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4 days ago · War of the Spanish Succession, (1701–14), conflict that arose out of the disputed succession to the throne of Spain following the death of the childless Charles II, the last of the Spanish Habsburgs. The war was primarily a struggle to determine whether the vast possessions of the Spanish Empire should pass to the House of Bourbon or to the ...
2 days ago · Spain sells to Germany its last colonies in the Pacific in 1899; End of the Spanish Empire in America and Asia. Territorial changes: Spain relinquishes sovereignty over Cuba; cedes Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines to the United States. $20 million paid to Spain by the United States for infrastructure owned by Spain.
- April 21 – August 13, 1898, (3 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)
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3 days ago · Charles I and the Aristocracy, 1625-1642. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2013, ISBN: 9781107009905 ; 363pp.; Price: £65.00. Ever since the publication of his book on the Forced Loan of 1626–8, Richard Cust has been recognised as one of the principal figures in 17th-century historiography. His scholarly reputation was enhanced by his ...
14 hours ago · Taylor Wilson: That's Ireland's Prime Minister, Simon Harris. Norway's Prime Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre, said, "We must keep alive the only alternative that offers a political solution for ...
2 days ago · The Montserrat friar Bernat de Boil travelled with Christopher Columbus on his second trip to America, and that’s how a Caribean Island was named after Montserrat. The Escolania choir, documented since 1307, reaches 20 members. The monastery also owned one of the first printing presses in Spain, in 1499, a huge achievement of the abbot Cisneros.
1 day ago · The Spanish Armada (often known as Invincible Armada, or the Enterprise of England, Spanish: Grande y Felicísima Armada, lit. 'Great and Most Fortunate Navy') was a Spanish fleet that sailed from Lisbon in late May 1588, commanded by Alonso de Guzmán, Duke of Medina Sidonia, an aristocrat without previous naval experience appointed by Philip ...
1 day ago · Ernest Miller Hemingway (/ ˈ ɜːr n ɪ s t ˈ h ɛ m ɪ ŋ w eɪ /; July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. Best known for an economical, understated style that significantly influenced later 20th-century writers, he is often romanticized for his adventurous lifestyle, and outspoken and blunt public image.
