The History Daily - An Entertaining Look Back www.historydaily.com By Trevor Smith and Charles Smith
August 27, 2004 on this day: In 1813 Napoleon won the Battle of Dresden. After his disastrous defeat in Russia in 1812, Napoleon raised another army and rejected peace proposals from the Allies. With an army of 400,000 he invaded Saxony. Opposing him was an army of Austrian, Prussian and Russian forces numbering 500,000. At Dresden he won his last spectacular victory defeating the Austrians under General Schwarzenberg. However, at the Battle of Leipzig in October he was defeated and retreated across the Rhine River. His empire crumbled and in early 1814, three large allied armies invaded Northern France and converged on Paris. On March 31st Paris surrendered and thirteen days later Napoleon abdicated. Premium Subscribers read more! If you had the Premium Version you would read some amazing facts about the eruption of Mt. Krakatoa. You would also read about the Kellogg-Brian pact, and much more! Upgrade today at http://www.historydaily.com/premium.html . Also on this day: In 1859 Edwin Drake discovered oil in Pennsylvania. This was the beginning of the oil industry. In 1955 "The Guinness Book Of World Records" was first published. YESTERDAY'S QUESTION AND ANSWER: Which was the final state to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment? It was Tennessee. Stephen Sparkman sent the correct answer first. TODAY'S QUESTION: Who was the Austrian emperor during the Napoleonic years? Send your answer to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Copyright 2004 Trevor Smith --- You are currently subscribed to historydaily2 as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe click on the link below: http://go.netatlantic.com:8080/cgi-bin/unsubscribe.pl?id=32085219I ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/BCfwlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kumpulan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
