This Irish castle famous for its "stone" was built by Cormac MacCarthy about 1446
In 1453 at Castillon, the French artillery won the last battle of this long war
In 1853 Turkey declared war on Russia, beginning this conflict
In 1863 Napoleon III persuaded this Archduke to become Emperor of Mexico
The 1805 battle fought off this Spanish cape established British naval superiority for 100 years
European production of this fiber began after 2 monks smuggled some worms out of China c. 550
Janos Kadar took power after this country's 1956 revolution & ruled it until 1988
In 1929 the Serbo-Croat-Slovene kingdom changed its name to this
King Gustav III restored autocratic rule to this country in the 18th century
German for "empire", the first one was the Holy Roman Empire; the second was founded in 1871