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Apr 30, 2024 · Elizabeth Báthory (born August 7, 1560, Nyírbátor, Hungary—died August 21, 1614, Castle Čachtice, Čachtice, Hungary [now in Slovakia]) was a Hungarian countess who purportedly tortured and murdered hundreds of young women in the 16th and 17th centuries.
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Paul Erdős (born March 26, 1913, Budapest, Hungary—died...
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Stephen Báthory (born Sept. 27, 1533, Szilágysomlyó,...
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1 day ago · Roman Catholicism. Signature. Sigismund III Vasa ( Polish: Zygmunt III Waza, Lithuanian: Žygimantas Vaza; 20 June 1566 – 30 April 1632 N.S.) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1587 to 1632 and, as Sigismund, King of Sweden and Grand Duke of Finland from 1592 to 1599. He was the first Polish sovereign from the House of Vasa.
- 19 August 1587 – 30 April 1632
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Apr 29, 2024 · The Vilnius University Foundation was founded in order to establish an endowment capital and to use the income from investing this capital for ensuring the university’s financial stability, financing the studies of the most talented students and establishing scholarships, supporting scientific research of highest quality and study programmes ...
Apr 30, 2024 · He was elected king of Poland in August 1587, succeeding his uncle King Stephen Báthory. To obtain the throne he had to accept a reduction of royal power and a consequent increase of the power of the Sejm (Diet). In 1592 he married the Austrian archduchess Anna, and, after his father’s death the same year, he received the Sejm’s permission ...
3 days ago · In 1579, Stephen Báthory, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, founded Vilnius University, one of the oldest universities in Northern Europe. Due to the work of the Jesuits during the Counter-Reformation the university soon developed into one of the most important scientific and cultural centres of the region and the most notable ...
May 2, 2024 · The Nightingale’s Castle by Sonia Velton – Historia Magazine. 2 May 2024 By Editor. In 1573, Countess Erzsébet Báthory gave birth to an illegitimate child. The infant, a girl, was swiftly bundled up and handed to a local peasant family to be brought up in one of the hamlets surrounding the Castle.
4 days ago · John III and Stephen Báthory formed an alliance against Ivan IV in December 1577, after Báthory had concluded the Danzig War. Already in November, Lithuanian forces had started an offensive from the south and captured Dünaburg (Daugavpils). A Polish-Swedish force took the town and castle of Wenden in early 1578.
