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1 giorno fa · Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great ( Louis le Grand) or the Sun King ( le Roi Soleil ), was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His verified reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest of any sovereign. [1] [a] Although Louis XIV's France was emblematic of the Age ...
3 giorni fa · Taipei 101 was the world's tallest building, at 508.2 m (1,667 ft) as measured to its architectural top , exceeding that of the Petronas Towers, which were previously the tallest skyscraper at 451.9 m (1,483 ft).
3 giorni fa · Leake's Survey of the City After the Great Fire of 1666 Engraved By W. Hollar, 1667. A map of the City of London prepared by John Leake, William Leybourne and four others, to show the extent of the area devastated by the Great Fire of 1666. British History Online (no series).
3 giorni fa · The Sugar Mill. Annotation. This depiction of a sugar plantation in Saint Domingue emphasizes the grinding mill and refining vats. An overseer with a gun supervises the enslaved labor. By 1789 Saint Domingue excelled at sugar production, outpacing other French colonies and the British alike.
4 giorni fa · This is a list of wars that began between 1500 and 1799. Other wars can be found in the historical lists of wars and the list of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity.
29 mag 2024 · The London Gazette of Feb. 4–7, 1666–7, records the capture of the Prophet Elias of Bristol of 18 guns and 30 men, attacked when on the way to Lisbon by a French man-of-war of 35 guns; taken after a 6-hours' fight and carried into La Rochelle. See also C'al. S.F. Dom., 1666–7, p. 491.
3 giorni fa · THE DEBATES IN THE House of Commons, From the Year 1667 to the Year 1694. [The Parliament met on the 10th of October 1667, when the King in a short speech told them, "that there had been some former miscarriages, which had occasioned some differences between him and them; but that he had now altered his counsels, and made no question, but that they should henceforward agree, for he was ...
