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  • . [[image:Heinrich der Seefahrer.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Henry the Navigator]] Henry the Navigator (1394 - 1460) was the third son of John I of ...
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  • Antoine de Saint-Exupéry ( [ɑ̃twan də sɛ̃.tɛg.zy.pe.ʀi] ) (June 29, 1900 – presumably July 31, 1944) was a French writer and aviator ...
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  • The Jacobean era refers to a period in English and Scottish history that coincides with the reign of King James I (1603-1625). The Jacobean era ...
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  • Emperor Gao (256 B.C.E. or 247 B.C.E. – June 1, 195 B.C.E.), commonly known inside China as Gaozu ( c=高祖|p=Gāozǔ , Wade-Giles: Kao Tsu ...
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  • Prussia Latin: Borussia, Prutenia; Old Prussian: Prūsa) was, most recently, a historic state originating in Brandenburg, an area that for centuries ...
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  • Mongkut (Rama IV of Siam) (October 18, 1804 – October 1, 1868), was king of Siam (Thailand) from 1851 to 1868. Historians have widely regarded ...
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  • Taejo of Joseon (1335-1408; r. 1392-1398), born Yi Seonggye, was the main figure in overthrowing the Goryeo Dynasty and the founder and the first ...
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  • Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall (c. 1284 – June 19, 1312) was the favorite, and possibly lover, of King Edward II of England. A Gascon ...
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  • Christina Georgina Rossetti (December 5, 1830 – December 29, 1894) was a Victorian era English poet. Her family was artistically talented and ...
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  • Murasaki Shikibu (c. 978, Kyoto — c. 1014 or 1031 Kyoto), Japanese novelist and lady-in-waiting in the imperial court at the height of the ...
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  • Emperor Kangxi of China, also known as K'ang-hsi, May 4, 1654 – December 20, 1722) was the fourth Emperor of China of the Manchu Qing ...
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  • Phuttaloetla Nabhalai, Rama II, now known as Buddha Loetla Nabhalai (February 24, 1767 – July 21, 1824), was the son of King Rama I and Queen ...
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  • Berlin is the capital city and one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. Located in northeastern Germany, it is the center of ...
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  • Heike (平家) or Taira (平) or Heishi (平氏) is a Japanese clan name. Along with Minamoto, Taira was a hereditary clan name bestowed by the ...
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  • The Danegeld ("Dane gold") was an English tribute raised to pay off Viking raiders to save the land from being ravaged. The expeditions ...
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  • Wilhelm II ; Prince Frederick William Victor Albert of Prussia (January 27, 1859 – June 4, 1941) was the third and last German Emperor and ...
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  • Beelzebub, also Ba‘al Zebûb or Ba‘al Zəvûv (Hebrew בעל זבוב, with numerous variants--in addition to Beelzebub, Ba‘al Zebûb, and ...
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  • The Tale of Igor's Campaign (Old East Slavic language: Слово о плъку Игоревѣ, Slovo o plŭku Igorevě; Modern Ukrainian: ...
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  • From 962 to 1517, the Archbishop of Cologne was a prince-elector and an ecclesiastical elector of the Holy Roman Empire, and ruled a large temporal ...
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  • Li Houzhu ( c=李後主|p=Lǐ Hòuzhǔ|l=The Latter Lord Li , 936–978), also known as Houzhu of Southern Tang (南唐後主, literally "the ...
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