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Monday 4 March 2019

An interesting historical coincidence

Last night’s episode of ENDEAVOUR (the story of early part of Endeavour Morse’s career in the Oxford/Thames Valley Police) was entitled DEGÜELLO.

In Spanish, this word means ‘decapitation’ or ‘no quarter’ (i.e. no surrender will be accepted, and no prisoners taken). Most famously, this was the bugle call sounded by Santa Ana’s army just before the final assault on the Alamo ... on 6th March 1836. It is interesting to note that this episode of ENDEAVOUR was transmitted on 3rd March 2019, just over one hundred and eighty-three years afterwards.

An interesting historical coincidence.

6 comments:

  1. Bob,
    I, too, noticed the title. Here's another coincidence for you: March 6, 1836 was a Sunday - the same day as Endeavour was broadcast!
    But you can always find coincidences if you look for them. For example, Napoleon and Wellington:
    Both born 1769
    Born on islands ruled over by France and Britain
    Both sons of minor aristcrat who died young
    Both attended military school in France (Brienne and Angers)
    Both changed spelling of surnames(Buonaparte to Bonaparte; Wesley to Wellesley)
    Both cheated on their wives
    Both wore plain clothes in battle, rather than fancy uniforms like their staffs
    Both rode horses named after battles in which they had participated (Marengo and Copenhagen)
    Both had several mistresses in common
    &c.
    You can always find coincidence if you look...
    Best wishes,
    Arthur

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    1. Arthur1815 (Arthur),

      Looking for and finding coincidences can be fun ... just as long as it doesn't lead one to believe in conspiracies!

      All the best,

      Bob

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    2. That's what they want you to think.

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    3. Nigel Drury,

      I'd love to know 'they' are!

      All the best,

      Bob

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  2. Bob, back to Endeavour, in which Freemasonry featured slightly: William Barrett Travis, James Bowie, David Crockett and Almaron Dickenson were all Masons... and so was Santa Anna.
    Does one detect some subtle plot/conspiracy behind the television series?
    Regards,
    Arthur
    Regards,

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    1. Arthur1815 (Arthur),

      I knew that Travis, Bowie, Crockett, and Santa Anna were all Masons, although it is probable that they came from different branches. (North American Freemasonry tends to have its origins in Scottish and Irish Freemasonry whilst Spanish Freemasons were closer Freemasonry as practised on the Continent of Europe.)

      It is possible to see Masonic references in the various Morse, Lewis, and Endeavour TV series if one cares to look and thinks that there is some subtle underlying plot. For example, a Lewis is what we can the son of a Mason.

      it is certainly something to think about.

      All the best,

      Bob

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