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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
