History of a Micronation, The Principality of Sealand
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- Опубликовано: 12 июн 2024
- The History Guy remembers the forgotten history of the Principality of Sealand, a micronation that deserves to be remembered.
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Sealand has outlived any of the last five constitutions of Italy.
And Britain's membership of the e.u
And my marriage
Anarchy is a mother of order.
I read that in colonel Sanders voice, and it was hilarious.
Shows you how important having sovereignty over yourself and your property is. Where in places with governments who think everything you have is theirs... this is a serious problem. And so anyone with any form of wealth would rather leave than be forced into a Venzuala-like Marxism.
As one of the many Nobles of Sealand, I find it very heartening to see the Principality finally getting it's due.
ParagonRex I wish this was newer as you’ll never see this but can you post a pic of your Noble Charter?
I as a Lord of sealand agree, it's about time
epic save do you have an official Sealand charter you could share with us? I would kill to see one :)
Thanks epic save ! I hadn’t considered it would have personal info but that is very cool! I may have to throw down and get one
@@That-Google-Guy it's really kinda cool and well worth it, my youngest daughter is a lady of sealand and when she graduated highschool the graduation was held in the stadium where the ArizonaCardinals play and she was announced as lady so and so. That was awesome!
As a Knight of Sealand, I pledge my life to defend the country of Sealand.
Yea, okay then...... Carry on.
knight? Sealand has horses?
*defend the country of Sealand and its ruler, master Bates
Hail!!! Lord Chappell, Hail!!!😜
@@danrayha3756you need to do your research. Don’t just deny something because you dont belive it.
Radio Luxembourg was an unsinkable pirate station. I was stationed in Germany from 1961-1964, and all Armed Forced Network offered on the radio was country and western, as that satisfied the tastes (?) of the majority of G.I.s at the time. Radio Luxembourg was aimed at British teenagers, but we young Americans loved the Rock and Roll format. Of course, we had to tolerate endless commercials by some Brit named Horace Batchelor, pushing tickets for the "poools," as he put it. Thanks to Radio Luxembourg, I was already a Beatles fan when I returned to the States in January, 1964, and was able to warn people about Beatlemania when it came to America the following month.
Radio Luxembourg was not a pirate station, it was a commercial station that existed from 1933 until 1992 and was part of the RTL Group...
it satisfied some brass hats.
@@MrChaes remember my mums surprise years ago that radio luxemberg relayed shows made in britain pre war as an advert for ovaltine featured footage of the ovaltinies broadcating their theme song from the cafe royal in london.they all spoke such good english my old mum said for furriners.we evplained they relayed the show to the continent who then sent it back to get round the law and the singers were british kids i think michael medwin and a young harry fowler were part of the group.dont think we convinced her though whenever a news clip came on mentioning failing language skills among the young shed say those ovaltinies spoke emglish so well why cant the rest learn it. lol.
@@mikekemp9877 The other UK Studio/ French broadcast was Radio Normandy(Normandie).
I became a millionaire using the Infra-Draw method. Spent it all on Ovaltine, though.
The funniest bit is holding the "traitor".
I beg to differ...
"If you ever wanted to be a _Duke_ " 8:33
HG could barely say that with a straight face
And by Germany sending a diplomat to secure the release of the "traitor" it gave tacit recognition of Sealand's sovereignty.
I hear Dave Chappelle screaming; "Gotcha Bitch!"
Nazis, pirates, and rock'n'roll. This story just has 'em all.
I have a feeling this will be a good year for Sealand with many new citizens!
How can I go there
@@nagodjeremiahemmanuel5028 via boat, then via crane 😂
We have a holiday home on the Essex coast & can see Sealand from there! As a kid in the 70's they used to run boat trips out there!
It can be seen from Felixstowe in Suffolk as well
Greetings from the Republic of Dave (formerly the Kingdom of Tom).
Soon to be the Empire Of Henry
I wage war on the morrow!
You know just a typical coup. It is now the Democratic Republic of Chloe but even that won’t last.
It's now 2020 and the corrupt regeme of the DR Chloë has finally been deposed, and the upstanding citizen of the young United Kingdom of Lee is free to go about his business.
@Big Al what the heck! What happined to tom?
Im with ya Al it begs the question
This one is unbelievable! I am a senior citizen and I consider myself well informed about the world in general, even knew about the days of pirate radio, but I have never heard of Sealand. Fascinating!
The electronics supply house with whom I often dealt, County Supply, of Fleetwood, PA, often sold transmitter parts to "the Reverend Doctor Carl McIntire", a locally famous clandestine broadcaster, who pestered the NJ, DE, PA tri-state area for quite a few years; once launching a ship-based transmitter just outside of the three-mile territorial limit, near Cape May, New Jersey. "Radio Free America", if memory serves, came to be after McIntire's radio station, WXUR was refused license renewal.
The 1970's, quite an interesting time in our lives.....
There was also a guy my dad told me about who had a houseboat on the Delaware River and used to move back and forth between NJ and PA in order to avoid being a resident of either state and taxes. Dim memory of that.
Something about the sound of that word, "Prinicipality" that my 20th Century soul just enjoys immensely.
I was born in Felixstowe and still live here, often fished near 'Sealand' but not too close. This is THE best history channel bar none, keep up the great work.
I was a child when CBS news reported on the capture (and recapture) of Sealand in 1978; and it fascinated me. Still does; though I'd like to know more about the original "capture" of the place by Sealand's founder. Of all the stories surrounding the place, that one is still the most hazy and elided.
There's a little bit of coverage of this in "Sealand, Havenco, and the rule of law" by James Grimmelmann, a fascinating article from a few years ago. You can find it via google.
He walked in on a room full of dope smokers and said "there's the boat".
I used to listen to Radio Caroline in the 60's. It was a pirate station and had the charts evry Sunday.
I am a Lord of Sealand.
colin Paterson I know someone named after Radio Caroline.
What's her name? ;-)
Paul Sengupta Radio of course, duh! :-p
Good for you.
Swingin' Radio Caroline! I've listened to archival recordings of a number of those stations; they were brilliant. I'm unaware of any others quite like them. Don Letts on RNI was fantastic.
“Sovereignty: freedom from enslavement by external powers” great stuff!
Ah how well I remember the Pirate Radio stations, bad reception but great music. As a boy with the little AM radio trying to tune in and only able to get Radio Caroline.
As a Baron to the Principality of Sealand I applaud your coverage of our most enduring nation. E MARE LIBERTAS! LONG STAND SEALAND!
"The battle for Helm's Deep is over. The battle for Middle-Earth is about to begin."
-Winston Churchill, 4/3/TA3019
Starcraft : brood war
I don't make literary references often but when I do, it's a Tolkien reference.
"War... War never changes" -Mahatma Gandhi
The numbers Mason, what do they mean? -An Englishman talking to a Stonemason Circa 800 A.D.
Now I want to form my own micro nation.
dahveed284 how about a nation on board a hovering drone?
@@jserra17 some guy has claimed his apartment is a micro-nation. I think he got raided...
Do it.
Hope you have enough money.
My favorite one so far... NegativeLand Rules!
Love how you suckered us all in with the five minutes.
And how ten minutes fly by with your pure awesomeness.
The 20,000 of us will say remember when, when you get that
Millionth subscriber...
Fascinating. I love how you tied in a seemingly disconnect set of events into a connected time line.
Love this!
I know that the Swedish Pirate Bay also has their interest to place servers on sealand since their law doesn’t state it illegal to duplicate data. :) bates was not too happy about the idea of I remember correctly, and Pirate Bay looked at the moon.
They instead found a cheaper alternative, to host the servers under the protection of aSwedish political party, the pirate party. Now the only party that operates in several of European countries, they had constant presence in the EU parlament and was voted one of the largest political party’s in Iceland 🇮🇸.
That is one of a few business propositions that have been floated as viable for the principality. For a while the name of the company was painted on the side of the platform.
You've really outdone yourself this time. I hereby dub you Official Sealand Historian 🤓
Just found this channel...
It's like Hardcore History on caffeine!!!
Well, it's actually nothing like Hardcore History, but it works well to wake me up in the morning, while HH is my 'go to sleep' go- to podcast. :)
Nice work!
This is the channel Dan Carlin watches when he needs inspiration lol
I guess you only sleep 3 times a year then ;)
As a kid in Kent in the 60’s I used to listen to Radio Caroline. It was based in a vessel anchored in the southern part of the North Sea I think. It was quite good!
You seem to have a great passion for history, just like my old high school history teacher, who inspired me a lot. So, in other words, you got my subscription! cheers from Finland
I will say that cookie dough is a volatile currency, especially in the winter season and in the presence of milk.
You never have to worry about the presence of counterfeit currency, however, in it's present form it is subject to continual destruction by the people.
One might call this a major drawback, however the state sees this as one of its charming characteristics. The national bank tends to see it as the former.
“Bitten by a snake” is a euphemism for VD.
I am currently working my way through all of your videos. Incredibly interesting video as I have never heard of Sealand before and I feel like I know a lot about WWII. You have a great knack for presenting captivating stories of the past which as you say deserve to be remembered. Keep up the good work.
Fascinating! Thank you! I had heard of Sea Land before but your 10 minutes of history really was memorable.
Tying your currency to the value of cookie dough is a really good idea. Everybody likes cookie dough, seriously everybody (as a child) always liked to lick the bowl after mom mixed the cookie dough.
My brother and I took many beatings for eating the whole bowl of cookie dough before mom could get it into the oven.We would swipe it and run away only to be punished later
And the best moms would turn off the dough mix beaters first,
Funny. I live on island also called Sealand, but mine is in Denmark. ( Sjælland in Danish.)
reminds of the 1949 Ealing comedy, "Passport to Pimlico", about a borough in London declaring independence from the rest of the UK.
You never cease to amaze me History Guy, thumbs up.
Another great one and for me, nostalgic. I lived in England in the early 60's. I remember listening to pirate radio, it was the only thing worth listening to. The story of Sealand is a nice continuation to my memories. Again thanks.
Often sail past this place when coming out of Ipswich, thanks for the info , we often talk about the story of the place any you've added a little more, thank you
I enjoy your history monuments with the background. Thank you
The Sealandic Government in Exile disliked this video.
MarkTheMorose go fuck yourselves
Rofl
Marshall Vickers found one
@@drewvickers1520 Hey kraut! It's nobody's fault your treasonous coup ended in failure except your own!
MarkTheMorose 😂 well played
Always a friendly voice with a good history lesson thumbs up.
Another wonderful story; I wish I could have my own territory, even if it is only a lighthouse. Thanks for sharing this, great to watch!
@thehistoryguy Might you do a segment on pirate radio?
I wasn't sure, but that was actually quite fascinating. A little bit of World War II, a little bit of rock and roll Rebel radio, and eventually becoming a micronation. Quite fascinating!
Excellent as always, and I love the new intro sequence.
RUaCEO thank you!
Fantastic! I grinned all the way through. Thank you.
Things I didn't know I didn't know... thank you History Guy for plugging (yet another) gap in my British history. I was aware of the various sea-forts dotted around our British coastline and also of the pirate radio "war" in the '60s culminating in the formation of the BBC's Radio 1, but I didn't know about Sealand... until now - fascinating! Oh how I wish you'd been my history teacher in secondary school, your enthusiasm is infectious.
From 1966 to 1967 I used to listen to Radio 270 of the coast near Scarborough. I was very young at the time but it was great fun.
Interesting you mentioned the bombing of Liverpool which often claims to be the most bombed city other then London. This is not correct. My home town of Kingston upon Hull on the East Coast was the most bombed, other then London, with over 90% of its buildings receiving some damage from bombing. One of the reasons for this is that being on the East Coast Hull is easier to find then Liverpool, which required the Germans to fly over England and navigation was very primitive. They did have a navigation aid which used two radio beams to guide their bombers but we found a way to effect the signal so it lost accuracy. And the further it had to fly the less accurate is became.
Later during the war a number of very seccessful decoy schemes were introduced around the country which made it even harder to find their target at night.
Big Blue poor old Hull really did take a battering a fact that is so often forgotten...brave old city....., i have family there but am a bit out of touch...recently lost a cousin, very young to, terribly sad! Good luck!
Ur spot was probably most destroyed not most bombed. Lol losers
I lived in Hull in the early 1990s - there were still plenty of bombshelters in gardens even then.
Province of Hutt is still going in Australia. The Australian Tax Office has ruled they are 'non resident' LoL
Australia’s Micronation- (dissolved in 2020)
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Hutt_River
Hail Hail Sealandia a place I didn't make up
Aren't they all made up, at the base of it?
Those celebrity marriages never work, really Calculon and Coilette.
K Bender.
@@0Coolrl0 It's all Colonel Matombe's fault. He forgot Calculon was Egyptian, because of his amnesia.
I thought this was going to about L Ron Hubbard avoiding arrest and living on a boat for several years.
Absolutely loved that History Guy! I have always been fascinated by the Maunsell Towers - especially Sealand.
Great presentations!
What a interesting piece of history! Thanks again The History Guy!
The story of the helicopter rescue of the place from gunmen would make an awesome movie.
ANOTHER great History Guy episode!
In 78 the boarders weren't German, they were Dutch. I worked for the one that got taken hostage, whose brother-in-law had planned the takeover. The German ambassador negotiated the release, giving Bates the official recognition of one state. Last time I saw the mastermind brother-in-law, I was his driver for my last round of golf at his resort in the Algarve.
just keeps getting better!
Fascinating! Love this channel.
Excellent video summary. I thoroughly recommend Michael Bates' book - Holding the Fort. God, it was so depressing turning the last page.
If the United Nations sought to provide recognition of man made islands this would then justify the islands the Chinese created recently would it not? Is this a slippery slope?
JAS Aerial that is actually part of the point. Man-made islands now represent more than just Maunsell forts. The point is that international law has to catch up with that fact.
So curiously if they rule against the man made islands created by the Chinese that could potentially remove the micronation status of Sealand. That is a fascinating puzzle. Thank you for this very useful video sir.
JAS Aerial the two might not have the same status. But that is all the more reason to establish international law on the matter.
The UN already ruled against the Chinese Islands.
JAS Aerial you could argue that the Chinese artificial islands are an invasion of Vietnamese/Philippine territorial waters
As an officially recognized landowner and Lord of Sealand, I absolutely loved this video. E mare libertas.
Love these kind of stories
Very cool, History Guy! For many years, Israelis had a rock station offshore called "The Voice of Peace" which was finally scuttled by it's owner, an IDF officer turned "peacenik", Hebrew for "pinko or leftist". I remember living in Israel and looking forward to six PM when "Desiderata" was read on a daily basis, ahhh, memories!
Terrific piece of history.
Great story, History Guy!
Respect & Gratitude Professor!!
There is one in Australia that has been around for over 40 years.
This was so cool. Thanks history guy!
Freaking love this story. I wanna be an Earl of Sealand!
I'm sure this was featured on a TV programme a while ago. Thank you I enjoyed this video.
Interesting piece of history. I have subscribed and hit the update bell.
Love this channel, it's what discovery and the history channel used to be
Great story!
This is a great item, never knew anything about micronations, only the pirate radiostaions at sea (The Netherlands: Radio Veronica) back in the 60s & 70s. Millenials should know that their streaming music services, where almost any music can be listened to, comes from brave people 50 years back that stood up against the mass.
2:00 I remember that the Battle of Britain came down to just mere days since the Britains were totally down on resources and had a handful of operational airplanes left? The Germans gave up just a little too soon, not knowing victory was so close.
I love everything about it! Everything!
Great video! Please do one on the Conch Republic.
Enjoyed that 👍
I find it very amusing that Kim Stanley Robinson's floating cities (both ocean and sky) in his various novels have real world president for micro nation status.
My cousin's husband ran a pirate radio station before moving to Australia (the Irish roots of my family).
Great video.
Thanks History Guy. I never knew any of that!
I bought a Knighthood because of this video (4 years ago) not just because i love the idea of Sealand, but also because this family is attempting to maintain a historic piece of WW2
This is totally AWESOME
Keep up the good work
All good stories have pirates, and this is a good story.
Call me crazy but this would make a great movie! I love this story!
I love that intro- "I have a DEGREE in history, and I love history!"
The best historians are always people like this. PhD not required. I have a shelf full of history books, published by university publishing houses, written by people who have careers not related to the book subject.
This Lord of The Principality of Sealand finds this presentation to be very informative, and well made.
Boy, Do i have alot of catching up to do! Keep up the good work!
Amazing!
Radio Caroline started with all the later well known BBC Radio 1 DJs....Tony Blackburn and the later infamous Jimmy Saville!
Sometimes history guy covers stuff i dont think deserve to be remembered, but this is an awesome history!
Sealand. What a beautiful concept. I wish y'all the best of luck.
That was very interesting!
You should do a video on the British pirate radio ships of the 1960s and 1970s (Radio Caroline, Radio Nordsee International, Swinging Radio England, etc.)
Also, there is an operational data center on (in?) Sealand.
Thank you
Sir, your new intro great. Very inventive.
Thankyoufomakinghistorysointresting!
Hey History Guy - love your content! Have you heard of the WWII bomber (B-24 or B-25) that crashed during bad weather into Sharp Top Mountain in Bedford County, VA during the war? I'd like to know more details if you think it's interesting enough for an episode. The crew, or course, was killed. The wreck is still on the mountain. I live in the area so it's a piece of local history. Keep up the great work!
You just made my day holy moly that's so funny.
Sovereignty for sealand!
Wow, you actually managed to find a photo of one of the worst RAF's planes!