Search results for "Order of Malta" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Francisco Franco, was the Dictator of Spain in parts of the country ... political convictions, but rose to power in order to preserve a traditional ...40 KB (6,158 words) - 04:53, 9 April 2024
- ; May 22, 1808 – January 26, 1855) was the pen name of the French ... Antoinette Laurent, was the daughter of a clothing salesman,Pierre ...30 KB (4,372 words) - 16:49, 21 May 2024
- 1945) was the prime minister and dictator of Italy from 1922 until 1943 ... Mussolini entered World War II in June, 1940 on the side of Nazi Germany ...40 KB (6,139 words) - 09:16, 27 September 2023
- African mammal, Hippopotamus amphibius, of the Hippopotamidae family of ... they add greatly to the mystique and beauty of nature. Whether their reputation ...43 KB (6,299 words) - 15:51, 25 January 2023
- important and controversial English writer of the twentieth century, and ... Although he is now esteemed as one of the most important figures in ...40 KB (6,070 words) - 07:34, 12 January 2024
- Reis before being promoted to the rank of Pasha and becoming the Kaptan ... A series of smaller victories followed over French and Spanish adversaries ...38 KB (6,070 words) - 17:40, 30 January 2022
- 21, 1926 – September 8, 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other ... In November 1947, she married Philip Mountbatten, a former prince ...84 KB (12,053 words) - 16:21, 13 February 2024
- Sicily is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in ... For much of its existence, Sicily has stood at a crossroads of international ...34 KB (5,061 words) - 14:33, 27 January 2023
- The Napoleonic Wars comprised a series of global conflicts fought ... to Europe. Though Napoleon brought most of Western Europe under his rule ...46 KB (6,954 words) - 01:24, 11 November 2022
- The Liberty Bell is an iconic symbol of American independence, located ... it cracked while ringing after the death of Chief Justice John Marshall ...54 KB (8,496 words) - 11:03, 7 March 2023
- September 26, 2019) served as the President of France from May 17, 1995 until ... His internal policies included lower tax rates, the removal of price ...53 KB (7,676 words) - 16:40, 16 August 2023
- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and ... Elizabeth. Before the official announcement of their engagement in July 1947 ...61 KB (8,760 words) - 00:36, 12 April 2023
- the aircraft carrier as the capital ship of the fleet, a role previously ... 000 tonnes or more, has been the pinnacle of carrier development since their ...53 KB (8,096 words) - 07:01, 16 June 2023
- The Turkish invasion of Cyprus (Turkish: Operation Peace), launched ... Turkey invoked its role as a guarantor under the 1960 Treaty of Guarantee ...55 KB (8,362 words) - 00:23, 3 May 2023
- An abortion is the removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus from ... methods carried out without the support of the medical community, which ...56 KB (8,002 words) - 06:28, 14 June 2023
- Paul of Tarsus (originally Saul of Tarsus), also known as Saint Paul ... before his conversion was a great persecutor of Christians. His experience ...56 KB (9,113 words) - 00:50, 23 December 2022
- forced mass evacuation and related deaths of hundreds of thousands or over ... believe that the massacres were a case of genocide. Western commentators ...48 KB (7,401 words) - 03:50, 15 August 2023
- is concerned with the ordering and design of settlements, from the smallest ... Urban planning is the integration of the disciplines of land-use planning ...40 KB (5,976 words) - 22:28, 13 November 2022
- movement that unified different states of the Italian peninsula into ... Ideas of the new kingdom as the modern-day successor of the Roman ...54 KB (8,375 words) - 06:28, 11 March 2024
- Decolonization refers to the undoing of colonialism, the establishment ... newly independent nation cherished as a sign of membership in the community ...71 KB (10,085 words) - 19:16, 10 July 2023
