Resultado de búsqueda
Hace 5 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.
- Battle of Ramillies
The battle was fought at the village of Ramillies, 13 miles...
- Battle of Oudenaarde
The battle was fought north of the town of Oudenaarde...
- Battle of Malplaquet
Battle of Malplaquet, (Sept. 11, 1709), the duke of...
- Battle of Blenheim
Battle of Blenheim, (Aug. 13, 1704), the most famous victory...
- Battle of Ramillies
Hace 1 día · 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.
Hace 1 día · The War of the Spanish Succession was a war fought between 1701 and 1714, in which several European powers combined to stop a possible unification of the Kingdoms of Spain and France under a single Bourbon monarch, upsetting the European balance of power.
Hace 5 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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Hace 2 días · 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 1 día · James VII and II (14 October 1633 O.S. – 16 September 1701) [a] was King of England and Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII [4] from the death of his elder brother, Charles II, on 6 February 1685. He was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. He was the last Catholic monarch of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
Hace 5 días · The Nine Years' War [c], was a European great power conflict from 1688 to 1697 between France and the Grand Alliance. [d] Although largely concentrated in Europe, fighting spread to colonial possessions in the Americas, India, and West Africa. Related conflicts include the Williamite war in Ireland, and King William's War in North America.
