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Battle Of Jēkabpils
The Battle of Jakobstadt (, lv, Kauja pie Jēkabpils, , pl, Krzyżbork) was a battle fought in the Great Northern War. It took place on 25 July 1704 ( O.S.) / 26 July 1704 (Swedish calendar) / 5 August 1704 ( N.S.) between a Swedish army under Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt and a combined Polish/Russian force under Great Hetman Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki at the town of Jēkabpils Jēkabpils (; german: Jakobstadt; pl, Jakubów) is a state city in Jēkabpils Municipality in southeastern Latvia roughly halfway between Riga and Daugavpils and spanning the Daugava River. Historic Jēkabpils lies on the left bank, in Selonia ... (german: Jakobstadt) in the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia. The Swedes were victorious.''Forces are usually set at 5,000-6,000 Swedes and Lithuanians and 15,000-17,000 Poles, Lithuanians and Russians.'' Northern Wars, Oskar Sjöström/ref> Battle Lewenhaupt divided his troops into two parts. The first formed by the Swedes and the second formed by the Lith ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Christoph Brotze
Johann Christoph Brotze ( lv, Johans Kristofs Broce) (1 September 1742 – 4 August 1823) was a German pedagogue, artist and ethnographer. Biography Brotze was born in Görlitz, Electorate of Saxony. He studied theology and philosophy at the universities of Leipzig and Wittenberg, and was also skilled at technical drawing. He went to Riga in Livonia in 1768 and spent the next 46 years as a teacher at the Riga Imperial Lyceum. During that period he collected historical data and depicted in drawings and paintings everything he saw around him in his everyday life, as well as most buildings and monuments of significance in Livonia, supplemented with extensive descriptions. Today his works are considered an extremely valuable source of information for historians. Works *''Zeichnungen und deren Beschreibungen'' Books * ''Sammlung verschiedener Liefländischer Monumente, Prospecte, Münzen, Wappen, etc.'' Gallery File:Riga 1650.jpg, Panorama of Riga in 1650 File:Johann Christoph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
