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- He was the fourth secretary-general of the United Nations, serving ... Prior to serving as UN secretary general, Waldheim was a member of ...13 KB (1,913 words) - 04:39, 4 March 2023
- 29, 1780) was (reigning) Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary ... She was the eldest daughter of Emperor Charles VI, who promulgated ...16 KB (2,351 words) - 04:11, 6 November 2022
- The Treaty of Utrecht that established the Peace of Utrecht, rather ... The treaties were concluded between the representatives of Louis XIV ...11 KB (1,634 words) - 15:00, 2 May 2023
- official use) was an important ruling house of Europe and is most well known ... Vienna, the elegant, artistic, and intellectually creative capital ...24 KB (3,568 words) - 13:21, 24 January 2023
- The War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714) was a major European ... The war lasted over a decade, and was marked by the military leadership ...29 KB (4,611 words) - 22:54, 3 May 2023
- ) (June 20, 1566 – April 30, 1632) was Grand Duke of Lithuania and ... the Swedish throne by his uncle, Charles IX of Sweden and a meeting of the ...20 KB (2,908 words) - 15:22, 7 October 2022
- 1494 – September 5-6,1566) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Caliph ... under his rule. His rule represented one of the most just and orderly periods ...10 KB (1,667 words) - 19:26, 22 October 2022
- and politician. He is considered to be one of the founding fathers of the ... He can be credited with helping to shape post-World War II Europe ...21 KB (3,168 words) - 23:30, 8 January 2023
- Frederick I of Prussia (July 11, 1657 – February 25, 1713) of the ... convene and preside at the Berlin Conference of 1884-85 that divided up Africa ...6 KB (831 words) - 00:44, 8 October 2022
- February 22, 1965) was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court ... Frankfurter was born in Vienna, Austria. His family emigrated to the ...8 KB (1,184 words) - 17:13, 26 March 2024
- The Great Turkish War refers to a series of conflicts between the ... Some see the subsequent decline and fall of the Ottomans in terms ...18 KB (2,776 words) - 12:21, 24 January 2023
- was an Austrian sociologist and philosopher of science and one of the founders ... kind" (or barter system) before World War I, the Austrian government ...12 KB (1,753 words) - 05:54, 18 November 2022
- Saint Giovanni da Capestrano, known as John of Capistrano in English ... sick in the hospitals, and preached the word of God. He became a disciple of ...12 KB (1,836 words) - 19:54, 22 December 2022
- Boris III, Tsar of Bulgaria (January 30, 1894 – August 28, 1943 ... Boris died in 1943 during World War II and the Communists were able ...15 KB (2,233 words) - 19:42, 20 November 2023
- November 1683 – October 25, 1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, ... He was the last British monarch to have been born outside of Great ...28 KB (4,125 words) - 12:22, 10 November 2022
- Anne (February 6, 1665 – August 1, 1714) became Queen of England ... crises, both personally and relating to succession of the Crown and religious ...29 KB (4,444 words) - 15:41, 7 December 2022
- Polish-Ottoman War (1672–1676) or Second Polish-Ottoman War was ... The Commonwealth, however, was terminally weakened as a result of ...12 KB (1,753 words) - 00:14, 12 April 2023
- [[Image:Catherine03.jpg|thumb|right|225px|Equestrian portrait of Grand ... II Velikaya, born Sophie Augusta Fredericka of Anhalt-Zerbst; May 2, 1729 ...19 KB (2,933 words) - 16:15, 3 December 2023
- Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg dynasties of the Austrian Empire, Habsburg ... In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the Peace of Westphalia ...37 KB (5,890 words) - 17:06, 23 December 2020
- Batu Khan (c. 1205 – 1255) was a Mongol ruler and the founder of ... use. Perhaps the most significant aspect of Batu Khan's legacy and ...14 KB (2,251 words) - 18:34, 14 February 2023
- The largest portion lies within the borders of Poland; the rest is within ... century on, after the Czech king Charles IV of the Luxembourg dynasty became ...32 KB (4,656 words) - 22:03, 29 January 2023
- and European history. The last capital of Prussia was Berlin. Prussia ... For some time, when Austria vied with Prussia to initiate unification ...46 KB (6,764 words) - 08:22, 2 December 2022
- thumb|right|Friedrich II. (the Great), King of Prussia, aged 68, by Anton Graf.]] Frederick II of Prussia, also known as Frederick the Great (January ...32 KB (4,879 words) - 10:28, 11 April 2024
- The House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of Prince ... Social unrest at the end of World War I led to the German Revolution ...30 KB (4,097 words) - 18:41, 7 February 2024
- order during the Middle Ages and much of the modern era. Formed at the end of the twelfth century in Acre, Palestine, the medieval ...34 KB (5,036 words) - 15:01, 30 April 2023
- The Seven Years War (1756-1763) involved all the major European powers ... 1756 to 1763, incorporating the Pomeranian War and the French and Indian ...29 KB (4,438 words) - 10:09, 26 January 2023
- 50 years and 60 films. He is regarded as one of the most brilliant and versatile ... Born Samuel Wilder in Sucha Beskidzka, Austria-Hungary (now Poland ...22 KB (3,248 words) - 17:40, 31 October 2023
- James II of England (also known as James VII of Scotland; October ... He was the last Roman Catholic monarch to reign over the Kingdom of ...32 KB (4,831 words) - 21:40, 8 February 2024
- | order=General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party ... | order2 = Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People ...19 KB (3,031 words) - 22:47, 18 October 2021
- The Napoleonic Wars comprised a series of global conflicts fought ... to Europe. Though Napoleon brought most of Western Europe under his rule ...46 KB (6,954 words) - 01:24, 11 November 2022
- The Counts of Cilli The house should be referred to in English by the ... the house died out its head held the rank of prince of the Holy Roman Empire ...12 KB (1,909 words) - 08:36, 10 January 2024
- Nicholas II of Russia (May 18, 1868 – July 17, 1918) ( ... , Nikolay II) was the last tsar of Russia, the King of Poland, and ...28 KB (4,350 words) - 23:31, 14 November 2022
- 2, 1923) was the twenty-ninth President of the United States, serving ... presidential campaign, held in the aftermath of World War I, he promised a ...19 KB (2,918 words) - 22:55, 3 May 2023
- who served as Bundeskanzler (Chancellor) of West Germany from 1974 to 1982 ... the conditions for peaceful resolution of conflict, and to end war. Speaking ...30 KB (4,486 words) - 17:03, 6 February 2022
- 27, 1676 - April 8, 1735) was the leader of the Hungarian uprising against ... He was also Prince of Transylvania, an Imperial Prince, and a member ...24 KB (3,987 words) - 06:28, 24 May 2021
- 5, 1638 – September 1, 1715) ruled as King of France and of Navarre from ... achievements contributed to the prestige of France, its people, its language ...62 KB (10,084 words) - 04:10, 4 November 2022
- Austria ( Österreich ), officially the Republic of Austria ( Republik Österreich ...90 KB (13,119 words) - 17:56, 22 August 2023
- orator, a leading figure in the early stages of the French Revolution, and ... overthrow of the monarchy and the establishment of the First French ...20 KB (3,217 words) - 23:22, 28 November 2022
- The Ottoman Empire represents one of the largest imperial projects ... history will view the decline and fall of the Ottoman Empire in terms ...38 KB (5,718 words) - 05:55, 18 November 2022
- – January 9, 1873) was the first President of the French Republic and the ... moral failings. The leaders and the people of Post-revolutionary France lacked ...48 KB (7,305 words) - 01:24, 11 November 2022
- Charles II (May 29, 1630 – February 6, 1685) was the King of England ... due to the uncertain political situation of the time. His father was executed ...35 KB (5,347 words) - 02:10, 13 January 2023
- The Scramble for Africa (or the Race for Africa) was the proliferation ... The latter half of the nineteenth century saw the transition from ...50 KB (7,409 words) - 17:29, 25 January 2023
- was the primary strategist and general of Genghis Khan (Temüjin) and ... When Batu returned to Mongolia for the election of the new Great Khan ...22 KB (3,556 words) - 21:26, 26 February 2023
- movement that unified different states of the Italian peninsula into ... Ideas of the new kingdom as the modern-day successor of the Roman ...54 KB (8,375 words) - 06:28, 11 March 2024
- ) is the capital city of the Province of Milano and of Lombardy region ... The city was important for the history of Christianity as the site of ...27 KB (3,967 words) - 10:58, 10 March 2023
- 23, 1443 – April 6, 1490) was king of Hungary and Croatia, ruling ... as Matthias Corvinus House, the second son of John Hunyadi--a successful ...23 KB (3,564 words) - 16:56, 7 November 2022
- Prague (Czech: Praha), is the capital and largest city of the Czech ... Since the fall of the Iron Curtain, Prague has become one of Europe ...35 KB (5,518 words) - 00:31, 12 April 2023
- The Battle of Blenheim (referred to in some countries as the Second ... A combination of deception and brilliant administration—designed ...50 KB (7,770 words) - 11:32, 20 September 2023
- Patrick David; later The Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor; June 23, 1894 – ... Before his accession to the throne, Edward VIII held the titles of ...39 KB (6,106 words) - 02:44, 17 January 2023
- January 28, 1951) was the Commander-in-Chief of Finland's Defense Forces ... Mannerheim is given much of the credit for successfully steering the ...26 KB (4,032 words) - 19:17, 26 November 2023
