Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Giurgiu (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈdʒjurdʒju] ⓘ; Bulgarian: Гюргево, romanized: Gyurgevo) is a city in southern Romania. The seat of Giurgiu County, it lies in the historical region of Muntenia. It is situated amongst mud-flats and marshes on the left bank of the Danube facing the Bulgarian city of Ruse on the opposite bank.
The Giurgiu Clocktower (Romanian: Turnul Ceasornicului; Turkish: Yergöğü Saat Külesi) is a Historic Monument located in the City of Giurgiu, Romania. It has been designated by the Romanian Ministry of Culture and National Patrimony as monument of national importance.
This is a list of people burned after being deemed heretics by different Christian ... (1519–1555), Coventry, England; Rowland Taylor († 1555), Hadleigh, Suffolk ...
Battle of Giurgiu (1771), during the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774 This page was last edited on 23 ...
The capture of Giurgiu [a] was a military siege undertaken by the Ottomans between 27 and 29 May 1771 against the city of Giurgiu, occupied by the Russians since February. The siege was part of the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774) , and resulted in an Ottoman victory.
Siege of Giurgiu may refer to: Siege of Giurgiu (1770) , during the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774 Siege of Giurgiu (1771) , during the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774
The Storming of Giurgiu was a military storm undertaken by the Russians August 7, 1771 against the city of Giurgiu. The storm was part of the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774) , and resulted in an Ottoman victory.
Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, KG, PC, Earl Marshal, Lord High Treasurer, Lord High Admiral, Lord Protector of England in the period between the death of Henry VIII in 1547 and his own indictment in 1549 (1552) – executed at Tower Hill during the reign of Edward VI of England for plotting murder of John Dudley [19]