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 Battle of Magenta: The Times Report - Sidebar - MSN Encarta
Battle of Magenta: The Times Report - Sidebar - MSN Encarta
The battle took place during the struggle for the unification of Italy, on June 4, 1859, at Magenta near Milan, and saw a victory for a joint Franco-Sardinian army, commanded by Napoleon III, over an Austrian army led by Count Franz Gyulai.
The war continued—although with Emperor Francis Joseph I leading the Austrians rather than Gyulai—until the Austrians were again defeated at the Battle of Solferino on June 24, 1859.
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 Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de MacMahon, duke of Magenta - LoveToKnow 1911
MARIE EDME PATRICE MAURICE DE MACMAHON, duke of Magenta (1808-1893), French marshal and president of the French republic, was born on the 13th of July 1808 at the chateau of Sully, near Autun.
Partly by good luck and partly by his boldness and sagacity in pushing forward without orders at a critical moment at the battle of Magenta, he enabled the French to secure the victory.
Early on the 1st of September the decisive battle of Sedan began.
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 magenta - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Magenta, Battle of, battle fought in Magenta, Italy, on June 4, 1859, between the French forces under Napoleon III and the Austrians under General...
The Franco-Italian coalition won the battles of Magenta and Solferino in 1859, but the battles proved costly.
Magenta is a color made up of equal parts of red and blue light.
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 Online Etymology Dictionary
1860, in allusion to the Battle of Magenta, in Italy, where the French and Sardinians defeated the Austrians in 1859, because the brilliant crimson aniline dye was discovered shortly after the battle, which advanced the cause of It.
of draw; in the sense of "undecided" (of a battle or match), 1610, perhaps from withdrawn; in the sense of "disemboweled" it is attested from 1789.
The name is said to have been used as a war-cry at the Battle of Weinsberg (1140) by partisans of Henry the Lion, duke of Bavaria, who was of the family, against Emperor Conrad III; hence it was adopted in Italy as the name of the anti-imperial party.
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 Finance Choices - Personal Finance Wiki
Magenta was one of the first aniline dyes, discovered shortly after the Battle of Magenta (1859), which occurred near the town of Magenta in northern Italy.
Before printer's magenta was invented in the 1890s for CMYK printing, and electric magenta was invented in the 1980s for computer displays, these two artificially engineered colors were preceded by the color displayed at right, which is the color originally called magenta made from coal tar dyes in the year 1859.
Astronomers have reported that spectral class T brown dwarves (the ones with the coolest temperatures) are colored magenta because of absorption by sodium and potassium atoms of light in the green portion of the spectrum.
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 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Magenta
Magenta, Battle of (4 June 1859) A battle fought in Lombardy, between the French and the Sardinians on one side and the Austrians on the other.
Magenta deploys its multi-agent technology to optimise one of the world's largest oil tanker fleets; Magenta provides Tankers International's London-based agency with one of the most innovative real-time scheduling systems in the world.
Magenta De Vine was the distinctive face of the...
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 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal
The Battle of Magenta was fought on June 4, 1859 during the Second Italian War of Independence, resulting in a French-Sardinian victory under Napoleon III against the Austrians under Marshal Ferencz Gyulai.
The battle of Magenta was not particularly large, but it was a decisive victory for the French-Sardinian forces.
The colour Magenta, discovered in 1859, was named after this battle.
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 Battle of Magenta - Biocrawler
The Battle of Magenta was fought on June 4, 1859 during the Franco-Sardininan war against Austria, resulting in a French victory under Louis-Napoleon against the Austrians under General Gyulai.
It took place near the town of Magenta in northern Italy on June 4, 1859.
Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de MacMahon (1808-1893) was created Duke of Magenta for his role in this battle, and later served as President of the French Republic.
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 Italy - MSN Encarta
In April 1848 Pius IX denounced the war against Austria, and in July the Austrians defeated the Piedmontese army at the Battle of Custozza.
In northern Italy, Austrian armies led by Field Marshal Joseph Radetzky crushed the revolutions in the Battle of Custoza.
Italian troops were able to enter Rome only after the Prussians defeated Napoleon III at the Battle of Sedan in 1870, during the Franco-Prussian War.
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 Stichting Magenta - Other Magenta's around the World.
The town was the site of the Battle of Magenta (June 4, 1859), fought during the Franco-Piedmontese war against the Austrians (second War of Italian Independence, 1859-61).
Magenta defines popmusic towards the millennium, and the world will soon notice this fact.
MAGENTA setzt klare Zeichen, damit Sie sich erfolgreich präsentieren.
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 MySpace.com - Magenta - Bangor, Northern Ireland - Rock - www.myspace.com/magenta3
They practise and competed in Battle of the bands 2004 (Ards art council), and fought against 65 other bands, all of which where made up of males.
Magenta have been featured on several radio stations and their songs have been broadcasted nationwide.
Magenta have now set their sights on recording and getting an Irish tour underway.
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 CalendarHome.com - - Calendar Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
June 4 - Battle of Magenta in Austro-Sardinian War - French and Sardinians defeat Austrians.
June 24 - Battle of Solferino: Kingdom of Sardinia and Napoleon III of France armies defeat Franz Josef I of Austria in northern Italy.
Battle inspires Henri Dunant to found the Red Cross.
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 Jean Danjou Information
He commanded the 62 legionnaires and three officers who fought the legendary Battle of Camarón during the French intervention in Mexico.
His next campaign during the Austro-Sardinian War, where in 1859 he fought in the Battle of Magenta and the Battle of Solférino.
Ramirez was arrested and the hand retrieved by lieutenant Karl Grübert of the Austrian army, which replaced the Foreign Legion on July 17, 1865.
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The Battle of The Alma (Extract from the Correspondence of Colonel Ardant du Picq) 4.
The Battle of the Alma (Extract from the Correspondence of Colonel Ardant du Picq) 5.
The Battle of Magenta (Extract from the Correspondence of Colonel Ardant du Picq) 7.
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 AppDev: Something You Should Know by Irena Kennedy : :) What color was named after a bloody 19th-centurey European ...
It was named for the Battle of Magenta, which was fought in 1859 near the town of Magenta in northern Italy during the Franco-Piedmontese war against Austria.
This battle was between a European country I can't recall and the French.
At battle's end, the french king rides in fon a beauifully proportioned and well-muscled white horse.
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 A History of Europe, Chapter 13
The battle of Magenta wasn't a very bloody affair, but it forced the Austrians out of Lombardy and showed the same speed and ingenuity that marked the tactics of Napoleon I. When the emperor made a triumphal entry into Milan, he was the man of the hour.
Magenta caused local patriots to stir up the inhabitants of Parma, Modena, Romagna and Tuscany; before long they expelled their dukes and were calling for union with Piedmont.
At the battle of Castelfidardo the Papal forces were overwhelmed and the pope lost all of his thousand-year-old domain except for the Patrimonium, a rectangular block around the city of Rome.
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 TheTravelzine.com Italy Winter 2004 Magenta
When we arrived in Magenta rain was falling on two inches of slush from the previous day's snowfall.
He took us on a brief tour of the town, which is famous in Italy as the place the French and Sardinians defeated the Austrians (the Battle of Magenta) during the Franco-Piedmontese War, which led to the independence of Italy.
Finding Magenta turned out to be a big win because there were Ziners (travel discussion group members) living close enough to enable us to arrange a get-together for the evening.
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 North Shore Wargames Club Colonial Links
Battle between the Austrian army and the French-Piedmontese army on 4 June 1859.
Overview, Battle of The Alma, Battle of Balaklava.
Among the reconnaissance, sketch, and theater-of-war maps are the detailed battle maps made by Major Jedediah Hotchkiss for Generals Lee and Jackson, General Sherman’s Southern military campaigns, and maps taken from diaries, scrapbooks, and manuscripts.
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 Military History Online
The first great battle of the campaign of 1859, the battle of Magenta offers nothing of particular brilliance to the eye of the military critic: it is a very disconnected clash, envisaged neither by the French, nor the Austrians.
The final costs of the battle of Magenta were of 657 killed and 3,858 wounded and missing for the French, and 1,368 killed, 4,538 wounded, and 4500 prisoners for the Austrians.
The battle of Solferino, culminating engagement of the Italian Campaign of 1859 would recapitulate on a grand scale the tactical and operational inconsistencies already observed during the struggles at Magenta and Melegnano—blind offensive rushes with the bayonet in vulnerable masses, insufficient concentration and maneuver of artillery fire, lethal visibility of officers.
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 Magenta — FactMonster.com
A brilliant red colour derived from coal-tar, named in commemoration of the battle of Magenta, which was fought in 1859.
Magenta, town, Italy - Magenta Magenta, town (1991 pop.
Magenta - Magenta A brilliant red colour derived from coal-tar, named in commemoration of the battle of...
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 Game Caravan Boardgames Details   (Site not responding. Last check: )
GMT describes them this way, “The battle games are very enjoyable with lots of maneuver and combat.
The focus is on coordination and concentration, the ability to guard avenues of approach, and the capability of units to engage in combat.” There are several interesting and unique elements.
Battles between individual units can occur during four segment movement phase as well as the general engagement during the battle phase.
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 Austro-Hungarian Army - General der Infanterie Eugen Freiherr von Albori
With this regiment he took part in the campaign in northern Italy where he was able to distinguish himself as a Battalion Adjutant on several occasions, especially during the battle of Magenta, which lead to the award of the Military Merit Cross with war decoration on the 3rd of July 1859.
During the occupation of Bosnia and the Herzegovina in 1878 he was the chief of the general staff of the 7th infantry division of General Herzog von Württemberg and took part in the battle near Rogelje (Varcar Vakuf) on the 5th of August 1878.
For this and his outstanding performance during the nine hours battle of Jaice he was honored with the award of the knight's cross of the Order of Leopold with war decoration.
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 ArtLex's M-Mao page
Magenta is one of the four colors in the four color process for reproduction color in print called CMYK.
The CMYK process creates the color spectrum using cyan, magenta, yellow, and fl.
One rat after another could be made to appear to jump into the open mouth of a sleeping man! A narrative sequence could be presented, such as the one created in England about 1812 to tell the story a battle between a British warship and a French one.
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 Related WordNet synsets for SUMO concept Battle
the battle that ended the Wars of the Roses (1485); Richard III was killed and Henry Tudor was crowned as Henry VII
a naval battle in the War of Greek Independence (1827); the Turkish and Egyptian fleet was defeated by the allied fleet
a battle in France in 687 among the descendants of Clovis
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 ColorLab: What colors mean : Warm colors
The color is named after the battle, and hence indirectly after the town.
The color magenta is sometimes also known as Fuchsia after the color of the flowers of the same name, named after Leonhart Fuchs.
Magenta energizes the adrenal glands, the heart action and the reproduction system.
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 Solferino
In our portrayals of foreign observers and associated Americans, however, we should have some knowledge of the battle, as would our 19th Century counterparts, since it was covered in all the newspapers and periodicals of the day.
In a battle lasting 16 hours, waged on a 15-mile front, there were 40,000 casualties.
After a few small battles, the French and Italian forces moved into Lombardy, and on June 4th fought the Battle of Magenta.
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 "Les Zouaves" -- Co. A, 5th New York Volunteer Infantry
In their day they were better known than the French Foreign Legion, revered by their countrymen as tough, dashing, roistering daredevils -- the heroes of many a hard-fought battle, and the stuff of legend.
Zouave battalions were bloodied in the battles of Worth, Mars La Tour, Gravelotte, and in the siege of Paris.
A detachment of Papal Zouaves was dispatched by Pius IX to aid France in the conflict, and suffered heavy losses in the clash at Loigny on December 2, 1870.
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 TheHistoryNet | Military History
Battle of Chalons: Attila the Hun Versus Flavius Aetius
Battle of Montaperti: 13th Century Violence on the Italian "Hill of Death"
Battle of the Boyne: King William III's Victory in Ireland
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 MAGENTA - Definition
[n] a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I
[n] a dark purple-red; the dye was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta
(Chem.) An aniline dye obtained as an amorphous substance having a green bronze surface color, which dissolves to a shade of red; also, the color; -- so called from Magenta, in Italy, in allusion to the battle fought there about the time the dye was discovered.
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 Canvas Prints
It was at about this time that other manufacturers of printers such as Mimaki and Roland (both Japanese) introduced piezo drop on demand large format printers based on the Epson print heads that Epson used in their desktop 3000 printer series.
These printers were introduced and utilizes 6 colours (cyan, magenta, yellow and fl, light cyan and light magenta - they can also use orange and green in place of the last two light colours) being printed at resolutions of up to 1440 dpi.
They were also introduced using pigmented inks which have excellent fade resistance and because of this, their high resolution and print quality they have now established themselves as capable of reproducing art on certain substrates.
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 GMT GAMES: Risorgimento 1859
Cyberboard Gamebox for the Battle of Magenta (courtesy of Pierre Miranda)
The focus is on coordination and concentration, the ability to guard avenues of approach, and the capability of units to engage in combat.
Players fight the two major battles of the campaign, Magenta and Solferino (one of the largest battles in European history).
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