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Apr 30, 2024 · Albrecht Theodor Emil, count von Roon was a Prussian army officer who, with Chancellor Otto von Bismarck and General Helmuth von Moltke, brought the German Empire into being and made Germany the leading power on the continent of Europe. After his father, a Prussian army officer, died during the
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May 13, 2024 · Albert was the last grand master of the Teutonic Knights from 1510 to 1525, and the first duke of Prussia (from 1525). He was a Protestant German ruler known chiefly for ending the Teutonic Knights’ government of East Prussia and founding a hereditary dukedom in its place. Albert was the third son
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May 14, 2024 · Born to Ignaz Schrecker (1834-1888) and Eleonore von Clossmann (1854-1919), Monaco. Christened Franz August Julius Schrecker. The second of five childen: Alexander Franz Maria (b. Monaco, 22 January 1877 - d. Monaco, 26 July 1878); Henriette Eleonore Getrude Maria (b. Triest, 5 June 1881 - d. Vienna, 17 April 1890); Eleonore Getrude Leonia (b.
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May 1, 2024 · Richeza of Poland (c. 1140 – June 16, 1185), was the daughter of King Wladislaus II the Exile of Poland, and Agnes of Babenberg. She accompanied her father into exile in 1146. Her name is also spelled Ryksa, Rixa, and Richilda. She married King Alfonso VII of Castile and León in 1152.
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3 days ago · Famous Birthdays. 1688 Christian August Jacobi, German composer, born in Grimma, Leipzig (d. 1725) 1767 Friedrich Johann Eck, German violinist and composer (Concertos pour violon), born in Mannheim, Electorate of the Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1838) 1821 Diederich Krug, German pianist and composer (Le petit Chevalier), born in Hamburg ...
May 2, 2024 · Alexander von Humboldt (born September 14, 1769, Berlin, Prussia [now in Germany]—died May 6, 1859, Berlin) was a German naturalist and explorer who was a major figure in the classical period of physical geography and biogeography—areas of science now included in the Earth sciences and ecology.
