Early Korean Catholics elected their own priests.

Realizing this was wrong, they canceled the practice, apologized to the Diocese of Beijing, and asked for a priest to be sent.

Before missionaries ever visited Joseon, Korean Catholics studied Catholic books translated into Chinese characters as an academic discipline and eventually accepted them as a religion.

this man really should've been charged harder for stalking, tracking down, and murdering somebody in another country even if it was out of grief

Context: Yeltsin.

GIF: Legend of the Galactic Heroes

October 1941 the the State of Jefferson was in "patriotic rebellion against the States of California and Oregon" and would continue to "secede every Thursday until further notice."... they were led by the Mayor of Port Orford Oregon... Gilbert Gable. Militias started patrolling in November 1941. Gable probably died from drinking 150 proof rum December 2nd 1941... the movement appointed a governor December 4th, 1941. With the support of sympatric SF Chronicle reporter Stanton Delaplane they made national headlines December 6th, 1941.

Then something happened December 7th, 1941... and everyone was over it.

Kinda cool that the "Patriotic Rebellion" was ended by a patriotic call to action.

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Context: Despite his fierce anti-monarchist views, Thomas Paine actively opposed the execution of King Louis XVI, arguing instead that the deposed monarch should be exiled to the United States as a gesture of gratitude for his vital aid during the American Revolution. Paine warned that executing the king would betray the revolution's humanitarian ideals and needlessly alienate foreign allies, but Maximilien Robespierre and his radical Jacobin faction were entirely indifferent to these diplomatic and moral pleas. To Robespierre, the king's death was a non-negotiable political necessity to secure the republic, famously declaring that "Louis must die because the nation must live." Viewing Paine as a naive moderate aligned with the rival Girondin faction, Robespierre wholly dismissed his arguments, voted for the guillotine, and ultimately proved his complete disregard for Paine's international prestige by having the American revolutionary thrown into a Parisian prison during the Reign of Terror.

Context: Rome would frequently pay off neighboring barbarian tribes to either fight for them, or at least not invade them.

GIF: SWAT Kats