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History's most successful female pirate is Ching Shih, who at her height commanded between 40k and 60k pirates and had a fleet of 400 junks. She defied Qing China, the East India Company, and the Portuguese, and died peacefully of old age. #TalkLikeAPirateDay
🖼: T. Wicinas
14 Sept 1402 - The Battle of Homildon Hill takes place between a Scottish Army, commanded by Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas, and an English force, commanded by Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, and his son Harry "Hotspur" Percy. #OTD #History #HomildonHill
⚡️ #Personalities project is almost here ⚡️
1/1 non-generative collectibles, project commanded by @creator_cllctn and launching next week on @withFND
14 IDs showcasing the talent of
@microbians
@andrevieiraart
@Frank_Moth
@mzkvisuals
@raluca_bararu
@ytopp_art
#1 👇👇👇
#OnThisDay 31 Aug 1813, the Combat at Vera,
An advancing Division of French troops were held up by 2 Companies (only 100 men) of the 95th Rifles, across a narrow bridge.
Commanded by Captain Cadoux, who requests for support were denied, they held out overnight.
'The Birth' by @BekaRiosART
Live now
"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
✨Bid - https://t.co/1B0y5GshBp
#NFT #art #Algorand #Algo #CleanNFT
Berry commanded the regiment at the First Battle of Bull Run (@ManassasNPS). Soon after, he was promoted to Brigadier General and given command of a full brigade in III Corps, which he led during the Peninsula Campaign.
#OTD 1499 First encounter of the Battle of Zonchio (part of the Second Ottoman-Venetian War 1499-1503) took place. The Venetian fleet was commanded by Antonio Grimani, the Ottoman one by Kemal Reis. #OnThisDay #History
At Cedar Mountain, Pope’s II Corps under Gen. Nathaniel Banks attacked the left wing of Lee’s army, commanded by Thomas Jackson, despite having half of Jackson’s available strength. Initially, the attack progressed well, mauling the division of Charles Winder and killing him.
Navagraha; nava (Sanskrit: "nine") & graha ("planet, seizing, laying hold of, holding") are nine* 'wandering' stars. Surya commanded the visible planets* & was a master of Light by the end* of Treta-yuga (3100 BC)
#WW1Olympians: Felix Bürkner competed in individual dressage for Germany at the 1912 Games. In WW1, he commanded a German cavalry squadron. He continued to serve in the Reichswehr after the war and during WW2, he was the head of the Army Riding School in Krampnitz. #Tokyo2020
"I've commanded a legion to only be reduced to a handful of troopers. That makes my squad the most experienced and dangerous."
Journal's of Commander TK-2224
#StarWars #CommanderCody
The DEVASTATOR was structurally altered from its original design to hold an increased amount of armament and munitions. Prior to the completion of the Executor, the vessel was commanded by Captain Nevik & was destroyed the Battle of Endor by A-wings and B-wings. #StarWars
god didn't make Amy, I did.
I recruited her, I trained her, I commanded her in the great cat war for three years.
(wip this took waaaay to long)
Vido 'Vofumee, a ex covenant special operations Sangheili who after the end of the human covenant war traveled his own path, greeted by many banished hoping to make him one of them but he denied he does not need or want to be commanded anymore and instead be his own silent shadow
The ancient Irish believed that a comet in the night's sky represented the Spear of Assal, the weapon wielded by Lugh Lamfada. Once thrown he commanded it, and it flew until he called it back, hunting blood: thus comets were an ill omen. #FolkloreThursday
🖼: J. Brideson
Monster Hunter is plagued with Kings, Princesses, Empress on anything but name. But there was one that sported the "帝", one that commanded Elder Dragons with a single roar and raw might and the only one Teo, Chameleos and Kushala answer to: Guanzorumu, the Dragon Emperor