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Há 20 horas · 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 1 dia · In August 1808, 15,000 British troops—including the King's German Legion—landed in Portugal under the command of Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Wellesley, who drove back Henri François Delaborde's 4,000-strong detachment at Roliça on 17 August and smashed Junot's main force of 14,000 men at Vimeiro.
Há 3 dias · May 26, 2024. In the summer of 1812, as Napoleon‘s Grande Armée was embarking on its ill-fated invasion of Russia, another momentous battle was unfolding on the plains of western Spain. At Salamanca, on July 22nd, an Anglo-Portuguese army under the command of Arthur Wellesley, the future Duke of Wellington, won a stunning victory over the ...
Há 20 horas · Following the Second Anglo-Maratha War in 1806, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington drafted a treaty granting independence to the Sikh clans east of the Sutlej River in exchange for their allegiance to the British General Gerard Lake acting on his dispatch.
Há 2 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 ...
Há 20 horas · Aí poderão descobrir objetos emblemáticos da presença de Sir Arthur Wellesley conhecido como o duque de Wellington e que o transportará para uma viagem no tempo. Vivências, sentimentos e sensações estarão presentes com a visita a este espaço de identidade local. Desperte a curiosidade, visite o espaço e viva uma experiência memorável!
Há 3 dias · Ireland and India: Nationalism, Empire and Memory. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, ISBN: 9780230216747; 272pp.; Price: £55.00. In a 2009 review article on the study of Ireland’s relationship with the British Empire, Stephen Howe lamented the polarity of historiographical opinion surrounding the problems of Irish identity in a British ...
