However, in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 Bavaria sided with Prussia against France, and after the Prussian victory it became part of the new German Empire led by Prussia. Though Bavaria retained a degree of autonomy on some matters within the new German Reich, Ludwig increasingly withdrew ...
Sophie’s favorite memories were the summers she spent with her Grandmère Odette at her crumbling old chateau along the Tarn River. Sophie spent her idyllic time outdoors, chasing geese and rabbits, catching frogs, picking cherries, climbing trees and enjoying Sunday picnics with local villagers. ...
These characters not only serve to give a fuller sense of what it might have been like to live during this time, but also help to highlight some of the debates that real people were having,” says David Crockett, the show’s Executive Producer. Women’s rights and integration in schools...
German-Prussian soldier and military theorist who stressed the "moral" (in modern terms, psychological) and political aspects of war. His most notable work, Vom Kriege (On War), was unfinished at his death. Carlos de Beistegui - (1895-1970). Also known as Charles or Charlie de Beistegui,...
since neither women nor Blacks were allowed to become pilots in the U.S. at the time. A newspaper and bank in the Chicago African-American community raised money to help Coleman. She traveled to France, and on June 15, 1921, Coleman gained her license from the Fédération Aéronautique In...
45 % were Caucasian and 47 % were of Aboriginal ancestry. We observed high rates of previous abortion (median = 1;IQR:1-3), apprehension (median = 2; IQR:1-4) and adoption (median = 1; IQR:1-2) among FSWs who reported prior pregnancy. The use of hormonal and insertive ...
For more than 150 years, the Russian Empire was governed by ethnic Germans – including the Romanovs, starting from Peter III. Aside from them, there were a great lot of German people who contributed immensely to the culture and science of Russia. ...
OPINION: If you were this bad at your job, you'd be fired. But, if you're a New York State lawmaker, you actually get a three-day weekend instead!
The people in the queues at Cooroy in the late 1990s were at the end of their tether, their way of life under threat from economic changes they could not control. Dairying was failing, the timber industry too, the market for canned pineapples and vegetables had shrunk. At the same time...
People of the Encampment While there was never a battle at Valley Forge, disease killed nearly 2,000 people during the encampment. What really happened at Valley Forge? At Valley Forge, there were shortages of everything from food to clothing to medicine. Washington's men were sick from dis...