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2 de abr. de 2024 · Philip II, king of Spain (1556–98) and Portugal (1580–98) who was a champion of the Roman Catholic Counter-Reformation. During his reign the Spanish empire attained its greatest power, extent, and influence, though he lost the ‘Invincible Armada’ in the attempted invasion of England (1588).
- Alessandro Farnese
Alessandro Farnese, duke of Parma and Piacenza (born Aug....
- Antonio Pérez
Antonio Pérez (born 1534, Madrid, Spain—died November 3,...
- Margaret of Parma
The illegitimate daughter of the Holy Roman emperor Charles...
- Maximilian II
Maximilian II (born July 31, 1527, Vienna, Austria—died Oct....
- Juan de Escobedo
Escobedo began his political life in the household of Ruy...
- Ferdinand I
Ferdinand I (born March 10, 1503, Alcalá de Henares,...
- Alessandro Farnese
Hace 2 días · During his last year as vice president, Burr engaged in the duel in which he fatally shot Alexander Hamilton, the former Secretary of the Treasury and his political rival, near where Hamilton's son Philip Hamilton had died three years prior.
- George Clinton
- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson
- George Clinton
Hace 2 días · Quasi-War. Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755, or 1757 [a] – July 12, 1804) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first secretary of the treasury from 1789 to 1795 during George Washington's presidency . Born out of wedlock in Charlestown, Nevis, Hamilton was orphaned as a child and taken in by a ...
Hace 2 días · —John Jay, February 27, 1792 The Jay family participated significantly in the slave trade, as investors and traders as well as slaveholders. For example, the New York Slavery Records Index records Jay's father and paternal grandfather as investors in at least 11 slave ships that delivered more than 120 slaves to New York between 1717 and 1733. John Jay himself purchased, owned, rented out ...
3 de abr. de 2024 · John Laurens (born October 28, 1754, Charleston, South Carolina [U.S.]—died August 27, 1782, Combahee River, south of Charleston) American Revolutionary War officer who served as aide-de-camp to Gen. George Washington. John was the son of Henry Laurens, an American statesman who aligned himself with the patriot cause at an early date.
2 de abr. de 2024 · Philip II (born 382 bce —died 336, Aegae [now Vergina, Greece]) was the 18th king of Macedonia (359–336 bce ), who restored internal peace to his country and by 339 had gained domination over all of Greece by military and diplomatic means, thus laying the foundations for its expansion under his son Alexander III the Great. Early life and accession.
Hace 3 días · Following his excellent Philip II (Little, Brown & Co, 1978) and other valuable volumes on Spain and her Empire, this book puts in place an in-depth understanding of the political, administrative and personal attributes of Philip II and his 'Grand Strategy'.
