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  • The Eighty Years' War, or Dutch Revolt (1568–1648), was the ... The Southern Netherlands, situated in modern-day Belgium, Luxembourg ...
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  • – August 28, 1645) worked as a jurist in the Dutch Republic and laid the ... Grotius removed natural law from the jurisdiction of moral theologians ...
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  • politician, and stateswoman. She was the first woman in Canadian history ... Sauvé's main objective was to see to the fulfillment of national ...
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  • The Glorious Revolution was the overthrow of James II of England in ... The Glorious Revolution also saw a partnership of husband and wife ...
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  • Nederland is the European section of the Kingdom of the Netherlands ... Amsterdam is the capital city (hoofdstad), and The Hague (Dutch: Den ...
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  • Charles II (May 29, 1630 – February 6, 1685) was the King of England ... The exact date that Charles became king is vague due to the uncertain ...
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  • Edward VII (November 9, 1841 – May 6, 1910) was King of the United ... Before his accession to the throne, Edward held the title of Prince ...
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  • Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation ... attract upscale tourists. Though it was once the home of the extinct dodo bird ...
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  • a favorite leading lady during an era when the Golden Years of Hollywood ... however, malnourishment as a child during the war years left her unable ...
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  • The Battle of Waterloo, fought on June 18, 1815, was Napoleon Bonaparte ... rule began to assemble armies to oppose him. The principal armies of Napoleon ...
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  • 5, 1638 – September 1, 1715) ruled as King of France and of Navarre from ... These cultural achievements contributed to the prestige of France, its people ...
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  • Spain led European global exploration and colonial expansion in the ... The Peace of Utrecht (1713) stripped Spain of its remaining territories ...
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  • The Council of Trent was the 19th Ecumenical Council of the Roman ... 1545, and December 4, 1563, as a response to the Protestant Reformation. It ...
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  • and performances were very popular during the Second World War. She was ... She remained popular after the war, appearing on radio and television ...
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  • The Kingdom of Belgium is a country in northwest Europe bordered by ... Straddling the cultural boundary between Germanic and Latin Europe ...
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  • ; May 22, 1808 – January 26, 1855) was the pen name of the French ... Marie Marguerite Antoinette Laurent, was the daughter of a clothing salesman ...
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  • The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) ([[Kyūjitai| Kyūjitai ... or 日本海軍 Nippon Kaigun), officially Navy of the Greater Japanese ...
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  • France, officially the French Republic, is a country whose metropolitan ... The French Republic is a unitary semi-presidential republic with more ...
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