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Hace 5 días · #1. I have a distinct memory of reading the statement that Gustavus "wished to remain neutral vis a vis Spain" (while being at war with the *Austrian* Habsburgs) and that this annoyed his paymaster, Cardinal Richelieu.
Hace 3 días · Gustav Adolphus (Gustav II Adolf), portrait by Matthäus Merian the Elder, 1632; in Skokloster, Uppland, Sweden. (more) When Gustav II Adolf ascended the throne, the country was already embroiled in wars with Denmark , Russia, and Poland .
Hace 4 días · The 1840-42 Anglo-Chinese war (the so-called “Opium War”) is almost universally believed to have been triggered by British imperial rapacity and determination to sell more and more opium into China. That belief is mistaken.
Hace 4 días · 1846 - Adolphus FitzGeorge, ammiraglio inglese († 1922) 1846 - Katharine O'Shea, politica inglese († 1921) 1846 - Juan Antonio Pérez Bonalde, scrittore, poeta e traduttore venezuelano († 1892) 1846 - Angela della Croce, religiosa spagnola († 1932) 1847 - Joseph Maas, tenore inglese († 1886) 1848 - Frank Bowden, imprenditore inglese ...
Hace 2 días · The Thirty Years' War [j] was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, lasting from 1618 to 1648. Fought primarily in Central Europe, an estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died as a result of battle, famine, or disease, while parts of present-day Germany reported population declines of over 50%. [19] .
Hace 4 días · Adolphus Frederick, 1st duke of Cambridge was a British field marshal, the seventh son of King George III. Having studied at the University of Göttingen, he served in the Hanoverian army and with the British army in the Low Countries, being severely wounded in 1793. He was created Earl of Tipperary.
Hace 5 días · The House of Oldenburg is an ancient dynasty of German origin whose members rule or have ruled in Denmark, Iceland, Greece, Norway, Russia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Livonia, Schleswig, Holstein, and Oldenburg.
