User contributions for Ferreiro
A user with 110 edits. Account created on 1 July 2006.
27 April 2024
- 16:1116:11, 27 April 2024 diff hist +213 m George Steers Provided citation for George Steer's death current
- 16:0716:07, 27 April 2024 diff hist −2 m John W. Griffiths No edit summary
- 16:0616:06, 27 April 2024 diff hist +225 m John W. Griffiths Additional citation for death of John Willis Griffiths
- 15:4215:42, 27 April 2024 diff hist +139 John Scott Russell Provided citation for John Scott Russell's death and final resting place
4 December 2020
- 13:1813:18, 4 December 2020 diff hist −234 Lazare Carnot Carnot never met Franklin. The source in the Wikipedia article is from “Executive Intelligence Review”, a highly political and disreputable journal established by a convicted grifter, Lyndon LaRouche. Fran
11 September 2020
- 20:1020:10, 11 September 2020 diff hist +91 m John William Sutton Pringle Add the fact the Pringle co-invented the Rebecca/Eureka transponding radar
- 20:0820:08, 11 September 2020 diff hist +95 m Robert Hanbury Brown RHB did not join the 1940 Tizard Mission as the previous version said; instead he worked on developing the Rebecca/Eureka transponding radar that he and JWS Pringle originally invented
12 July 2020
- 12:3612:36, 12 July 2020 diff hist −2 m IFF Mark III The friendly-fire event described between Stirlings and Beaufighters occurred in summer 1940. The Commander in Chief, Fighter Command at that time was Hugh Dowdy, not Sholto Douglas,
14 July 2019
- 16:5616:56, 14 July 2019 diff hist −11 m John Price Wetherill Medal point to 1947 medal winner Kenneth SM Davidson
- 16:5416:54, 14 July 2019 diff hist +28 m Kenneth S. M. Davidson full name is Kenneth Seymour Moorhead Davidson
11 May 2019
- 20:4520:45, 11 May 2019 diff hist +11 m HDMS Elephanten (1703) this view was not a floating drydock
12 September 2018
- 15:4415:44, 12 September 2018 diff hist +245 m Stockholm syndrome Add Stockholm (Character) in Casa de Papel to TV/ media references
29 June 2018
- 12:5412:54, 29 June 2018 diff hist +544 Talk:Elevator pitch →Popularization from 1988 movie "Working Girl": new section
22 December 2017
- 12:5312:53, 22 December 2017 diff hist +6 m Royal School of Naval Architecture The School is different than the Corps. Graduates became Constructors.
22 November 2017
- 22:3122:31, 22 November 2017 diff hist −52 m Landing Ship, Tank John C. Niedermair NEVER spelled his last name "Neidermair". I have seen all of his personal and professional archives. A few secondary sources may have made this mistake.
8 October 2017
- 11:3711:37, 8 October 2017 diff hist +215 Johannes Vermeer Added Gordon Eklund's short story "Vermeer's Window"
15 July 2017
- 18:2618:26, 15 July 2017 diff hist +56 Hearts in Bondage Battle scenes were filmed using models and not full-sized ships
4 June 2017
- 14:0914:09, 4 June 2017 diff hist +249 Talk:Siméon Bourgois →Why is the name spelled Bourgeois when all the French references give it as Bourgois?: new section
7 May 2017
- 14:4114:41, 7 May 2017 diff hist −1 m Matthias Alexis Roche de Fermoy "soldier of fortune" was an incorrect and disparaging term. Fermoy was a volunteer
13 April 2017
- 09:3609:36, 13 April 2017 diff hist +8 m 2017 Pulitzer Prize minor change to spelling
3 February 2017
- 12:4312:43, 3 February 2017 diff hist +948 Talk:USS Cairo →Probably need to change the lede: new section
19 May 2016
- 11:1011:10, 19 May 2016 diff hist −2 m Eske Willerslev corrected minor misspellings
24 December 2015
- 12:3812:38, 24 December 2015 diff hist +548 Talk:Marc Isambard Brunel →Marc Isambard Brunel as surveyor for the Castorland project: new section
- 12:3512:35, 24 December 2015 diff hist +552 Talk:Marc Isambard Brunel →Marc Isambard Brunel never was Chief Engineer of New York City: new section
27 November 2015
- 23:3123:31, 27 November 2015 diff hist +18 m Battle of Sadras The elderly French "admiral" was a Brigadier General of the Navy, and it was Thomas d'Orves, NOT the WWII resistance hero Henri Honoré d'Estienne d'Orves
25 November 2015
- 02:2302:23, 25 November 2015 diff hist +451 Talk:Battle of the Saintes →This article is badly lacking in any details of the French side of the battle: new section
24 November 2015
- 15:2515:25, 24 November 2015 diff hist +243 Talk:Louis-Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil →The wrong Vaudreuil at Chesapeake: new section
- 14:3614:36, 24 November 2015 diff hist +366 Talk:Battle of the Chesapeake →Sceptre and Vaudreuil: new section
- 14:3314:33, 24 November 2015 diff hist +330 Talk:Battle of Saint Kitts →Command of Sceptre: new section
23 November 2015
- 20:4120:41, 23 November 2015 diff hist +214 Talk:Jacques-Melchior Saint-Laurent, Comte de Barras →Barras did NOT participate in the Battle of the Saintes: new section
20 October 2015
- 19:5919:59, 20 October 2015 diff hist +3 French frigate Junon (1778) Ship was wrecked in the Great Hurricane of 1780
30 August 2015
- 21:2121:21, 30 August 2015 diff hist 0 m Noël Jourda de Vaux Th army of invasion of England was 1779, not 1770
6 May 2015
- 23:1323:13, 6 May 2015 diff hist −1 m Miami people Agustin Mottin de La Balme was French
12 April 2015
- 19:2019:20, 12 April 2015 diff hist +1 Talk:Continental Marines →James Willing and his troops -- Continental Army or Continental Marines?
- 19:1919:19, 12 April 2015 diff hist 0 Talk:Continental Marines →James Willing and his troops -- Continental Army or Continental Marines.
- 19:1919:19, 12 April 2015 diff hist +866 Talk:Continental Marines →James Willing and his troops -- Continental Army or Continental Marines.: new section
- 17:2517:25, 12 April 2015 diff hist +281 Continental Marines There is a question as to whether James Willing as his troops were Continental Army or Continental Marines. This must be resolved. There is no Discussion Page but one shold be established.
26 February 2015
- 12:3112:31, 26 February 2015 diff hist +40 French frigate Belle Poule (1766) Belle Poule was to carry Simeon Deane, NOT Benjamin Franklin, to the United States with news of the French-American alliance
17 February 2015
- 14:5014:50, 17 February 2015 diff hist +63 m Power projection Added publishing data to Dictionary of Military Terms
15 February 2015
- 03:3203:32, 15 February 2015 diff hist +416 Power projection Provides the correct definition of power projection from the The Dictionary of Military Terms
8 February 2015
- 10:2310:23, 8 February 2015 diff hist −4 m Talk:Reputation of William Shakespeare →Britocentric?
- 10:2310:23, 8 February 2015 diff hist +128 m Talk:Reputation of William Shakespeare →Britocentric?: - bring Voltaire out of the shadows and explain a little bit why he is important in the Shakespeare historiography
27 December 2014
- 23:5023:50, 27 December 2014 diff hist 0 m Charles III of Spain No edit summary
- 23:3723:37, 27 December 2014 diff hist +11 m Charles III of Spain fixed grammatical errors due to direct translation from Spanish
8 September 2014
- 22:4622:46, 8 September 2014 diff hist 0 m John W. Griffiths No edit summary
28 August 2014
- 11:0811:08, 28 August 2014 diff hist 0 m John W. Griffiths Corrected date of death per the Department of Health of the City of Brooklyn Certificate of Death number 3832 (John Willis Griffiths) dated March 31, 1882.
13 August 2014
- 23:2423:24, 13 August 2014 diff hist +3 m Louisiana Rebellion of 1768 Ulloa was fluent in French. The previous edit wrongly claimed that he was not, and that this was a source of his problems.
9 August 2014
- 01:1201:12, 9 August 2014 diff hist +17 m Naval architecture No edit summary
19 July 2014
- 20:3620:36, 19 July 2014 diff hist −1 m Spanish invasion of Portugal (1762) line edit, replaced "navies of the line" with "ships of the line"
18 June 2014
- 22:5122:51, 18 June 2014 diff hist +587 Sailing ship effect Add Mendonca reference
