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#Tanker James II #JamesII 9253909 approaching danish waters.
Destination #Talllinn #EE #Estonia for orders 🤷♂️
#Russia #Shadowfleet #BalticSea
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2 pcs southbound #Russia #LNG #Tankers coming down from the #Arctic going west off #Ireland #BritishIsles.
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1 pc northbound #tanker James II #JamesII 9253909 staying far offshore but still in #EEZ and #WetRep 🤷♂️
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DYK #CharlesII, a #bisexual rake like kings #JamesI & #JamesII, punished #sodomy but bragged about his #QueerSex partners? He said God wouldn’t punish him for “a little pleasure taken out of the way”. Ghosts of #HistSex still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com
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Inbound #Shadowfleet tankers taking the long route 'round #BritishIsles #Ireland avoiding #EnglishChannel #WetRep etc
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#JamesII became king of England & Scotland #OnThisDay in 1685 but was overthrown in the #GloriousRevolution of 1688 after one of the most disastrous reigns in British #history — prompted by his attempt to reimpose Catholicism by force & establish a Catholic dynasty:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_I...
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People often gloss over that the #GloriousRevolution of 1689 began with, in essence, a #CoupDÉtat and invasion of #Dutch forces under the future #KingWilliam. On #ThisDayInHistory in 1688 they defeated the #Jacobites in the #BattleOfReading, forcing #JamesII to flee to France.
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There are many times when history gets funny and kind of paradoxical youtu.be/Abg5tPMeI0M?... #JamesII #EnglishHistory
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#JamesII abdicated #OnThisDay in 1688 as William of Orange came over from the Netherlands to become king of #England by invitation of parliament, fed up with James II's authoritarian rule & attempt to reimpose #Catholicism by force like Mary Tudor...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_I...
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DYK 17thC English rakes, including kings #CharlesII, #JamesI & #JamesII, bragged about #SameSex partners & the women in their lives? Charles said God wouldn’t punish him for “a little #pleasure taken out of the way”. Ghosts of #QueerHistory still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com
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#JamesII was born #OnThisDay in 1633, becoming king of England & Scotland in 1685 but dethroned in the Glorious Revolution of 1688; most New Yorkers don't know that #NewYork was named for him as Duke of York when the British seized #NieuwAmsterdam in 1664:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_I...
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Happy Birthday James II and VII. The King of England and Ireland. (James VII. King of Scotland) (RIP) #HappyBirthdayJamesII #HappyBirthdayJamesVII #JamesII #JamesVII #Birthday #RestInPeace #RIPJamesII #RIPJamesVII #Legends #Legend
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#JamesII died in exile #OnThisDay in 1701, one of the worst kings in #England's #history; his son James Stuart never succeeded in dislodging William of Orange, but the Old Pretender's claim did add fat to the fire & fuel the War of the Spanish Succession:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_I...
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I know several people have said this has been superseded, but I have to say it was a thoroughly enjoyable and enlightening read - great use of original sources that give a real feel of the personalities involved.
#History #Heritage #JamesII #MaryII #QueenAnne #WilliamIII
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This July 12th, consider the possibility that the pioneer of religious toleration in Britain was James II.
https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674073098
#JamesII #History #BritishHistory #Toleration #EarlyModernHistory #ScottSowerby
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DYK #CharlesII, a #bisexual rake like kings #JamesI & #JamesII, punished #sodomy but bragged about his #QueerSex partners? He said God wouldn’t punish him for “a little pleasure taken out of the way”. Ghosts of #HistSex still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com
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👑After the #GloriousRevolution of 1688, Protestant William, Prince of Orange, was invited to rule jointly with his wife Mary II of #England (1689-1694), daughter of the deposed #JamesII of England (1685-1688), who was Catholic.
📝Full articles on William and Mary respectively by Mark Cartwright
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Today in History:
On March the 12th, 1689. The Williamite war begins in Ireland. The war is fought between Jacobin supporters of James II and supporters of William III. The "Williamites", will emerge victorious in 1691.
#Ireland #History #England #OTD #JamesII #WilliamIII
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#JamesII became king of England & Scotland #OnThisDay in 1685 but was overthrown in the #GloriousRevolution of 1688 after one of the most disastrous reigns in British #history — prompted by his attempt to reimpose Catholicism by force & establish a Catholic dynasty:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_I...
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Portrait of king James II of England
31 December 1660: The former king James II of England was named Duke of Normandy by Louis XIV of France. #History #JamesII
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OTD in 1688 William of Orange wins the Battle of Reading forcing James II to flee London.
‘James fled in disguise, dropping the Great Seal of England into the Thames as he did so.’
Artist: Frank Hampson
(c) Wills & Hepworth Ltd.
#LadybirdBooks #OTD #9December #JamesII
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· Shared with Public Maria Beatrice Eleonora Anna Margherita Isabella d'Este was born in Modena #OnThisDay in 1658, becoming queen of #England in 1685; in producing a male heir for #JamesII, Mary of Modena unwittingly provoked the Glorious Revolution & changed the course of British history... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_of_Modena
Maria Beatrice Eleonora Anna Margherita Isabella d'Este was born in Modena #OnThisDay in 1658, becoming queen of #England in 1685; in producing an heir for #JamesII, Mary of Modena unwittingly provoked the Glorious Revolution & changed the course of British history:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_of...
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Europe in 1700
#JamesII died in exile #OnThisDay in 1701; his son James Stuart never succeeded in dislodging William of Orange, but the Old Pretender's claim did help fuel the War of the Spanish Succession:
europeanroyalhistory.wordpress.com/tag/war-of-t...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_I...
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The Battle of the Boyne, a politically influential conflict that involved and affected an entire continent. What can we learn?
#War #Battle #Boyne #JamesII #WilliamIII #King #Photo
jhm.scilla.org.uk/2024/09/06/i...
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New Amsterdam in 1660
#OnThisDay in 1664, the Duke of York sent a fleet to capture New Amsterdam, capital of the Dutch colony of New Netherland; after the city surrendered without a shot being fired, the duke renamed it after himself; so #NewYorkCity & state are named for a dethroned #JamesII...
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#JamesII became king of England & Scotland #OnThisDay in 1685 but was overthrown in the #GloriousRevolution of 1688 after one of the most disastrous reigns in British #history — prompted by his attempt to reimpose Catholicism by force & establish a Catholic dynasty:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_I...
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