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Hace 4 días · Frederick III (Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus Karl; 18 October 1831 – 15 June 1888) was German Emperor and King of Prussia for 99 days between March and June 1888, during the Year of the Three Emperors.
- 9 March 1888 – 15 June 1888
- Princess Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Hace 2 días · Prussia saw this as an opportunity to expand their European territories, and Frederick III divided his force. Half of which remained in Prussia, and the other half attacked Saxony. Britain had the strongest Navy of the age, and Prussia had the strongest army. It was a formidable force. Austria came to Saxony’s aid, but it didn’t help.
Hace 1 día · Frederick, who had considered ceding East Prussia to Russia if Peter III helped him secure Saxony, finally insisted on excluding Russia (in fact, no longer a belligerent) from the negotiations. At the same time, he refused to evacuate Saxony until its elector had renounced any claim to reparation.
- 17 May 1756 – 15 February 1763, (6 years, 8 months, 4 weeks and 1 day)
Hace 3 días · In 1756 Prussian King Frederick II faced an enemy coalition led by Austria, when Maria Theresa was preparing for war with Prussia to reclaim Silesia. The Prussian army conquered Saxony and in 1757 invaded Bohemia.
The Kingdom of Saxony regains most of the territory it lost to Prussia at Vienna in 1815, and Prussia also loses smaller territories to states like Bavaria and Hanover. The German Confederation is thoroughly overhauled, further centralizing things in Vienna's favor, with Austria inheriting the Prussian Zollverein and becoming the undisputed leader of a still decentralized Germany.
Hace 4 días · Queen Victoria, born in 1819, ascended to the throne of the United Kingdom in 1837 at the age of 18 and reigned until her death in 1901.Her long reign of 63 years and 7 months, known as the Victorian era, was marked by industrial, cultural, political, scientific, and military changes within the United Kingdom and was also a period of expansion of the British Empire.
Hace 3 días · Pages 477-479. Calendar of State Papers, Spain, Volume 13, 1554-1558.Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1954. This free content was digitised by double rekeying and sponsored by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
