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15 de abr. de 2024 · Donglin. Wei Zhongxian (born 1568, Suning, now in Hebei province, China—died 1627, Anhui province, China) was a eunuch who completely dominated the Chinese government between 1624 and 1627, ruthlessly exploiting the population and terrorizing the official class. He is usually considered by historians to have been the most powerful ...
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Hace 4 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 3 días · Ferdinand II (9 July 1578 – 15 February 1637) was Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia, Hungary, and Croatia from 1619 until his death in 1637. He was the son of Archduke Charles II of Inner Austria and Maria of Bavaria, who were devout Catholics.
Hace 3 días · The town of St. Gallen grew around the Abbey of St Gall, founded in the 8th century. [6] The abbey is said to have been built at the site of the hermitage of Irish missionary Gallus, who according to legend had established himself by the river Steinach in AD 612. [7] The monastery itself was founded by Saint Othmar in c.720. [6]
5 de may. de 2024 · Shivaji (born February 19, 1630, or April 1627, Shivner, Poona [now Pune], India—died April 3, 1680, Raigad) was an individual who opposed the Mughal dynasty and founded the Maratha kingdom in 17th-century India. His kingdom’s security was based on religious toleration and on the functional integration of Brahmans, Marathas, and ...
Hace 6 días · Barbados is an island country in the southeastern Caribbean Sea, located some 100 miles east of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Roughly triangular in shape, it measures some 20 miles from northwest to southeast and about 15 miles from east to west at its widest. The capital and largest town is Bridgetown.
3 de may. de 2024 · SUMMARY. Sir George Yeardley served as deputy governor (1616–1617), governor (1619–1621), and royal governor (1626–1627) of the Virginia colony. Born in London, he met Sir Thomas Gates while fighting for the Netherlands and joined him in Virginia in 1610. There, Yeardley served as captain and then lieutenant of the guard under the colony ...
