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21Austrian Succession, War of the — (1740–48) Group of related wars that took place after the death (1740) of Emperor Charles VI. At issue was the right of Charles s daughter Maria Theresa to inherit the Habsburg lands. The war began when Frederick II of Prussia invaded Silesia in… …
22War of the Spanish Succession — Philip V of Spain and the Duke of Vendôme commanded the Franco Spanish charge at the Battle of Villaviciosa by Jean Alaux (1840) …
23HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …
24Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II — Periods and eras in English history Anglo Saxon period (927–1066) Norman period …
25War of the League of Cambrai — Infobox Military Conflict conflict= War of the League of Cambrai partof= the Italian Wars date= 1508–16 place= Italy, France, England, and Spain caption= Northern Italy in 1494; by the start of the war in 1508, Louis XII had expelled the Sforza… …
26Civil Constitution of the Clergy — A commemorative plate from 1790 shows a curate swearing the Constitution. The Civil Constitution of the Clergy (French: Constitution civile du clergé ) was a law passed on 12 July 1790 during the French Revolution, that subordinated the Roman… …
27Capitulations of the Ottoman Empire — were contracts between the Ottoman Empire and European powers, particularly France. Turkish capitulations, or ahdnames, were generally bilateral acts whereby definite arrangements were entered into by each contracting party towards the other, not …
28William the Conqueror — The Duke of Normandy in the Bayeux Tapestry King of England Reign 25 December 1066 9 September 1087 Coronation 25 December 106 …
29A PARTIAL LIST OF SCARCE MAPS AND PLANS RELATING TO CANADA — (From the collection of 7000 maps in the Dominion Archives) ♦ Nicolas Deny s Map, with designs attached of Charnier en forme depressoir ; Charnier en barrique ; Les Brouettes ; Timbre à laver la Morue ; Édifice de l eschaffaut, complet hormis… …
30Charles the Bold — Rogier van der Weyden painted Charles the Bold as a young man in about 1460, wearing the Order of the Golden Fleece Duke of Burgundy Reign …
