Two of the divisions which were to follow King VICTOR EMANUEL on his progress to Naples are made to travel back, by forced marches, to the threatened lands of the AEmilia. An attack by Austria ...

Frederick II accedes to the throne of Prussia after the death of his father. A few months later, he invades Silesia and starts an eight-year war with Austria ... The French king Louis XV ...

Here's a look at the memorable rise and fall of the former French King. Louis XVI ... In November, evidence of Louis XVI’s opposition with Austria and other foreign nations was discovered ...

So why has this onetime king of France ... incompetent — Louis XVI is immortalized in few public statues in France, or for that matter, most places. After years in exile in Austria following ...

An author has claimed France's last king Louis XVI was born with autism-spectrum ... daughter of Maria Theresa, empress of Austria, and Holy Roman Emperor Francis I, when he was just 15 and ...

he became king at the age of four upon the death of his father, Louis XIII. He reigned for 72 years and 110 days until his death in 1715. During his childhood his mother Anne of Austria served as ...

THE National Assembly of Frankfort, after having elected the King of Prussia Emperor of Germany (minus Austria), sent a deputation to Berlin to offer him the crown, and then adjourned. On the 3rd of ...

child bride of the future French King Louis XVI. Their marriage was an attempt to bring about a major change in the balance of power in Europe and to undermine the influence of Prussia and Great ...