587 was commemorated. According to the author, during the Huguenot Wars, a Protestant army under Henry of Navarre fought against a royal-Catholic army under Anne de Joyeuse. The royal army was destroyed and Duke de Joyeuse was killed, according to Denkewel. https://t.co/8G4EPmUlJ0 #geschiedenis #Hugenotenoorlogen #SlagbijCoutras (translated)

Denkewel commemorated the Battle of Zama during the Second Punic War, which he stated took place in 202 BC between Rome under Scipio Africanus major and Carthage under Hannibal. He wrote that Scipio won by leaving openings in his formation, which allowed Hannibal's elephants to cause little damage. https://t.co/qeiAgQVGf9 #geschiedenis #Oorlog #Rome (translated)

Denkjewel wrote that the Battle of Assandun was fought in 1016 between England under Edmund II and Denmark under Cnut the Great. According to the author, Eadric Streona, a vassal of Edmund, withdrew after he committed treason, which led to the Danish victory. Cnut then became king of England, according to Denkjewel. https://t.co/O6sytcOvLp #geschiedenis #SlagbijAssandun #Engeland (translated)

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)

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)

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)

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)

slaghoedje wrote that at talk show tables there was constant discussion about the threat of Putin, but that the author was more concerned about what he described as a kind of civil war around Islam in France and Belgium. According to slaghoedje, it was not about student protests, but about displays of power by supporters of Islam. The author wondered whether this would spill over to the Netherlands. #Frankrijk #België #islam (translated)

Denkjewe wrote that the Battle of Cape Esperance from 1942 was commemorated. According to him, the American Navy won the battle between an American fleet under Rear Admiral Norman Scott and a Japanese convoy under Admiral Aritomo Gotō. He wrote that the Japanese lost a cruiser and a destroyer, and that Gotō lost his life. https://t.co/q74vY1zNRZ #geschiedenis #oorlog #herdenking (translated)

Denkewel wrote that the Sea Battle at Camperduin was commemorated in 1797, a battle between the Batavian Republic and Great Britain. According to the author, the British, under Admiral Duncan, attacked the Dutch led by Vice Admiral De Winter with an assault from three columns and achieved a convincing victory. https://t.co/prWiacW2JA #Geschiedenis #BataafseRepubliek #ZeeseSlag (translated)

DenkJewel wrote that today the Battle of Karbala from 680 was commemorated. According to him, the Umayyads under Caliph Yazid I faced the Hashemite under Muhammad's grandson Hussein ibn Ali. Yazid won the battle and Hussein was beheaded, he wrote. DenkJewel also referred to the battle as the definitive separation between Sunni and Shia. https://t.co/hVAKjIcZaV #Karbala #Geschiedenis #Soennisme (translated)

Denkewel commemorated the Fall of Antwerp in 1914. He wrote that the Schlieffen Plan became bogged down, after which the British expeditionary force and Antwerp came into view. Heavy artillery, including the Dicke Bertha, forced the Belgians into a strategic retreat, according to him. https://t.co/Js8wFhTTfH #ValVanAntwerpen #geschiedenis #België (translated)

The author believed that only the Dutch flag or a provincial flag should be displayed on public buildings. He opposed rainbow, EU, and Palestinian flags on such buildings, claiming that they belonged at people's homes. He also said he disliked symbolic politics. In a hashtag, he used offensive language and referred to Piri and the SGP. #mafketels #piri #SGP https://t.co/f8OYVvSTk5 #Nederland #vlaggen #symboolpolitiek (translated)