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Hace 6 días · van Nost, John King George I of Great Britain equestrian statue: 1716: 1872: Vandalised, sold and removed: Formerly part of the Duke of Chandos' collection at Cannons; moved to Leicester Square in London in 1784 Chardin Still Life with Copper Kettle, Bowl with Eggs: 1724–25: 1945: Friedrichshain flak tower fire
Hace 3 días · Lord Mountbatten. Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma [n 1] (25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979), commonly known as Lord Mountbatten, was a British statesman, naval officer, colonial administrator and close relative of the British royal family. He was born in the United Kingdom to ...
Hace 5 días · France cedes Ypres, Tournai, Menen, Veurne, Fort Knokke, and Warneton to Austria, while gaining the Principality of Orange and the Ubaye Valley. The Dutch Republic gains barrier fortresses and part of Upper Guelders. The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict fought between 1701 and 1714.
Hace 3 días · George’s army had been outmanoeuvred and was now trapped, facing possible starvation. On the other side of the river, about 60,000 French troops were camped between Stockstadt and Seligenstadt. At the latter, they built two pontoon bridges to cross to the north and advance towards Dettingen, and then placed artillery along the Main to control the road to Hanau.
Hace 5 días · Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, KG, OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, TD, PC (16 April 1881 – 23 December 1959), known as the Lord Irwin from 1925 until 1934 and the Viscount Halifax from 1934 until 1944, was a senior British Conservative politician of the 1930s. He held several senior ministerial posts during this time, most notably ...
Hace 3 días · First Opium War. The First Opium War ( Chinese: 第一次鴉片戰爭; pinyin: Dìyīcì yāpiàn zhànzhēng ), also known as the Anglo-Chinese War, was a series of military engagements fought between the British Empire and the Qing dynasty of China between 1839 and 1842. The immediate issue was the Chinese enforcement of their ban on the ...
Hace 1 día · No official national day. A national day is a day on which celebrations mark the statehood or nationhood of a state or its people. It may be the date of independence, of becoming a republic, of becoming a federation, or a significant date for a patron saint or a ruler (such as a birthday, accession, or removal).
