Constantine XI's last words (as well as his last speech) always somehow make me feel nostalgic. He was the last Byzantine/Roman emperor, defending shreds of the 2000 years of Roman tradition, fighting against overwhelming odds, with no hope of significant help, and yet - when he had an opportunity to flee, to forsake his soldiers and his Empire (though, at this point, limited to the Theodosian Walls of Constantinople), to live - he decided to stay and die fighting. Truely, fitting end for the Roman emperor and the Roman Empire as a whole - going out with a bang, not a whimper
On Wikipedia it says “Observing derelict cars along the side of the road, Patton said, "How awful war is. Think of the waste." Moments later his car collided with an American army truck at low speed.” Those were his final words pre accident, but not his final words
On his article the same paragraph says after that: Patton, who had been told he had no chance to ever again ride a horse or resume normal life, at one point commented, "This is a hell of a way to die."
The Fall of Constantinople by Steven Runciman is a great treatment and discusses Constantine quite a bit. 1453 (I can't remember the author's name) is also very good.
Napoleon III's last words make me feel kind of sorry for him, as he continued to be haunted by his final defeat in the remaining two years in his life. With his last words being "Isn't it true that we weren't cowards at Sedan?" (said to his personal physician Henri Conneau, who had also been at the battle). He surrendered to avoid the near-certain slaughter of tens of thousands of his troops, who were encircled by the German army and being shelled from all sides. But he was still branded a coward.
Famously the british had just run away sucessfully at dunkirk, when the first thing they did save back on their island, was to point the finger at the french, blaming them for surrender in a completely hopeless situation.....
Scipio Africanus was my favorite. He was more or less exiled from Rome in the later part of his life by his enemies, lead by Cato the Elder. As the video says his tombstone (outside of Rome) read "ungrateful fatherland you will not even have my bones". You have to love that level of pettiness. I wish they would have included emperor Vespasian last words, "dear me, I think I'm becoming a God". Obviously the Romans deified most Emperors after they died.
@@GloGlo315 Vespasian had… some sort of sense of humor. I think his quote that “money doesn’t stink” was basically a response to his son/successor questioning why they implemented a urine tax.
I think my favorite last words ever were of Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen: He was in the hospital, and when he overheard a nurse telling one of his visitors that 'He's getting better', he sputtered his famous last words: "On the contrary!"
Not a leader but certainly a man of great influence, Voltaire definitely had some incredible last words. He wasn't a catholic anymore but as he was dying a priest still came to give him the final sacrament. When the priest asks whether he would renounce the devil, Voltaire said: "Now is not the time to make new enemies."
Not a leader but my favorite last words were from Roald Dahl after he said I'm not frightened. It's just that I will miss you all so much" to his family. He received an injection and his real last words were “Ow Fuck!” 🤣
It looks like the quote they used for Patton was one of the last things he said while in the car before the accident. I don't think the video creator knew he survived for a time past the accident.
Yeah, I don't think their opinion on the U.S. will be all bad, unlike everyone I know says. I think they'd be happy if they saw that the U.S. was the most powerful country in the world and survived the Civil War but probably wouldn't like some other stuff.
Martin Luthers last words was "Yes" in response to a question if he was ready to die. He also has a death mask. Would be interesting to hear your perspective on such a influencial person.
Those weren't actually his last words. We don't know what they were. The "no time to be making enemies" quote is from a joke in an 1856 American newspaper about an anonymous Irishman. Voltaire is completely unrelated.
I know he wasn't a leader, but he certainly wasn't a follower: I was always partial to Doc Holiday's last words, "This is funny," referring to dying without his boots on the way a gunslinger was supposed to.
May I suggest Fire of Learning’s “How the Founding Fathers would see America today”? Interesting video, with lots of humor and talking points. If not that, at least ONE video from the “Battleship New Jersey” channel.
I think emperor Titus' last words are super interesting. He was emperor from 79-81 AD and died of disease after a very short reign. His final words were "I have made but one mistake" he died before being able to finish the sentence. One of the more common theories was it being the fact that Domitian was going to succeed him (most likely started by the aristocracy who hated Domitian). Other than that his father emperor Vespasian (69-79 AD) said: "an emperor should not die lying down" he got up and then said, "dear me, I think I'm becoming a god" then died. Vespasian was probably mocking the fact that even though many emperors were deified after their death, none of them actually became gods.
Not a leader, but Oscar Wilde's reported last words are funny in my eyes, “This wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. Either it goes or I do.”
Alexander's tomb was located in Alexandria. His general/regent Antipatros did send his body to be buried in Macedonia, but Ptolemy of Egypt (another of Alexander's generals) kidnapped it and brought it to Alexandria. (The most likely reason for him to do this was that according to egyptian tradition, only the person who buried the previous Pharao was considered to be the rightful successor. Alexander had been the last Pharao, so Ptolemy had to bury him in order to legitimize his power in the eyes of his subjects.) We know from some sources that Alexander's body remained in Alexandria for centuries, and some important figures like Caesar, Augustus and Hadrian would visit the tomb (alledgedly, he was placed in a glass sarcophagus so people could look at him). However, at some point in late antiquity, the tomb disappears from the historical records and to this dsy, no one knows where it was located.
It's always a pain to verify several of those famous "last words" since different people consider different things as "the last words" of a character. In the case of Patton, yes he said "How awful war is. Think of the waste" before the accident that led to the end of his life. Those would be, perhaps, some "meaningful" last words (as a coined phrase; some sources even say this remark accidentally distracted his driver, causing the crash), but not his ultimate last words: after the accident he apparently diagnosed himself and then he said, still at the site of the accident after the people assisting him kind of fumbled the attempts to help him, "This is a helluva way to die" (again, another meaningful phrase that indicates Patton's spirit and one, if not the final, of his quotable phrases... but not his final words). Several lists of final words are tainted due to misconception, embellishment or practicallity (several people can't quote several sentences at once, so they settle with few words that make no sense out of their context). In the case of Franz Ferdinand case, both accounts are true, because they are part of the same testimony: Count Harrach, a witness to Ferdinand's death, says his last words were (complete): "Sophie, Sophie! Don't die! Live for our children!..." (then, Count Harrach interrupted Ferdinand to ask him for his injuries) "It's nothing... It's nothings... It's nothing..." (Harrach said Ferdinand repeated the phrase up to seven times until he vanished). So we can say Ferdinand's last contious though was this emotional plea to his wife (Sophie, don't die) and even in his last moments, he insisted on diverting all the attention to his wife ("It's nothing" as in "I'm fine"). But, in the strict sence of "last words"... yes, he just said "It's nothing" over and over (which makes no sense out of context).
General McArthur, at least from what I heard, is by the far the only "foreign national hero" in the Philippines, he is even in a P5 coin which depicted his "Landing in Leyte Gulf". His words of *"I shall return."* and *"People of the Philippines, I have returned!"* really struck the core of the Filipinos during and after the occupation of the Japanese Empire. While I do criticized him for being an lazy general and late-acted-plan that made Philippines unable to mount a proper resistance against the Japanese, he is still reliably the best foreign military leader in the Philippines that stick true to his words imo, WW2 Filipinos can mostly agree with that.
I recall seeing somewhere that Patton said "How awful war is, think of the waste" as he drove by a destroyed car moments before the accident, but I don't think they were his final words.
I would definitely recommend Fire of Learning’s “how the Roman’s would view us today”. It gives a lot of information and has the expected bits of comedy in it
@@SirQuadrat that's a pretty wild miss characterisation. The Romans up until the conquests of the later republic were an incredibly frugal and hardy people. And frankly even later they tended to maintain a reputation for being hard and plain. We tend to focus on the excesses of the richest of them from the imperial period but you shouldn't think of most Romans being that way.
Thanks for covering this video! Personally I think Genghis Khan had the best final words. But saddest words are a mix between Gandhi and Julius Caesar.
Yeah, I'd imagine that William Wallace's last words were something like: "AAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!! AAAAAARRRGGGHHH!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!" Just discovered this channel. You've got a new sub. 👍
George V of the UK (who, incidentally, was 'euthanized' by his doctor so that his death could make the morning editions of the newspapers rather than the less classy evening papers) reportedly said "Bugger Bognor" as his last words. Bognor is a seaside town in England where George had spent some time recuperating and they wrote to him requesting permission to rename the town "Bognor Regis" in honour of the occasion - the final words were supposedly in response to the request. Unfortunately this is a myth. According to his doctor's diaries, George's final words were actually "God damn you" addressed to a nurse who was attending him. Still pretty grumpy but not quite so memorable (and let's face it, if a man can't be grumpy on his deathbed, when can he be?)
Why, my man, I am ashamed of you, dodging that way," and repeated the remark, "They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance." The man rose and saluted and said good-naturedly, "General, I dodged a shell once, and if I hadn't, it would have taken my head off. I believe in dodging. "The general laughed and replied, "All right, my man; go to your place." For a third time the same shrill whistle, closing with a dull, heavy stroke, interrupted our talk; when, as I was about to resume, the general's face turned slowly to me, the blood spurting from his left cheek under the eye in a steady stream. He fell in my direction ; I was so close to him that my effort to support him failed, and I fell with him. As McMahon makes clear, Sedgwick's actual final utterance was "All right, my man; go to your place", but his preceding sentence is just too good to ignore in any collection of last words.
11:56 unintentional poisoning needs to be considered. The wall paper had lead or arsenic in it. So many instances of lead, arsenic or mercury poisoning in history before it was understood.
It's really a tragedy how badly Louis XXVI and Marie Antoinette are misrepresented in general culture, Marie Antoinette is depicted as a callous woman completely blind to the suffering of the common people when the truth like usual is far more interesting, she was an incredibly kind and compassionate woman who could be summed up in two words 'Noblesse Oblige'. She was very invested in helping the poor, widows, and orphans and campaigned to greatly reduce spending on court expenses on parties and other frivolous things. Louis XXVI is often thought of as a weak King but he was a far better King than many give him credit for but the circumstances were incredibly complex and difficult. Unfortunately, some ideas are so ingrained into the culture that they refuse to die, for example, the idea that medieval people thought the earth is flat has been debunked over and over but it just won't go away, that's why it's so incredibly refreshing when we come across a channel like this one, Thank you, Pastor Chris, for the wonderful work you do.😎
do you have any sources for that? i've heard many people on the internet defending marie antoinette but haven't yet seen any historical sources showing she was anything less than ignorant to the commoners issues even though she was probably not malevolent in her actions
fun fact: buddy rich's last words happened on the way to the operation room when his nurses asked what can't you take, referring to medicine, but he said " Yeah, country music."
We were always taught in school that the white makeup Queen Elizabeth 1 wore had large levels of lead which she used to cover us her small pox scars (I believe though I could be wrong). However I believe they recently tested some from around that time and found arsenic in it as well. But I love these kind of videos. Always scratches my itch for learning new things about our world’s history 😊
As a fun side note, “Et tu, Brute” can also be interpreted not as a question but a statement, “you too, child” can be read as being similar to “see you in hell, punk”
Yeah, in order to know EXACTLY what Julius Caesar meant by those words, we’d have to somehow know what tone they were spoken in. Unless 1st-century Latin didn’t have tonal differences between statements and questions for some reason, in which case ignore my oblivious ass.
@@joshuahunt3032 the famous last words of Caesar being Latin is probably invented by Shakespeare, it’s believed he either said nothing or “καὶ σύ, τέκνον” (kaì sý, téknon). Meaning “you too, child”. I went with the Latin phrase since that’s what the video states but the Greek quote can also be interpreted as either a question or a statement
@@joshuahunt3032 at the time, Greek was the language of the elite. Greek was known and spoken by most of the patrician, and Suetonius, a 1st century historian, said that Caesar spoke mainly Greek
I could’ve sworn the exact nickname of “Bertie” was specifically used in reference to Queen Victoria’s son. I don’t remember Victoria ever calling her husband by that particular nickname. Edit: or at least Rex Factor (a historical podcast that ranks the British Monarchs) seemed to think that Bertie was the nickname of Victoria’s successor, not her most beloved husband.
That quote from Alexander about showing his hands were empty when he died sounds like it may have been some sort of idiomatic expression with some particular meaning that would have been understood by his contemporaries. When they found Walt Disney dead at his desk he had written on a piece of paper: "Kurt Russell." Russell has said he has no idea why.
Desi Arnaz (Ricky Riccardo in I Love Lucy), what Lucille Ball said his last words were ,"I love you, too, honey. Good luck with your show." Died from a lung tumor. Lucille Ball's last words were her requesting for her Florida water, then sadly lost consciousness from back pain that she mentioned prior, then she succumbed to a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. The Queen of Comedy and her supportive husband.
Alexanders body was in Alexandria at one point. Augustus visitied it. Caligula looted it, and the last record I can find of a Roman Emperor seeing it waa Caracalla
For the Elizabeth the first one, I believe her death was caused by blood poisoning due to high levels of mercury found in the white makeup she would use. She would also not take her makeup off as well which made her condition worse.
I live 10 minutes from where Michael Collins was assassinated, a place called Beal an Blath. His death always makes me wonder how much better our country could’ve been, anyways I’d recommend you learn more about Irish history, for such a small country we have a lot of history!
What’s up VTH 😊 On 1/17/1893 the Hawaiian monarchy was overthrown and it would be cool if you could react to a video about Hawaii from Alternate History Hub or Overly Sarcastic Productions. Idk how much schools on the mainland talk about the native Hawaiians and hawaiian monarchs but the overthrow is still in the minds of Hawaiians today, just a little suggestion for next month 😊 i hope you and your family have a fantastic new year 🎊🎉
In relation to Michael Collins his car was ambushed in the countryside and while behind cover a bullet it seems hit the road and ricochet up. We'll that is what I heard
I really enjoyed this one because I truly learned something. Usually I know most of what is said in these reactions, but not this one. It also pushed me to go and do some research of my own which is always a good thing. I hope that you continue to do more of these more obscure topics.
Sounds like ur getting better I feel the pain of non covid illness right now and ur vids are helping me through it keep up the great work Also would recommend the podcast on the Pacific war done by kings and generals it’s on Spotify and it’s absolutely amazing you should give it a listen not for the channel but something I think you would enjoy
In my opinion, William Pitt: the Younger, was the greatest leader in British history, noticeably better than Churchill. He achieved so much in his fairly short life, & his achievements as PM started early in adulthood, as mentioned. He is also the longest surviving PM in British history, despite dying young, compared to Churchill’s long life. Pitt did slightly more with a lot less time, thus: a greater leader. PS: I agree, Cumberbatch did do a great job playing Pitt in Amazing Grace.
I liked this video, but I want to add 2 people which is criminal isn't on this list: 1: Admiral Yi Sun-Sin, Martial Lord of Loyalty (Korean): "The war is at its height - wear my armor and beat my war drums. Do not announce my death." He said to his sun in the midst of a Naval battle against the Japanese Navy. 2: Leonardo Da Vinci: “I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have.” Brief introduction in case you haven't heard of Admiral Yi: He was a korean naval general. VTH has done a reaction video to a series about him. Basically he's likely one of the if not the best naval general in the pre-aircraft naval combat era. There are meny other great people, particularly I want to send my respect to a lot of Chinese generals and Admirals. They have had some of the greatest wars in human history and it forged some even greater generals.
@@the4tierbridge Nahh, you could argue for certain things, but not in the political sense. Was more Yi I meant in terms of this. But yeah Da Vinci isn't a leader. Would consider him a "great artist" though.
@@oliverbach3011 Another leader who had interesting last words was Stanley Baldwin (at least, public last words). They were “Are they booing me?”’, in response to a crowd cheering for him. He had gone deaf, and so didn’t know what they were saying.
"Far be it that the King of Bohemia should run away. Instead, take me to the place where the noise of the battle is the loudest. The Lord will be with us. Nothing to fear. Just take good care of my son." - John of Bohemia, Battle of Crecy, killed by welsh archer (stabbed with dagger to the back and then to to the eye) I wonder what the english soldiers were thinking when they saw 50 years old blind king riding at full speed with his heavy knights at them and killing at least five of them before he himself was killed alongside everyone who rode with him.
To clarify, the white makeup that Elizabeth I wore (as well as a lot of people at that time. Something to do with having a pale face being a beauty standard at that time, I think) was primarily pigmented using Lead Carbonate (White Lead), not arsenic, as the main arsenic pigment at that time was orpiment, which is a yellow color
Nicholas II's last recorded words were "What? Can you repeat that?" after his executioners read him his death sentence. After that they immediately shot him, he barely had time to turn around and look at his family.
I'm surprised by how many died of pleurisy. I'm guessing some comorbidities going on. I've had it, and it sucked so bad. But a little ibuprofen, not penicillin or anything major, had me back up and going. I understand ibuprofen probably didn't exist back then, but it seemed like I was never in dire trouble. It just hurt a lot. Felt like a knife entering my lungs every time I took a deep breath.
Caesar's "You too, son!" is a shakespearean invention to 100%. According to ancient Roman hostorians his last words were something along the lines of: "Casca, you scoundrel, what are you doing!" Casca was one of the conspirators, who grabbed Ceasar's clothes to hold him still while the others stabbed him with their knives. On Basileos II The Slayer of Bulgars, we have to admire the fact that he managed to rule Bysantium for almost 50 years, in an environment where brother killed brother and the ascendance to the throne was reason enough for someone to kill you. Well done, Varangian Guard! And then we have Saint Lawrence who died on a barbecue grid, saying: "You can turn me over now, this side is done." He is now the patron saint of comedians and cooks.
~ LAST WORDS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE ~ GEORGE ORWELL “At 50, everyone has the face he deserves.” (He died at age 46.) EUGENE O'NEILL “I knew it! I knew it! Born in a hotel room and, goddamn it, dying in a hotel room.” GROUCHO MARX “This is no way to live!” JOAN CRAWFORD “Damn it! Don’t you dare ask God to help me!” KARL MARX "Last words are for fools who haven't said enough." PABLO PICASSO "Drink to me, drink to my health. You know I can't drink anymore". JOHN DILLINGER "You got me". JAMES DEAN That guy's got to stop. He'll see us." ARCHIMEDES “Don’t disturb my Circles!” MARCO POLO “I have not told half of what I saw.” MICHELANGELO “I’m still learning.” BENITO MUSSOLINI “Shoot me in the Chest!” FREDDIE MERCURY “Pee-Pee!”
One of my favorites is french composer Jean-Philippe Rameau speaking to his confessor: ''What the devil do you mean to sing to me, priest? You are out of tune.''
From everything I've read, Nikolai II's last words were possibly "What? What?" or something along the lines of "Repeat that" or "Read it again," based on the accounts of the murderers. They were all drunk and in a very poor frame of mind, so some inconsistency isn't shocking to me. What does seem pretty clear is that his last words were some sort of expression I'd disbelief from heading the execution order being read.
Basil II was known as "the Bulgar Slayer" because around the time the Bulgarian Empire rose to prominence and Basil II had to contend with them as well as other external enemies and was one of the Byzantine Emperors to help the Empire and make gains for it before it's decline.
Basil II was am effective ruler and even more effective at waging war. He was named bulgar slayer because of how many Bulgarians he persecuted. I believe he use to maim them if a specific way I just can't remember how
For Patton, I found this: "Patton's chief of staff, Major General Hobart Gay, invited him on a December 9 pheasanthunting trip near Speyer to lift his spirits. Observing derelict cars along the side of the road, Patton said, *"How awful war is. Think of the waste."* Moments later his car collided with an American army truck at low speed." • Source: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_S._Patton (Post War, Accident) • Source Reliability: Uncertain since it's Wikipedia, cannot bother to check the sources within but seeing you used Wikipedia in the past I assumed it would be okay I remembered hearing this but I certainly disagreed that this is his final words as it was his last words right before the accident - not death.
I would add the final words of emperor Pedro II, from Brazil... While he was dying in France he stated "may God give me this one last wish, peace and prosperity to Brazil"
Little known fact, although most sources claim Bismarck was asked on his deathbed "What's your favourite TV show?", more recent findings suggest he was actually asked about his favourite genre of electronic music.
Perhaps not as notable or important as some of these other figures but I know that Ian Paisley’s last words were “I love you, darling,” to his wife Eileen before he closed his eyes, by her account.
You mentioned Death Masks. I remember History channel did a special on death masks where they digitzed their face and brought it to life using the masks as templates. The subjects were George Washington, Lincoln, Napoelon, John Dillinger and William Shakespeare. They later did one on Jesus. One of my favorite shows.
I have never heard about his last words, but his epitaph is one that should ring true with any Christian. "Free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty I am free at last."
Emperor Basil II is best known for his nickname, *Basil the Bulgar-Slayer.* Basil came into power during one of the Byzantine Empires many periods of downturn and completely turned things around, his most famous feat being the conquest of the Bulgarian Empire.
"Nōlī turbāre circulōs meōs!" Do not disturb my circles. Supposed to be what Archimedes said before being killed by a Roman soldier during the Siege of Syracuse.
I like this guy. I’ve been subbed for almost a year. But hey. I like this guy, very smart. Very fun. Had a horrible day today. But I came here and I’m just like chilling. Thank you for being you.
there is another proposal for what nelsons last words were and thoughs were "kiss me hardy" hardy being comodor hardy nelsons second in command nelson supposidy muttered these words just as he sliped away also queen victorias "bertie" is talking about her husband albert she had got depression after his death and never came out of mourning w she wore black for the rest of her life it is in the context of "i will see bertie again"
Not sure if anyone else has said this but the first person to be hung drawn and quartered (at least of some notoriety) was the Welsh prince David ap (Son of in Welsh) Gruffudd in 1283 I learnt about this in my Welsh classes back in school
My suggestion for the next extra history reaction series is the conquest of Indian. The history of how british conquer Indian seems to be a big historcal paradox with no black and white answer, I found it wery interesting. Extra credit in their series don't give a definitive version of that historcal events, but rather a introduction to a complex decade-long process that affected the lives of millions. I am curious to hear your opinion about topic that are consider a historcal paradox. Do you like other historian just love historcal paradox?
"Go on, get out! Last words are for fools who haven't said enough." Karl Marx when asked by a servant if he had any last words. Fire of Learning also has a video on the last words of great thinkers.
@@squinteastwood7435 Why not? He’s seen as one of the founders of sociology and an influential philosopher. He’s still respected in Germany as one of their greatest thinkers.
Constantine XI's last words (as well as his last speech) always somehow make me feel nostalgic. He was the last Byzantine/Roman emperor, defending shreds of the 2000 years of Roman tradition, fighting against overwhelming odds, with no hope of significant help, and yet - when he had an opportunity to flee, to forsake his soldiers and his Empire (though, at this point, limited to the Theodosian Walls of Constantinople), to live - he decided to stay and die fighting. Truely, fitting end for the Roman emperor and the Roman Empire as a whole - going out with a bang, not a whimper
Good old "rather die on his feet than live on his knees" character. What an end
@@Adenn Vespasian ?
@@marseldagistani1989 i think that was veggie tales trivia’s last words before being suspended from twitter
@@laughsatchungus1461 who the hell are you talking about?
@@laughsatchungus1461 from what i can tell, the quote i used is often credited to emiliano zapata, not whomever you are talking about
On Wikipedia it says “Observing derelict cars along the side of the road, Patton said, "How awful war is. Think of the waste." Moments later his car collided with an American army truck at low speed.” Those were his final words pre accident, but not his final words
On his article the same paragraph says after that:
Patton, who had been told he had no chance to ever again ride a horse or resume normal life, at one point commented, "This is a hell of a way to die."
"Oh shit!" (literally his last words -- possibly)
Constantine XI is actually a very interesting and tragic person, I highly recommend reading more about him
Amazing pfp
The Fall of Constantinople by Steven Runciman is a great treatment and discusses Constantine quite a bit. 1453 (I can't remember the author's name) is also very good.
He easily could've escaped, but chose to die with his Empire.
I have so much respect for him
Lenin's last words were, "Good Dog." referring to his dog who had brought him a dead bird.
Wrong his last words were
Don't let that jerk Stalin take the job, by the way who I put in charge of giving people jobs?
@@NP3GA Ah yes how could I forget
@@stribe7268 And his username is some form of cyrillic, so you know he know’s what he’s talking about!
@@the4tierbridge It's greek bruv, Cyrillic looks abit different :P
@@SimonNissen94 I can’t tell, but for the record, I thought something was off.
Napoleon III's last words make me feel kind of sorry for him, as he continued to be haunted by his final defeat in the remaining two years in his life. With his last words being "Isn't it true that we weren't cowards at Sedan?" (said to his personal physician Henri Conneau, who had also been at the battle).
He surrendered to avoid the near-certain slaughter of tens of thousands of his troops, who were encircled by the German army and being shelled from all sides. But he was still branded a coward.
Famously the british had just run away sucessfully at dunkirk, when the first thing they did save back on their island, was to point the finger at the french, blaming them for surrender in a completely hopeless situation.....
Yeaah
@@Thisandthat8908 92,000 casualties in three weeks.
Scipio Africanus was my favorite. He was more or less exiled from Rome in the later part of his life by his enemies, lead by Cato the Elder. As the video says his tombstone (outside of Rome) read "ungrateful fatherland you will not even have my bones". You have to love that level of pettiness.
I wish they would have included emperor Vespasian last words, "dear me, I think I'm becoming a God". Obviously the Romans deified most Emperors after they died.
It’s interesting to see Cato hate the man who defeated the bets Carthaginian general
The thing about Vespasian's last words are basically his last joke - as he was dying from basically diarrhea.
@@GloGlo315 Vespasian had… some sort of sense of humor.
I think his quote that “money doesn’t stink” was basically a response to his son/successor questioning why they implemented a urine tax.
@@joshuahunt3032 I mean he's not wrong lmao
When he singlehandedly beat cartaghe with few support and still is treated as an enemy by the state... I would be petty too
I think my favorite last words ever were of Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen:
He was in the hospital, and when he overheard a nurse telling one of his visitors that 'He's getting better', he sputtered his famous last words: "On the contrary!"
Not a leader but certainly a man of great influence, Voltaire definitely had some incredible last words. He wasn't a catholic anymore but as he was dying a priest still came to give him the final sacrament. When the priest asks whether he would renounce the devil, Voltaire said: "Now is not the time to make new enemies."
Not a leader but my favorite last words were from Roald Dahl after he said I'm not frightened. It's just that I will miss you all so much" to his family. He received an injection and his real last words were “Ow Fuck!” 🤣
Morbidly funny, which suits Roald Dahl perfectly.
11:54 So sweet that Napoleon was thinking about his first wife in his dying days and the French army of course
It looks like the quote they used for Patton was one of the last things he said while in the car before the accident. I don't think the video creator knew he survived for a time past the accident.
Fire of Learning is great. There what if historical figures saw the modern world are long but awesome
Yeah, I don't think their opinion on the U.S. will be all bad, unlike everyone I know says. I think they'd be happy if they saw that the U.S. was the most powerful country in the world and survived the Civil War but probably wouldn't like some other stuff.
Martin Luthers last words was "Yes" in response to a question if he was ready to die. He also has a death mask. Would be interesting to hear your perspective on such a influencial person.
Thought you were talking about MLK and was very confused.
@@logangrover1655 Well, I guess MLK could arguable be more famous now. But I guess it depends on who you ask :)
No love for Voltaire? When asked by a priest to renounce satan, he responded with "Now, now my good man, this is no time to be making enemies."
I believe he is featured in the "Last words of Great thinkers", which was also made by Fire of Learning.
Those weren't actually his last words. We don't know what they were. The "no time to be making enemies" quote is from a joke in an 1856 American newspaper about an anonymous Irishman. Voltaire is completely unrelated.
I know he wasn't a leader, but he certainly wasn't a follower: I was always partial to Doc Holiday's last words, "This is funny," referring to dying without his boots on the way a gunslinger was supposed to.
May I suggest Fire of Learning’s “How the Founding Fathers would see America today”? Interesting video, with lots of humor and talking points.
If not that, at least ONE video from the “Battleship New Jersey” channel.
Yes I agree the American presidents video is great
I think emperor Titus' last words are super interesting. He was emperor from 79-81 AD and died of disease after a very short reign. His final words were "I have made but one mistake" he died before being able to finish the sentence. One of the more common theories was it being the fact that Domitian was going to succeed him (most likely started by the aristocracy who hated Domitian). Other than that his father emperor Vespasian (69-79 AD) said: "an emperor should not die lying down" he got up and then said, "dear me, I think I'm becoming a god" then died. Vespasian was probably mocking the fact that even though many emperors were deified after their death, none of them actually became gods.
It's nearly 3 in the morning over where I live, but one does not simply ignore a Vlogging through History video
Not a leader, but Oscar Wilde's reported last words are funny in my eyes, “This wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. Either it goes or I do.”
Alexander's tomb was located in Alexandria. His general/regent Antipatros did send his body to be buried in Macedonia, but Ptolemy of Egypt (another of Alexander's generals) kidnapped it and brought it to Alexandria. (The most likely reason for him to do this was that according to egyptian tradition, only the person who buried the previous Pharao was considered to be the rightful successor. Alexander had been the last Pharao, so Ptolemy had to bury him in order to legitimize his power in the eyes of his subjects.)
We know from some sources that Alexander's body remained in Alexandria for centuries, and some important figures like Caesar, Augustus and Hadrian would visit the tomb (alledgedly, he was placed in a glass sarcophagus so people could look at him). However, at some point in late antiquity, the tomb disappears from the historical records and to this dsy, no one knows where it was located.
It's always a pain to verify several of those famous "last words" since different people consider different things as "the last words" of a character. In the case of Patton, yes he said "How awful war is. Think of the waste" before the accident that led to the end of his life. Those would be, perhaps, some "meaningful" last words (as a coined phrase; some sources even say this remark accidentally distracted his driver, causing the crash), but not his ultimate last words: after the accident he apparently diagnosed himself and then he said, still at the site of the accident after the people assisting him kind of fumbled the attempts to help him, "This is a helluva way to die" (again, another meaningful phrase that indicates Patton's spirit and one, if not the final, of his quotable phrases... but not his final words).
Several lists of final words are tainted due to misconception, embellishment or practicallity (several people can't quote several sentences at once, so they settle with few words that make no sense out of their context).
In the case of Franz Ferdinand case, both accounts are true, because they are part of the same testimony: Count Harrach, a witness to Ferdinand's death, says his last words were (complete): "Sophie, Sophie! Don't die! Live for our children!..." (then, Count Harrach interrupted Ferdinand to ask him for his injuries) "It's nothing... It's nothings... It's nothing..." (Harrach said Ferdinand repeated the phrase up to seven times until he vanished).
So we can say Ferdinand's last contious though was this emotional plea to his wife (Sophie, don't die) and even in his last moments, he insisted on diverting all the attention to his wife ("It's nothing" as in "I'm fine"). But, in the strict sence of "last words"... yes, he just said "It's nothing" over and over (which makes no sense out of context).
General McArthur, at least from what I heard, is by the far the only "foreign national hero" in the Philippines, he is even in a P5 coin which depicted his "Landing in Leyte Gulf". His words of *"I shall return."* and *"People of the Philippines, I have returned!"* really struck the core of the Filipinos during and after the occupation of the Japanese Empire.
While I do criticized him for being an lazy general and late-acted-plan that made Philippines unable to mount a proper resistance against the Japanese, he is still reliably the best foreign military leader in the Philippines that stick true to his words imo, WW2 Filipinos can mostly agree with that.
I recall seeing somewhere that Patton said "How awful war is, think of the waste" as he drove by a destroyed car moments before the accident, but I don't think they were his final words.
I would definitely recommend Fire of Learning’s “how the Roman’s would view us today”. It gives a lot of information and has the expected bits of comedy in it
romans would kill them self when they see how retarded humanity went.
That sounds really cool and I would love that too.
@@semiramisubw4864 The romans were one of the most decadent civilizations ever, I don't think they are so different from us.
@@SirQuadrat that's a pretty wild miss characterisation. The Romans up until the conquests of the later republic were an incredibly frugal and hardy people. And frankly even later they tended to maintain a reputation for being hard and plain. We tend to focus on the excesses of the richest of them from the imperial period but you shouldn't think of most Romans being that way.
Thanks for covering this video! Personally I think Genghis Khan had the best final words. But saddest words are a mix between Gandhi and Julius Caesar.
Yeah, I'd imagine that William Wallace's last words were something like: "AAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!! AAAAAARRRGGGHHH!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!"
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George V of the UK (who, incidentally, was 'euthanized' by his doctor so that his death could make the morning editions of the newspapers rather than the less classy evening papers) reportedly said "Bugger Bognor" as his last words. Bognor is a seaside town in England where George had spent some time recuperating and they wrote to him requesting permission to rename the town "Bognor Regis" in honour of the occasion - the final words were supposedly in response to the request. Unfortunately this is a myth. According to his doctor's diaries, George's final words were actually "God damn you" addressed to a nurse who was attending him. Still pretty grumpy but not quite so memorable (and let's face it, if a man can't be grumpy on his deathbed, when can he be?)
Otto Von Bismarck is one of my favorite figures in history.
Why, my man, I am ashamed of you, dodging that way," and repeated the remark, "They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance." The man rose and saluted and said good-naturedly, "General, I dodged a shell once, and if I hadn't, it would have taken my head off. I believe in dodging. "The general laughed and replied, "All right, my man; go to your place."
For a third time the same shrill whistle, closing with a dull, heavy stroke, interrupted our talk; when, as I was about to resume, the general's face turned slowly to me, the blood spurting from his left cheek under the eye in a steady stream. He fell in my direction ; I was so close to him that my effort to support him failed, and I fell with him.
As McMahon makes clear, Sedgwick's actual final utterance was "All right, my man; go to your place", but his preceding sentence is just too good to ignore in any collection of last words.
I love the last words of Emperor Vespasian: "Ut puto, Deus fio" "Oh dear, I'm becoming a god"
Ooooh that's really good.
After he said that he stood up then fell on the floor and died of diarrhea
11:56 unintentional poisoning needs to be considered. The wall paper had lead or arsenic in it. So many instances of lead, arsenic or mercury poisoning in history before it was understood.
Love seeing ancient history here on the channel. Hope to see more in the new year!
Chris, one of the few death mask are at my university in the history museum at UMSL. Super awesome!
It's really a tragedy how badly Louis XXVI and Marie Antoinette are misrepresented in general culture, Marie Antoinette is depicted as a callous woman completely blind to the suffering of the common people when the truth like usual is far more interesting, she was an incredibly kind and compassionate woman who could be summed up in two words 'Noblesse Oblige'. She was very invested in helping the poor, widows, and orphans and campaigned to greatly reduce spending on court expenses on parties and other frivolous things. Louis XXVI is often thought of as a weak King but he was a far better King than many give him credit for but the circumstances were incredibly complex and difficult. Unfortunately, some ideas are so ingrained into the culture that they refuse to die, for example, the idea that medieval people thought the earth is flat has been debunked over and over but it just won't go away, that's why it's so incredibly refreshing when we come across a channel like this one, Thank you, Pastor Chris, for the wonderful work you do.😎
do you have any sources for that? i've heard many people on the internet defending marie antoinette but haven't yet seen any historical sources showing she was anything less than ignorant to the commoners issues even though she was probably not malevolent in her actions
fun fact: buddy rich's last words happened on the way to the operation room when his nurses asked what can't you take, referring to medicine, but he said " Yeah, country music."
We were always taught in school that the white makeup Queen Elizabeth 1 wore had large levels of lead which she used to cover us her small pox scars (I believe though I could be wrong). However I believe they recently tested some from around that time and found arsenic in it as well. But I love these kind of videos. Always scratches my itch for learning new things about our world’s history 😊
Thank you for covering this video :)
USSR founder Vladmir Lenin's last words were "Good dog!" They were, of course, addressed to his pet dog.
The dog had reportedly place a mangled dead bird at his bedside.
As a fun side note, “Et tu, Brute” can also be interpreted not as a question but a statement, “you too, child” can be read as being similar to “see you in hell, punk”
Yeah, in order to know EXACTLY what Julius Caesar meant by those words, we’d have to somehow know what tone they were spoken in.
Unless 1st-century Latin didn’t have tonal differences between statements and questions for some reason, in which case ignore my oblivious ass.
@@joshuahunt3032 the famous last words of Caesar being Latin is probably invented by Shakespeare, it’s believed he either said nothing or “καὶ σύ, τέκνον” (kaì sý, téknon). Meaning “you too, child”. I went with the Latin phrase since that’s what the video states but the Greek quote can also be interpreted as either a question or a statement
@@GlidusFlowers Huh. Didn’t know Caesar spoke Greek lol
@@joshuahunt3032 at the time, Greek was the language of the elite. Greek was known and spoken by most of the patrician, and Suetonius, a 1st century historian, said that Caesar spoke mainly Greek
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If true, that would also place Nicholas on the list of Christian rulers who invoked the words of the Lord before they died.
I could’ve sworn the exact nickname of “Bertie” was specifically used in reference to Queen Victoria’s son. I don’t remember Victoria ever calling her husband by that particular nickname.
Edit: or at least Rex Factor (a historical podcast that ranks the British Monarchs) seemed to think that Bertie was the nickname of Victoria’s successor, not her most beloved husband.
Yeah, I've only ever heard Bertie used for Edward VII or George VI, never for her husband Albert.
That quote from Alexander about showing his hands were empty when he died sounds like it may have been some sort of idiomatic expression with some particular meaning that would have been understood by his contemporaries.
When they found Walt Disney dead at his desk he had written on a piece of paper: "Kurt Russell." Russell has said he has no idea why.
14:40 I believe he said that directly before an aide asked if he was okay, then he repeated "it is nothing" a few times before dying.
For General Patton, "How awful war is, think of the waste" was his final words before the accident occurred.
I just noticed they started playing the music for Master and Commander when Nelson showed up. You just gotta love that movie’s sountrack
Desi Arnaz (Ricky Riccardo in I Love Lucy), what Lucille Ball said his last words were ,"I love you, too, honey. Good luck with your show." Died from a lung tumor. Lucille Ball's last words were her requesting for her Florida water, then sadly lost consciousness from back pain that she mentioned prior, then she succumbed to a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. The Queen of Comedy and her supportive husband.
Alexanders body was in Alexandria at one point. Augustus visitied it. Caligula looted it, and the last record I can find of a Roman Emperor seeing it waa Caracalla
For the Elizabeth the first one, I believe her death was caused by blood poisoning due to high levels of mercury found in the white makeup she would use. She would also not take her makeup off as well which made her condition worse.
Where great leaders are buried and what Roman emperors said as they died and what the great thinkers said as they died those are interesting as well
I live 10 minutes from where Michael Collins was assassinated, a place called Beal an Blath. His death always makes me wonder how much better our country could’ve been, anyways I’d recommend you learn more about Irish history, for such a small country we have a lot of history!
What’s up VTH 😊 On 1/17/1893 the Hawaiian monarchy was overthrown and it would be cool if you could react to a video about Hawaii from Alternate History Hub or Overly Sarcastic Productions. Idk how much schools on the mainland talk about the native Hawaiians and hawaiian monarchs but the overthrow is still in the minds of Hawaiians today, just a little suggestion for next month 😊 i hope you and your family have a fantastic new year 🎊🎉
In relation to Michael Collins his car was ambushed in the countryside and while behind cover a bullet it seems hit the road and ricochet up. We'll that is what I heard
Once again, you never disappoint with your reaction videos.
I really enjoyed this one because I truly learned something. Usually I know most of what is said in these reactions, but not this one. It also pushed me to go and do some research of my own which is always a good thing. I hope that you continue to do more of these more obscure topics.
I am so thankful for you videos I am a history nerd and have been watching all of you videos for the past month now.
Alright more Fire of Learning!
Sounds like ur getting better I feel the pain of non covid illness right now and ur vids are helping me through it keep up the great work
Also would recommend the podcast on the Pacific war done by kings and generals it’s on Spotify and it’s absolutely amazing you should give it a listen not for the channel but something I think you would enjoy
"Don't be afraid" - Charles XII of Sweden. Moments before being shot through the head at Fredriksten fortress, Norway
In my opinion, William Pitt: the Younger, was the greatest leader in British history, noticeably better than Churchill. He achieved so much in his fairly short life, & his achievements as PM started early in adulthood, as mentioned. He is also the longest surviving PM in British history, despite dying young, compared to Churchill’s long life. Pitt did slightly more with a lot less time, thus: a greater leader.
PS: I agree, Cumberbatch did do a great job playing Pitt in Amazing Grace.
Now how's your opinion on Margret Thatcher? Every Brit I ask either thinks she's the worst thing to happen to them or ok
@@neloverg3774 I do not think she was nearly as bad as some people think. Blair was far worse than Thatcher.
I liked this video, but I want to add 2 people which is criminal isn't on this list:
1: Admiral Yi Sun-Sin, Martial Lord of Loyalty (Korean): "The war is at its height - wear my armor and beat my war drums. Do not announce my death." He said to his sun in the midst of a Naval battle against the Japanese Navy.
2: Leonardo Da Vinci: “I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have.”
Brief introduction in case you haven't heard of Admiral Yi: He was a korean naval general. VTH has done a reaction video to a series about him. Basically he's likely one of the if not the best naval general in the pre-aircraft naval combat era.
There are meny other great people, particularly I want to send my respect to a lot of Chinese generals and Admirals. They have had some of the greatest wars in human history and it forged some even greater generals.
Is Leonardo da Vinci really considered a “leader” of any sort?
@@the4tierbridge Nahh, you could argue for certain things, but not in the political sense. Was more Yi I meant in terms of this. But yeah Da Vinci isn't a leader. Would consider him a "great artist" though.
@@oliverbach3011 Another leader who had interesting last words was Stanley Baldwin (at least, public last words).
They were “Are they booing me?”’, in response to a crowd cheering for him. He had gone deaf, and so didn’t know what they were saying.
"Far be it that the King of Bohemia should run away. Instead, take me to the place where the noise of the battle is the loudest. The Lord will be with us. Nothing to fear. Just take good care of my son." - John of Bohemia, Battle of Crecy, killed by welsh archer (stabbed with dagger to the back and then to to the eye)
I wonder what the english soldiers were thinking when they saw 50 years old blind king riding at full speed with his heavy knights at them and killing at least five of them before he himself was killed alongside everyone who rode with him.
Considering his son was Charles IV Holy Roman Emperor, he was very well looked after.
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To clarify, the white makeup that Elizabeth I wore (as well as a lot of people at that time. Something to do with having a pale face being a beauty standard at that time, I think) was primarily pigmented using Lead Carbonate (White Lead), not arsenic, as the main arsenic pigment at that time was orpiment, which is a yellow color
Nicholas II's last recorded words were "What? Can you repeat that?" after his executioners read him his death sentence. After that they immediately shot him, he barely had time to turn around and look at his family.
I'm surprised by how many died of pleurisy. I'm guessing some comorbidities going on. I've had it, and it sucked so bad. But a little ibuprofen, not penicillin or anything major, had me back up and going. I understand ibuprofen probably didn't exist back then, but it seemed like I was never in dire trouble. It just hurt a lot. Felt like a knife entering my lungs every time I took a deep breath.
Caesar's "You too, son!" is a shakespearean invention to 100%. According to ancient Roman hostorians his last words were something along the lines of: "Casca, you scoundrel, what are you doing!" Casca was one of the conspirators, who grabbed Ceasar's clothes to hold him still while the others stabbed him with their knives.
On Basileos II The Slayer of Bulgars, we have to admire the fact that he managed to rule Bysantium for almost 50 years, in an environment where brother killed brother and the ascendance to the throne was reason enough for someone to kill you. Well done, Varangian Guard!
And then we have Saint Lawrence who died on a barbecue grid, saying: "You can turn me over now, this side is done." He is now the patron saint of comedians and cooks.
Regards Patton, I googled the quote, their sources attribute to Ernie Pyle, maybe not lst words, but attributed to him.
~ LAST WORDS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE ~
GEORGE ORWELL
“At 50, everyone has the face he deserves.” (He died at age 46.)
EUGENE O'NEILL
“I knew it! I knew it! Born in a hotel room and, goddamn it, dying in a hotel room.”
GROUCHO MARX
“This is no way to live!”
JOAN CRAWFORD
“Damn it! Don’t you dare ask God to help me!”
KARL MARX
"Last words are for fools who haven't said enough."
PABLO PICASSO
"Drink to me, drink to my health. You know I can't drink anymore".
JOHN DILLINGER
"You got me".
JAMES DEAN
That guy's got to stop. He'll see us."
ARCHIMEDES
“Don’t disturb my Circles!”
MARCO POLO
“I have not told half of what I saw.”
MICHELANGELO
“I’m still learning.”
BENITO MUSSOLINI
“Shoot me in the Chest!”
FREDDIE MERCURY
“Pee-Pee!”
One of my favorites is french composer Jean-Philippe Rameau speaking to his confessor: ''What the devil do you mean to sing to me, priest? You are out of tune.''
From everything I've read, Nikolai II's last words were possibly "What? What?" or something along the lines of "Repeat that" or "Read it again," based on the accounts of the murderers. They were all drunk and in a very poor frame of mind, so some inconsistency isn't shocking to me. What does seem pretty clear is that his last words were some sort of expression I'd disbelief from heading the execution order being read.
More fire of learning please!
Basil II was known as "the Bulgar Slayer" because around the time the Bulgarian Empire rose to prominence and Basil II had to contend with them as well as other external enemies and was one of the Byzantine Emperors to help the Empire and make gains for it before it's decline.
Basil II was am effective ruler and even more effective at waging war. He was named bulgar slayer because of how many Bulgarians he persecuted. I believe he use to maim them if a specific way I just can't remember how
@@neloverg3774 IIRC he blinded their eyes with hot coals.
For Patton, I found this:
"Patton's chief of staff, Major General Hobart Gay, invited him on a December 9 pheasanthunting trip near Speyer to lift his spirits. Observing derelict cars along the side of the road, Patton said, *"How awful war is. Think of the waste."* Moments later his car collided with an American army truck at low speed."
• Source: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_S._Patton (Post War, Accident)
• Source Reliability: Uncertain since it's Wikipedia, cannot bother to check the sources within but seeing you used Wikipedia in the past I assumed it would be okay
I remembered hearing this but I certainly disagreed that this is his final words as it was his last words right before the accident - not death.
I guess the maker of the video didn’t realize Patton survived for weeks after the accident.
Queen Victoria died while Kaiser Wilhelm was visiting her. He loved Victoria a lot and its really what kept everyone from WW1 for awhile.
I would add the final words of emperor Pedro II, from Brazil... While he was dying in France he stated "may God give me this one last wish, peace and prosperity to Brazil"
I like the photo of John Sedgewick. He is almost smiling, which was extremely rare back in those days.
Little known fact, although most sources claim Bismarck was asked on his deathbed "What's your favourite TV show?", more recent findings suggest he was actually asked about his favourite genre of electronic music.
Perhaps not as notable or important as some of these other figures but I know that Ian Paisley’s last words were “I love you, darling,” to his wife Eileen before he closed his eyes, by her account.
When I saw your thumbnail, as a big fan of I, Claudius, all I could think was, “Don’t touch the figs.”
You mentioned Death Masks. I remember History channel did a special on death masks where they digitzed their face and brought it to life using the masks as templates. The subjects were George Washington, Lincoln, Napoelon, John Dillinger and William Shakespeare. They later did one on Jesus. One of my favorite shows.
I have never heard about his last words, but his epitaph is one that should ring true with any Christian. "Free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty I am free at last."
Congrats on 240k!
Emperor Nero claimed to have said "what an Artist dies within (with) me"
Emperor Basil II is best known for his nickname, *Basil the Bulgar-Slayer.* Basil came into power during one of the Byzantine Empires many periods of downturn and completely turned things around, his most famous feat being the conquest of the Bulgarian Empire.
In regards to Patton. In the movie "The final days of Patton", his last word was "Papa", referring to his father.
Your ability to do quick math and figure out how old they were when they died is impressive
What are your favorite last words from any historical character?
"God Damn You"
-George V
"Italy is made, all is safe"
- Cavour
i personally would love a video covering some life and death masks from throughout history!
The Cesar one was a huge misconception. The last words originated from Shakespeares play.
"Nōlī turbāre circulōs meōs!" Do not disturb my circles. Supposed to be what Archimedes said before being killed by a Roman soldier during the Siege of Syracuse.
I like this guy. I’ve been subbed for almost a year. But hey. I like this guy, very smart. Very fun. Had a horrible day today. But I came here and I’m just like chilling. Thank you for being you.
Glad you're here, Morgan. Hope tomorrow is a better day for you!
What a freaking interesting vid. Genius idea for a vid too!
there is another proposal for what nelsons last words were and thoughs were "kiss me hardy" hardy being comodor hardy nelsons second in command nelson supposidy muttered these words just as he sliped away
also queen victorias "bertie" is talking about her husband albert she had got depression after his death and never came out of mourning w she wore black for the rest of her life
it is in the context of "i will see bertie again"
Not sure if anyone else has said this but the first person to be hung drawn and quartered (at least of some notoriety) was the Welsh prince David ap (Son of in Welsh) Gruffudd in 1283 I learnt about this in my Welsh classes back in school
My suggestion for the next extra history reaction series is the conquest of Indian. The history of how british conquer Indian seems to be a big historcal paradox with no black and white answer, I found it wery interesting. Extra credit in their series don't give a definitive version of that historcal events, but rather a introduction to a complex decade-long process that affected the lives of millions. I am curious to hear your opinion about topic that are consider a historcal paradox. Do you like other historian just love historcal paradox?
“Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees.”- Lieutenant General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
I'm not sure about the Nicholas II quote, most sources cite that he panicked before being shot. Don't think he said, anything profound like that.
"Go on, get out! Last words are for fools who haven't said enough." Karl Marx when asked by a servant if he had any last words. Fire of Learning also has a video on the last words of great thinkers.
I wouldn’t put Karl Marx on the “Great Thinkers” list.
@@squinteastwood7435 me neither. Just interesting last words and a video suggestion. 2 separate things
@@squinteastwood7435 Why not? He’s seen as one of the founders of sociology and an influential philosopher. He’s still respected in Germany as one of their greatest thinkers.
for NIcholas II was that his final words in the 1971 film? I gotta look!
I hope you one day do A reaction on Alternate History Southern Victory Series Review.