So why does it say that the Police drew first blood if the protestors killed a policeman with a thrown brick before the shooting started?
Is it just because the police had guns? Because that seems arbitrary when the thrown brick seems to have killed that policeman just fine without being a gun.
Richard de Clare, Earl of Pembroke was sailing to Ireland to claim the Overlordship of the Kingdom of Leinster granted to him by his Majesty, Henry II. That Henry II did not own Leinster to portion out was irrelevant to Richard's mind. He intended to seize the Norse-Gaelic port towns of Dublin...
I'm actually surprised that Robert Guiscard hasn't shown up in Normandy with enough Veteran Troops from Southern Italy to become Regent.
It's exactly the sort of power grab he would do. . .
So I see a problem, Hadrada had with him in his invasion force Norse-Gaels from Dublin, along with Men from Sudreyjar and Mann.
Hell, Magnus Haraldsson even tried to put a member of the Ui Imair Dynasty on the Throne of Dublin using a fleet from Norway and the Isles in 1058. The previously...
I don't think that even if they did manage to beg an Army off of the Emperor, that they'd be facing opposition from Denmark.
Sweyn II was consistently at odds with Hadrada over Harald continually trying to advance his claim to Denmark. They even fought a Major war over it not 4 years ago...
In 1035 3 things happened in the first few months of the year. The first was the death of Cnut I, which brought Harald I to the throne of the North Sea Empire. The second was the death of Boleslaw the Brave's eldest son Bezprym in a monastery in Italy. The third was the death of Pomeso, a great...
By the Time of Robert the Magnificient's consolidation of most of Southern Italy in 1025, Pope John XIX had gone from openly welcoming the sight of Normans defeating the Byzantines in Italy to secretly conspiring against them. The swift destruction of the Status Quo in Southern Italy and the...
With his Suzeranity over his North Sea Empire secured, Cnut I began the process of ruling his vast territory. In 1020 he conducted a Census of all of his Empire's lands which took 2 years to complete and helped him to reform the tax system, which in many places in England and Norway was...
Upon Arriving in Amalfi, Robert of Normandy had around 3,000 Men, all supporters of his that went with him into Exile from Normandy. The Duke of Amalfi, a Byzantine Vassal named Sergius II, had not expected the Ships to be carrying so many Soldiers and was unprepared for the Influx of Norman...
If Corsica could have staved off French Anexation in 1767 it's possible that it might have remained independent to this day.
After all it was independent with British Backing for the Majority of the 7 years war. If that Backing had stuck we might see an independent Corsica.
This is a side project I'm working on. I have plans going all the way to the Mongol Invasion of Russia currently, but the main Idea is that due to a different establishment of Cnut I's North Sea Empire, More Normans head to Southern Italy and eventually go on crusade.
There's other stuff too...