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Jul 5, 2016 · Some ended happily, some didn’t go so well and one in particular led to throttling, murder and a wife sent to prison for three decades. When the future George I of Great Britain married his cousin, Sophia Dorothea of Celle, in 1682, it was not a matter of love but duty. Territory, influence and the future of the House of Hanover rested on the ...
Oct 18, 2016 · It was a scandal that kept the rumour-mill of Europe turning over well into the 18th Century. The story – as brief as we can tell it – is that a dashing Swedish soldier of fortune, Count Philip Christoph von Königsmarck, entered the service of Elector Ernest Augustus of Hanover, and then entered the bedchamber of his daughter-in-law, Sophia Dorothea of Cele.
May 12, 2014 · The Imperial War Museum today gave the public access to a huge, unrivaled collection of First World War letters, diaries and photographs, in the centenary year of the beginning of the conflict. The website, called Lives of the First World War, is the first ever digital memorial to the war's victims and heroes, and.
Aug 13, 2015 · In May 1942, she enrolled at the University of Munich and along with her brother Hans, formed the White Rose Movement. Hans was three years older than Sophie and had already spent a term in prison in 1937 for activities against the regime. In other words, he was the ideal sibling to help Sophie (and her elder sister Inge) spread her anti-Nazi ...
Sep 24, 2015 · The investigation began on 1st June 1806 with prime minister, William Grenville, charged with determining the truth. Prosecution testimony painted a picture of a woman with a voracious sexual appetite but the defence countered with a couple of star witnesses, Sophia and Samuel Austin, who just so happened to be William’s real parents.
May 23, 2017 · Ludwig van Beethoven is one of the most famous and influential of all composers. His best-known compositions include nine symphonies, five piano concertos, one violin concerto, 32 piano sonatas, 16 string quartets, his great Mass the Missa solemnis, and one opera, Fidelio.
Mar 10, 2015 · This is a common misrepresentation of Churchill’s position. This phrase actually applies to operations in the Mediterranean during the Second World War not to Gallipoli. In 1915 Churchill was First Lord of the Admiralty and was responsible for pushing through and instigating the naval attack on the Dardanelles.
Mar 19, 2021 · In All About History 102 you can read all about the rise of Saladin, the man who united the Muslim world to take on the Crusaders and take back Jerusalem. As part of our feature we talked with Dr Suleiman Mourad, a professor of Religion at Smith College, Massachusetts, about the legacy of Saladin and what he means to people today.
Dec 19, 2016 · Riots broke out, particularly in Canterbury where for weeks pro-Christmas rebels controlled the city, decorating churches and demanding a church service on Christmas day. Journalists ridiculed the notion that Christmas had been banned. In 1652 The Faithful Scout newspaper mocked those who thought that roast beef was ‘anti-Christian’, mince ...
Apr 16, 2015 · One of the accounts of Dirlewanger’s actions during the massacre come from Mathias Schenk, an 18-year-old Belgian assault engineer re-assigned to the SS brigade during the uprising. Using his knowledge of explosives, he was tasked with breaking, or blowing, open each building, to allow the SS men to race in.
