Curated category
People of the Silesian Wars
- Elizabeth of RussiaElizabeth was born at Kolomenskoye, near Moscow, Russia, on the 18th of December 1709. Her parents were Peter the Great and Catherine, a former maid who had…
- Maria TheresaOn the 20th of October 1740, Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI died in Vienna, leaving behind a treasury containing only 100,000 florins and an army reduced to…