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3 giorni fa · Frederick II ( German: Friedrich II.; 24 January 1712 – 17 August 1786) was the monarch of Prussia from 1740 until 1786. He was the last Hohenzollern monarch titled King in Prussia, declaring himself King of Prussia after annexing Royal Prussia from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1772. His most significant accomplishments include his ...
2 giorni fa · Voltaire ritratto da Maurice Quentin de La Tour (1737–1740 circa) Per questo dissidio umano e intellettuale sono interessanti anche le lettere scambiate direttamente tra due filosofi: in una missiva sul Discorso sull'origine della diseguaglianza di Rousseau, in polemica col primitivismo del ginevrino, Voltaire gli scrisse che «leggendo la vostra opera viene voglia di camminare a quattro zampe.
3 giorni fa · Seven Years' War. The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) was a global conflict involving most of the European great powers, fought primarily in Europe and the Americas. One of the opposing alliances was led by Great Britain and Prussia. The other alliance was led by France, backed by Spain, Saxony, Sweden, and Russia.
4 giorni fa · In 1740, the Maratha forces, under Raghoji Bhonsle, came down upon Arcot and defeated the Nawab of Arcot, Dost Ali, in the pass of Damalcherry. In the war that followed, Dost Ali, one of his sons Hasan Ali, and several other prominent people died.
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. Major conflicts of this era include the Italian Wars and Thirty Years' War in Europe, the Kongo Civil War in Africa, the Qing conquest of the Ming in Asia, the Spanish ...
3 giorni fa · Ab 1740 begannen die beiden größten Territorialkomplexe des Reiches, das Erzherzogtum Österreich und Brandenburg-Preußen, immer mehr aus dem Reichsverband herauszuwachsen. Das Haus Österreich konnte nach dem Sieg über die Türken im Großen Türkenkrieg nach 1683 große Gebiete außerhalb des Reiches erwerben, wodurch sich der ...
1 giorno fa · In 1740, a group of Philadelphians organized to erect a great preaching hall for George Whitefield, a traveling evangelist. The building was designed and constructed by Edmund Woolley and was the largest building in Philadelphia at the time, drawing thousands of people the first time in which it was preached.
