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- Frederick I of Prussia (July 11, 1657 – February 25, 1713) of the ... when he adopted the title “king in Prussia” was the most powerful ...6 KB (831 words) - 00:44, 8 October 2022
- Frederick Charles Louis Constantine, prince and landgrave of the House ... His election as king of Finland resulted from the temporary ascendancy ...7 KB (1,132 words) - 07:09, 6 June 2021
- in 1618, allowed the creation of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1701, the state ... In 1788 the title was incorporated into the Kingdom of Prussia. ...30 KB (4,097 words) - 18:41, 7 February 2024
- * The Kingdom of Prussia (1701 - 1918): formed the elevation of Brandenburg ... (1829 - 1878): a province of the Kingdom of Prussia, created from the merger ...46 KB (6,764 words) - 08:22, 2 December 2022
- The Iron Cross was a military decoration of the Kingdom of Prussia, and later of Germany, which was established by King Frederick William III ...23 KB (3,657 words) - 13:20, 6 March 2024
- and philanthropist often considered as one of the fathers Reform Judaism. Germany, Jacobson married into the family of the wealthy court Jew Hertz ...13 KB (1,953 words) - 06:05, 11 March 2024
- 29, 1780) was (reigning) Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary ... Continued conflict with the Kingdom of Prussia led to the Seven Years ...16 KB (2,351 words) - 04:11, 6 November 2022
- eussen_1701-1918.jpg|22px]] Kingdom of Prussia[[image:Union flag 1606 ... The Seven Years War (1756-1763) involved all the major European powers ...29 KB (4,438 words) - 10:09, 26 January 2023
- William and his inheritance of the Kingdom of Prussia. ==Kingship== ... unite the eastern territories of the Kingdom of Prussia. Giles MacDonogh, Frederick ...32 KB (4,879 words) - 10:28, 11 April 2024
- The grey girders are the original structure of the works.]] or shopping arcade is a building or set of buildings that contain retail ...16 KB (2,407 words) - 01:55, 15 December 2022
- order during the Middle Ages and much of the modern era. ... decoration and insignia by the Kingdom of Prussia and Germany as the ...34 KB (5,036 words) - 15:01, 30 April 2023
- The Battle of Tannenberg in 1914, was a decisive engagement between ... had been based on France and the United Kingdom simply halting the German ...18 KB (2,883 words) - 01:37, 26 September 2023
- | birth_place = Strzelno, Kingdom of Prussia | death_date = 1931|5 ... remembered for his work on the measurement of the speed of light, particularly ...14 KB (2,088 words) - 17:47, 19 December 2022
- poet. He was the first German realist writer of significance. Realism eschewed ... Fontane was born in Neuruppin into a Huguenot family. At the age of ...11 KB (1,589 words) - 17:55, 30 April 2023
- The Treaty of Versailles (1919) was the peace treaty that officially ... powers started on May 7, the anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania ...20 KB (3,094 words) - 16:26, 2 May 2023
- was made capital of the new Kingdom of Prussia, and while politically ... *Ruins of the greatest stronghold of the former Kingdom of Prussia. ...14 KB (2,050 words) - 04:57, 5 November 2022
- The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian ... pharaonic times, was closed on the orders of President Anwar Sadat in 1981 ...12 KB (1,932 words) - 00:00, 13 February 2024
- As the way in which war is prosecuted, and the nature of war itself ... :In the royal service, Major General and Inspector of the Artillery ...24 KB (3,682 words) - 15:21, 27 November 2023
- closely with Karl Marx in the foundation of modern Communism. The son of ... in Barmen, Rhine Province of the kingdom of Prussia (now a part of Wuppertal ...22 KB (3,304 words) - 11:02, 11 April 2024
- Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, was the site of the American Continental ... appointed General Nathanael Greene head of the meager and poorly managed ...10 KB (1,539 words) - 14:15, 3 May 2023
- of Preussen 1701-1918.jpg|20px]] Kingdom of Prussia [[Image:Flag of Russia ... The Napoleonic Wars comprised a series of global conflicts fought ...46 KB (6,954 words) - 01:24, 11 November 2022
- Wilhelmina (Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Marie of Orange-Nassau) (August ... was as capable as men in the daunting task of leading her nation through ...26 KB (3,973 words) - 12:30, 2 October 2020
- Imperial Russia on one side and an alliance of the United Kingdom of Great ... The majority of the conflict took place on the Crimean peninsula in ...22 KB (3,405 words) - 06:24, 11 January 2024
- place on October 3, 1990, when the areas of the former German Democratic ... on reforms that ended with the dissolution of the Soviet Union, urged the ...20 KB (3,005 words) - 09:18, 5 December 2022
- award for study at the University of Oxford. This scholarship program ... In the context of what has been called the Scramble for Africa, Rhodes ...17 KB (2,434 words) - 20:03, 8 December 2022
- scientific circles, serving as the a member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences ... from 1873-1912. He traced the influence of Hellenistic philosophy on early ...19 KB (2,919 words) - 06:02, 15 June 2023
- Army and the third and ninth Prime Minister of Japan. A general and a member ... Japanese army and instituting a system of conscription, and in organizing ...14 KB (2,206 words) - 10:08, 22 May 2023
- The largest portion lies within the borders of Poland; the rest is within ... Austrian Succession (1740-1748), the Kingdom of Prussia had conquered almost ...32 KB (4,656 words) - 22:03, 29 January 2023
- the Swedish Parliament in 1634) was founder of the Swedish Empire (or Stormaktstiden ... own time, widely regarded as the archetype of what a king should be and one ...20 KB (3,242 words) - 02:41, 27 July 2023
- Gdańsk is situated in northern Poland on the southern edge of Gdańsk ... Danzig was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia in 1793, only to be broken ...22 KB (3,336 words) - 06:28, 18 April 2024
- and mechanics. He introduced some of the familiar notation still ... Euler was born in Basel to Paul Euler, a pastor of the Reformed Church ...33 KB (4,972 words) - 15:54, 5 July 2023
- June 4, 1738 – January 29, 1820) was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland ... It was during George III's reign that Great Britain lost many ...42 KB (6,393 words) - 10:46, 13 December 2023
- theoretician and politician, member of the SPD, and founder of evolutionary ... With the passing of Karl Marx (1818-1883) and Friedrich Engels, Eduard ...9 KB (1,198 words) - 18:16, 12 February 2024
- region including the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden ... often defined according to the conventions of different disciplines or according ...27 KB (3,890 words) - 02:32, 21 April 2023
- – March 13, 1881) was the tsar (emperor) of Russia from March 2, 1855 until ... Born in 1818, he was the eldest son of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia and ...18 KB (2,638 words) - 14:23, 18 July 2023
- colonize or interfere with the affairs of the newly independent nations ... The three main concepts of the doctrine—separate spheres of influence ...24 KB (3,682 words) - 21:11, 9 November 2022
- The Hanseatic League (also known as the Hansa) was an alliance of ... waged war but favored peace. The making of war and peace was discussed ...33 KB (4,840 words) - 13:29, 24 January 2023
- Berlin was successively the capital of the Kingdom of Prussia (1701 ... Berlin became the capital of the Kingdom of Prussia. In 1740, the philosophically ...35 KB (5,027 words) - 11:02, 28 September 2023
- Ensign of Prussia (1816).svg|border|30px]] Kingdom of Prussia ... 1871) was a conflict between France and Prussia, which was backed by the ...61 KB (9,426 words) - 14:18, 1 October 2022
- The French invasion of Russia (also known as the Russian Campaign ... ) which refers to Hitler's, rather than Napoleon's, invasion ...45 KB (6,717 words) - 10:59, 11 April 2024
- Hamburg and Munich. A key inland port of Europe, it lies on the west ... Vienna, Cologne was made part of the Kingdom of Prussia, beginning a new era ...26 KB (3,818 words) - 22:35, 7 January 2024
- January 23, 1806) was a British politician of the late eighteenth and early ... tenure, which came during the reign of George III, was dominated by ...28 KB (4,338 words) - 18:25, 17 April 2023
- The Dresdner Frauenkirche ("Church of Our Lady") is a Lutheran ... Reconstruction commenced in January 1993, under the direction of church ...20 KB (2,966 words) - 06:08, 3 August 2023
- as a British general in the American War of Independence. As a member of ... administrative systems. As Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, he argued for Catholic ...9 KB (1,361 words) - 01:57, 4 December 2023
- E. T. A. Hoffmann, was a Romantic author of fantasy and horror, a jurist ... His work combined the strong emotion of Romanticism with the elements ...31 KB (4,592 words) - 17:31, 12 February 2024
- 2, 1882) was an Italian patriot and soldier of the Risorgimento. He personally ... Nationalism was on the rise in Europe. Towards the end of Garibaldi ...22 KB (3,486 words) - 16:50, 15 December 2022
- comprising the western and central thirds of the Czech Republic. It has ... whose helm it also became an autonomous part of the Holy Roman Empire after ...30 KB (4,624 words) - 05:23, 17 November 2023
- The First Battle of Tannenberg (or Battle of Grunwald) took place ... The battle saw the Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights decisively ...42 KB (6,381 words) - 01:37, 26 September 2023
- Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, (August 26, 1676 – March 18 ... held the de facto office due to the extent of his influence in the Cabinet ...29 KB (4,445 words) - 00:47, 29 November 2022
- 2, 1754 – May 17, 1838), 1st Prince of Benevento, then Prince of Talleyrand ... peace with Austria through the 1801 Treaty of Lunéville and with Britain ...51 KB (7,312 words) - 22:21, 4 December 2023
