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2 days ago · The Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty signed on 28 June 1919. As the most important treaty of World War I , it ended the state of war between Germany and most of the Allied Powers . It was signed in the Palace of Versailles , exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand , which led to the war.
May 18, 2024 · Vladislaus II, also known as Vladislav,Władysław or Wladislas (Hungarian: II. Ulászló; 1 March 1456 – 13 March 1516), was (King of Bohemia) from 1471 to 1516 and (King of Hungary) and of (Croatia) from 1490 to 1516. As the eldest son of (Casimir IV Jagiellon), he was expected to inherit Poland and Lithuania.
18 hours ago · Croatia, as a polity, first appeared as a duchy in the 7th century, the Duchy of Croatia. With the nearby Principality of Lower Pannonia, [1] it was united and elevated into the Kingdom of Croatia which lasted from 925 until 1102. From the 12th century, the Kingdom of Croatia entered a personal union with the Kingdom of Hungary.
May 23, 2024 · In 1456, while the Ottomans threatened Hungary at the Siege of Belgrade, Vlad III led a contingent into Wallachia, reconquered his native land, and killed Vladislav II. [188] In 1459, Mehmed II sent envoys to Vlad III to urge him to pay a delayed tribute of 10,000 ducats and 500 recruits into the Ottoman forces.
2 days ago · Ferdinand I (10 March 1503 – 25 July 1564) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1556, King of Bohemia, Hungary, and Croatia from 1526, and Archduke of Austria from 1521 until his death in 1564. [1] [2] Before his accession as emperor, he ruled the Austrian hereditary lands of the House of Habsburg in the name of his elder brother, Charles V, Holy ...
5 days ago · Treaty of Potsdam (1805) Prussia agrees with Russia to join the Third Coalition against France if Napoleon rejects peace terms. Treaty of Schönbrunn (1805) Prussian treaty of friendship with France. Peace of Pressburg (1805) Between France and Austria, ending Austria's participation in the War of the Fourth Coalition .
May 23, 2024 · Hungarian public opinion traditionally regards the period between the death of Matthias Corvinus in 1490 and the Battle of Mohács in 1526, that is, the reign of Vladislaus II (r. 1490–1516) and his son Louis II (r. 1516–1526), two members of the Jagiellonian Dynasty, and the reign of John Szapolyai (r. 1526–1540), a relative of the Polish kings, as extremely negative.
