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Há 1 dia · Sir Francis Drake (c. 1540 – 28 January 1596) was an English explorer and privateer best known for his circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition between 1577 and 1580. This was the first English circumnavigation, and third circumnavigation overall.
Há 5 dias · Proposed candidates included the Austrian duke Francis of Teck or a member of the German royal House of Hohenzollern. [18] [19] However, George was the most desirable candidate as he was more popular than his father, was an adult and was politically inexperienced, so was seen as easily more controllable.
Há 5 dias · Mary of Teck was the queen consort of King George V of Great Britain and the mother of kings Edward VIII (afterward duke of Windsor) and George VI. Mary was the only daughter of Prinz (Prince; or, after 1871, Herzog [Duke]) von Teck, who was a member of the royal house of Württemberg. She was also.
Há 4 dias · Otto Gessler. Charles Edward (Leopold Charles Edward George Albert; [note 1] 19 July 1884 – 6 March 1954) was at various points in his life a British prince, a German duke and a Nazi politician. He was the last ruling duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, a state of the German Empire, from 30 July 1900 to 14 November 1918.
Há 1 dia · He encouraged visitors to the area by cutting footpaths and building bridges across streams. He also incorporated the Rockhall cave dwelling into a Gothic-style shooting lodge. The lodge became a tourist attraction, and in 1872 Princess Mary of Cambridge and her husband Francis, duke of Teck, were entertained there.
Há 5 dias · Francis de’Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. Having first destined this palace-assigned by Cosimo I to domestic comfort-to the placement of the ancient treasures, had paintings and all ornaments to embellish the passage from palazzo vecchio on the banks of the Arno, added a room with dome, opened the Medici Museum. enriched with paintings, statues,
Há 3 dias · Massacre of Vassy (1562): The conflict was ignited by the massacre of Huguenot worshippers in Vassy by the troops of Francis, Duke of Guise. This event triggered the first of the eight wars. St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre (1572) : Perhaps the most infamous event, the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre, saw the slaughter of thousands ...
