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Battle of Malplaquet

History; British history

The Battle of Malplaquet, was a main battle of the War of the Spanish Succession, between the Bourbons of France and Spain against an alliance including the Habsburg Monarchy, Great Britain, the ...

Battle of Schuinshoogte, was a battle of the first Boer War between the British Empire and the Boer led South African Republic fought north of Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal, on 8 February 1881. General ...

Battle of Talana Hil

History; African history

The Battle of Talana Hill, or Battle of Glencoe, was the first battle of the Second Boer War between the British Empire and the South African Republic on 20 October 1899. A frontal attack by British ...

Augsburg Interim

History; European history

The Augsburg Interim is the general term given to an imperial decree ordered on May 15, 1548, at the 1548 Diet of Augsburg, after Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, had defeated the forces of the ...

Battle of Bouvines

History; British history

The Battle of Bouvines, was the deciding battle of the twelve-year Angevin-Flanders War, which took place on 27 July 1214. It was fundamental in the early development of France in the Middle Ages by ...

Henry the Fowler

History; European history

King Henry I of Germany (r.919-36) and founder of the Saxon dynasty. He secured Germany's borders and waged war successfully against the Wends.

Henry the Lion

History; European history

Welf Duke of Saxony and Bavaria. His economic and military strength made him the most powerful German prince of his time, causing resentment and his eventual defeat by Emperor Frederick I in 1180, ...