This Weekend in History - October 17 & 18

 October 17

1534 - Anti-Catholic posters appear in Paris and other cities supporting Huldrych Zwingli's position on the Mass (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

William Tyndale's World in Pre-Reformation Europe, by Rev. Ian Goligher (video)

After Darkness, Light, by Dr. Edward Panosian [Text: Genesis 1:1-3]
Ulrich Zwingli on the Word of God, by William Boekestein
Ulrich Zwingli and the Reformation in Switzerland, by Dr. Peter Hammond
Ulrich Zwingli, by Dr. Alan Cairns [2 Timothy 1:1-21]

The Swiss Reformation 500th - The Greatest Impact of All the Reformations, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
Ulrich Zwingli and the Swiss Reformation, Part 1, by Brian Borgman
Ulrich Zwingli and the Swiss Reformation, Part 2, by Brian Borgman

1660 - The Nine regicides who signed the death warrant of Charles I of England are hanged, drawn and quartered  (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Oliver Cromwell: Saint, Soldier, Statesmen, by Dr. Alan Cairns (Text: Hebrews 8)

Oliver Cromwell, by Dr. Peter Hammond

Oliver Cromwell and His Russet-Coated Heroes, by Bill Potter

The Life and Labors of Oliver Cromwell, by Rev. Colin Mercer

Oliver Cromwell Lord Protector of England, by Rev. Ian Goligher (Text: 1 Samuel 18:12)

I think it was Oliver Cromwell who said:

"You need not hope in order to undertake, and you need not succeed in order to persevere." The following sermons and podcasts are on Oliver Cromwell and the English Civil War

October 18

1748 -  Signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

The Colonial Wars of America and Providential Significance, by Historian Bill Potter

Glorious Revolution: William and Mary, by Joe Morecraft III

Glorious Revolution: William and Mary, by Joe Morecraft III

1945 - Argentine military officer and politician Juan Peron marries actress Eva Duarte (Source)

Recommended musical:

Evita 

Here are a couple of my favorite songs from this musical:

What a Circus

The Lady's Got Potential

Peron's Latest Flame

The following is a quote taken from Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left:

"...both the Wilson and the FDR administrations were descendants - albeit distant ones - of the first fascist movement: the French Revolution...It produced the first modern dictators, Robespierre and Napoleon, and worked on the premise that the nation had to be ruled by an enlightened avant-garde who would serve as the organic, authentic voice of the 'general will.'...Robespierre summed up the totalitarian logic of the Revolution: 'There are only two parties in France: the people and its enemies. We must exterminate those miserable villains who are eternally conspiring against the right of man...[W]e must exterminate our enemies.'"