Hmmmmm. I don't think we want everything we've talked about, for sure! But there is kind of a lot of stuff I would like to be in there. Let's see. A list of the kind of things I would like to see: * births and deaths of Fritz's immediate family, also Fredersdorf and Katte deaths * Ascensions of other monarchs where it's relevant (Austria, Russia) * Beginning and ends of various wars * The AW implosion * Fritz' marriage and those of his siblings * The dates of Visits Important To Gossipy Sensationlists, like, when Voltaire visited Prussia, when Algarotti was in Prussia / made Count / etc.
To encourage brevity, what if all entries for the specific year were made under that year?
1740: Friedrich Wilhelm dies 31 May. Fritz crowned [whenever he got crowned]. His Anti-Machiavel pamphlet is published in September. Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, dies 20 October (Maria Theresia succeeds him but is not recognized at the time as Empress). Fritz invades the Austrian province of Silesia in December, starting the War of the Austrian Succession.
Something like that? It should make sense to someone who is coming to it new but shouldn't have a lot of extraneous detail, that is what the posts are for :D
My other thought is that really important stuff should be bolded. Things like Fritz ascending to the throne. And Katte :P
ETA: And YESSSSS to recs and books! I don't even know what bio of Fritz I should check out; I looked around over the break and got sort of intimidated by all the possibilities.
Re: Rheinsberg, the community
* births and deaths of Fritz's immediate family, also Fredersdorf and Katte deaths
* Ascensions of other monarchs where it's relevant (Austria, Russia)
* Beginning and ends of various wars
* The AW implosion
* Fritz' marriage and those of his siblings
* The dates of Visits Important To Gossipy Sensationlists, like, when Voltaire visited Prussia, when Algarotti was in Prussia / made Count / etc.
To encourage brevity, what if all entries for the specific year were made under that year?
1740: Friedrich Wilhelm dies 31 May. Fritz crowned [whenever he got crowned]. His Anti-Machiavel pamphlet is published in September. Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, dies 20 October (Maria Theresia succeeds him but is not recognized at the time as Empress). Fritz invades the Austrian province of Silesia in December, starting the War of the Austrian Succession.
Something like that? It should make sense to someone who is coming to it new but shouldn't have a lot of extraneous detail, that is what the posts are for :D
My other thought is that really important stuff should be bolded. Things like Fritz ascending to the throne. And Katte :P
ETA: And YESSSSS to recs and books! I don't even know what bio of Fritz I should check out; I looked around over the break and got sort of intimidated by all the possibilities.