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May 6, 2024 · The purpose was to settle a dispute between the powerful Archbishop of Mainz and the Landgrave of Thuringia. The dispute centred around the ownership of lands and castles in the region. The Archbishop of Mainz, Konrad I von Wittelsbach, claimed that the Landgrave of Thuringia, Ludwig III, had unlawfully seized some of his territories.
May 13, 2024 · The site for Columbia was chosen in 1786, and work quickly began on building a new city from the ground up. The first South Carolina State House was completed in 1790, and by 1805 the town was incorporated. There are few sites connected to the Revolutionary War to explore in South Carolina’s Capital City Region.
May 15, 2024 · Elizabeth was — and remains — a very popular saint within Germany, especially in Thuringia, a region that borders Luther’s Saxony, and in Marburg, home of a Gothic church named in her honor and the site of Luther’s famous debate with Ulrich Zwingli. Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, a supporter of the Reformation, was also one of her ...
4 days ago · 20 October 1139 – 1142. son of Otto the Rich and grandson of Magnus Billung; also Margrave of Brandenburg. Welf Dynasty. Henry the Lion. 1142–1180. son of Henry the Proud and grandson of Lothair III; also Duke of Bavaria. With the removal of the Welfs in 1180, the Duchy of Saxony was sharply reduced in territory.
May 4, 2024 · Died 8 Dec 1780 at age 53 in Goose Creek, South Carolina. Henry, born 6 August 1727, was the son of Landgrave Thomas Smith and Mary Hyrne of the Province of South Carolina. He inherited a plantation in Goose Creek called Yeamans Hall, and he acquired additional land in Colleton and Craven counties. At the time of his death, he owned 105 slaves.
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- Brunswick, North Carolina, USA
- August 6, 1727
2 days ago · Day 4: Santa Marta (1 night) From Bogota, take a flight and fly to Santa Marta. From the airport, take a public bus to the city center and stay there for a night before heading elsewhere. There isn't much to see in Santa Marta itself, but the surrounding area has a lot to offer.
4 days ago · A naval arms race among Argentina, Brazil and Chile —the wealthiest and most powerful countries in South America—began in the early twentieth century when the Brazilian government ordered three dreadnoughts, formidable battleships whose capabilities far outstripped older vessels in the world's navies. In 1904, the Brazilian legislature ...
