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Antoni De Villarroel
Antonio de Villarroel y Pelaez (1656, Barcelona – 1726, A Coruña) was a Spanish military commander in the service of Philip V until 1710 in the War of the Spanish Succession. After the disgrace of the Duke of Orléans, he switched to the Habsburg cause of Charles VI, keeping his rank. In 1713 he was appointed general commander of the Army of Catalonia. Military career He joined the army at a very young age, and in 1697, he defended Barcelona against a French army. At the beginning of the War of Spanish Succession, he fought with the army of Philip V, but the fall from grace of the Duke of Orléans forced him to Galicia where he joined the Allied anti- Borbón league. He was there appointed a deputy marshal for the Archduke Charles VI. Once in the service of the Habsburgs, he distinguished himself in the Battle of Villaviciosa and in the thankless task of evacuation of Aragon in 1711. In recognition of his accomplishments, he was appointed supreme commander of the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Restaino Cantelmo-Stuart
Restaino Cantelmo-Stuart (1651, in Naples – 16 January 1723, in Madrid), 8th Duke of Pópoli, 3rd Prince of Pettorano was a military leader from Naples in the service of Spain, best known for the Siege of Barcelona (1713–14). Life He was the son of Fabrizio Cantelmo-Stuart, 6th Duke of Pópoli, 2nd Prince of Pettorano, and Beatriz Brancia. In 1672, he entered in the Spanish Army as cavalry captain and was Maestre de campo of the ''Tercio Viejo de Infantería Italiana'' during the suppression of the Real Cittadella, Messina revolt (1674–1678). At the outbreak of the War of Spanish Succession, he remained loyal to Philip V of Spain. In the first years of the war, he fought in Naples against supporters of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, Archduke Charles, led by Gaetano Gambacorta, Prince of Macchia. In 1705 he was sent with his Neapolitan troops to Barcelona to Siege of Barcelona (1705), defend the city under siege. But the city was surrendered and Pópoli was allowed to le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Prisoners Of War
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1726 Deaths
Seventeen or 17 may refer to: *17 (number), the natural number following 16 and preceding 18 * one of the years 17 BC, AD 17, 1917, 2017 Literature Magazines * ''Seventeen'' (American magazine), an American magazine * ''Seventeen'' (Japanese magazine), a Japanese magazine Novels * ''Seventeen'' (Tarkington novel), a 1916 novel by Booth Tarkington *''Seventeen'' (''Sebuntiin''), a 1961 novel by Kenzaburō Ōe * ''Seventeen'' (Serafin novel), a 2004 novel by Shan Serafin Stage and screen Film * ''Seventeen'' (1916 film), an American silent comedy film *''Number Seventeen'', a 1932 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock * ''Seventeen'' (1940 film), an American comedy film *''Eric Soya's '17''' (Danish: ''Sytten''), a 1965 Danish comedy film * ''Seventeen'' (1985 film), a documentary film * ''17 Again'' (film), a 2009 film whose working title was ''17'' * ''Seventeen'' (2019 film), a Spanish drama film Television * ''Seventeen'' (TV drama), a 1994 UK dramatic short starring Christ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1656 Births
Events January–March * January 5 – The First War of Villmergen, a civil war in the Confederation of Switzerland pitting its Protestant and Roman Catholic cantons against each other, breaks out but is resolved by March 7. The Lutheran cantons of the larger cities of Zurich, Bern and Schaffhausen battle against seven Catholic cantons of Lucerne, Schwyz, Uri, Zug, Baden Unterwalden (now Obwalden and Nidwalden) and St. Gallen. * January 17 – The Treaty of Königsberg is signed, establishing an alliance between Charles X Gustav of Sweden and Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg. * January 24 – The first Jewish doctor in the Thirteen Colonies of America, Jacob Lumbrozo, arrives in Maryland. * January 20 – Reinforced by soldiers dispatched by the Viceroy of Peru, Spanish Chilean troops defeat the indigenous Mapuche warriors in a battle at San Fabián de Conuco in what is now central Chile, turning the tide in the Spanish colonists favor in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siege Of Barcelona (1713–14)
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Siege of Barcelona may refer to: * Siege of Barcelona (801), during the Reconquista * Siege of Barcelona (1462), during the Catalan Civil War * Siege of Barcelona (1472), during the Catalan Civil War * Siege of Barcelona (1651), during the Catalan Revolt * Siege of Barcelona (1697), during the Nine Years' War * Siege of Barcelona (1705), during the War of the Spanish Succession * Siege of Barcelona (1706), during the War of the Spanish Succession * Siege of Barcelona (1713–1714), during the War of the Spanish Succession * Siege of Barcelona (1808), during the Peninsular War See also * '' The Surrender of Barcelona'' (1934–1937), a painting by Wyndham Lewis * Battle of Barcelona The Naval battle of Barcelona was a naval engagement of the Franco-Habsburg War fought off Barcelona from 29 June to 3 July 1642 between a Spanish fleet commanded by Juan Alonso Idiáquez, Duke of Ciudad Real, and a French fleet under Jean Arm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
War Of The Spanish Succession
The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict that took place from 1701 to 1714. The death of childless Charles II of Spain in November 1700 led to a struggle for control of the Spanish Empire between his heirs, Philip of Anjou and Charles of Austria, and their respective supporters, among them Spain, Austria, France, the Dutch Republic, Savoy and Great Britain. Related conflicts include the 1700–1721 Great Northern War, Rákóczi's War of Independence in Hungary, the Camisards revolt in southern France, Queen Anne's War in North America and minor trade wars in India and South America. Although weakened by over a century of continuous conflict, Spain remained a global power whose territories included the Spanish Netherlands, large parts of Italy, the Philippines, and much of the Americas, which meant its acquisition by either France or Austria potentially threatened the European balance of power. Attempts by Louis XIV of France and William III o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Sánchez Piñol
Albert Sánchez Piñol (; born 11 July 1965) is a Spanish anthropologist, non-fiction writer and novelist writing in Catalan and Spanish. He has been described as a "significant European writer". Theroux, Marcel (19 December 2005)"Cold Skin" ''The New York Times''. Retrieved 10 February 2012. Works * ''Compagnie difficili'' (2000), with Marcelo Fois * ''Pallassos i monstres'' (2000) * ''Les edats d´or'' (2001) * ''La pell freda'' ('' Cold Skin'') (2002) * ''Pandora al Congo'' ('' Pandora in the Congo'') (2005) * ''Tretze tristos tràngols'' (''Trece tristes trances'' in Spanish) (2008) * '' Victus'' (2012) * '' Vae Victus'' (2015) * '' Fungus, el rei dels Pirineus'' (2018) * '' El monstre de Santa Helena'' (2022) * '' Pregària a Prosèrpina'' (2023) See also * List of anthropologists * List of Catalan-language writers * List of novelists * List of Spanish writers This is a list of writers, including novelists, essayists, poets, playwrights, and journalists, who were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victus
''Victus, the fall of Barcelona,'' is a historical novel by the Catalan anthropologist Albert Sánchez Piñol published by HarperCollins in September 2014. It is based in the fictitious biography of the Lieutenant Colonel Marti Zuviria who, being 98, tells from Vienna his memories as an engineer serving the commander Antoni de Villarroel during the War of the Spanish Succession, especially during the Siege of Barcelona. The book was written originally in Spanish, but was quickly translated into Catalan and many other languages, including English. Since its original publication in October 2012, the book has sold more than 200,000 copies either in Catalan or Spanish, and the rights of translation have been sold for the book to be translated into Russian, German, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, French, Korean, and Croatian. In 2015, the author published the novel's sequel, '' Vae Victus'' Controversy On September the 4, 2014, the book's launch ceremony in Utrecht was cancelled becau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treaty Of Vienna (1725)
The Peace of Vienna (often referred to as the First Treaty of Vienna) was a series of four treaties signed between 30 April 1725 and 5 November 1725 by the Habsburg monarchy, the Holy Roman Empire (in accordance with Archduchy of Austria, Austria), and Enlightenment in Spain, Bourbon Spain; the Russian Empire later joined the newly-found alliance in 1726.Knapton, J.J. & P. (1732)A General Collection of Treaties of Peace and Commerce, Manifestos, Declarations of War, and other Publick Papers, from the End of the Reign of Queen Anne to the Year 1731.University of Toronto. pp 457-485 The signing of this treaty marks the founding of the Austro-Spanish Alliance and led the Anglo-Spanish War (1727–1729), Fourth Anglo-Spanish War (1727-1729). This new alliance thereby removed Austria from the Quadruple Alliance (1718), Quadruple Alliance. In addition to a formation of the new partnership, the House of Habsburg, Habsburgs relinquished all formal claims to the Monarchy of Spain, Spanish t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
