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1181 matches to Walther von der Vogelwelde
Hindenburg, Paul von. 1847-1934. Commander in Chief of the German armies 1916-18. President of Weimar Republic 1925-. Appointed Hitler chancellor 1933.
Hofmannsthal, Hugo von. 1874-1929. Austrian poet, librettist. Elektra 1903.
Humboldt, Alexander von. 1769-1859. German naturalist, ecologist.
July Conspiracy. Stauffenberg.
Karman, Theodore von. 1881-1963. US mathematical aerodynamicist.
Kleist, Heinrich von. 1777-1811. German dramatist. Schroffenstein 1803.
Kulturkampf. c1871-87. Bismarck tries to control Roman Catholic Church. Accomodation reached.
Lessing, Gotthold. 1729-81. German Movement dramatist. Laokoon 1765. Minna von Barnheim 1767. Nathan the Wise 1779.
Liebig, Justus von. 1808-73. German chemist. Analysis of organic compounds, 1831. Agricultural chemistry, 1841. Chloroform 1831.
Limon von Sanders, Otto. 1855-1929. German general. Led Turks at Galipoli.
Livonia. 9C Livs. 1237 Teutonic Knights. 1569 Lithuania/ Poland. 1660 Sweden. 1721 Russia. 1918 Estonia/ Latvia.
Livonian Knights. 1202-1561. German religious order to Christianize Baltic. Livonia.
Livonian War. 1558-83. Russia fails to conquer Livonia for access to Baltic.
Magdeburg. 1631. German republic destroyed by Tilly in Thirty Years War.
March Revolution. 1848 Germany. Led to Louis I abdication in favour of Maximilian II in Bavaria, Metternich resignation.
Metternich, Fürst von. 1773-1859. Austrian prince, chancellor, defender of Absolutism. Quadruple Alliance vs Napoleon. Holy Alliance. Architect of Vienna Congress, 1814.
Moltke, Helmuth von. 1800-91. Chief of Staff of Prussian army 1857-70, German 1870-88.
Napoleon III. 1808-73. President of French Republic 1848-52. Emperor by coup d’etat 1852-70. Defeated by Bismarck, exiled.
Neumann, John von. 1903-57. Hungarian/US mathematician. Computer theory; serial process. Assisted H-bomb development. Minimax theorem 1928.Theory of Games 1944.
Otto I. 1815-67. German king of Greece 1832-62. Selected by London Conference. Deposed. Wittelsbach.
Peipus, Battle of Lake. 1242. Russians repel Livonian Knights’ attack on Novgorod.
Prussia. 1226 Teutonic Knights. 1466 «Poland. 1525 Duchy of Poland. c1660 Independent. 1701 Kingdom. 1772-95 +NW Poland. 1871 Dominated German Empire. 1919 Weimar(W)/ Poland(E). 1933 Germany(W). Bismarck.
Pufendorf, Samuel von. 1632-94. German historian/jurist. Universal natural laws.
Radowitz, Joseph von. 1797-1853. Prussian. Worked for unified Germany.
Ranke, Leopold von. 1795-1886. German scientific histographer.-“Historical events must be described in their own terms”.