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Luxembourg - the country's history app for iPhone and iPad


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Developer: Evgeny Erohin
4.99 USD
Current version: 1.0, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 25 Apr 2016
App size: 25.59 Mb

* Study the history of great country through interactive reading *
* Become a real expert and participate in the global rankings of erudites *

The history of Luxembourg consists of the history of the country of Luxembourg and its geographical area. Although the recorded history of Luxembourg can be traced back to Roman times, the history of Luxembourg proper is considered to begin in 963. Over the following five centuries, the powerful House of Luxembourg emerged, but its extinction put an end to Luxembourgs independence. After a brief period of Burgundian rule, Luxembourg passed to the Habsburgs in 1477. After the Eighty Years War, Luxembourg became a part of the Southern Netherlands, which passed to the Austrian line of the Habsburg dynasty in 1713. After occupation by Revolutionary France, the 1815 Treaty of Paris transformed Luxembourg into a Grand Duchy in personal union with the Netherlands. The treaty also resulted in the second partition of Luxembourg, the first being in 1658 and the third in 1839. Although these treaties greatly reduced Luxembourgs territory, the latter established its formal independence, which was confirmed after the Luxembourg Crisis in 1867....