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2 days ago · Carolingian dynasty. Charlemagne [b] ( / ˈʃɑːrləmeɪn, ˌʃɑːrləˈmeɪn / SHAR-lə-mayn, -MAYN; 2 April 748 [a] – 28 January 814) was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and Emperor of what is now known as the Carolingian Empire from 800, holding these titles until his death in 814.
2 days ago · Dubbed the Brabant Killers by the press, (les Tueurs du Brabant in French, de Bende van Nijvel in Dutch), they killed 28 people, including children, and injured over 40. And then they abruptly disappeared.
3 days ago · Charles Martin (10 November 1433 – 5 January 1477) called The Bold, was the last Duke of Burgundy from the Burgundian cadet branch of House of Valois from 1467 to 1477. He was the only legitimate son of Philip the Good and his third wife, Isabella of Portugal.
3 days ago · Holy Roman Emperor Charles V was the most powerful man in Europe in the early 16th century, running a territory that sprawled across the continent and beyond, to the New World. But the man born in Ghent in 1500 and raised in Mechelen would abdicate in Brussels at the age of 55.
20 hours ago · Charles de Bourgogne 1, dit Charles le Hardi ou Charles le Travaillant, plus connu sous son surnom posthume de Charles le Téméraire 2, né le 10 novembre 1433 3, 4 à Dijon et mort le 5 janvier 1477 près de Nancy, est, après Philippe le Hardi, Jean sans Peur et Philippe le Bon, le quatrième et dernier duc de Bourgogne de la maison de ...
3 days ago · Labour Party leader Keir Starmer accepts King Charles' invitation to form a new government after a landslide victory in the United Kingdom's general election. Plus, Boeing faces a deadline to accept a plea deal connected to the deadly crashes of two 737 Max planes.
4 days ago · Charles Babbage KH FRS (/ ˈ b æ b ɪ dʒ /; 26 December 1791 – 18 October 1871) was an English polymath. A mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer, Babbage originated the concept of a digital programmable computer.
