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Vor 5 Tagen · 4 min Lesezeit. Der Freiheitskämpfer William Wallace weist das englische Angebot 1297 ab. (© IMAGO / Gemini Collection) Im Mittelalter gab es nicht nur Helden, sondern auch Ritter, die einen grausamen Tod fanden. Auch ein brutaler Märtyrertod war keine Seltenheit.
Vor einem Tag · Edward I [a] (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England from 1272 to 1307. Concurrently, he was Lord of Ireland, and from 1254 to 1306 he ruled Gascony as Duke of Aquitaine in his capacity as a vassal of the French king. Before his accession to the throne, he was commonly ...
Vor 6 Tagen · Alongside his young son William Wallace Lincoln, the fallen president was buried at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois. William had succumbed to typhoid fever three years prior.
Vor einem Tag · Abraham Lincoln ( / ˈlɪŋkən / LING-kən; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.
Vor 3 Tagen · Edwin McMasters Stanton (December 19, 1814 – December 24, 1869) was an American lawyer and politician who served as U.S. Secretary of War under the Lincoln Administration during most of the American Civil War. Stanton's management helped organize the massive military resources of the North and guide the Union to victory.
Robert Todd Lincoln always had a fear of being around Presidents, as he believed it was a sign they would die He was in Washington when his father was shot, with James Garfield when he was shot (as Secretary of War), a block or two away from the Temple of Music when William McKinley was shot, and just a year later Warren Harding died of cardiac arrest (I believe some think it an aneurysm; we ...
Vor 4 Tagen · Over 700 years after his brutal execution, William Wallace remains an icon of Scotland‘s identity and its centuries-long struggle for independence. His defiant stand against English oppression has echoed through the ages, immortalized in poetry, books and film. But who was the man behind the myth?
