My 110 favorite TV Episodes part 1

110 of my most favorite episodes in TV history. Here is the reveal on the first 4.

1. Vikings: The Lord's Prayer (2014):

Ragnar wacks King Horik.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/05/02/vikings-the-lords-prayer-review



2. Sherlock: Hound of the Baskervilles (2012)
The greatest Holmes story modernized.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1942613/fullcredits



3. Sherlock: His Last Vow (2014)

Sherlock wacks Charles Augustus Magnussen.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/01/12/sherlock-his-last-vow-review



4. Agents of Shield: Turn, Turn, Turn (2014)

A tie in with Captain America: Winter Soldier. The episode where Shield took off. Garrett and Ward are Hydra?

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/04/09/marvels-agents-of-shield-turn-turn-turn-review

Dark Ages: Timeline

476: Rome falls to Odavacer

483-511: Clovis unites Franks

493: Odavacer overthrown by Ostrogoths

527-65: Reign of Justinian I

  -529-34: Justinian compiles Corpus Juris Civilis

535-54: Gothic War

541-42: Plague of Justinian

547: St. Benedict dies

568: Lombards invade Italy

590-604: Gregory the Great is Pope

610: Muhammad's vision

  -610-32: Muhammad spreads Islam

  -622: Flight from Mecca

  -630: The Return

610: Heraclitus I assumes power

627: Battle of Ninevah breaks Sassanid power

632-732: Muslim Conquest

  -717: Assault on Constantinople

  -732: Battle of Tours

730-87: Iconoclast Controversy

782: Verdict of Verdun

793: Viking raid on Lindesfarne

800: Charlemagne crowned Holy Roman Emperor

814: Charlemagne dies

867-1056: Macedonian Renaissance

919: Gunpowder used at The Battle of Long-Shan Jiang

1000: Vikings discover North America

History Shorts: The Little Ice Age (1250-1850)

The Earth cooled following the Medieval Warm Period. It began in 1250 (or 1350) and ended around 1850. The cause of the cooling is debated. Theories range from solar activity to ocean currents to volcanic activity. Glaciers spread, winters lengthened, famines occurred, and rain increased. Essentially, it was a cold, wet period in global history. The Little Ice age caused some of histories great famines, ruined crops helping to precipitate the French Revolution, walloped Napoleon in Russia, led to ice in the Great Lakes during June, ended the Viking Age, and may have led to witch hunts after crop failures. It finally ended around 1850. This coincided with the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. As a result, some have proposed that global warming began as a result of industrialization. Others have pointed to other natural factors.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuZSMVwJLq0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdK6zbPnHw4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AXbSRjMmRI

History Shorts: The Battle of Hastings and fall of Anglo Saxon England (1066)

England’s King Harold faced two invasions in 1066. He defeated a Viking invasion force at Stamford Bridge and then turned to face William the Bastard’s Norman force. The Normans fielded about 10,000 men at Hastings against 7,000 Anglo Saxons. The battle stalemated until the Anglo Saxons fell for a Norman trick. William pretended to flee and swirled around to destroy Harold’s forces when they left their heavily defended positions to pursue. The battle, and Anglo Saxon England, ended with Harold’s death. The king took an arrow through the eye ending his reign.  The native English quickly became second class citizens in their homeland.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xD4EP3dpmes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_rAXH09qRY

History Shorts: Stamford Bridge (1066)

Anglo Saxon King Harold faced two invasions at once in 1066. He faced Harald Hardrada’s Viking force and William the Bastard’s Normans. He decided to face the Vikings first and marched to East Riding, Yorkshire to face the Norwegians. Hardrada and his brother Tostig Godwinson died symbolically ending the Viking Age. King Harold’s forces achieved an incredible and decisive victory, but they still had to contend with the Normans. The victory at Stamford Bridge helped William the Bastard as it tired the Anglo Saxons. In the end, the Normans conquered England. Stamford Bridge played a pivotal role in the Norman Conquest.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QewGV3Xa1ik

The Vikings take Normandy (911)

Rollo joined his Viking brethren to lay siege to Paris. King Charles traded Normandy to Rollo in exchange for the Vikings fealty. Rollo honored his agreement with the King and even defended Charles against others.  The Norse presence gave the territory its name. A century later, his descendants conquered England. As a result, Rollo’s acquisition marked the beginning of the end for Anglo Saxon England.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeiOOkV64AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hboIjY7ft48

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8U240rJrQY

History Shorts: Alfred the Great defeats the Vikings (9th century)

Alfred is the only English monarch to earn the title “great.” He came to power in 871 amid the Viking conquest. Alfred successfully developed a strategy to stop the invaders. He built defensive fortifications and allowed the Vikings to attack. The defensive lines proved too strong and the Scandinavians died in mass. Alfred also created the English Navy and codified English law.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3xK_RH0up8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuRRNPbq7RYd

History Shorts: The Viking Age begins (793 A.D.)

The Vikings left Scandinavia for new lands. In 793, they raided the English monastery at Lindesfarne ushering in the Viking Age. Europe seemed on the verge of exiting the Dark Ages when the Vikings struck.  Viking raids over the next few centuries bankrupted kingdoms and tossed the continent back into disarray. The Viking Age ended when the Earth entered into the Little Ice Age.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBVh53a8aRo

Star Trek Timeline: 11th-19th centuries

1000: Vikings land in North America

1095: First Crusade

11^th century: Life on Zetar wiped out by war

12^th century: Sphere Builders build their spheres

12^th century: Kulkulkan visits Aztecs

1154: Andorians become warp capable

13^th century: Conquests of Genghis Khan

14^th century: Ventaxian civilization makes deal with the devil

14^th century: The Kataan’s sun goes supernova. They create a probe to ensure the preservation of their culture.

14^th century: Qo’nos is attacked by the Hur’q. The Sword of Kahless and other artifacts are plundered.

14^th century: Stratos is built

1334-1350: Black Death sweeps Earth

1401: Beginning of Renaissance

1492: Columbus discovers America

1519: Captain Erika Hernandez and three officers from the USS Columbia arrive in the Caelar city. Hernandez later undergoes a procedure and lives into the 24^th century. The other three die in the 16^th century.

16^th century: Bajorans build solar space ships

16^th century: Beginning of Klingon dark ages

1588: Spanish Armada

1666: Newton devises his laws

1680: Pueblo Uprising (Jean Luc Picard’s ancestor takes part)

1691: Salem Witch Trials force the Megas-Tu to leave Salem.

18^th century: Denevan neural parasites wipe out Beta Portolan

1767: Eminiar and Vendikar begin a war completely fought by computer with casualties calculated leading to mass murder. The war ends in the 23^rd century.

1776: Declaration of Independence

1789: French Revolution begins

1799: Napoleon seizes power in France

19^th century: Cardassian Union and Detapa Council formed

1805: A Picard fights at Trafalgar

1815: Waterloo ends Napoleon’s reign

1821: Onaya kills writer John Keats

1836: Battle of the Alamo

1850: Suliban world becomes uninhabitable leading to a mass exodus

1850s: Vulcans finally rebuild their world after the great wars and Awakening. They return to interstellar travel

1860s: Humans are abducted and forced into slavery by the Skagarans.

1864: Quinn saves Thaddius Riker’s life at the Battle of Pine Mountain.

1881: Gunfight at the OK Corral

1888-91: Redjac strikes London killing 17 women

1893: Shapeshifters from Devidia II use a cholera outbreak to kill humans and consume their neural energy. They are stopped by Enterprise-E, Guinan, and Mark Twain.