Collection of facts about the Peninsular War

This post is a collection of facts about the Peninsular War (1808-1814). There are 11 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• France vs. Spain, Portugal, United Kingdom
• Part of the Napoleonic Wars
• France and Spain invaded Portugal in 1807
• France occupied Spain in 1808
• Ferdinand VII and Charles IV abdicated
• Joseph Bonaparte ruled Spain and implemented Bayonne Constitution
• Spanish victory at Battle of Bailén (1808)
• France reconstituted occupying government in Cádiz in 1810
• Spanish Constitution of 1812 implemented
• Allied victory at Battle of Vitoria (1813)
• French forces withdrew from Spain during winter of 1813-1814

Collection of facts about the Finnish Civil War

This post is a collection of facts about the Finnish Civil War (1918). There are 8 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• White Finland vs. Red Finland (Finnish Socialist Worker's Republic)
• Preceded by World War I and collapse of the Russian Empire
• Previously ruled by Russia and led to a power vacuum in Finland
• White Finland supported by Germany
• Red Finland supported by Russia
• Victory for White Finland
• Resulted in democratic and sovereign Finland
• Total deaths: about 38,000

Collection of facts about the Weimar Republic

This post is a collection of facts about the Weimar Republic (1918-1933). There are 17 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Capital: Weimar, Germany
• Constitutional republic with constituent assembly
• Formed after the First World World
• Treaty of Versailles (1919)
• Liable for 132 billion Reichsmarks worth of gold or commodities
• Kapp Putsch coup attempt led by Wolfgang Kapp in 1920
• Beer Hall Putsch coup attempt led by Adolf Hitler in 1923
• Hyperinflation of the Reichsmark (1921-1923)
• Reichsmark replaced by Rentenmark in November 1923
• Joined League of Nations in 1926
• High unemployment from the Great Depression
• Rule by decree began in 1930
• Nazi Party won 37.3% of the general election vote in 1932
• Paul von Hindenburg appointed Adolf Hitler as chancellor in January 1933
• Reichstag Fire in February 1933
• Ended with the Enabling Act in March 1933
• Succeeded by Nazi Germany

Collection of facts about the Estado Novo

This post is a collection of facts about the Estado Novo (1933-1974). There are 12 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Authoritarian Portuguese state
• Preceded by Ditadura Nacional and the coup d'état of 28 May 1926
• António de Oliveira Salazar was President of the Council of Ministers (1932-1968)
• Retained colonial territories in Angola and Mozambique
• Co-founded Organization for European Economic Co-operation in 1948
• Co-founded North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1949
• Joined European Free Trade Association in 1960
• Joined General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade in 1962
• Marcelo Caetano succeeded Salazar in 1968
• Free trade agreement with European Economic Community in 1972
• Averaged 5.7% annual growth in GDP per capita
• Ended with the Carnation Revolution in 1974

Collection of facts about the Greek War of Independence

This post is a collection of facts about the Greek War of Independence (1821-1829). There are 13 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Greece vs. Ottoman Empire
• Filiki Eteria secretly formed in 1814
• Insurrection planned for March 25th, 1821 but was discovered early
• Revolt began February 1821 in Danubian Principalities
• Uprising spread to Peloponnese, Crete and Macedonia
• Greece captured Tripolitsa in September 1821
• Ottoman navy fought Greek fleet in Aegean Sea
• Greek civil wars (1823-1825)
• Eyalet of Egypt (Ottoman vassal) invaded Greece in 1825
• British, French and Russian forces arrived in 1827
• Battle of Navarino in 1827
• Egyptian forces withdrew in 1828
• Greece recognized as independent in 1830

Collection of facts about the Irish War of Independence

This post is a collection of facts about the Irish War of Independence (1919-1921). There are 11 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Irish Republic vs. United Kingdom
• Preceded by Easter Rising in 1916
• Sinn Féin party won in Ireland during 1918 U.K. general election 
• Ireland declared independence in January 1919
• Dáil Éireann government established
• Bloody Sunday on November 21st, 1920
• Ireland partitioned in May 1921 and U.K. retained Northern Ireland
• Anglo-Irish Treaty signed December 1921
• Irish Free State created December 1922
• About 2,300 deaths
• Followed by the Irish Civil War

Bainbridge Baseball fantasy baseball history

This post has Bainbridge Baseball fantasy baseball history. There have been two keeper leagues: 2005-2007 and 2012-2014. There are 20 seasons listed below.

Regular season champions

2005: Jordan Gaphni

2006: Alex Peek

2007: Alex Peek

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2008: Brendan Gawlowski

2009: Ross Olason

2010: Brendan Gawlowski

2011: Jake Sousa

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2012: James Coatsworth

2013: Ross Olason

2014: James Coatsworth

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2015: Jordan Gaphni

2016: Tanner Bogardus

2017: Brendan Gawlowski

2018: Tom Eberlin

2019: Brendan Gawlowski

2020: (cancelled)

2021: Sierra Gawlowski

2022: Ross Olason

2023: Kyle Kuhn

2024: Kyle Kuhn

2025: Ross Olason

Playoff champions

2005: Brendan Gawlowski

2006: Ross Olason

2007: Jordan Gaphni

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2008: (roto season)

2009: Ross Olason

2010: Ross Olason

2011: Ross Olason

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2012: James Coatsworth

2013: James Coatsworth

2014: Brendan Gawlowski

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2015: Brendan Gawlowski

2016: Tom Eberlin

2017: Brendan Gawlowski

2018: Ross Olason

2019: Brendan Gawlowski

2020: (cancelled)

2021: Tom Eberlin

2022: Ross Olason

2023: Ross Olason

2024: Ross Olason

2025: Ross Olason

Totals

Ross Olason: 4 regular season, 9 playoff

Brendan Gawlowski: 4 regular season, 5 playoff

James Coatsworth: 2 regular season, 2 playoff 

Jordan Gaphni: 2 regular season, 1 playoff

Tom Eberlin: 1 regular season, 2 playoff

Alex Peek: 2 regular season, 0 playoff

Kyle Kuhn: 2 regular season, 0 playoff

Sierra Gawlowski: 1 regular season, 0 playoff

Tanner Bogardus: 1 regular season, 0 playoff

Jake Sousa: 1 regular season, 0 playoffs