After The Battle of Mollwitz Frederick, had learned a great deal about war and the people of the world were enthralled by ...

The Battle of Kolin, June 18th 1757. Frederick's army is on the run. The Third Silesian War marked Frederisk's most legendary ...

Frederick's great-grandfather, Elector Frederick William, introduced it to the Brandenburg area of Prussia in the 1650s, but only because he liked the aesthetics of the plant's leafy greens.

By the time Frederick the Great took the throne in 1740, the potato was grown in gardens throughout Prussia but not on a large scale. The king did actually issue royal decrees promoting the ...