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  1. 17 hours ago · The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict fought between 1701 and 1714. The immediate cause was the death of the childless Charles II of Spain in November 1700, which led to a struggle for control of the Spanish Empire. His nominated heir was Philip of Anjou, a grandson of Louis XIV of France, whose main backers were ...

    • 9 July 1701 – 6 February 1715, (13 years, 6 months and 4 weeks)
  2. 17 hours ago · The interregnum concluded on 12 December 1575 when primate Jakub Uchański declared Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, as the next king. The decision was condemned by the anti-Habsburg coalition, which demanded a "native" candidate.

  3. 17 hours ago · Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor: 4. Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor: 9. Infanta Maria Louisa of Spain: 2. Archduke Franz Karl of Austria: 10. Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies: 5. Princess Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily: 11. Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria: 1. Franz Joseph I of Austria: 12.

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    17 hours ago · For the Holy Roman Empire, Emperor Maximillian I in 1490 authorized two brothers from the Italian Tasso family, Francesco and Janetto, to create a network of courier stations linked by riders. They began with a communications line between Innsbruck and Mechelen and grew from there. [72]

  5. 17 hours ago · The Holy Roman Emperor generally tried to restrain persecution, if only for economic reasons, but he was often unable to exert much influence. As late as 1519, the Imperial city of Regensburg took advantage of the recent death of Emperor Maximilian I to expel its 500 Jews. [95]

  6. 17 hours ago · The Weimar Republic, [b] officially known as the German Reich, [c] was a historical period of Germany from 9 November 1918 to 23 March 1933, during which it was a constitutional federal republic for the first time in history; hence it is also referred to, and unofficially proclaimed itself, as the German Republic.

  7. 17 hours ago · t. e. Russian literature refers to the literature of Russia, its émigrés, and to Russian-language literature. [1] The roots of Russian literature can be traced to the Early Middle Ages when Old Church Slavonic was introduced as a liturgical language and became used as a literary language. By the Age of Enlightenment, literature had grown in ...

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