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2 days ago · The Thirty Years' War 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]
4 days ago · Updated Wed, May 22, 2024, 4:10 PM EDT · 8 min read. 1k. Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin allegedly knelt on the back of a woman he was arresting mere months before he pulled the ...
5 days ago · Ferdinand II (9 July 1578 – 15 February 1637) was Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia, Hungary, and Croatia from 1619 until his death in 1637. He was the son of Archduke Charles II of Inner Austria and Maria of Bavaria, who were devout Catholics. In 1590, when Ferdinand was 11 years old, they sent him to study at the Jesuits' college in ...
1 day ago · Charles XIV John (Swedish: Karl XIV Johan; 26 January 1763 – 8 March 1844) was King of Sweden and Norway from 1818 until his death in 1844 and the first monarch of the Bernadotte dynasty. In Norway, he is known as Charles III John ( Norwegian : Karl III Johan ) and before he became royalty in Sweden, his name was Jean-Baptiste Jules ...
4 days ago · Sadly missed by his loving wife and sons, sisters Rosarie, Jo, Lil and Jean, brother John, daughters-in-law Aran and Jen, adored granddaughters Abi and Evie, brothers-in-law, nephews, nieces, relatives and friends. Reposing at the Temple Hill Funeral Home, Boreenmanna Road of Jerh. O’Connor Ltd; On Friday (May 24rd) from 5.00pm to 6.00pm.
4 days ago · Download stock image of “Maurice, Elector of Saxony (1521–1553). Illustration for Weltgeschichte Fur Das Volk by Otto von Corvin and Wilhelm Held (Verlag und Druck von Otto Spamer, 1880).” from the Look and Learn History Picture Archive
4 days ago · Relatives and friends are invited to visit with Dr. George's family on Thursday, May 30th. from 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. at Chiampa Funeral Home, 5 Church Road, On The Common, Shrewsbury. A mass of ...
