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Hace 2 días · George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, FRS (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824) was an English poet and peer. He is one of the major figures of the Romantic movement, and is regarded as being among the greatest of English poets. Among his best-known works are the lengthy narratives Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage; many of his shorter lyrics in Hebrew Melodies also became popular.
Hace 2 días · The Swiss instead attacked on 22 June, a holy day attributed to the Ten thousand martyrs, catching the slumbering Burgundians unexpected. Charles was too slow in organizing his troops for a counterattack; he himself tarried in putting up his armour and while his men were taking their positions, the Swiss army had already reached them.
Hace 2 días · On 24 June 1812, around 400,000–500,000 men of the Grande Armée, the largest army assembled up to that point in European history, crossed the border into Russia and headed towards Moscow. [190] [191] [192] Anthony Joes wrote in the Journal of Conflict Studies that figures on how many men Napoleon took into Russia and how many eventually came out vary widely.
Hace 2 días · Berlin 1916 →. The 1912 Summer Olympics ( Swedish: Olympiska sommarspelen 1912 ), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad ( Swedish: Den V olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 5 May and 22 July 1912. Opening ceremony was held on 6 July 1912.
Hace 2 días · A Swiss appeals court confirmed Monday the acquittal of six police officers charged over the death of a Nigerian man following a heavy-handed arrest, in a case that drew comparisons to George Floyd. As with the lower court verdict a year ago acquitting the officers of negligent homicide in the case of Mike Ben Peter, Monday's verdict sparked demonstrations outside the courthouse.
Hace 2 días · Latin (lingua Latina, Latin: [ˈlɪŋɡʷa ɫaˈtiːna], or Latinum, Latin: [ɫaˈtiːnʊ̃]) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.Considered a dead language, Latin was originally spoken in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area around Rome, Italy. Through the expansion of the Roman Republic it became the dominant language in the ...
Hace 2 días · This swelled the size of the Belgian army to over 100,000 well-trained men. ... He was kept in exile in Switzerland until 1950, while his brother Prince Charles presided as regent. A 1950 referendum produced a very close result. In Flanders, the electorate voted 70% in favour of his return but Wallonia voted 58% against.
