Historical Love Island: THE WINNER (TRIH ep 207)
1788 · Resource
This is a special “results” edition of The Rest Is History in which hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook announce the winners of their tongue-in-cheek historical Love Island contest. After recapping earlier rounds, they reveal vote shares for four couples: Stanley Baldwin and Theodora (winners, c.47%), General Custer and Lola Montes (second), Lord Byron and Sporris (third), and Jimmy Carter and Olympias (fourth). The hosts banter about contestants’ suitability, public reaction on Twitter,...
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Around 1788
- Presidency of George Washington (1789)
- French Revolution (1789)
- Industrial Revolution (1760)
- American Declaration of Independence (1776)
- Industrial Revolution begins (1760)
- American Revolution (1775)
- American Revolutionary War (1775)
- Napoleon Bonaparte (1769)
- Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations (1776)
- Watt's separate-condenser steam engine patent (1769)