"Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire" (arch-duke-maxyenko) 08/31/2016 at 18:38 • Filed to: None

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Honeybunchesofgoats > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 08/31/2016 at 18:52

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Fun historical fact: America’s oldest unbroken peace treaty was signed with Morocco in 1786.

Additional fun fact: The Tripoli Treaty, signed in 1796 states that America wasn’t founded on the basis of Christianity.

Svend > Honeybunchesofgoats 08/31/2016 at 19:08

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FUN FACT

U.K.’s oldest (nee the worlds).

http://www.angloportuguesesociety.org.uk/alliance-history

History of the Relations between Portugal and England

Middle Ages

The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance between England and Portugal is the oldest alliance in the world which is still in force.
This Alliance, which goes back to the Middle Ages , has served both countries and has been very important throughout history, influencing the participation of the United Kingdom in the Iberian Peninsular War (the UK’s major land contribution to the Napoleonic Wars ), among other things.
In 1147 English Crusaders were instrumental in aiding the Portuguese in the conquest of Lisbon from the Moors. There followed considerable mercantile trade between the two countries and commercial treaties were agreed, the first by the Portuguerse King Don Dinis in 1308 and the next by Edward III in 1353.
The first formal political treaty of alliance was concluded in 1373 in St Paul’s Cathederal by Edward III and envoys of King Dom Fernando; it was agreed that English archers would go to Portugal to ward off attacks from Castile. In August 1385 the Portuguese with the help of the English archers overwhelmingly defeated the invading Castilian forces which greatly outnumbered them at the Battle of Aljubarrota.
English aid to the Royal House of Aviz set the stage for co-operation with England that would be the cornerstone of Portuguese foreign policy for more than 600 years. In May 1386, the Treaty of Windsor, concluded in the Chapter House of St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle, sealed by Richard II and the envoys of King John I of Portugal was the start of this great alliance and pact of perpetual friendship between the two countries.
In 1386, John of Gaunt , Duke of Lancaster , son of king Edward III of England and father of King Henry IV, landed in Galicia with an expeditionary force to press his claim to the Crown of Castile with Portuguese aid.
He agreed that his elder daughter Philippa would marry king John I. By the marriage of Philippa and John I of Portugal, celebrated in 1387 , John I became the father of a generation of princes called by the poet Luís de Camões , the “ Renowned Progeny ”, who led Portugal into its golden age , during the period of the Discoveries . Her eldest son Duarte, authored moral works and became king in 1433; Pedro, who traveled widely and had an interest in history, became regent when Duarte died of the plague in 1438; Fernando was the youngest, participated in the attack on Tangiers in 1437 with his brother Henrique —- Prince Henry the Navigator —- Master of the Order of Christ and the instigator and organizer of the early voyages of discovery .

Hot Takes Salesman > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 08/31/2016 at 21:51

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I think we’ll just have somebody post a great Polandball here everyday and file the post under “Daily Polandball.”