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Hace 1 día · Croatia, as a polity, first appeared as a duchy in the 7th century, the Duchy of Croatia. With the nearby Principality of Lower Pannonia, [1] it was united and elevated into the Kingdom of Croatia which lasted from 925 until 1102. From the 12th century, the Kingdom of Croatia entered a personal union with the Kingdom of Hungary.
Hace 3 días · Michael (born October 25, 1921, Sinaia, Romania—died December 5, 2017, Aubonne, Switzerland) was the king of Romania and, during World War II, a principal leader of the coup d’état of August 1944, which severed Romania’s connection with the Axis powers. After his father—the future king Carol II — had been formally excluded from the ...
Hace 3 días · It is believed to have begun due to the actions of Ferdinand II of Bohemia, the future Holy Roman Emperor, who tried to impose strict Catholic rule over the Protestants of Bohemia. Both Austria and Bohemia rebelled, and even though Ferdinand was able to claim a victory in the initial conflict five years later, many of the powers of Europe became involved in a war that was fought primarily in ...
Hace 2 días · Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536 CE) was a Spanish princess who famously became the Queen of England and the first wife of Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547 CE). When the marriage did not produce a male heir, Henry VIII became desperate to divorce Catherine and find another wife. Catherine refused to cooperate with the king's wishes and the ...
Hace 2 días · The war’s end saw the rise of the United States as a major global power and set the stage for the geopolitical tensions that would define the 20th century, including the rise of fascism and the onset of World War II. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the subsequent war had profound social, economic, and cultural impacts.
Hace 3 días · Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile were joint rulers of their Spanish kingdoms during the Middle Ages. They were two of the most well-known of all Spanish rulers. Isabella was born on April 22, 1451, in Madrigal de las Altas Torres, Ávila. Her father was King John II of Castile, and her mother was also named Isabella.
Hace 2 días · Allies of World War I. The Entente, or the Allies, were an international military coalition of countries led by France, the United Kingdom, Russia, the United States, Italy, and Japan against the Central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria in World War I (1914–1918). By the end of the first decade of the 20th ...
