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Hace 4 horas · May 27, 2024. The Battle of Salamanca on July 22, 1812 was a decisive engagement in the Peninsular War, that long and bloody struggle on the Iberian Peninsula that pitted British, Portuguese and Spanish forces against the might of Napoleonic France. At Salamanca, an Anglo-Portuguese army under the Duke of Wellington achieved a stunning victory ...
Hace 1 día · Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.Following the American Revolutionary War and prior to becoming president in 1801, Jefferson was the nation's first U.S ...
Hace 4 horas · The Russian Empire, also known as Imperial Russia or simply Russia, was a vast realm that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its proclamation in November 1721 until its dissolution in March 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about 22,800,000 square kilometres (8,800,000 sq mi), roughly one-sixth of the world's landmass, making it the third-largest empire in history ...
