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1 day ago · Frederick the Great at the Battle of Zorndorf by Carl Röchling (1904) In the early spring of 1757, Frederick once more invaded Bohemia. He was victorious against the Austrian army at the Battle of Prague on 6 May 1757, but his losses were so great he was unable to take the city itself, and settled for besieging it instead.
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Sanssouci (German pronunciation: [ˈsãːsusi]) is a historical...
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In 1701, Elector Frederick III wanted to show his greatness...
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The situation changed in 1498 when Frederick of Saxony was...
- Silesian Wars
The Silesian Wars (German: Schlesische Kriege) were three...
- Anti-Machiavel
1740. Anti-Machiavel is an 18th-century essay by Frederick...
- Battle of Zorndorf
The Battle of Zorndorf, during the Seven Years' War, was...
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1 day ago · Historical sources Statue of Peter Waldo at the Luther Monument in Worms Most modern knowledge of the medieval history of the Waldensians originates almost exclusively from the records and writings of the Roman Catholic Church, the same body that was condemning them as heretics. : 66 Because of "the documentary scarcity and unconnectedness from which we must draw the description of Waldensian ...
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1 day ago · Louis XVI (Louis Auguste; French: [lwi sɛːz]; 23 August 1754 – 21 January 1793) was the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. The son of Louis, Dauphin of France (son and heir-apparent of King Louis XV), and Maria Josepha of Saxony, Louis became the new Dauphin when his father died in 1765.
- 10 May 1774 – 21 September 1792
- Maria Josepha of Saxony
1 day ago · Frederick III, Elector of Saxony and protector of Luther, lamented the outcome of the Diet. On the road back from Worms, Luther was kidnapped by Frederick's men and hidden in a distant castle in Wartburg .
- 28 June 1519 –, 27 August 1556
- Philip I of Castile
- 22 September 1558, El Escorial, Spain
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1 day ago · Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1 July 1646 [O.S. 21 June] – 14 November 1716) was a German polymath active as a mathematician, philosopher, scientist and diplomat who invented calculus in addition to many other branches of mathematics and statistics.
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1 day ago · Elector Palatine: Blanche of England & of Lancaster 1392–1409: Anne of Burgundy Duchess of Bedford 1404–1432: John of Lancaster 1389–1435 Duke of Bedford: Jacquetta of Luxembourg 1415/1416–1472: Richard Woodville 1405–1469 1st Earl Rivers: King Henry V 1386–1422 r. 1413–1422 King of England: Catherine of Valois 1401–1437 Queen ...