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Hace 4 días · Negotiations between Louis and Emperor Leopold centred on distributing these territories between various parties, which the Spanish refused to allow. Since the acquisition of an undivided empire by either Austria or France would make them too powerful, its inheritance led to a war that involved most of Europe.
Hace 2 días · The immediate cause of the war was the death in 1740 of Emperor Charles VI (1685–1740) and the inheritance of the Habsburg monarchy, often collectively referred to as Austria. The 1703 Mutual Pact of Succession provided that if the Habsburgs became extinct in the male line, these possessions would go first to Maria Josepha and Maria Amalia , daughters of Emperor Joseph I , then those of ...
Hace 1 día · Napoleon III (Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 1808 – 9 January 1873) was the first president of France from 1848 to 1852, and the last monarch of France as Emperor of the French from 1852 until he was deposed on 4 September 1870. Prior to his reign, Napoleon III was known as Louis Napoleon Bonaparte.
Hace 4 días · Saturday, 18 November 2023. By Ugo Realfonzo. Leopold II giving a speech on Congo at the Bourse in 1893 on the left, and Belgian King Leopold II. Credit: Creative Commons. On this day, 18 November 1889, King Leopold II organised an anti-slavery conference in Brussels. Rather than being a key moment for abolitionism in Europe, it helped secure ...
Hace 4 días · Population: (2024 est.) 9,295,000. Currency Exchange Rate: 1 USD equals 0.937 euro. Head Of State: President: Alexander Van der Bellen. A great part of Austria’s prominence can be attributed to its geographic position. It is at the centre of European traffic between east and west along the great Danubian trade route and between north and ...
Hace 3 días · PHOTO: Leopold Adolfovich Bernstam (1859-1939) In 1895 Léopold Bernstam received a commission to create portrait busts of members of the Imperial Family. Among them was the new Tsar and Tsarina, who were crowned in Moscow in May 1896. In his diary, dated 20th September and 21st, 1895, Nicholas II wrote: “… after breakfast spent more than ...
Hace 2 días · Throughout history, many notable individuals have borne the name Leopold. Among them is Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, who ruled in the late 18th century and was known for his enlightened policies. Another significant figure is Leopold I of Belgium, the first King of the Belgians who helped to establish the modern Belgian state in the 19th ...
