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2 days ago · The Thirty Years' War [j] was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, lasting from 1618 to 1648. Fought primarily in Central Europe, an estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died as a result of battle, famine, or disease, while parts of present-day Germany reported population declines of over 50%. [19]
Apr 1, 2024 · Gottfried Heinrich, count zu Pappenheim (born May 29, 1594, Treuchtlingen, Bavaria [Germany]—died Nov. 17, 1632, Leipzig) was a German cavalry commander conspicuous early in the Thirty Years’ War.
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5 days ago · The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, [b] 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. Lasting from 19 July 1870 to 28 January 1871, the conflict was caused primarily by France's determination to reassert its dominant ...
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1 day ago · 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.
4 days ago · Franz-Albrecht Alois Christian Ferdinand Maria Notger, Hereditary Prince zu Oettingen-Oettingen und Oettingen-Spielberg was born in München, Germany, on 16 September 1982 as son of Albrecht Fürst zu Oettingen-Oettingen und Oettingen-Spielberg and his wife Angela Jank. He has three younger sisters. He studied politics and history in London.
5 days ago · Katharina (1256–4 April 1282, Landshut), married 1279 in Vienna to Otto III, Duke of Bavaria who later (after her death) became the disputed King Bela V of Hungary and left no surviving issue. Agnes (ca. 1257–11 October 1322, Wittenberg), married 1273 to Albert II, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg and became the mother of Rudolf I, Elector of Saxony.
4 days ago · source: Wikipedia. King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria. King Maximilian I Joseph was the first King of Bavaria, reigning from 1806 until his death in 1825. He was born on May 27, 1756, in Schwetzingen, Electorate of the Palatine, now in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, the son of Friedrich Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld and ...
