Category Archives: Leopold I
La Gazette 1634: Historical News Today
Esteemed Readers, here are some latest miscellaneous tidings of November 1634, the period of the Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648). The life goes on no matter canon shots & troops crossing European lands back & forth. Hamburg, the 3rd November, 1634: … Continue reading
La Gazette 1634: Historical News Today
Esteemed Readers, the Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648) will end only in 1648! Can you imagine there are 14 years ahead full of battles, negotiations, false promises & faithful knights serving to their Lords? Meanwhile, here are some fresh European tidings … Continue reading
La Gazette 1634: Historical News Today
Esteemed Readers, our war (1618-1648) continues full of battles, defeats & victories, faded expectations & new hopes, capital punishments & confiscation of property. Europe needs peace badly but nobody knows when the Thirty Years’ War ends: Casale, the 2nd March, … Continue reading
La Gazette 1634: Historical News Today
Esteemed Readers, I apologize for the delay in the historical news. Finally, the latest tidings have been delivered & we continue to empathize & to meditate upon the events of the Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648). While negotiations are in progress, … Continue reading
La Gazette New Year: Historical New Today
Esteemed Readers, finally it is the last day of 2020! 😁Tomorrow a new epoch is starting. Let’s hope so…And our historical news yet in the environment of the Thirty Years’ War might serve as a breath of so long-expected optimism … Continue reading
Mercure Galant: Louis XIV Travels to Luxembourg
Esteemed Readers, I would like to share with you some curious news about Louis XIV’s journey happened in June 1687. “Mercure Galant” published a special edition dedicated to this solemn event, so I will post some pretty curious extracts. “The … Continue reading
La Gazette: Historical News Today – 1631
Esteemed Readers, we go on with the historical news. Here are some other events happened in Europe during 1631: Vienne April 10, 1631: ‘Yesterday Baron Hegenmiller was sent as an Ambassador to the Duke of Saxe. Any day now we … Continue reading
Louis’s Rivals: The Habsburgs
The House of Austria has always been one of the most influential enemies of France. Long before Louis XIV the Holy Roman Empire aspired to keep its leading position in Europe. Huge territories and insatiable ambitions of its rulers, who … Continue reading