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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Frederick the Great

Frederick the Great was born in 1712. He doubled the size of Prussia using armies His predecessor (Frederick William I)  had built to challenge Austria, France, and Russia. Fredrick conquered Silesia from Austria's empress Maria Theresa. Frederick greatly improved Prussia's Business and made it a cultural center in the Enlightenment.
He died in 1786.

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