Robert Schumann in an 1850 daguerreotype. Schumann was a German composer, pianist, and music critic of the early Romantic era. He composed in all the main musical genres of the time, writing for solo piano, voice and piano, chamber groups, orchestra, choir and the opera. His works typify the spirit of the Romantic era in German music.
🎼 Click here to listen to his famous "Träumerei" (Dreaming): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnB51JbW2VQ&list=RDjnB51JbW2VQ&start_radio=1
🎼 Click here to listen to his famous "Träumerei" (Dreaming): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnB51JbW2VQ&list=RDjnB51JbW2VQ&start_radio=1
14 October 1066: The Norman-French army of William, the Duke of Normandy, defeats the English army under the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings, beginning the Norman conquest of England. Harold is reportedly killed after being shot in the eye with an arrow. The above images are taken from the 11th century 70 meter long Bayeux tapestry which details the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England.
16-19 October 1813: In the largest battle in Europe prior to WWI, Napoleon's forces are defeated by Prussia, Austria and Russia at the Battle of Leipzig in Saxony.
In this conflict, also known as the Battle of Nations, the Coalition armies of Austria, Prussia, Sweden, and Russia, led by Emperor Alexander I and Karl von Schwarzenberg, decisively defeated the Grande Armée of French Emperor Napoleon I. Napoleon's army also contained Polish and Italian troops, as well as Germans from the Confederation of the Rhine.
The battle involved 500,000 soldiers, 2,200 artillery pieces, the expenditure of 200,000 rounds of artillery ammunition, and 127,000 casualties.
In this conflict, also known as the Battle of Nations, the Coalition armies of Austria, Prussia, Sweden, and Russia, led by Emperor Alexander I and Karl von Schwarzenberg, decisively defeated the Grande Armée of French Emperor Napoleon I. Napoleon's army also contained Polish and Italian troops, as well as Germans from the Confederation of the Rhine.
The battle involved 500,000 soldiers, 2,200 artillery pieces, the expenditure of 200,000 rounds of artillery ammunition, and 127,000 casualties.
🇭🇺 The Siege of Eger, painting by Bertalan Székely. In 1552, the forces of the Ottoman Empire led by Kara Ahmed Pasha laid siege to the Castle of Eger, located in the northern part of the Kingdom of Hungary, but the roughly 2,000 defenders led by István Dobó repelled the attacks and defended the castle, despite being vastly outnumbered by 35,000–40,000 Turk warriors. The battle finished with Hungarian victory.