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Seven Years War
(Encyclopedia) Seven Years War, 1756–63, worldwide war fought in Europe, North America, and India between France, Austria, Russia, Saxony, Sweden, and (after 1762) Spain on the one side and Prussia,…Seven Years in Tibet
Director: Jean-Jacques AnnaudWriter: Becky JohnstonDirector of Photography:Robert FraisseEditor:Noëlle BoissonMusic:John WilliamsProduction Designer:At HoangProducers:Jean-Jacques Annaud,…Brewer's: Seven Years' Lease
Leases run by seven years and its multiples, from the ancient notion of what was termed “climacteric years,” in which life was supposed to be in special peril. (Levinus Lemnius.) (See…Brewer's: Seven Years' War
(The). The third period of the War of the “Austrian Succession,” between Maria Theresa of Austria and Friedrich II. of Prussia. It began 1756, and terminated in 1763. At the close, Silesia…Ferdinand, Prussian field marshal
(Encyclopedia) Ferdinand, 1721–92, Prussian field marshal, a prince of the house of Brunswick, known as Ferdinand, duke of Brunswick. He served King Frederick II of Prussia brilliantly in the Seven…Calypso, in Greek mythology
(Encyclopedia) CalypsoCalypsokəlĭpˈsō [key], nymph, daughter of Atlas, in Homer's Odyssey. She lived on the island of Ogygia and there entertained Odysseus for seven years. Although she offered to…Páez, Pedro
(Encyclopedia) Páez, PedroPáez, Pedropāˈᵺrō päˈāth [key], 1564–1622, Spanish Jesuit missionary. He preached in Goa, India, was enslaved for seven years in Sana, Yemen, and in 1603 arrived in Ethiopia…Rossbach
(Encyclopedia) RossbachRossbachrôsˈbäkh [key], village, Saxony-Anhalt, E central Germany. At Rossbach on Nov. 5, 1757, Frederick II of Prussia defeated the imperial army and the French under Soubise…Custine, Adam Philippe, comte de
(Encyclopedia) Custine, Adam Philippe, comte deCustine, Adam Philippe, comte deädäNˈ fēlēpˈ kôNt də küstēnˈ [key], 1740–93, French general. He served in the Seven Years War and in the American…Northumberland, Hugh Percy, 2d duke of
(Encyclopedia) Northumberland, Hugh Percy, 2d duke of, 1742–1817, British general. He fought on the Continent in the Seven Years War and, although he disapproved of the war against the colonists in…Trending
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