In the spring of 1664 another Turkish invasion of the lands of the Habsburg Empire was underway. A large Ottoman army had advanced as far as Hungary and Slovakia. The Turks spread over a large area facing the small Austro-German forces of Marshal Montecucoli. Montecucoli deployed his approximatel
German South West Africa , German German South West Africa , a former German colony (1884–1919), who todays nation Namibia in south-west Africa. In 1883 Franz Adolf Lüderitz , a merchant from Bremen, Germany , a trading post in Southwest - Afrika founded in Angra Pequena, wh
Archaeologists have discovered a rare piece of history from the Roman era in the ancient city of Mastaura , in Turkey western:an almost perfectly preserved gladiator arena that could accommodate up to 20,000 spectators . The amphitheater dates back to 200 AD. approximately, during the reign
The summer of 1566 saw the last attempt of the Turkish sultan Suleiman the so-called magnificent, to neutralize the Habsburgs, also occupying Vienna. On May 1, 1566 Suleiman, at the head of a huge army that according to some sources numbered 300,000 men. Other sources state 100-200,000 men. On July