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20 hours ago · The Thirty Years' War was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, lasting from 1618 to 1648. Fought primarily in Central Europe , an estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died as a result of battle, famine, or disease, while parts of present-day Germany reported population declines of over 50%. [19]
- Central Europe
- Peace of Westphalia
20 hours ago · The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict fought between 1701 and 1714. The immediate cause was the death of the childless Charles II of Spain in November 1700, which led to a struggle for control of the Spanish Empire amongst supporters of the claimant Bourbon and Habsburg dynasties.
- 1701-1714 (13 years)
- Treaties of Utrecht, Rastatt, and Baden
20 hours ago · Early life Grand prince Alexander Nikolaevich, 1830 Born in Moscow, Alexander Nikolayevich was the eldest son of Nicholas I of Russia and Charlotte of Prussia (eldest daughter of Frederick William III of Prussia and of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz). His early life gave little indication of his ultimate potential; until the time of his accession in 1855, aged 37, few imagined that posterity ...
20 hours ago · The duchy consisted of lands seized by Austria and Prussia; its Grand Duke was Napoleon's ally King Frederick Augustus I of Saxony, but Napoleon appointed the intendants who administered the country. The population of 4.3 million was released from occupation and, by 1814, sent about 200,000 men to Napoleon's armies.
20 hours ago · Lieutenant-General Sir Louis Bols (1867—1930), GOC 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division; Lieutenant-General Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton (1685—1754), Colonel of the Royal Horse Guards; Lieutenant-General Charles Powlett, 5th Duke of Bolton (c. 1718—1765) Brigadier Ronald Dickeson Bolton, Commanding Officer, Kowloon Garrison (Hong Kong)
20 hours ago · Flags of Swabian Circle Infantry Regiments Baden-Durlach and Baden-Baden in the War of the Spanish Succession - I have absolutely no information on the operational use of these troops in the War of the Spanish Succession and the uniform information seems fairly con...
20 hours ago · After leaving the Coltrane group, Jones played with Duke Ellington, and eventually formed his own touring group. Jazz Machine, normally a quintet, continued in the same musical direction. His sense of timing, polyrhythms, dynamics, timbre, and legato phrasing - as well as the sheer mass of sound he produced - brought the drumset to the fore.
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