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Hace 4 días · The pro-Prussian foreign and military policy pursued by Peter III (who abruptly ended Russia’s victorious involvement in the Seven Years’ War) and his treatment of his wife, Catherine, provoked much resentment. As a result, the emperor lost all support in society.
Hace 4 días · Mexica leader Huitziihuitl and his daughter Chimaláxoch are captured and brought by Colhua warriors to King Coxcoxtli. The Aztecs were imprisoned (right) at Contitlan (Click on image to enlarge) It’s probably, in Davíd Carrasco’s words, ‘a combination of legend and history’.
Hace 3 días · Launch Date: 1965-01-19 Launch Vehicle: Titan II Launch Site: Cape Canaveral, United States Mass: 3133.9 kg Funding Agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (United States)
Hace 3 días · Altogether the Prussian-German court under Wilhelm II employed at least 3,500 officials of whom 2,320 were salaried. Together they formed a huge and prestigious body, far larger than the Prussian and Reich bureaucracy combined, with many diverse functions.
Sigismund II Augustus (born Aug. 1, 1520, Kraków, Pol.—died July 7, 1572, Knyszyn) was the last Jagiellon king of Poland, who united Livonia and the duchy of Lithuania with Poland, creating a greatly expanded and legally unified kingdom.
Hace 3 días · Ferdinand II, Holy Roman emperor (1619–37), archduke of Austria, king of Bohemia (1617–19, 1620–27), and king of Hungary (1618–25). He was the leading champion of the Roman Catholic Counter-Reformation and of absolutist rule during the Thirty Years’ War.
Hace 5 días · NASA has selected astronaut Andre Douglas as its backup crew member for the agency’s Artemis II test flight, the first crewed mission under NASA’s Artemis campaign.
