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Hace 2 días · The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict fought between 1701 and 1714. The immediate cause was the death of the childless Charles II of Spain in November 1700, which led to a struggle for control of the Spanish Empire.
- 9 July 1701 – 6 February 1715, (13 years, 6 months and 4 weeks)
Hace 4 días · War of the Spanish Succession (1701–14), conflict that arose out of the disputed succession to the throne of Spain following the death of the childless Charles II, the last of the Spanish Habsburgs. The treaties that ended the war marked the rise of the power of Britain and the British colonial empire.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Hace 4 días · Signature. Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great ( Louis le Grand) or the Sun King ( le Roi Soleil ), was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His verified reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest of any sovereign. [1] [a] Although Louis XIV's France was emblematic ...
Hace 5 días · house of Hanover, British royal house of German origin, descended from George Louis, elector of Hanover, who succeeded to the British crown, as George I, in 1714.
Hace 1 día · The battle was the climax of the five-month Gulf Campaign (September 1814 to February 1815) by Britain to try to take New Orleans, West Florida, and possibly Louisiana Territory which began at the First Battle of Fort Bowyer. Britain started the New Orleans campaign on December 14, 1814, at the Battle of Lake Borgne and numerous skirmishes and ...
Hace 4 días · Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit was a Polish-born Dutch physicist and maker of scientific instruments. He is best known for inventing the mercury thermometer (1714) and developing the Fahrenheit temperature scale (1724), which is still commonly used in the United States. Fahrenheit spent most of his life.
Hace 5 días · Women of the Bedchamber 1702–1714. During the reign of Anne, the Queen was served by a varying number of women or gentlewomen of the bedchamber, often described as dressers. Their duties were described by Abigail, Lady Masham in 1728: The bed-chamber woman came in to waiting before the queen's prayers, which was before her majesty ...
