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The Second French invasion of Portugal, a campaign of the Peninsular War, commenced on 3 February 1809 with French Marshal Soult 's II Corps heading down from La Coruña, in the north of Spain to occupy the capital of Portugal, Lisbon . Napoleon later modified his original plan by ordering Marshal Victor 's I Corps, based at Mérida, to send a ...
The Second Empire saw Freemasonry, and Freemasons as a threat, and aimed to either control them or wipe them out. Refusing to submit to imperial rule, some Freemasons chose exile and embarked for England. To survive, the Grand Orient de France, the main Masonic obedience, and French Freemasonry in general - as they had during the revolutionary ...
Second Empire architecture — a style of French Renaissance Revival architecture, first introduced during the Second French Empire (1852-1870). Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
The Second Empire of Haiti, officially known as the Empire of Haiti (French: Empire d'Haïti, Haitian Creole: Anpi an Ayiti ), was a state which existed from 1849 to 1859. It was established by the then- President, former Lieutenant General and Supreme Commander of the Presidential Guards under President Riché, Faustin Soulouque, [1] who ...
The German Empire (German: Deutsches Reich), also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich or simply Germany, was the period of the German Reich from the unification of Germany in 1871 until the November Revolution in 1918, when the German Reich changed its form of government from a monarchy to a republic.
Second French Empire. In 1854, David was elected Mayor of Langon and general councilor of the Gironde for the canton of Saint-Symphorien. He ran for election to the legislature for the 3rd constituency of Gironde on 22 June 1857 but was defeated. He ran again on 1 May 1859, for the 4th constituency of Gironde, La Réole, and was elected.
