18th-Century Characters, Including Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 36

[cahn]

Starting a couple of comments earlier than usual to mention there are a couple of new salon fics! These probably both need canon knowledge.

felis ficlets on siblings!

Siblings (541 words) by felisnocturna
Chapters: 2/2
Fandom: 18th Century CE RPF
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great, Michael Gabriel Fredersdorf, August Wilhelm von Preußen | Augustus William of Prussia (1722-1758), Wilhelmine von Preußen | Wilhelmine of Prussia (1709-1758)
Summary:

Three Fills for the 2022 Three Sentence Ficathon.

Chapter One: Protective Action / Babysitting at Rheinsberg (Frederick/Fredersdorf, William+Henry+Ferdinand)
Chapter Two: Here Be Lions (Wilhelmine)

Unsent Letters fic by me:

Letters for a Dead King (1981 words) by raspberryhunter
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 18th Century CE RPF
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great & Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig von Preußen (1726-1802)
Characters: Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig von Preußen | Henry of Prussia (1726-1802)
Additional Tags: Epistolary, Love/Hate, Talking To Dead People, Canonical Character Death, Dysfunctional Family
Summary:

Just because one's king and brother is dead doesn't mean one has to stop writing to him.

Comments

Re: Peter Keith chronology revision

[mildred_of_midgard]

May 1735 or May 1736

Aaaand, of course, a German newspaper reports this as June 7, meaning the May 27 date I had was Old Style. Why must chronology be so complicated?

Well, at least we now have a firm date from a contemporary source: June 7, 1735.

(I promise I have more interesting findings, but I got sidetracked trying to figure out who this guy Lehndorff talked about was, and then I was like..."While I'm here in the newspapers, let's just check out the Admiral Norris date." Like I do. ;) I also got the exact date of Algarotti's arrival in Berlin (June 28, 1740), which I didn't have before!)

Re: Peter Keith chronology revision

[selenak]

Aaaand, of course, a German newspaper reports this as June 7, meaning the May 27 date I had was Old Style. Why must chronology be so complicated?

Huh. I knew the Russians were still using the Julian calendar in the 18th century, but I thought the Brits had finally switched, not least because otherwise, what an extra administrative nightmare for Team Hannover?

Re: Peter Keith chronology revision

[mildred_of_midgard]

Oh, no, not until 1752! It is the bane of all Jacobite historians. I know this because it was a plot point of my teenage self's novel. :'D

If my teenage self's sources are to be trusted, part of the resistance was because the Gregorian calendar was seen by many in England as a popish plot, which means politicians had to be careful about proposing it.