February 16, 1769 (Auch) - May 21, 1809 (Lobau) Portrait of Spain Jean-Louis-Brigitte Espagne, born in Auch on February 16, 1769 and died in Lobau on May 21, 1809, was a general of the Empire. He enlisted at the age of 18 (July 6, 1787) in the regiment of the Queens dragoons, then in garrison
TheMadsen is not a simple weapon but now a legend that has served for over 100 years. It is the worlds first real light machine gun/machine gun created in 1902 by the Danes Willem Hermann Oluf Madsen, Julius Rasmussen and Theodor Suboe. His enlistment was approved by the Danish Minister of War, Colo
The Glorious Revolution marked the consolidation of constitutional monarchy in England through the deposition of James II and the coronation of William of Orange and Mary Stuart. The Revolution Glorious is the name given to the events that took place in England and led to the deposition of James II
At the beginning of September, two new foreign centuries were set up:a French one, called the Commune of Paris and to which a few Poles were incorporated; an Italian, who takes the name of Gastone Sozzi. These two new centuries joined a Catalan column of 2,000 men, the Libertad column, which took th