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- (1688–1713) and the first king in Prussia (1701–1713). A lavish patron of the arts, he did much to enrich Prussia's physical infrastructure ...6 KB (831 words) - 00:44, 8 October 2022
- 1, 1868 – May 28, 1940), was the brother-in-law of the German Emperor William ... His election as king of Finland resulted from the temporary ascendancy ...7 KB (1,132 words) - 07:09, 6 June 2021
- Prussia (son, also Duke of Prussia and King in Prussia) ... II/IV/I (also Elector of Brandenburg and King in Prussia) ...30 KB (4,097 words) - 18:41, 7 February 2024
- of his time and earned a prominent place in the Baroque School of Opera ... Graun was born in Wahrenbrück, in Brandenburg. He sang in the chorus ...2 KB (357 words) - 19:19, 26 November 2023
- led to the War of the Austrian Succession in 1740. After Emperor Charles ... Continued conflict with the Kingdom of Prussia led to the Seven Years& ...16 KB (2,351 words) - 04:11, 6 November 2022
- The Edict of Nantes was issued on April 13, 1598, by King Henry IV ... the Edict: prior to assuming the throne in 1589, he had espoused Protestantism ...9 KB (1,392 words) - 17:25, 6 October 2020
- Prussia Latin: Borussia, Prutenia; Old Prussian: Prūsa) was, most ... only allowed to title himself "King in Prussia," not "King ...46 KB (6,764 words) - 08:22, 2 December 2022
- known commonly as the Egyptian Museum, in Cairo, Egypt, is home to the ... on the orders of President Anwar Sadat in 1981. It was reopened, with ...12 KB (1,932 words) - 00:00, 13 February 2024
- ) (June 20, 1566 – April 30, 1632) was Grand Duke of Lithuania and ... After he had been deposed in 1595 from the Swedish throne by his uncle ...20 KB (2,908 words) - 15:22, 7 October 2022
- Frederick ascended the throne as "King in Prussia" in 1740, Prussia ... quot; in 1772; the phrasing "King in Prussia" had been used ...32 KB (4,879 words) - 10:28, 11 April 2024
- The Iron Cross was a military decoration of the Kingdom of Prussia ... In 1939 Adolf Hitler added a "marching swastika" in the ...23 KB (3,657 words) - 13:20, 6 March 2024
- to store. The walkways may be enclosed. In the British Isles and Australia ... quot; or bazaar with numerous shops located in one area, possibly covered ...16 KB (2,407 words) - 01:55, 15 December 2022
- Formed at the end of the twelfth century in Acre, Palestine, the medieval ... I of Masovia made a joint invasion of Prussia in 1230, to Christianize ...34 KB (5,036 words) - 15:01, 30 April 2023
- of Brandenburg and Anna, Duchess of Prussia, daughter of Albert Frederick ... In failing to produce a male heir, Queen Maria Eleonora disappointed ...22 KB (3,602 words) - 04:10, 6 November 2022
- Born in Halberstadt in today's Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Jacobson ... cordial relations between Jews and Gentiles in Europe. In 1801 he created ...13 KB (1,953 words) - 06:05, 11 March 2024
- leaders who rose to positions of influence in Christian European noble houses ... Some court Jews were also prominent people in the local Jewish community ...12 KB (1,873 words) - 20:25, 28 May 2020
- was just Pufendorf until he was ennobled in 1684; he was made a baron a ... 8, 1632, at Dorfchemnitz Stollberg District, in the ore mountains (Erzgebirge ...14 KB (2,091 words) - 03:05, 23 December 2022
- War which was fought from 1754 to 1763. Prussia, Hanover, and Great Britain ... The war ended France's position as a major colonial power in ...29 KB (4,438 words) - 10:09, 26 January 2023
- descriptions and commentaries on the sites. In several cases, these remain ... Karl Richard Lepsius was born on December 23, 1818 in Naumburg, Saxony ...9 KB (1,295 words) - 07:20, 5 October 2022
- against the Teutonic Knights that took place in the thirteenth century during ... defeat suffered by the Teutonic Knights in the thirteenth century. ...27 KB (4,091 words) - 08:22, 1 July 2022
- similar moral failures as a great many men in power. On the other hand, she ... Sweden, Sophie (nicknamed Figchen) was born in Stettin to Johanna Elisabeth ...19 KB (2,933 words) - 16:15, 3 December 2023
- Army camp over the winter of 1777–1778 in the American Revolutionary ... The weather began to ease in February and Washington appointed General ...10 KB (1,539 words) - 14:15, 3 May 2023
- Hirofumi, Hakubun Shunsuke, and Toshisuke in his youth, was one of the Meiji ... and expel the barbarians”) movement. In 1863, he was chosen to be one ...12 KB (1,777 words) - 06:30, 11 March 2024
- 6, 1632) (Gustav II Adolphus, widely known in English by the Latinized name ... widely regarded as the archetype of what a king should be and one of the few ...20 KB (3,242 words) - 02:41, 27 July 2023
- particularly the Sack of Magdeburg in 1631, in which the city was ... Magdeburg's most significant role in history is as the site of ...14 KB (2,050 words) - 04:57, 5 November 2022
- , called Protocletos, or the First-called in the Orthodox tradition, was ... It is also held that Andrew founded the See of Byzantium in 38 C.E ...14 KB (2,176 words) - 20:47, 17 April 2023
- Gdańsk is situated in northern Poland on the southern edge of Gdańsk ... and remains an important industrial center. In modern times Gdansk was the ...22 KB (3,336 words) - 06:28, 18 April 2024
- Elizabeth Beck, the daughter of a tailor in Erlangen, Bavaria. Although ... childhood, bringing them to a high standard in mathematics, physics, chemistry ...15 KB (2,285 words) - 06:57, 18 April 2024
- The making of war and peace was discussed in the Diet. Unlike the EU, though ... of the North German town of Lübeck in 1159 by Duke Henry the Lion ...33 KB (4,840 words) - 13:29, 24 January 2023
- of Swiss origin and finance minister of King Louis XVI. Jacques Necker ... as any of the notes issued as paper currency in France (1789-1796) by the revolutionary ...12 KB (1,970 words) - 23:39, 4 July 2022
- the peak of Enlightenment rationality in Germany. Wolff was the key ... The son of a tanner, Wolff was born in Breslau, Silesia. Both Protestants ...17 KB (2,487 words) - 21:08, 10 December 2023
- Finland, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands. In linguistic terms, Scandinavia ... The creation of a Finnish identity is unique in the region in that it was forged ...27 KB (3,890 words) - 02:32, 21 April 2023
- she is primarily remembered for her role in the Second World War, in which ... proving that a woman was as capable as men in the daunting task of leading ...26 KB (3,973 words) - 12:30, 2 October 2020
- Silesia is a historical region in east–central Europe spanning the ... Slavs arrived in the area around the sixth century and founded Great ...32 KB (4,656 words) - 22:03, 29 January 2023
- military commander and colonial governor. In the United States, he is best ... In India, where he served two terms as Governor-General, he is remembered ...9 KB (1,361 words) - 01:57, 4 December 2023
- who applied his expertise to problems in astronomy, optics, mechanical ... Euler was born in Basel to Paul Euler, a pastor of the Reformed Church ...33 KB (4,972 words) - 15:54, 5 July 2023
- the "Hero of the Two Worlds," in tribute to his military expeditions ... Nationalism was on the rise in Europe. Towards the end of Garibaldi ...22 KB (3,486 words) - 16:50, 15 December 2022
- The Brothers Grimm (Brüder Grimm, in their own words, not Gebrüder ... and for their work in linguistics, relating to how the sounds in words ...12 KB (1,806 words) - 04:36, 22 November 2023
- 10, November 1683 – October 25, 1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland ... armies into battle (at the Battle of Dettingen in 1743). ...28 KB (4,125 words) - 12:22, 10 November 2022
- Habsburg (in English-speaking countries sometimes spelled Hapsburg ... Loss of the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 resulted in the Austria-Hungarian ...24 KB (3,568 words) - 13:21, 24 January 2023
- This position had no official recognition in law, but Walpole is nevertheless ... continued to govern until he resigned in 1742, making his administration ...29 KB (4,445 words) - 00:47, 29 November 2022
- June 4, 1738 – January 29, 1820) was King of Great Britain and King ... that Great Britain lost many of its colonies in North America in the wake of ...42 KB (6,393 words) - 10:46, 13 December 2023
- The Reign of Terror (June 1793 – July 1794) was a period in the ... "dress up" their atheistic views in the garb of religion in order ...11 KB (1,738 words) - 09:38, 29 July 2022
- Bohemia is a historical region in central Europe comprising the western ... Roman Empire after accepting Christianity in the ninth century. Charles ...30 KB (4,624 words) - 05:23, 17 November 2023
- unique interpretation of Christian theology. In addition to championing the ... meaning "a Confederate," perhaps in combination with a reference ...28 KB (4,156 words) - 15:10, 9 February 2024
- und Mausekönig ("Nutcracker and Mouse King," 1816), was the basis ... psychological novel which became prominent in the latter half of the nineteenth ...31 KB (4,592 words) - 17:31, 12 February 2024
- Order. It was the decisive engagement in the Polish-Lithuanian-Teutonic ... smaller villages, and different names in various languages are attributed ...42 KB (6,381 words) - 01:37, 26 September 2023
- suffered complete military defeat, resulting in the restoration of the Bourbon ... longer held the role of the dominant power in Europe, as it had since the ...46 KB (6,954 words) - 01:24, 11 November 2022
- of Grand Duke, but more correctly High King, according to the contemporary ... such as the statue and tower both located in Vilnius Lithuania and a reconstructed ...17 KB (2,688 words) - 06:32, 18 April 2024
- of George III, was dominated by major events in Europe, including the French ... Hester Pitt, 1st Baroness Chatham, was born in Hayes, Kent. Pitt the Younger ...28 KB (4,338 words) - 18:25, 17 April 2023
- the Young Hegelians, who interpreted Hegel in a revolutionary sense and attempted ... Bauer was also a pioneering figure in the development of biblical ...21 KB (3,103 words) - 04:42, 22 November 2023
- of its reigning Bagrationi dynasty in return for prerogatives in ... the mother land and the Muslim empire in the South. Some subsequent ...18 KB (2,657 words) - 14:54, 2 May 2023
- The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in ... 1871) was a conflict between France and Prussia, which was backed by the ...61 KB (9,426 words) - 14:18, 1 October 2022
- Revolution. A noble, he had been involved in numerous scandals before the ... though support for his moderate position was in decline. Later it was discovered ...44 KB (6,937 words) - 18:06, 5 December 2022
- [[Image:531px-Voltaire.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Voltaire in 1718. Portrait ... irrational, although as a deist, he believed in a supreme being. Voltaire emphasized ...27 KB (4,100 words) - 21:02, 3 May 2023
- appeared among the royal families of Europe in the eighteenth century, known ... Myths and speculations about Saint Germain began to be widespread ...17 KB (2,637 words) - 08:29, 10 January 2024
- Salzburg is the fourth-largest city in Austria, with a population ... C.E. when the missionary St. Rupert arrived in the area. The first establishment ...19 KB (2,898 words) - 01:56, 23 December 2022
- was the only surviving legitimate child of King Gustav II Adolf of Sweden ... after his death at the Battle of Lützen in the Thirty Years’ War. During ...33 KB (5,367 words) - 21:12, 10 December 2023
- southernmost Nordic country. It is located in Scandinavia, a region of northern ... home of the Vikings who invaded and settled in many parts of Europe and Russia ...38 KB (5,763 words) - 21:28, 5 March 2024
- ) was an armed Polish insurrection by the city's populace early ... broke early and suffered heavy casualties in their retreat. ...40 KB (6,116 words) - 22:10, 18 November 2022
- such as Goethe and the role he played in the development of the larger ... of understanding about the role of language in human thought. Herder was an ...18 KB (2,775 words) - 14:41, 1 August 2022
- he became Agent-General of th2 e Clergy in 1780. In 1789, just before ... another under French hegemony. He succeeded in obtaining peace with Austria ...51 KB (7,312 words) - 22:21, 4 December 2023
- 1, 1434), was a Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland. He ruled in Lithuania ... Press, 2000, ISBN 9639116424). His reign in Poland lasted a further forty ...51 KB (7,629 words) - 23:06, 1 April 2023
- of the Dutch Republic from June 28, 1672, King of England and King of Ireland ... during which his uncle and father-in-law, James II, was deposed ...49 KB (7,679 words) - 11:02, 9 May 2023
- of the Federal Republic of Germany. Located in northeastern Germany, it is ... Berlin was successively the capital of the Kingdom of Prussia (1701 ...35 KB (5,027 words) - 11:02, 28 September 2023
- and military officer who participated in both the American and French ... La Fayette served in the American War of Independence both as a general ...23 KB (3,607 words) - 06:57, 15 December 2022
- that began as an Amalfitan hospital founded in Jerusalem in 1080, to provide ... At times it competed in popularity with the Knights Templar, a more ...33 KB (5,056 words) - 23:20, 3 March 2023
- of God, providence and immortality. In 1763, Mendelssohn won the prize ... proof, but he did not lose confidence in their truth. He was an important ...14 KB (2,061 words) - 16:58, 10 November 2022
- Wilhelm II ; Prince Frederick William Victor Albert of Prussia (January ... His role in World War I is debated by scholars. On the one hand, he ...73 KB (11,213 words) - 11:59, 5 May 2023
- , son of Ferdinand I, came to the throne in 1918 upon the abdication of ... Boris died in 1943 during World War II and the Communists were able ...15 KB (2,233 words) - 19:42, 20 November 2023
- known as the Hundred Days, which began in March 1815 after Napoleon& ... Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, and Prussia's Gebhard von Blücher ...52 KB (8,210 words) - 01:42, 26 September 2023
- Edward VII (November 9, 1841 – May 6, 1910) was King of the United ... apparent to the throne longer than anyone in English or British history ...38 KB (5,885 words) - 23:54, 12 February 2024
- as the Dual (that of Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary) Monarchy, was ... unification altered the balance of power in continental Europe. These campaigns ...36 KB (5,334 words) - 18:41, 22 August 2023
- foundation of the classical style, composing in the Rococo and Classical periods ... Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach was born in Weimar, Germany, to Maria Barbara ...15 KB (2,444 words) - 19:22, 26 November 2023
- spent nearly eleven years of his life in prison stemming from convictions ... Serving in World War II, Berrigan was deeply affected by his wartime ...14 KB (2,125 words) - 14:50, 28 March 2023
- was a major European conflict that arose in 1701 after the death of the ... (1714). As a result, Philip V remained King of Spain but was removed from ...29 KB (4,611 words) - 22:54, 3 May 2023
- August 12, 1762 – June 26, 1830) was king of the United Kingdom of Great ... George was a stubborn monarch, often interfering in politics, especially ...44 KB (6,632 words) - 10:49, 13 December 2023
- of the largest and most populous countries in seventeen century Europe. Its ... .Rett R. Ludwikowski, Constitution-Making in the Region of Former Soviet ...62 KB (8,547 words) - 08:32, 24 November 2022
- royalist enso, conte di Cavour. Piedomont king, Victor Emmanuel II became ... to Africa and gained its first foothold in Eritrea in 1885. Between 1936 ...54 KB (8,375 words) - 06:28, 11 March 2024
- However, when Louis-Napoleon became emperor in 1852, he legitimized his cousin’s ... toppled an unjust, totalitarian system in the name of brotherhood, equality ...48 KB (7,305 words) - 01:24, 11 November 2022
- Initially founded in 1789 by anti-royalist deputies from Brittany ... In July 1794 the National Convention pushed the administration of ...43 KB (6,105 words) - 17:02, 30 September 2023
- officially occurred on January 18, 1871, in the Hall of Mirrors at the ... Elector of Brandenburg made himself King in Prussia at the beginning of ...102 KB (14,729 words) - 11:39, 3 May 2023
- George I, King of the Hellenes Georgios A' Vasileus ton Ellinon; ... In contrast to George I, who ruled as a constitutional monarch, the ...30 KB (4,602 words) - 15:49, 10 November 2022
- which had seized control of the country in a coup d'etat against ... wife, and three daughters was only revealed in 1991, but the bodies of Alexei ...45 KB (6,850 words) - 00:19, 3 January 2024
- In India, he enjoyed excellent relations with Jawaharlal Nehru and ... Mountbatten was born in Frogmore House, Windsor, in England, as His ...36 KB (5,344 words) - 04:07, 4 November 2022
- to as the "Imperial Cathedral" (in German: Kaiserdom) is a Roman ... of the best-known architectural monuments in the western world as it is ...13 KB (1,948 words) - 07:09, 13 June 2023
- She was married to Louis XVI at age 14 in a move to seal a favorable ... her death: she was executed by guillotine in 1793 for the crime of treason ...41 KB (6,571 words) - 08:32, 10 March 2023
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer (born February 4, 1906 in Breslau, now Wrocław ... and emphasizing that salvation by grace in no way excuses Christians from ...15 KB (2,197 words) - 14:34, 29 January 2024
- In general discussion, a nation-state is variously called a "country ... by the throwing off of kings (for example, in the Netherlands and the United ...38 KB (5,803 words) - 04:09, 11 March 2023
- quot;Operation Hummingbird," took place in Nazi Germany between June 30 ... although the final death toll may have been in the hundreds, ...33 KB (5,289 words) - 04:05, 15 November 2022
- Greeks and Romans, who explored and settled in North Africa. Fifteenth century ... but also of courage and determination in the face of geographical and ...29 KB (4,463 words) - 06:53, 12 September 2023
- Mysteries of the Rosary, which are events in the lives of Jesus Christ and ... mysteries, and the sorrowful mysteries. In 2002, Pope John Paul II announced ...35 KB (5,735 words) - 21:43, 16 April 2023
- ) is a city in south-central Poland on the Warta River. It was formed ... Lusatian culture excavation site and museum in the city and ruins of a medieval ...13 KB (1,981 words) - 07:32, 12 January 2024
- her timely rise to fame and a starring role in Buffalo Bill's Wild West ... card edge-on and put five or six more holes in it before it touched the ground. ...13 KB (1,904 words) - 05:10, 31 July 2023
- and the Treaty of Osnabrück) signed in October and May 1648 which ... their state's religion—thus, in law, Protestantism and Catholicism ...15 KB (2,168 words) - 19:34, 15 August 2023
- from her mother's abdication in 1948 to her own abdication ... As Holland readjusted itself to a new status in the world without ...35 KB (5,252 words) - 06:40, 28 February 2023
- A parliament is a legislature, especially in those countries whose ... common subjects (not from the nobility) in the decision-making forum. ...32 KB (4,950 words) - 13:21, 11 March 2023
- of Paris from 1789 until 1795. Established in the Hôtel de Ville just after ... By 1792, the Commune was dominated by those Jacobins who were not ...32 KB (4,786 words) - 22:20, 25 June 2022
- Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in northern ... A part of the Soviet Republics until its collapse in 1991, Lithuania ...40 KB (5,565 words) - 07:45, 9 March 2023
- This world-renowned Order is the highest decoration in France and ... The original statutes have been slightly amended over the years, but ...27 KB (4,236 words) - 04:42, 5 November 2022
