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3 days 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
- Catherine Jagiellon
1 day ago · The history of Poland from 1939 to 1945 encompasses primarily the period from the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union to the end of World War II. Following the German–Soviet non-aggression pact , Poland was invaded by Nazi Germany on 1 September 1939 and by the Soviet Union on 17 September .
5 days ago · Battle of Austerlitz, (December 2, 1805), the first engagement of the War of the Third Coalition and one of Napoleon ’s greatest victories. The battle took place at Austerlitz in Moravia (now Slavkov u Brna, Czech Republic ).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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2 days ago · Emperor of Mexico (House of Habsburg-Lorraine) Coat of arms of the Mexican Empire adopted by Maximilian I in 1864. Maximilian, the adventurous second son of Archduke Franz Karl, was invited as part of Napoleon III 's manipulations to take the throne of Mexico, becoming Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico.
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Conclusion: Union Victory. BATTLE SUMMARY. Savannah, the objective of Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's "March to the Sea" Campaign, was georgia's largest city and one of the South's main ports. To defend it, the Confederates, early in December, mustered a garrison of 10,000 Regulars and militia commanded by Lt. Gen. William J. Hardee.
5 days ago · 2:00-3:00pm The Road to Ticonderoga: The Campaign of 1758 in the Champlain Valley— Beyond being one of the largest battles fought in North America until the onset of the Civil War, the Battle of Ticonderoga also falls within a small class of military engagements by being a victory against the odds.
4 days ago · On March 14, Pope's army discovered that New Madrid was deserted and moved in to occupy it. A Union naval flotilla, under the command of Flag-Officer Andrew H. Foote, arrived on March 15, coming upstream from Island No. 10. The ironclad USS Carondelet, on the night of April 4, passed the Island No. 10 batteries and anchored off New Madrid.
