Militares

En matière d'aéronautique, la mémoire collective garde le souvenir des frères Montgolfier et de leur aérostat à air chaud qui s'élève dans le ciel en 1783, de Pilâtre de Rozier qui, la même année, effectue un vol en ballon libre, d'André-Jacques Garnerin qui réalise une descente en parachute en (...)

In the early seventeenth century the Principality of Transylvania was a new state, organized in the decades that followed the dissolution of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary, towards the middle of the sixteenth century. The rulers of Transylvania were vassals of the Ottoman Empire but enjoyed a (...)

The Nine Years War (1593-1603), sometimes known as Tyrone's Rebellion, was one of the most devastating and brutal conflicts to sweep the island. Never would the English Crown come so close to losing its grip on Ireland. It was brought on by a combination of English misrule, Irish ambition and the (...)