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Há 3 dias · 1. 1799–1803 1807–1813 1815. Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS ( né Wesley; 1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish statesman, soldier, and Tory politician who was one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain, serving twice as prime minister of the United ...
Há 3 dias · Wellington: The Path to Victory, 1769-1814 is the first of two volumes based on exhaustive research on Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, by Rory Muir – to be precise, it is based on 30 years work on the subject.
Há 6 dias · The battle that followed was a masterpiece of tactical improvisation and combined arms warfare. As the military historian Paddy Griffith writes in his study Wellington‘s Campaigns: "Wellington‘s attack at Salamanca was a model of speed, surprise, and concentration of force.
16 de mai. de 2024 · Comment. John Darlington on London Monuments: the tangled history of Marble Arch. John Darlington May 16, 2024. London possesses at least nine monuments celebrating the lives of two of the...
Há 2 dias · Questioning Slavery. London, Routledge, 1996, ISBN: 9780415153560; 216pp.; Price: £75.00. James Walvin needs no introduction to students of slavery since, over the last thirty years, he has been one of the most prolific writers on the history of American slavery among the academic fraternity on both sides of the Atlantic.
Há 1 dia · United Kingdom portal. v. t. e. The history of the United Kingdom began in the early eighteenth century with the Treaty of Union and Acts of Union. The core of the United Kingdom as a unified state came into being in 1707 with the political union of the kingdoms of England and Scotland, [1] into a new unitary state called Great Britain.
Há 5 dias · 1- Birth and early years of the Duke of Wellington, 1769-88. Arthur Wellesley was born in Dublin, the fifth son of an Irish nobleman in 1769. He attended prep school in London and went on to study at Eton. He spent a year at military school in Angers in France before joining the British Army at 18 years old. Coincidentally, he was born in the ...
