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3 giorni fa · Emperor of Mexico (House of Habsburg-Lorraine) Coat of arms of the Mexican Empire adopted by Maximilian I in 1864. Maximilian, the adventurous second son of Archduke Franz Karl, was invited as part of Napoleon III 's manipulations to take the throne of Mexico, becoming Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico.
- 11th century
2 giorni fa · Expeditions continued into the 1540s and regional capitals founded by the 1550s. Among the most notable expeditions are Hernando de Soto into southeast North America, leaving from Cuba (1539–1542); Francisco Vázquez de Coronado to northern Mexico (1540–1542), and Gonzalo Pizarro to Amazonia, leaving from Quito, Ecuador (1541 ...
3 giorni fa · Bibliography. Crusades. 14th-century miniature of the Second Crusade battle from the Estoire d'Eracles. The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Christian Latin Church in the medieval period.
5 giorni fa · The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Last Updated: May 17, 2024 • Article History. Hernando de Soto. Hernando also spelled: Fernando. Born: c. 1496/97, Jerez de los Caballeros, Badajoz, Spain. Died: May 21, 1542, along the Mississippi River [in present-day Louisiana, U.S.]
14 mag 2024 · conquistador, any of the leaders in the Spanish conquest of America, especially of Mexico and Peru, in the 16th century. An expedition against Aztec Mexico was led by Hernán Cortés, who set up a base camp at Veracruz in 1519 to prepare for an advance inland. Cortés marched inland with about 400 men and secured an alliance with the ...
2 mag 2024 · Enjoy 12 months of unlimited entry to all special exhibitions including: Legion: life in the Roman army (until 23 June 2024) Michelangelo: the last decades (2 May – 28 July 2024) And forthcoming shows on the history of the 'silk road' (September 2024 – February 2025) and Picasso's engagement with printmaking.
4 giorni fa · So it would be surprising if by the 1540s there had not been some falling off in the old observances, the endowments being withdrawn or witheld for other uses. The Certificate contains a few pointers to this, though they cannot all be taken at face value as symptomatic of rising Protestant feeling, or even of a fear for the safety of investments.
