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1 day ago · Historian Frederick Kagan argues that Britain was irritated in particular by Napoleon's assertion of control over Switzerland. Furthermore, Britons felt insulted when Napoleon stated that their country deserved no voice in European affairs, even though King George III was an elector of the Holy Roman Empire. For its part, Russia decided that ...
- War of The Third Coalition
The War of the Third Coalition (French: Guerre de la...
- Battle of Trafalgar
The Battle of Trafalgar was a naval engagement that took...
- War of The Fourth Coalition
Frederick William III; ... In addition, on 15 March 1806...
- Peninsular War
The Peninsular War (1807–1814) was the military conflict...
- War of The First Coalition
Result: French victory; Treaty of The Hague, Treaty of...
- Frederick William III
Frederick William III (German: Friedrich Wilhelm III.; 3...
- Coalition Forces
British 52nd light infantry regiment, early 1800s Soldiers...
- Battle of Austerlitz
The Battle of Austerlitz (2 December 1805/11 Frimaire An XIV...
- Gunboat War
The Gunboat War (Danish: Kanonbådskrigen, Norwegian:...
- Russo-Turkish War
Background. The war broke out against the background of the...
- War of The Third Coalition
1 day ago · Henry Lomb (1828–1908), co-founder of Bausch & Lomb. Friedrich Lürssen (1851–1916), founder of Lürssen in 1875, manufacturers of ships. Oscar Ferdinand Mayer (1859–1955), founder of the processed-meat firm Oscar Mayer. Joseph Mendelssohn (1770–1848), founder of former bank Mendelssohn & Co.
1 day ago · Crusading movement. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. This is a site of Christian pilgrimage built where Christian Roman authorities pinpointed the purported location of Jesus' burial and resurrection in Jerusalem in 325. [1] One of the objectives of the Crusades was to free the Holy Sepulchre from Muslim control.
1 day ago · 1771: Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg-Schwedt, Markgraf von Brandenburg-Schwedt; 1776: Johann Georg Ziesenis der Jüngere, deutscher Porträtmaler; 1779: Heinrich Leopold Wagner, deutscher Schriftsteller; 1780: Joachim Ulrich Giese, schwedisch-pommerscher Kammerrat, Kaufmann, Bankier, Münzdirektor und Begründer der Stralsunder Fayencemanufaktur
1 day ago · 16. Oktober: John Harwood beantragt in der Schweiz ein Patent für die von ihm erfundene automatische Armbanduhr. 16. Oktober: Gründung des Unternehmens Disney Brothers Studio (1923) durch die Brüder Walt und Roy Disney, aus der die Filmproduktionsgesellschaft The Walt Disney Company hervorgeht. 31.
