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3 days ago · This article lists the Margraves and Electors of Brandenburg during the period of time that Brandenburg was a constituent state of the Holy Roman Empire. The Mark, or March , of Brandenburg was one of the primary constituent states of the Holy Roman Empire .
May 9, 2024 · Frederick William was the elector of Brandenburg (1640–88), who restored the Hohenzollern dominions after the devastations of the Thirty Years’ War—centralizing the political administration, reorganizing the state finances, rebuilding towns and cities, developing a strong army, and acquiring clear.
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May 10, 2024 · Soviet troops march past the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, May 20, 1945, while carrying a victory banner that was raised over the defeated German capitol at the end of World War II. Social media users are falsely claiming that hackers projected the banner onto the Brandenburg Gate Tuesday night.
1 day ago · Gustavus put pressure on Brandenburg by sacking Küstrin and Frankfurt an der Oder, while the Sack of Magdeburg in May 1631 provided a powerful warning of the consequences of Imperial victory.
1 day ago · Europe at the time when Frederick came to the throne in 1740, with Brandenburg–Prussia in violet. Europe at the time of Frederick's death in 1786. Prussia's territory has been greatly extended by his Silesian Wars, his inheritance of East Frisia and the First Partition of Poland.
6 days ago · President Kennedy arrived in Berlin on June 26, 1963, following appearances in Bonn, Cologne and Frankfurt, where he had given speeches to huge, wildly cheering crowds. In Berlin, an immense crowd of 120,000 Berliners gathered in the Rudolph Wilde Platz near the Berlin Wall to listen to hear President Kennedy speak.
May 2, 2024 · Alexander von Humboldt (born September 14, 1769, Berlin, Prussia [now in Germany]—died May 6, 1859, Berlin) was a German naturalist and explorer who was a major figure in the classical period of physical geography and biogeography —areas of science now included in the Earth sciences and ecology.
