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The Treaty of Utrecht that established the Peace of Utrecht, rather ... The treaties were concluded between the representatives of Louis XIV ...

official use) was an important ruling house of Europe and is most well known ... *Philip III, also Philip III of Spain (Philip II of Portugal) 1598-1621 ...

Pope Innocent III (c. 1161 C.E. – June 16, 1216 C.E.), born Lotario ... Lotario de' Conti di Segni was the son of Count Trasimund of ...

The War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714) was a major European ... and was marked by the military leadership of notable generals such as the ...

Berengaria of Navarre ( Berenguela , Bérengère the Lionheart. She was the eldest daughter of Sancho VI of Navarre and Sancha ...

The City of Vigan is the capital city of the province of Ilocos Sur ... Vigan constitutes the best example of a Spanish colonial town in the ...

|name=Saint Lawrence of Brindisi |birth_date=July 22, 1559 ... Emperor Rudolph II sent Lawrence to Philip III of Spain, where Lawrence succeeded ...

Isabella of Castile (April 22, 1451 – November 26, 1504) was queen ... A pious Catholic, Isabella focused on converting the citizens of her ...

| successor =Philip III of Spain | suc-type = ... Isabella Clara Eugenia Catalina Micaela Philip III of Spain ...

) describes the central area of the original city of Havana, Cuba ... Following a royal Spanish decree by Philip II of Spain in 1561, all ...

Afonso I, King of Portugal, more commonly known as Afonso Henriques ... Afonso I left his mark on the map of Europe. The impetus created by ...

Embassy and later as U.S. Minister to Spain from 1869 to 1874. Elected ... He received the Medal of Honor, although very late in his career. ...

Mary II (April 30, 1662 – December 28, 1694) reigned as Queen of ... Mary reigned jointly with her husband and first cousin, William III ...

Hugh Capet (c. 940 – October 24, 996) was the first King of France ... Capet is regarded as the founder of the Capetian dynasty. The direct ...

in 1633 and became a teacher and eventually of the Jesuit college of Tarragona ... Gracian wrote a number of literary works, including political commentary ...

Catholic Church to reform itself in the wake of the Protestant Reformation ... clarification and reform in the areas of doctrine, ecclesiastical structure ...

Many Jews converted to Christianity after the reconquest of Spain ... Portugal breathed more freely when Philip III of Spain came to the throne ...

Philip Massinger (1583 - March 17, 1640) was an English dramatist ... Born the second of five children, and only boy, to Anne and Arthur ...

painter, the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV. He was an individualistic ... From the first quarter of the seventeenth century, Velázquez's ...

Pope Leo I, or Leo the Great, was pope of the Roman Catholic Church ... Leo was a native of Tuscany. He appears to have taken orders at an ...

painter who is often said to be the greatest of the Northern Baroque artists ... heritage. Rubens expressed the spirit of the Counter-Reformation, which ...

supported by a fairly significant faction of cardinals, and in several cases ... There have been several antipopes throughout the history of the Roman ...

The Portuguese Empire was the earliest and longest lived of the modern ... As skilled Portuguese sailors explored the coasts and islands of East ...

The 1777 Siege of Fort Ticonderoga occurred between July 2-6, 1777 ... The uncontested surrender of Ticonderoga caused an uproar in the American ...

William of Normandy (French: Guillaume de Normandie) (1028 – September ... William invaded England with his band of Normans, defeated the English ...

especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the ... The parliamentary system was the first form of representative government ...

red") is a palace and fortress complex of the Moorish monarchs of Granada ... Mohammed I, the first king of the Nasriden—a Moorish dynasty in ...

also refer to the biological phenomenon of outbreeding or inbreeding. or endogamous rules concerning the selection of marriage partners. In the case ...

January 23, 1806) was a British politician of the late eighteenth and early ... tenure, which came during the reign of George III, was dominated by ...

William III of England (The Hague, November 14, 1650 – Kensington ... Born a member of the House of Orange-Nassau, William III won the English ...

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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 ...

) is a large seaport city on the northern coast of Colombia. Founded ... eighteenth century as the de facto capital of the Viceroyalty of New Granada ...

5, 1638 – September 1, 1715) ruled as King of France and of Navarre from ... grandson of the eldest daughter of Philip III of Spain, Anne of Austria, ...

The Council of Trent was the 19th Ecumenical Council of the Roman ... It entrusted to the Pope the completion of some sections of its work ...

France had colonial possessions, in various forms, from the beginning ... Currently, the remnants of this large empire are various islands and ...

Pope Urban II (1042 – July 29, 1099) born Otho of Lagery (alternatively: ... At the outset, he had to reckon with the presence of the powerful ...

during the Siglo de Oro, the Golden Era of Spanish Literature. His style ... appointed honorary chaplain to King Philip III of Spain, but did not enjoy ...

Charles I (November 19, 1600 – January 30, 1649) was King of England ... Henrietta Maria, over the objections of Parliament and public opinion ...

Spain led European global exploration and colonial expansion in the ... The Peace of Utrecht (1713) stripped Spain of its remaining territories ...

kingdoms and was under the direct control of the Spanish monarchy. It was ... baptized Christians. During a large part of its history, however, freedom ...

and Rhine Rivers. Antwerp, an integral part of an enormous harbor complex ... Antwerp has long been an important city in the nations of the Benelux ...

monastery or convent, under the government of an abbot or an abbess, who ... European abbeys were the important centers of learning and literacy, which ...

by God to spread the "good news" of the Christian message to the ... The status of the apostles in the early Church was penultimate to ...

Saint Ignatius of Loyola, also known as Ignacio (Íñigo) López de ... the hierarchical Church was in dire need of reform, and some of their greatest ...

The term Huguenot refers to a member of the Protestant Reformed Church ... Originally used as a term of derision, the origin of the name Huguenot ...

reflecting the contemporary pronunciation of Japanese) ... **January 30, 1615: Meeting with King Philip III of Spain ...

Eleanor of Aquitaine, Duchess of Aquitaine and Gascony and Countess ... Her contemporaries included Hildegard of Bingen, Heloise, (Peter Abelard ...

Madrid is the capital and most populous city of Spain. It is the second ... it has preserved the look and feel of many of its historic neighborhoods ...

di San Luca, and was associated with some of the leading artists of his ... Wright is currently rated as one of the leading indigenous British ...

Monarchianism (also known as monarchism) refers to a heretical body ... Many theological explanations of the relationship between the Father ...

the Swedish Parliament in 1634) was founder of the Swedish Empire (or Stormaktstiden ... own time, widely regarded as the archetype of what a king should be and one ...

Italy from 1922 to 1943 under the leadership of Benito Mussolini. German Nazism ... Fascism led to Italy's support of Hitler's Germany during ...

The Commonwealth of the Bahamas is an English-speaking archipelagic ... The original native inhabitants of the Islands at the time of Columbus ...

parents, Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino, and Madeleine de la ... she was queen consort of King Henry II of France from 1547 to 1559. ...

The Punic Wars were a series of three wars fought between Rome and ... their Phoenician ancestry). The main cause of the Punic Wars was the clash ...

The Crusades were a series of military campaigns first inaugurated ... Few contemporary Muslim accounts exist of the crusades, which were ...

statesman who is popularly credited as one of the finest military commanders ... During his invasion of Italy he defeated the Romans in a series of ...

1618 and 1648, principally on the territory of today's Germany, and involved ... by 30 percent on average; in the territory of Brandenburg, the losses had ...

August 12, 1762 – June 26, 1830) was king of the United Kingdom of Great ... in politics, especially in the matter of Catholic emancipation, though ...

The small island nation of Saint Lucia (pronounced "saint LOO ... The volcanic nature of Saint Lucia accounts for its being more mountainous ...

"saddle"- after the shells of saddlebacked Galápagos tortoises ... The Galápagos archipelago is part of Ecuador, a country in northwestern ...

The Middle Ages form the middle period in a traditional division of ... With the demise of centralized Roman government in the West, trade ...

by measuring apparent changes in the periods of the revolution of Jupiter& ... Philip III of Spain offered a prize for a method to determine the ...

best remembered for creating the character of James Bond and chronicling ... over spiritual values. Set in the context of the Cold War, of good vs. evil ...

A troubadour was a composer and performer of songs during the Middle ... The texts of troubadour songs deal mainly with themes of chivalry ...

The Battle of the Alamo was a nineteenth century battle between the ... for rights under the Mexican Constitution of 1824. By the time of the battle ...

the text is supplemented by the addition of decoration, such as decorated ... an illuminated manuscript was also a time of religious devotion and prayer; ...

A pigment is a material that changes the color of light it reflects ... colored because they absorb some wavelengths of light preferentially. Yet, ...

or The Lights of Canopus (in Persian) The Lights of Canopus, described ... or The Fables of Bidpai/Pilpai (in various European languages) ...

Lady Jane Grey (July 1536 – February 12, 1554), a granddaughter ... Lady Jane had a reputation as one of the most learned women of her ...

Christianity became the official religion of Europe and so suffered from ... The dominant form of anti-Semitism from the nineteenth century until ...

Civil rights are the protections and privileges of personal power ... rights laws are most often written. Examples of civil rights and liberties ...

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham PC (November 15, 1708 – May 1 ... . The major American city of Pittsburgh was named for him. Also, Pittsylvania ...

is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan. Founded in 1831 ... 31 Nobel Prize winners; 9 National Medal of Science recipients; 12 Pulitzer ...

as the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes ... system which eventually made it the target of a zealous, impoverished French ...

Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain ( Reino de España (both bordering Morocco). It is the largest of the three sovereign nations ...

as Shell, is a multinational oil company of Dutch and British origins. ... processing, transportation and marketing of hydrocarbons (oil and gas) ...

The Pitcairn Islands are a group of four islands in the southern Pacific ... The islands are best known for being the home of the descendants of ...

Napoléon III, also known as Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (full name ... Napoleon III’s ambivalent relationship with democracy may not have ...

The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines (Republika ... Philippine culture has many affinities with the West: It is one of ...

first British monarch belonging to the House of Windsor, which he created from ... From the age of 12, George served in the Royal Navy, but upon the ...

center, as well as the administrative heart of the European Union (EU). All ... Brussels has grown from a seventh century chapel into a metropolis ...

The Nicene Creed, Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed or Icon/Symbol of ... There are several designations for the two forms of the Nicene creed ...

Henry VIII (June 28, 1491 – January 28, 1547) was King of England ... Several significant pieces of legislation were enacted during Henry ...

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (June 6, 1650 – June 27, 1722) ... was an English soldier and statesman whose career spanned the reigns ...

one thousand years and ended with the rise of Christianity. It is considered ... The civilization of the ancient Greeks has been immensely influential ...

The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg ( Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg ... Germanic Europe, borrowing customs from each of the distinct traditions. Although ...

The Kingdom of Belgium is a country in northwest Europe bordered by ... Flanders in the north, with 58 percent of the population, and the French ...

mountain on Earth, as measured by the height of its summit above sea level ... The most famous of the previous challengers was the British adventurer ...

#039; label for the material culture of Britain in Late Antiquity. ... While the history of Roman Britain is reasonably well covered by contemporary ...

Debussy is considered the most original musical mind of the turn of ... Debussy was not only one of the most influential French composers ...

Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, it is situated ... Although commonly referred to in the singular, the territory consists ...

), officially the Republic of Austria ( Republik Österreich ... The origins of modern Austria date back to the ninth century, when ...

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 ...

A political party is an organized group of people who have the same ... being whether they are an extension of government power, or an organized ...

the foremost global power. It was a product of the European age of discovery ... By 1921, the British Empire ruled a population of between 470 and ...

The land within the borders of today's Portuguese Republic has ... Asia and South America, Portugal was one of the world's major economic ...

[[Image:queenvictoria.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Queen Victoria at the ... May 24, 1819 – January 22, 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great ...

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 ...

(The "Hexagon") because of the geometric shape of its ... republic with more than 200 years of democratic traditions, and ...

Church in full communion with the Bishop of Rome, currently Pope Benedict ... Church and the largest organized body of any world religion. ...

England is the largest and most populous constituent country of the ... United Kingdom, or the same as the island of Great Britain, which consists ...

The brothers' fundamental breakthrough was their invention of ... From the beginning of their aeronautical work, the Wright brothers ...

A ballistic vest is an item of protective clothing that absorbs impacts ... Ballistic vests use layers of very strong fiber to catch and deform ...

The history of women in the military extends over 4000 years into ... Yet as a matter of record, women have played a significant role in ...

at very high pressures beyond the range of unaided human survivability ... Submarines encompass one of the largest ranges in capabilities of ...

was the fifth and last Roman Emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty ... amusements while neglecting the problems of the Roman city and empire and ...

The First Crusade (1096–1099) was the first of a series of religious ... all social classes in western Europe. Mobs of predominantly poor Christians ...

1689), which corresponds to the last years of the direct Stuart reign in ... despair among Puritans, or the literature of rapid communication and trade ...

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly ... and Northern Ireland—with King Charles III as head of state. He is also ...

Democracy is the name given to a number of forms of government and ... Democracy is also a peaceful way for a group of any size to settle ...

quot; or "creating") is a form of art in which language is used ... Poetry, and discussions of it, have a long history. Early attempts ...

radio in the 1940s, he also had a string of hit records during the early ... (The Hammer Song)" (with Lee Hays of the Weavers), and "Turn ...

The Shroud of Turin is an ancient linen cloth which some believe is ... negative on its fibers, at or near the time of his proclaimed resurrection ...

, Krḗtē) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands ... to as Kaptara in texts from the Syrian city of Mari dating from the 18th century ...

jurisdiction based in Austin, the capital of Texas, in the United States ... The Rangers have taken part in many of the most important events of ...

Serbia, officially the Republic of Serbia is a landlocked country ... The Republic of Serbia comprises Serbia proper and two autonomous ...

) is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous ... Mexico City is one of the most important cultural and financial centers ...

Considered one of the original "Cradle of Civilization" ... Because of its strategic geographic location, Syria has historically ...

Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the ... Dwight D. Eisenhower was appointed commander of Supreme Headquarters Allied ...

The French Revolution (1789–1799) was a period of ideological, political ... popular uprising against the absolute power of the king and against the privileges ...

and the United States, that is composed of multiple far-left, autonomous ... Antifaschistische Aktion inspired a variety of different movements, groups ...