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- of the Austrian Empire, Habsburg Spain, and in certain times, the Holy Roman ... In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the Peace of Westphalia ...37 KB (5,890 words) - 17:06, 23 December 2020
- prison reformer who was the driving force in legislation to make the treatment ... Elizabeth Gurney Fry was born on May 21, 1790, in Norwich, Norfolk ...14 KB (2,286 words) - 16:17, 13 February 2024
- geometry by expressing the laws of motion in a form that could be manipulated ... Lodovico Lagrangia five days after his birth in Turin (Sarton 1944). He was ...29 KB (4,634 words) - 07:15, 10 August 2022
- He is considered the founder of Romanticism in French literature. Romanticism ... a full heart, an empty world," he wrote in Génie du Christianisme. He ...16 KB (2,325 words) - 09:37, 11 April 2024
- to be the founder of the English nation. As king of the southern Anglo-Saxon ... Alfred was born sometime between 847 and 849 at Wantage in the present ...34 KB (5,332 words) - 20:42, 20 July 2023
- pitted France against Britain, Austria, Prussia, Russia, and several other ... They are divided in two periods: the War of the First Coalition (1792–97 ...65 KB (9,639 words) - 10:56, 11 April 2024
- against and amongst the followers of Jan Hus in Bohemia in the period 1420 ... history, some people of faith have engaged in armed struggle. However, the ...28 KB (4,454 words) - 21:23, 9 February 2024
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a state located in the Middle ... One of Pennsylvania's nicknames is the Quaker State; in colonial ...35 KB (4,904 words) - 17:13, 26 March 2023
- A fable is a succinct story, in prose or verse, that employs the literary ... Fables, fairy tales, and parables all have in common the fact that ...17 KB (2,635 words) - 00:26, 25 March 2024
- Revolution, when armed revolutionaries in Paris, increasingly in conflict ... Conflict between King Louis XVI of France and the country's new ...38 KB (5,991 words) - 14:42, 31 August 2022
- India from January 1, 1877, until her death in 1901. Her reign lasted more ... social, economic, and technological change in the United Kingdom. In that ...55 KB (8,686 words) - 14:59, 10 May 2024
- [[Image:Napoleon Bonaparte.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Napoleon in His Study ... Napoleon I Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, King of Italy (August ...53 KB (8,268 words) - 01:21, 11 November 2022
- Netherlands from 1980 until her abdication in 2013, after a reign of exactly ... during her childhood so Beatrix followed in the footsteps of four remarkable ...28 KB (3,868 words) - 10:18, 26 September 2023
- the river Daugava. Riga is the largest city in the Baltic states. UNESCO considers to be unparalleled anywhere in the world. ...31 KB (4,622 words) - 21:06, 16 April 2023
- His rise to prominence began as a lowly page in the royal court of Stuart England ... Marlborough found international fame in the War of the Spanish Succession ...54 KB (8,414 words) - 17:21, 16 December 2022
- codes of rabbinical law and is much quoted in other Jewish literature. ... In European history, the Talmud was sometimes suppressed by the Catholic ...32 KB (4,820 words) - 03:57, 27 February 2023
- i-Aqdas and the Kitáb-i-Íqán. He died in Bahjí in present-day Israel ... In 1844, a 25-year-old man from Shiraz, Siyyid Mírzá `Alí-Muhammad ...32 KB (5,101 words) - 05:47, 26 August 2023
- , Nikolay II) was the last tsar of Russia, the King of Poland, and ... Novgorod, Tsar of Kazan, Tsar of Astrakhan, King of Poland, Tsar of Siberia ...28 KB (4,350 words) - 23:31, 14 November 2022
- the park one of the most important sites in the world for these species ... by decree on June 24, 1976 and established in 1978. The wetlands area was ...16 KB (2,318 words) - 17:29, 10 February 2023
- objects. Most of the world's amber is in the range of 30–90 million ... Amber was much valued as an ornamental material in very early times ...17 KB (2,724 words) - 02:46, 24 July 2023
- #039;s Association, Marx became interested in social change during his university ... over a period of four decades beginning in 1843. He formulated his theories ...40 KB (6,034 words) - 17:41, 31 March 2023
- Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, a country in ... of Brandenburg was crowned "King in Prussia." From 1713 to ...115 KB (16,736 words) - 17:52, 14 December 2023
- ideological, political and social upheaval in the political history of France ... uprising against the absolute power of the king and against the privileges ...68 KB (10,394 words) - 10:55, 11 April 2024
- for diminishing his talent as lacking in innovation and depth. to be restrained by forms of virtuosity then in vogue. His performance of Bach ...31 KB (4,782 words) - 17:14, 26 March 2024
- de la Platière. She became interested in politics only when the French ... In 1791 the couple settled in Paris, where Madame Roland soon established ...54 KB (8,542 words) - 21:56, 28 November 2022
- In the early stages of his career, Agassiz made a name for himself ... Louis Agassiz was born in Môtier (now part of Haut-Vully) in the ...18 KB (2,730 words) - 04:09, 4 November 2022
- direct students through extending assistance in understanding and applying ... and Elizabeth Haughton. Stokes was raised in an evangelical Protestant home. ...20 KB (3,041 words) - 10:37, 13 December 2023
- The Axis Powers is a term for those participants in World War II opposed ... Italy, facing opposition to its war in Abyssinia from the League of ...31 KB (4,510 words) - 07:22, 23 August 2023
- Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central ... The first Polish state was baptized in 966, an event that coincided ...71 KB (10,329 words) - 17:32, 2 January 2024
- a radical voice who published his views in pamphlets, placards and newspapers ... After the fall of the Girondins, in which Marat played an important ...49 KB (7,367 words) - 18:14, 1 December 2022
- tuber crop, and the fourth largest crop in terms of fresh produce (after ... crop of Ireland when the potato famine hit in the mid-nineteenth century ...20 KB (3,010 words) - 05:53, 30 November 2022
- City State from March 2, 1939 until his death in 1958. Pius is one of the few popes in recent history to exercise his right ...51 KB (7,678 words) - 20:42, 9 April 2023
- language prefigured later developments in European classical music, including ... Richard Wagner was born in Leipzig, Germany, on May 22, 1813. His ...53 KB (8,225 words) - 21:05, 16 April 2023
- The Battle of Blenheim (referred to in some countries as the Second ... from the Low Countries to the River Danube in five weeks. After securing ...50 KB (7,770 words) - 11:32, 20 September 2023
- originally from the département of Gironde in southwest France. From 1791 ... the National Convention until their fall in the insurrection of 31 May ...34 KB (4,885 words) - 16:31, 15 December 2022
- Britain, (known as the French and Indian War in North America), and who was ... (since he was Earl of Chatham) are named in his honor. Chatham, New Jersey ...49 KB (8,091 words) - 14:59, 10 October 2020
- typically is the major health care facility in its region, with many beds ... In accordance with the original meaning of the word, hospitals were ...34 KB (4,867 words) - 16:01, 25 April 2020
- ), is a small, predominantly mountainous country located in Central ... After hundreds of years' involvement in innumerable wars, Austria ...90 KB (13,119 words) - 17:56, 22 August 2023
- The Battle of Charleston was a Confederate victory in Kanawha County ... few casualties, was the second major fight in Loring's Kanawha Valley ...38 KB (5,738 words) - 19:45, 30 March 2024
- It covers about a century and a half in Europe, beginning with the ... of reality. Emboldened by the revolution in physics commenced by Newtonian ...33 KB (4,666 words) - 04:36, 30 April 2021
- churches, being the largest Gothic church in Northern Europe. Even though ... It was named a World Heritage Site in 1996, being one of the best ...24 KB (3,597 words) - 22:36, 7 January 2024
- and alcohol, insanity, crime, violence, and in general any societal sin, often ... of the nineteenth century by Alfred de Vigny in his 1832 drama, Stello, in ...21 KB (3,307 words) - 02:36, 8 January 2024
- as such exists bearing that name. In reality, the movement consists ... Red Cross workers were immediately involved in aid, medical and relief work ...66 KB (10,055 words) - 01:47, 8 December 2022
- Jews have lived in Germany for over 1700 years, through both periods ... the most assimilated Jewish community in the world, the movement to ...56 KB (8,438 words) - 08:48, 3 April 2024
- profession who considered him a charlatan. In Mesmer's time there was ... regard to health. Twentieth century interest in natural healing methods developed ...22 KB (3,362 words) - 16:24, 29 October 2022
- image_caption = Friedrich Nietzsche in 1882 | name = Friedrich Wilhelm ... birth = October 15, 1844 (Röcken bei Lützen, Saxony, Prussia) | ...52 KB (7,901 words) - 11:05, 11 April 2024
- abolished following the nation's defeat in World War I. translated to "The German Reich" in English-speaking countries ...56 KB (8,410 words) - 23:27, 3 May 2023
- statesman who served twice as Prime Minister in the mid-nineteenth century ... right and to defend justice had a vital role in international relations. He ...66 KB (10,174 words) - 15:23, 25 January 2023
- The Kingdom of Belgium is a country in northwest Europe bordered by ... largest regions are Dutch-speaking Flanders in the north, with 58 percent ...76 KB (10,944 words) - 08:52, 27 September 2023
- purpose, directive principle, or finality in the processes of human history. ... In the Poetics, Aristotle argued that poetry is superior to history ...30 KB (4,545 words) - 04:16, 24 November 2022
- Peninsula and the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily ... of Campione d'Italia, an enclave in the territory of the Italian ...48 KB (6,888 words) - 16:16, 22 September 2021
- approach to divorce settlements has emerged in recent years, known as mediation ... unfavorably, if not outright prohibited. In recent times with the secularization ...63 KB (9,390 words) - 15:32, 29 January 2024
- jpg|thumb|right|400px|Refugees arrive in Travnik, central [[Bosnia and ... Refugee was defined as a legal group in response to the large numbers ...35 KB (5,240 words) - 19:39, 16 April 2023
- ), archaically spelled Luxemburg, is a small landlocked country in ... Luxembourg is one of the smallest countries in Europe, and ranked ...46 KB (6,759 words) - 03:09, 5 November 2022
- It also brought about radical change in the European and Middle Eastern ... The legacy of the war, in many respects, was World War II, which was ...72 KB (11,195 words) - 13:50, 20 May 2023
- Republic of Ireland which became independent in 1922. Apart from this land ... Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland—with King Charles III as head of state ...123 KB (18,096 words) - 11:41, 3 May 2023
- The Middle Ages form the middle period in a traditional division of ... With the demise of centralized Roman government in the West, trade ...60 KB (9,144 words) - 10:41, 10 March 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
- The origin of the battleship can be found in the Great ships built ... These ships were the first used in experiments with carrying large ...59 KB (9,033 words) - 22:12, 16 January 2022
- The Dover Strait and the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian ... Elaborate systems of dikes particularly in the Netherlands have been constructed ...64 KB (9,669 words) - 10:06, 11 March 2023
- known as the Third Battle of Ushant, and in France as the Bataille du 13 ... Villaret de Joyeuse. The two forces clashed in the Atlantic Ocean, some ...60 KB (9,430 words) - 18:53, 31 December 2023
- whose metropolitan territory is located in Western Europe and that also ... Christianity took root in France in the second century, and became ...109 KB (16,195 words) - 06:41, 1 April 2024
- of the Russian Empire, fabricated the text in the late 1890s or early 1900s ... Since 1903, when the Protocols appeared in print, its earliest publishers ...66 KB (9,730 words) - 23:42, 22 October 2023
- In his early years Chamberlain was a radically minded Liberal Party ... Several monuments honor his legacy in the City of Birmingham. Throughout ...63 KB (9,535 words) - 21:17, 6 May 2024
- govern themselves. However, colonization was in reality driven by commercial ... exploration and exploitation had begun in earnest at the end of the eighteenth ...50 KB (7,409 words) - 17:29, 25 January 2023
- The September Massacres were a series of killings of prisoners in ... 1:00 pm, Georges Danton delivered a speech in the assembly warning citizens ...69 KB (9,949 words) - 09:52, 26 January 2023
- scholarship and apostolic zeal. Founded in 1540 by Saint Ignatius of Loyola ... independence and separate leader in the order (sometimes called ...45 KB (6,894 words) - 21:50, 30 January 2023
- career U.S. Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War. His ... and private citizen, he was instrumental in the development and protection ...46 KB (7,083 words) - 03:18, 24 November 2022
- as a result of the Paris Peace Conference in 1919–1920. The League's ... After a number of notable successes and some early failures in the ...54 KB (8,084 words) - 06:07, 6 March 2023
- Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe, formerly a part of the Soviet ... the founding Republics of the Soviet Union in 1922. Ukraine and became independent ...72 KB (10,102 words) - 01:29, 3 May 2023
- 1945. It was the largest and deadliest war in history. The date commonly ... the British Empire, France, and others. In May, 1940, Germany invaded ...70 KB (11,168 words) - 13:51, 20 May 2023
- In World War II, the Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France ... France was divided into a German occupation zone in the north and ...78 KB (12,110 words) - 11:42, 20 September 2023
- professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB ... and a capable baseball player. In 1914, Ruth was signed to play ...148 KB (22,705 words) - 23:33, 13 May 2024
