Historedia
Person

Duke of Brunswick

Events
2
Episodes
4
Years
1792–1814

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Duke of Brunswick, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. France Declares War on Austria

    1792

    Role: Military Commander

    1. 20 April 1792 · ParisDeclaration of War on Austria

      The French Legislative Assembly voted to declare war on Austria on 20 April 1792, following grievances presented by Foreign Minister Dumouriez.

    2. June 1792 · PrussiaPrussian Declaration of War

      Prussia, allied with Austria since February, declared war on France in June 1792.

  2. Gauss's Triangular Number Discovery

    1796–1814

    Role: Patron who funded Gauss's studies at Göttingen

    1. 1796 (legacy-attributed; legacy row gives 10 July 1796) · University of Göttingen, where Gauss studied until 1798Triangular number theorem

      Gauss is credited, on the basis of a legacy record, with finding that every positive integer is a sum of at most three triangular numbers, dated to 1796.

    2. 1796–1814 · Gauss's mathematical diary, 1796–1814Diary and early number-theoretic work

      Gauss's mathematical diary ran from 1796 to 1814, and he dated the beginning of his number-theory work to 1795.

Sources

  1. War of the First Coalition Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-21
  2. Carl Friedrich Gauss Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-26