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6 days ago · Frederick III [a] (Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus Karl; 18 October 1831 – 15 June 1888) was German Emperor and King of Prussia for 99 days between March and June 1888, during the Year of the Three Emperors. Known informally as "Fritz", he was the only son of Emperor Wilhelm I and was raised in his family's tradition of military service.
1 day ago · Frederick II ( German: Friedrich II.; 24 January 1712 – 17 August 1786) was the monarch of Prussia from 1740 until 1786. He was the last Hohenzollern monarch titled King in Prussia, declaring himself King of Prussia after annexing Royal Prussia from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1772. His most significant accomplishments include his ...
May 24, 2024 · When Princess Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa was born on November 21, 1840, at Buckingham Palace her father, Prince Albert, felt keenly disappointed. He and his bride, Queen Victoria, had hoped their first born would be a boy. But Vicky, the Princess Royal, proved to be clever, well-spoken and marvelously confident even as a young child.
May 26, 2024 · However, her legacy extends far beyond her own accomplishments, as her 9 children played significant roles in shaping the course of European history. Born between 1840 and 1857, Victoria‘s 5 daughters and 4 sons formed alliances, marriages, and dynasties that would influence the royal families of Europe for generations to come.
May 23, 2024 · Fritz Haber (born December 9, 1868, Breslau, Silesia, Prussia [now Wroclaw, Poland]—died January 29, 1934, Basel, Switzerland) was a German physical chemist and winner of the 1918 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his successful work on nitrogen fixation. The Haber-Bosch process combined nitrogen and hydrogen to form ammonia in industrial ...
May 25, 2024 · The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the War of 1870, was a conflict between the Second French Empire and the North German Confederation led by the Kingdom of Prussia.
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May 27, 2024 · Frederick I (born July 11, 1657, Königsberg, Prussia [now Kaliningrad, Russia]—died Feb. 25, 1713, Berlin) was the elector of Brandenburg (as Frederick III), who became the first king in Prussia (1701–13), freed his domains from imperial suzerainty, and continued the policy of territorial aggrandizement begun by his father, Frederick ...
