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  1. Apr 16, 2024 · Died: August 30, 1928, Munich, Germany (aged 64) Awards And Honors: Nobel Prize. Subjects Of Study: Wien’s law. blackbody. Wilhelm Wien (born January 13, 1864, Gaffken, Prussia [now Parusnoye, Russia]—died August 30, 1928, Munich, Germany) was a German physicist who received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1911 for his displacement law ...

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  2. The " Manifesto of the Ninety-Three " ( German: Manifest der 93; originally "To the Civilized World," An die Kulturwelt!, by "Professors of Germany") is a 4 October 1914 [1] proclamation by 93 prominent Germans supporting Germany in the start of World War I. The Manifesto galvanized support for the war throughout German schools and universities ...

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  4. Kaiser Wilhelm II's life in exile came to an end with his death on June 4, 1941, at the age of 82. His passing went largely unnoticed amidst the turmoil of World War II. Wilhelm was buried in a mausoleum on the grounds of Huis Doorn, as his request to be buried in Germany could not be fulfilled due to the ongoing conflict of WWII.

  5. Wilhelm Wien was a German physicist and Nobel-Prize winner who pioneered the study of quantum physics. Wien was born in East Prussia in 1864 to a landholding family. He broke away from his father’s life as a gentleman farmer to study mathematics and physics at the Universities of Göttingen and Berlin. Between 1883 and 1885, he worked in ...

  6. William I (Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig; 22 March 1797 – 9 March 1888), or Wilhelm I, was King of Prussia from 1861 and German Emperor from 1871 until his death in 1888. A member of the House of Hohenzollern, he was the first head of state of a united Germany. He was de facto head of state of Prussia from 1858, when he became regent for his ...

  7. Kaiser Wilhelm II was the King of Germany from 1888-1918. He became the King of Germany after his father, Frederick III, died. Kaiser Wilhelm II was 29 years old when he took over for his father ...

  8. William the Silent or William the Taciturn (Dutch: Willem de Zwijger; 24 April 1533 – 10 July 1584), more commonly known in the Netherlands as William of Orange (Dutch: Willem van Oranje), was the leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish Habsburgs that set off the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648) and resulted in the formal independence of the United Provinces in 1648.