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5 days ago · The Gothic Kirche church, Saxony‘s oldest garrison church; Life on the Mountain Fortress. At its peak, Konigstein Fortress was a self-sufficient city housing up to 3,500 soldiers, officers, and civilians within its walls. Artisans plied their trades in workshops, while vast storehouses held enough provisions to withstand years of siege.
3 days ago · The Nine Years' War, [c] was a European great power conflict from 1688 to 1697 between France and the Grand Alliance. [d] Although largely concentrated in Europe, fighting spread to colonial possessions in the Americas, India, and West Africa. Related conflicts include the Williamite war in Ireland, and King William's War in North America.
3 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]
3 days ago · War of the Spanish Succession. The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict fought between 1701 and 1714. The immediate cause was the death of the childless Charles II of Spain in November 1700, which led to a struggle for control of the Spanish Empire amongst supporters of the claimant Bourbon and Habsburg dynasties.
5 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 ...
4 days ago · The King being thus resolved, sends Post unto the Elector of Saxony, to inform him of his purposes, and to lay the Plot for their Uniting. The King desired him to come to Eilenburg , upon the West of the River Mulda , 14 Miles West of Torgan , where the Duke then lay with an Army of 4000 Foot, and as many Horse, whereof 2000 Foot and 1500 Horse ...
5 days ago · Francis Sicken hopes for rescue out of France, else he is undone; for the archbishop of Treves, the count Palatine, the duke Frederick, elector of Saxony and the landgrave of Hesse will besiege two of his castles on the 10th prox. His agent here was taken yesterday, and sent to Villefort Castle.
