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- In 1993 Simone settled near Aix-en-Provence in the south of France. She had been ill with cancer for several years before she died in her sleep ...29 KB (4,661 words) - 09:48, 11 March 2023
- Joseph Willem Mengelberg (March 28, 1871 - March 21, 1951) was a Dutch conductor. He was the second of only six music directors of the renowned ...11 KB (1,649 words) - 15:38, 6 May 2023
- Anatidae is the biological family of medium to very large-sized birds in the order Anseriformes that includes the ducks, geese and swans, with ...30 KB (4,269 words) - 01:03, 9 January 2023
- The Seven Years War (1756-1763) involved all the major European powers of the period, causing 900,000 to 1,400,000 deaths. Statistics of Wars ...29 KB (4,438 words) - 10:09, 26 January 2023
- Sultan Mahommed Shah, Aga Khan III, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GCVO, PC (November 2, 1877 – July 11, 1957) was the 48th Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims ...12 KB (1,931 words) - 06:10, 16 June 2023
- Pavel Nikolayevich Milyukov is sometimes rendered in English as Paul Miliukov or Paul Milukoff. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ...37 KB (5,152 words) - 21:52, 28 November 2022
- William Hogarth (November 10, 1697 – October 26, 1764) was an English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic, and editorial ...25 KB (3,851 words) - 10:59, 9 May 2023
- Robert Browning (May 7, 1812 – December 12, 1889) was an English poet and playwright who, along with Alfred Lord Tennyson is perhaps one of ...15 KB (2,267 words) - 03:13, 15 December 2022
- Maria Theresa (May 13, 1717 – November 29, 1780) was (reigning) Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, and, through her marriage ...16 KB (2,351 words) - 04:11, 6 November 2022
- Charlemagne (742 or 747 – January 28, 814) (also Charles the Great; His name in English, Charlemagne, is identical to the French language from ...56 KB (8,914 words) - 01:47, 4 December 2023
- Marie Antoinette (November 2, 1755 – October 16, 1793), the Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria, was later titled, Marie Antoinette, Queen ...41 KB (6,571 words) - 08:32, 10 March 2023
- Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné) (September 5, 1638 – September 1, 1715) ruled as King of France and of Navarre from May 14, 1643 until his death ...62 KB (10,084 words) - 04:10, 4 November 2022
- A computer is a machine for manipulating data according to a list of instructions. Computers take numerous physical forms. Early electronic computers ...50 KB (7,240 words) - 00:24, 8 January 2024
- Chennai (Tamil: சென்னை), formerly known as Madras, the capital of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, sits on the Coromandel Coast of ...44 KB (6,123 words) - 14:52, 5 December 2023
- The French Revolution (1789–1799) was a period of ideological, political and social upheaval in the political history of France and Europe ...68 KB (10,394 words) - 10:55, 11 April 2024
- Padua ( Padova 'padova , Latin: Patavium, Padoa ) is the capital city and the economic and communications hub of Padova province, in the ...25 KB (3,594 words) - 06:14, 18 November 2022
- Cologne (Köln in German) is Germany's fourth-largest city after Berlin, Hamburg and Munich. A key inland port of Europe, it lies on the ...26 KB (3,818 words) - 22:35, 7 January 2024
- Saint Anselm of Canterbury (1033 – April 21, 1109) was an Italian medieval philosopher, theologian, and church official who held the office ...33 KB (5,289 words) - 05:15, 31 July 2023
- The Palace of Versailles (in French: Château de Versailles, or simply Versailles) is a royal chateau in Versailles, France. When the chateau ...36 KB (5,934 words) - 06:18, 18 November 2022
- The Kingdom of Belgium is a country in northwest Europe bordered by the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, and France, with a short coastline ...76 KB (10,944 words) - 08:52, 27 September 2023
