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In 2014, 3-year-old Karina Chikitova miraculously survived 11 days in the Siberian forest, teeming with bears and wolves, with only her dog for companionship. She survived by eating wild berries and drinking from a river. Eventually, her canine companion returned to the village and led rescuers to her.
12/ This would become even more so after William III of Orange became the King of England in 1689 where he was welcomed by a large part of nobility precisely because of his Protestantism following the downfall of the Catholic King James II in the Glorious Revolution.
13/ In Ireland, association of Protestantism with orange color exists until today, as William III won the important Battle of the Boyne in 1690 there and is still celebrated by the Protestant minority in Ireland today. It is famously used by the Protestant Orange Order.
The recently crowned King Philip II was present at the Battle of St. Quentin in 1557, observing his powerful elite Spanish tercios defeating the French! But is is said that the sight of the battlefield and the gruesome fighting gave him a permanent distaste for battles.