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14 hours ago · Frederick II ( German: Friedrich II.; 24 January 1712 – 17 August 1786) was the monarch of Prussia from 1740 until 1786. He was the last Hohenzollern monarch titled King in Prussia, declaring himself King of Prussia after annexing Royal Prussia from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1772. His most significant accomplishments include his ...
- Elisabeth Christine
Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (8...
- Sanssouci
Sanssouci (German pronunciation: [ˈsãːsusi]) is a historical...
- King in Prussia
Frederick thus argued that German law of the time allowed...
- Royal Prussia
Geography. The area consisted of the following territories:...
- Silesian Wars
The Silesian Wars (German: Schlesische Kriege) were three...
- Anti-Machiavel
Frederick sent Francesco Algarotti to London to take care of...
- Battle of Zorndorf
The Battle of Zorndorf, during the Seven Years' War, was...
- Potsdam Giants
The Potsdam Giants at the Battle of Hohenfriedeberg, as...
- Battle of Hohenfriedberg
The Battle of Hohenfriedberg or Hohenfriedeberg, now...
- Elisabeth Christine
2 days ago · t. e. The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early to mid-19th century. It was used by enslaved African Americans primarily to escape into free states and from there to Canada. [1] The network, primarily the work of free African Americans (and some whites as well), [2 ...
4 days ago · In January 1841 Melville sailed on the whaler “Acushnet,” from New Bedford, Massachusetts, on a voyage to the South Seas. In June 1842 the “Acushnet” anchored in the Marquesas Islands in present-day French Polynesia. Melville’s adventures here, somewhat romanticized, became the subject of his first novel, Typee (1846).
4 days ago · Essential Facts. Interesting Facts. 01 In 1818, Douglass was born into slavery in Talbot County, Maryland. 02 After they both broke free from their owners, Frederick Douglass and Anna Murray got married on September 15, 1838. 03 After becoming a free man, Douglass chose February 14 as his official birthday.
2 days ago · The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union [e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"). The Confederacy had been formed by states that had seceded from the Union. The central conflict leading to the war was the dispute over whether slavery ...
1 day ago · Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; [b] April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As commanding general, Grant led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War in 1865 and briefly served as U.S. secretary of war.
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4 days ago · Adam Smith (baptized June 5, 1723, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland—died July 17, 1790, Edinburgh) was a Scottish social philosopher and political economist, instrumental in the rise of classical liberalism. Adam Smith is a towering figure in the history of economic thought.
