The War of the Austrian Succession (German: Österreichischer Erbfolgekrieg), was a European conflict that took place between 1740 and 1748.Fought primarily in Central Europe, the Austrian Netherlands, Italy, the Atlantic and Mediterranean, related conflicts included King George's War in North America, the War of Jenkins' Ear, the First Carnatic War and the First and Second …

Post-1714, Spain recovered remarkably quickly from the War of the Spanish Succession, thanks to reforms initiated by chief minister Giulio Alberoni, supported by his fellow Italian Elisabeth Farnese, who became Philip V's second wife in 1714. In the 1713 Peace of Utrecht, Spain had ceded its possessions in Italy and Flanders to Habsburg Austria and Savoy, and recovering …

The secretary of war was a member of the U.S. president's Cabinet, beginning with George Washington's administration.A similar position, called either "Secretary at War" or "Secretary of War", had been appointed to serve the Congress of the Confederation under the Articles of Confederation between 1781 and 1789. Benjamin Lincoln and later Henry Knox held the position.

The Inca Civil War, also known as the Inca Dynastic War, the Inca War of Succession, or, sometimes, the War of the Two Brothers, was fought between half-brothers Huáscar and Atahualpa, sons of Huayna Capac, over succession to the throne of the Inca Empire.: 146–149 The war followed Huayna Capac's death in 1527. It began in 1529, and lasted until 1532.

History and usage. Five wars have been declared by Congress under their constitutional power to do so: the War of 1812, the Mexican–American War, the Spanish–American War, World War I, and World War II.. In a message to Congress on May 11, 1846, President James K. Polk announced that the Republic of Texas was about to become a state. After Mexico threatened …

War. anti-war; Western; War depictions in film and television include documentaries, TV mini-series, and drama serials depicting aspects of historical wars. Ancient history (3050 BC – AD 476) The Middle Ages (476 – 1453) Early Modern history (1453 - 1775) The Age ...

The Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War was a conflict between two cadet branches of the French royal family – the House of Orléans (Armagnac faction) ... as none of its holders were first in the line of succession to the French throne. The war's …

The first performance was on 26 June at Belorussky Railway Station, where according to eyewitnesses it was sung five times in succession. [2] In the 1990s Russian media published the allegation that the lyrics had been plagiarized by Lebedev-Kumach, and that they were indeed written during the First World War by Aleksandr Bode ( Russian ...

The Polish–Ottoman War (1620–1621) was a conflict between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Ottoman Empire over the control of Moldavia. It ended with the Commonwealth withdrawing its claims on Moldavia and to the eventual demise of the Sultan Osman II. Background. Traditionally, Moldavia had been a subject of the Kingdom of ...

Vom Kriege (German pronunciation: [fɔm ˈkʁiːɡə]) is a book on war and military strategy by Prussian general Carl von Clausewitz (1780–1831), written mostly after the Napoleonic wars, between 1816 and 1830, and published posthumously by his wife Marie von Brühl in 1832. It is one of the most important treatises on political-military analysis and strategy ever written, and …