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- The Counts of Cilli The house should be referred to in English by the ... the house died out its head held the rank of prince of the Holy Roman Empire ...12 KB (1,909 words) - 08:36, 10 January 2024
- The Jagiellons were a royal dynasty originating from Lithuanian House ... reason for the common appellation "Poland-Lithuania" in discussions ...13 KB (1,810 words) - 12:40, 6 November 2021
- ) (June 20, 1566 – April 30, 1632) was Grand Duke of Lithuania and ... the Swedish throne by his uncle, Charles IX of Sweden and a meeting of the ...20 KB (2,908 words) - 15:22, 7 October 2022
- Stephen III of Moldavia, or Stephen III (c. 1433 - July 2, 1504), ... quot; in more modern versions) was Prince of Moldavia between 1457 and 1504 ...12 KB (1,884 words) - 20:02, 9 February 2023
- The Kingdom of Galicia-Volhynia or Galicia-Vladimir, was a principality ... for its success in preventing the loss of western Ukrainian lands to ...16 KB (2,454 words) - 03:54, 18 April 2024
- September 10, 1382, Nagyszombat/Trnava) was King of Hungary, King ... He shared the privations and hardships of camp life with his soldiers ...19 KB (2,831 words) - 02:53, 4 November 2022
- chronicled Polish history in a series of panoramic novels that won unprecedented ... He is best known internationally for Quo Vadis, a historical novel ...16 KB (2,417 words) - 08:01, 22 January 2024
- The First Battle of Tannenberg (or Battle of Grunwald) took place ... The battle saw the Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights decisively ...42 KB (6,381 words) - 01:37, 26 September 2023
- The Doll describes the romantic infatuation of a man of action who is frustrated ... "Prus has no biography, he is one of the best-camouflaged of writers ...24 KB (3,556 words) - 07:13, 17 November 2023
- Mme. Curie was a pioneer in the field of radioactivity. Together with ... the battlefront, where she worked on the use of mobile radiography units to ...18 KB (2,796 words) - 04:14, 6 November 2022
- the White Knight, was a Voivode (Ruler) of Transylvania (from 1441), captain ... His emphasis on tactics and strategy instead of over-reliance on frontal assaults ...19 KB (2,971 words) - 07:01, 8 April 2024
- order during the Middle Ages and much of the modern era. Formed at the end of the twelfth century in Acre, Palestine, the medieval ...34 KB (5,036 words) - 15:01, 30 April 2023
- The Árpáds or Arpads was the ruling dynasty of the federation of ... Seven members of the dynasty were canonized or beatified by the Roman ...26 KB (3,604 words) - 06:17, 13 June 2023
- The House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of Prince ... Social unrest at the end of World War I led to the German Revolution ...30 KB (4,097 words) - 18:41, 7 February 2024
- The Soviet Union was one of the dominant political entities of the ... with the monarchy and its policy of continuing the war grew. Under ...24 KB (3,571 words) - 22:55, 5 April 2021
- The largest portion lies within the borders of Poland; the rest is within ... century on, after the Czech king Charles IV of the Luxembourg dynasty became ...32 KB (4,656 words) - 22:03, 29 January 2023
- 23, 1443 – April 6, 1490) was king of Hungary and Croatia, ruling ... as Matthias Corvinus House, the second son of John Hunyadi--a successful ...23 KB (3,564 words) - 16:56, 7 November 2022
- Vanuatu, officially the Republic of Vanuatu, is a Melanesian island ... Vanuatu is an archipelago of 83 islands, two of which—Matthew and ...19 KB (2,664 words) - 14:35, 3 May 2023
- Norse: Jarizleifr) was thrice Grand Prince of Novgorod and Kiev, uniting ... His patronage of learning and his forging international ties helped ...19 KB (2,940 words) - 10:15, 22 May 2023
- Polish Republic or Republic (Commonwealth) of the Two (Both) Nations (Peoples), ( ... ) or as the "First Republic," was one of the largest and ...62 KB (8,547 words) - 08:32, 24 November 2022
- revolutionary, infamous as the founder of the Bolshevik secret police ... Square in Moscow, was toppled as part of the celebration of the collapse ...15 KB (2,094 words) - 01:59, 26 March 2024
- Polish statesman, Field Marshal, first Chief of State (1918–1922) and dictator ... Jerzy Jan Lerski. Historical Dictionary of Poland, 966–1945. (Greenwood ...61 KB (8,767 words) - 07:42, 27 February 2023
- and European history. The last capital of Prussia was Berlin. Prussia ... the new polity. Had Austria done so, instead of being excluded, history may ...46 KB (6,764 words) - 08:22, 2 December 2022
- Transylvania is a Central European region located in the eastern half ... the region is known for the scenic beauty of its Carpathian landscape and ...47 KB (6,836 words) - 02:15, 2 May 2023
- as the two-hundred-and-sixty-fourth Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from ... Communism, and he is often credited as one of the forces contributing to ...28 KB (4,343 words) - 03:06, 2 May 2024
- James II of England (also known as James VII of Scotland; October ... He was the last Roman Catholic monarch to reign over the Kingdom of ...32 KB (4,831 words) - 21:40, 8 February 2024
- Republic and Slovakia. During the 74 years of its existence, it saw several ... In November 1989, Czechoslovakia joined the wave of anti-Communist ...21 KB (2,978 words) - 07:31, 12 January 2024
- was a Polish-born British novelist, one of the most important and respected ... Conrad's works draw on the symbolism of the Romantics and the ...22 KB (3,425 words) - 07:21, 10 August 2022
- Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and is its largest city, with ... Bratislava was a key economic and administrative center of the Kingdom ...38 KB (5,662 words) - 22:52, 20 November 2023
- the north and east, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania ... The history of Belarus is a story of domination by foreign powers ...48 KB (6,863 words) - 08:51, 27 September 2023
- English name for the former Federal Republic of Germany, from its founding ... With an area of 95,976 square miles (248,577 square kilometers), or ...36 KB (5,407 words) - 17:16, 4 May 2023
- Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in northern ... 780,000 residents between 1940 and 1954. Of them, an estimated 120,000 ...40 KB (5,565 words) - 07:45, 9 March 2023
- With an area of 40,919 square miles (105,980 square kilometers), or ... established in the Soviet occupation zone of Germany on October 7, 1949 ...42 KB (6,175 words) - 17:37, 12 February 2024
- was the first of two revolutions which took place in Russia in 1917. Russia suffered from a number of chronic economic and social problems ...46 KB (6,600 words) - 01:52, 26 March 2024
- or Lettland), officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvian: Latvija or ... The ancient Balts of this time actively participated in the trading ...34 KB (4,920 words) - 17:49, 25 October 2022
- ) is an equilateral cross with its arms bent at right angles, in either ... Though once commonly used all over much of the world without stigma ...40 KB (5,959 words) - 00:36, 27 February 2023
- Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, Jr. Order of the British Empire (KBE ... Chaplin was one of the founders of United Artists Studios and he maintained ...32 KB (4,840 words) - 00:37, 5 December 2023
- country in Central Europe and a member state of the European Union. Though ... for more than 40 years, until the breakup of the Soviet empire in 1989. ...31 KB (4,442 words) - 07:31, 12 January 2024
- [[Image:Ouroboros_1.jpg|thumb|right|250px| Engraving of Ouroboros ... as benevolent and spiritual, representative of primal forces of nature and ...20 KB (3,239 words) - 17:31, 30 January 2024
- Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central ... an event that coincided with the baptism of Duke Mieszko I. Poland became ...71 KB (10,329 words) - 17:32, 2 January 2024
- Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg dynasties of the Austrian Empire, Habsburg ... In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the Peace of Westphalia ...37 KB (5,890 words) - 17:06, 23 December 2020
- is a nation in northwest Europe and one of the constituent countries of ... The Kingdom of Scotland was an independent state until May 1, 1707 ...48 KB (6,984 words) - 23:12, 30 July 2023
- The union of Austria and Hungary, also known as the Dual (that of ... The newly created Austro-Hungarian Empire was a good example of a ...36 KB (5,334 words) - 18:41, 22 August 2023
- Hawaii and Australia. With the exception of tiny Vatican City, Tuvalu has ... Tuvalu consists of four reef islands and five true atolls. Its small ...20 KB (3,026 words) - 21:13, 7 March 2024
- , Austro-Bavarian: Weăn,) is the capital of Austria, and also one ... Today Vienna is a center of European culture, with more than one hundred ...42 KB (5,917 words) - 20:13, 3 May 2023
- country in Central Europe with a population of over five million, bordering ... The eight hundred years of Hungarian oppression was openly confronted ...34 KB (4,817 words) - 14:57, 27 April 2023
- comprising the western and central thirds of the Czech Republic. It has ... whose helm it also became an autonomous part of the Holy Roman Empire after ...30 KB (4,624 words) - 05:23, 17 November 2023
- The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 (or Hungarian Uprising of 1956) ... was a spontaneous nationwide revolt against the Communist government ...73 KB (10,504 words) - 12:26, 4 February 2023
- The Republic of Moldova (Republica Moldova) is a landlocked country ... Historically part of the Principality of Moldavia, it was annexed ...57 KB (8,247 words) - 19:49, 9 November 2022
- Berlin is the capital city and one of the 16 states of the Federal ... Berlin was successively the capital of the Kingdom of Prussia (1701 ...35 KB (5,027 words) - 11:02, 28 September 2023
- , romanized: Moskva, IPA:) is the capital of Russia and the country ... It is well-known for the elegant onion domes of Saint Basil's Cathedral ...63 KB (8,988 words) - 16:33, 10 November 2022
- The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg ( Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg ... Germanic Europe, borrowing customs from each of the distinct traditions. Although ...46 KB (6,759 words) - 03:09, 5 November 2022
- a royal Indian dynasty ruling large parts of southern, central and northern ... The clan that ruled from Elichpur had been a feudatory of the Badami ...53 KB (7,699 words) - 00:10, 14 November 2023
- Dublin is both the largest city and capital of the Republic of Ireland ... Long the seat of culture within Ireland, it has been at the center ...29 KB (4,094 words) - 17:16, 12 February 2024
- is the literal translation of empire)—refers to Germany in the years ... The policies pursued by Nazi Germany, based on the concept of Lebensraum ...65 KB (9,573 words) - 18:36, 30 April 2023
- Estonia (older English spelling Esthonia), officially the Republic ... was dominated by foreign powers through much of its history. The past eight ...40 KB (5,692 words) - 04:22, 22 March 2024
- Riga the capital city of Latvia, is situated on the Baltic Sea coast ... The Historic Centre of Riga has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage ...31 KB (4,622 words) - 21:06, 16 April 2023
- 1958), reigned as the 260th Pope, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, ... Pius is one of the few popes in recent history to exercise his right ...51 KB (7,678 words) - 20:42, 9 April 2023
- Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe, formerly a part of the Soviet ... From at least the ninth century, the territory of present-day Ukraine ...72 KB (10,102 words) - 01:29, 3 May 2023
- Quito, officially San Francisco de Quito, is the capital city of Ecuador ... Quito is considered to have one of the oldest and best preserved colonial ...31 KB (4,586 words) - 00:07, 15 April 2023
- Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein ... commanded Allied forces at the Battle of El Alamein, a major turning ...46 KB (7,157 words) - 15:39, 29 September 2023
- The unification of Germany into a politically and administratively ... The self-interests of the various parties hampered the process over ...102 KB (14,729 words) - 11:39, 3 May 2023
- Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, a country in ... federal republic, historically consisting of several sovereign states with ...115 KB (16,736 words) - 17:52, 14 December 2023
- Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945) was Chancellor of ... imposed by France and England at the Treaty of Versailles. The economic disaster ...75 KB (11,428 words) - 06:03, 15 June 2023
- Hungary, officially in English the Republic of Hungary, is a landlocked ... After a Celtic and a Roman period, the foundation of Hungary was laid ...107 KB (15,967 words) - 21:14, 9 February 2024
- Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country located ... and Peru), with an area more than twice that of France. ...40 KB (5,666 words) - 22:37, 7 January 2024
- Paris is the capital city of France, situated on the River Seine, ... between land and river trade routes in lands of abundant agriculture had made ...70 KB (10,606 words) - 13:20, 11 March 2023
- The Kingdom of Norway, commonly known as Norway, is a Nordic country ... Norway plays a significant role in the pursuit of stability and world ...44 KB (6,442 words) - 10:06, 11 March 2023
- Viking refers to a member of the Scandinavian seafaring traders, warriors ... ferocity and pillaging raids, the voyages of the Vikings also linked different ...60 KB (9,091 words) - 22:04, 17 April 2023
- Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, consists of the island of Cuba ... Taíno and Ciboney peoples, the period of Spanish colonialism, the introduction ...72 KB (10,971 words) - 06:40, 11 January 2024
- contagious viral disease caused by any of three serotypes of poliovirus ... Although polio has caused paralysis and death for much of human history ...72 KB (10,129 words) - 16:53, 27 December 2023
- quot;), officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked, mountainous ... During World War I in the western portion of Armenia, Ottoman Turkey ...47 KB (6,850 words) - 03:48, 15 August 2023
- The modern state of Romania was formed by the merging of the Danubian ... to concentration camps and executions of between 280,000 to 380,000 Jews. ...64 KB (9,341 words) - 04:57, 16 December 2022
- Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in south ... by Greeks and Romans. It is a successor of the powerful European Bulgarian ...61 KB (8,943 words) - 18:41, 22 November 2023
- The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly ... Ireland—with King Charles III as head of state. He is also head of state ...123 KB (18,096 words) - 11:41, 3 May 2023
- ), officially the Republic of Austria ( Republik Österreich ... The origins of modern Austria date back to the ninth century, when ...90 KB (13,119 words) - 17:56, 22 August 2023
- Serbia, officially the Republic of Serbia is a landlocked country ... The Republic of Serbia comprises Serbia proper and two autonomous ...67 KB (9,913 words) - 19:49, 21 April 2023
- ) is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous ... Mexico City is one of the most important cultural and financial centers ...184 KB (26,093 words) - 20:54, 1 February 2024
