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established Hyderabad as an independent kingdom. After his death, his son: Nasir Jung and his grandson: Muzaffar Jung started to fight against each other for the throne, which gave an opportunity to French and English people to enter into Indian politics. France aided Muzaffar Jung while England supported Nasir Jung. Former Mughal territory Carnatic was autonomous, ruled by Nawab Dost Ali Khan despite being under the legal purview of the Nizam of Hyderabad. French and English continued to…

Biographical Background: Charles De Gaulle was a French general who served as President of France from 1959 to 1969. (Charles De Gaulle, 2015) De Gaulle was born into a Catholic and strongly patriotic family. Seeking a career as a military leader, he went to a military academy and joined the French military. Soon after fighting in one of the battles of World War I in 1916 and being captured and injured, he was promoted to become captain. After his promotion, he went on to serve on the Supreme…

Bonaparte, also known as Napoleon I, was a French military leader and emperor who conquered most of Europe in the early 19th century. Napoleon rapidly rose through the ranks of the military during the French Revolution. After seizing political power in France in 1799, he crowned himself emperor in 1804. Shrewd, ambitious and a skilled military strategist, Napoleon I successfully waged war against various coalitions of European nations and expanded his empire. However, after a disastrous French…

important commitments as a patron of the arts and letters was his organization of the royal academies in Paris that promoted progress in the arts, humanities, and sciences. Louis intensified the social value of intellectual and artistic talent in France (Brennan 21). Among the academies opened were the Académie de peinture et de sculpture (1648), Académie des sceinces (1666), Académie Royale de musique (1669), and Académie Royale d’architecture (1671). By opening several academies, the king…

person), and respectable political figure. He was made a bishop in 1607, and later entered politics, becoming Secretary of State in 1616. His father, François du Plessis de Richelieu, was a soldier and courtier who served as the Grand Provost of France. his mother, Susanne de La Porte, was the daughter of a famous judge. When Richelieu was five years old, his father died fighting in the French Wars of Religion, leaving the family in debt. However, the family was able to avoid financial…

At the beginning of the 19th century, the world was changing at a drastic rate. Throughout the world people were being enlightened, they realized they were not being treated the way the should be, and they wanted change. Individuals that rose higher than the common person became leaders, then later icons throughout history. Napoleon Bonaparte and Toussaint Louverture were just two of many leaders. Napoleon Bonaparte and Toussaint Louverture were very similar, yet very different. To start off,…

leader so pervasive or impressing as Napoleon Bonaparte. Born on the previously Italian, then French island of Corsica in 1769 and raised by the middling yet technically noble Buonaparté family, Napoleon would, by the end of his life, come to rule France as its First Consul and, later, constitutional emperor for a total of fifteen war-filled years. By age 20, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in France’s 1st Artillery Regiment. By age 24, he was promoted to the rank of brigadier…

Napoleon Bonaparte was born in 1769 on the island of Corsica. At a young age, he obtained a royal scholarship that enabled him to study at a military school in France. Through his diverse talents, he later became a lieutenant in the French army. Subsequently, various victorious wars, he became Commander of the French armies. Napoleon soon acquired the faith of the people and carried out the coup d’état. Coup d’état was an overthrow of the directory (the government at the time). As a result,…

Battles are a peculiar thing..you fight people in a chance to win either land or power. That was the concept in this battle, power and the chance to overthrow Napoleon. The Battle of Waterloo, as you all know, was fought in the land of Waterloo, a fight between The Duke of Wellington and Napoleon, unfortunately, The Battle of Waterloo was indeed, Napoleon's last. Napoleon, The Duke of Wellington, and the Battle will all be discussed. Rising quickly in military ranks Napoleon became very…

Marie Antoinette born November 2,1755 was married to Louis Xv. Shortly after in 1744 he died from smallpox disease. A young prince named louis-Auguste was going to take his place, making her the Queen of France. Marie Antoinette was a person they found as majestic and a visible woman and who was very outgoing. She bold who loved extravagant fashion and partying. Marie Antoinette had not managed to take the first step up this particular ladder of power but managed to be able to fulfil the request…