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In office. 1496–1517. Personal details. Born. 1458. Died. 24 September 1517. Lier, Duchy of Brabant, Habsburg Netherlands. Frederik of Baden (1458 – 24 September 1517, Lier) was a German nobleman who served as Bishop of Utrecht from 1496 until his resignation in 1517.
Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB, KStJ, DL ( / ˈbeɪdən ˈpoʊəl / BAY-dən POH-əl; [4] 22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941) was a British Army officer, writer, founder and first Chief Scout of the world-wide Scout Movement, and founder, with his sister Agnes, of the world ...
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Apr 13, 2024 · Siege of Mafikeng. South African War. Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (born February 22, 1857, London, England—died January 8, 1941, Nyeri, Kenya) was a British army officer who became a national hero for his 217-day defense of Mafeking (now Mafikeng) in the South African War of 1899–1902. He later became famous as the founder ...
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During the War, Burnham became friends with then-Major Robert Baden-Powell, who had almost accompanied Burnham and Armstrong on the mission. He took Baden-Powell under his wing and taught him much about outdoorsmanship, woodworking, and scouting, and the ways of the American west and of the American Indians; Baden-Powell even adopted from Burnham a Stetson hat and neckerchief which would soon ...
Dec 13, 2005 · Baden-Powell tells an amusing story of an impromptu boar hunt. "At a grand field-day at Delhi, in the presence of all the foreign delegates, in 1885, a boar suddenly appeared upon the scene and charged a Horse Artillery gun, effectually stopping it in its advance at a gallop by throwing down two of the horses.
Burnham interview about Baden-Powell by Frederick Russell Burnham. sister projects: Wikidata item. Published in: The Manchester Guardian, p, 10 (May 19, 1900). This interview came by way of Reuter's telegrams and took place on the day of the arrival of the British relief force at Mafeking -- the day the Boer abandoned the siege and the British ...
Frederick II (9 July 1857 – 9 August 1928; German: Großherzog von Baden Friedrich II.) was the last sovereign Grand Duke of Baden, reigning from 1907 until the abolition of the German monarchies in 1918. The Weimar -era state of Baden originated from the area of the Grand Duchy of Baden . Life.
