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Signature. Albert I (8 April 1875 – 17 February 1934) was King of the Belgians from 23 December 1909 until his death in 1934. Albert was born in Brussels as the fifth child and second son of Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, and Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Albert succeeded his uncle Leopold II to the Belgian throne in 1909.
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Jun 29, 2022 · The history of Scotch whisky famously points to a tax roll from 1494 in which King James IV granted malt, “to Friar John Cor, by order of the king, to make aquavitae.”. However, the first written record of making whiskey on the Emerald Isle predates the Scottish example by more than 170 years! In the Irish Annals of Clonmacnoise, from 1405 ...
May 17, 2024 · Albert I (born April 8, 1875, Brussels, Belg.—died Feb. 17, 1934, Marche-les-Dames, near Namur) was the king of the Belgians (1909–34), who led the Belgian army during World War I and guided his country’s postwar recovery.
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Aug 28, 2015 · The actual process of distillation pre-dates the development of whiskey as a beverage by several hundred years. This procedure, wherein liquids are heated to separate elements via condensation and evaporation, was first discovered by Greek alchemists in the 1st century. It is widely believed that travelling missionary monks brought this ...
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Albert I, the third king of the Belgians, played a leading role as supreme commander of the Belgian army during the First World War. For four years he defended the last piece of unoccupied Belgium behind the Yser River, refusing to sacrifice his troops in bloody attacks and hoping that the war could be ended through negotiations.
Quick Reference. (1875–1934), C-in-C during WW I. Albert became king in 1909 and in 1914 most of Belgium was occupied by the army of his Hohenzollern relatives. He became the symbol of ... From: Albert I, King of the Belgians in The Oxford Companion to Military History ». Subjects: History — Military History.
