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Justice-Gorsuch t1_iqwavwk wrote
Reply to TIL Jean Bernadotte was born a commoner in France; and died the King of Sweden by thenewcomputer
Russia pushed hard for Bernadotte to be made king of France after the Napoleonic Wars. At the Congress of Vienna, Russia didn’t want the Bourbon dynasty restored and argued that it should be him instead, but the other great powers wanted someone with more legitimacy and were weary of someone they saw might be a Russian puppet leading France.
Justice-Gorsuch t1_j5k52xr wrote
Reply to comment by Pterritorialdactyl in TIL the first known résumé was written by Leonardo da Vinci, when applying to be a military engineer for the Duke of Milan. It's mainly just a list of his designs for siege weapons (including trebuchets). He briefly mentions his art: "In painting, I can do everything possible." He got the job. by Pfeffer_Prinz
Machiavelli, that evil bastard!