Historical place archive

Ansbach in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Ansbach in Germany. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

6 records5 event labels4 people1440–1791

Historical events in Ansbach

1440

1440
Succession
Albert III Achilles · House of Hohenzollern

Succeeds to the Principality of Ansbach

1610

8 January 1610
Observation of Galilean Moons
Simon Marius · Astronomy

Independently observes Jupiter's four large moons at about the same time as Galileo.

1612

15 December 1612
First Telescopic Description of Andromeda
Simon Marius · Astronomy

Observes M31 through a telescope and describes its pale central glow, providing the first known telescopic account of the Andromeda object.

1779

May 1779
Rule of Ansbach
Charles Alexander of · War of Bavarian Succession

Under the Treaty of Teschen Austria recognizes the Prussian claims to the Franconian margraviates of Ansbach and Bayreuth, ruled Margrave Christian Alexander from the House of Hohenzollern

1791

1791
Rule of Ansbach
Charles Alexander of · War of Bavarian Succession

Chharles Alexander sell the Margraviates of Ansbach and Bayreuth to the Prussians

2 December 1791
Sale of Ansbach
Charles Alexander Brandenburg-Ansbach · Government of Prussia

Sells the Margraviate of Ansbach to Prussia

Provenance

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