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10 hours ago · Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma [n 1] (25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979) was a British statesman, naval officer, colonial administrator and close relative of the British royal family. He was born in the United Kingdom to the prominent Battenberg family. He was a maternal uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and a second ...
10 hours ago · Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle was born on 22 November 1890 in Lille, the third of five children. [2] He was raised in a devoutly Catholic and traditional family. His father, Henri de Gaulle, was a professor of history and literature at a Jesuit college and eventually founded his own school. [3] : 42–47.
10 hours ago · The Royal Air Force Museum are honoured and thrilled to announce that His Majesty King Charles III has graciously accepted the role of Royal Patron for the museum. His Majesty’s dedication to honouring the legacy of the Royal Air Force and his unwavering support for the RAF Museum mission to share the story of the service make him a fitting ambassador for their institution. King Charles III ...
1 day ago · Before the Royal Military College of Canada was established in 1876, the only French-speaking officer training school was the Quebec City School of Military Instruction, founded in 1864. [33] The school was retained at Confederation, in 1867. In 1868, The School of Artillery was formed in Montreal. [34]
10 hours ago · Henri IV, dit « le Grand » ou « Le Vert Galant », ou encore « Le Bon Roi Henri », né sous le nom d' Henri de Bourbon le 13 décembre 1553 à Pau et mort assassiné le 14 mai 1610 à Paris, est roi de Navarre à partir du 9 juin 1572 sous le nom d' Henri III a, et roi de France sous le nom d' Henri IV du 2 août 1589 jusqu'à sa mort en 1610. Il réunit ainsi les dignités de roi de ...
10 hours ago · Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS ( né Wesley; 1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish statesman, soldier, and Tory politician who was one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain, serving twice as prime minister of the United Kingdom. He is among the commanders who won and ended the Napoleonic Wars when the ...
10 hours ago · Thirty Years' War. The Thirty Years' War [j] was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, lasting from 1618 to 1648. Fought primarily in Central Europe, an estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died as a result of battle, famine, or disease, while parts of present-day Germany reported population ...
