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Malta, officially Republic of Malta, is a small and densely populated ... A small archipelago strategically located, Malta has had a long and ...

|combatant2= [[Image:Flag of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta ... The Siege of Malta (also known as the Great Siege of Malta) took place ...

The Knights Hospitaller (also known as the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta, Order of St ...

1565) was a Ottoman admiral as well as Bey of Algiers; Beylerbey of the Mediterranean; ... he lived out his life in the context of what many regarded as permanent ...

April 23, 303 C.E.), also known as George of Lydda, is one of the most venerated ... In Christian hagiography, Saint George is the patron saint of Aragon ...

a Christian Apostle and the younger brother of Saint Peter. He was renowned ... It is also held that Andrew founded the See of Byzantium in 38 C.E ...

Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, GCB, OM, GCMG, KCSI, CIE, PC, FRS ... Lord Cromer was one of the most experienced and famous colonial administrators ...

founded on March 25, 1957, by the signing of the Treaty of Rome under the ... citizens, while also remaining citizens of their home states. ...

New World monkeys comprising the genus Cebus of the primate family Cebidae ... values, capuchins add to the human wonder of nature, are used in laboratory ...

has such standing. There are also a variety of ways such endorsement occurs ... The degree and nature of state backing for a denomination or creed ...

raised from the dead by Jesus (See Gospel of John 11:41-44); the other Lazarus ... reappear in the fossil record after a period of apparent extinction. In medical ...

Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick ( ... held on March 17, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick ( ...

an Italian artist active in Rome, Naples, Malta and Sicily between 1593 and ... fled from Rome with a price on his head. In Malta in 1608 he was involved in ...

his dribbling abilities and the longevity of his professional playing career ... Because of his fine dribbling skills, Matthews gained the nicknames ...

1945 to February 11, 1945 between the heads of government of the United States ... betrayal" was coined in several of these countries to describe ...

diplomat who was the sixth secretary-general of the United Nations from January ... decorated with the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. The World Affairs Council ...

The Suez Canal had been important in Iran and the colonial penetration ... The Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936 gave the United Kingdom control ...

in the Roman Catholic faith, is a piece of metal, often worn around the ... These medals have their roots in the very beginnings of Christianity ...

The Adriatic Sea is part of the Mediterranean Sea separating the Italian ... The sea's western coast runs the length of Italy, while the eastern ...

A siege is a military blockade of a city or fortress with the intent ... the Middle East show archaeological evidence of having had fortified city walls ...

:"Fall of Communism" redirects here. For the fall of the ... The Revolutions of 1989 refers to the collapse of Communism in Eastern ...

Easter. It commemorates the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem in the ... used to designate the day. The difficulty of procuring palms for that day ...

Many Jews converted to Christianity after the reconquest of Spain ... The conversion of these Jews to Christianity soon became suspect, ...

Snail is the common name applied to most members of the mollusk class ... Gastropoda, the largest and most diverse class of the phylum Mollusca ...

The Council of Europe is the oldest international organization working ... The most famous bodies of the Council of Europe are the European Court ...

The Teutonic Order is a German Roman Catholic religious order. Its ... Formed at the end of the twelfth century in Acre, Palestine, the medieval ...

The Order of the Knights of Columbus is the world's largest Roman ... the Order of the Holy Sepulchre, the Order of Malta, the Order of St. Gregory ...

that the term refers to a particular kind of sacrifice carried out by the ... While no particular form of Moloch is known due to the ambiguity of ...

Napoleon I Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, King of Italy (August ... Over the course of little more than a decade, the armies of France ...

Saint Martin of Tours (c. 316, Savaria, Pannonia – November 8, 397 ... with a freezing beggar and received a vision of Christ which moved him to renounce ...

center-right politician who was President of the French Republic from 1974 ... He was a proponent of the United States of Europe and, having limited ...

The word Allah has been used by Arabic people of different religions ... The etymology of the word Allāh has been discussed extensively by ...

The term Barbarian does not derive from the name of any tribe or cultural ... Although barbarian cultures generally worked against the advancement ...

who served as the second Supreme Leader of North Korea from 1994 to 2011 ... become the heir apparent for the leadership of the Democratic People's ...

In his acting, he gave a new life to some of the greatest classics in the ... English gentlemen, a true knight of the stage. On the other hand ...

in the British Army, writer, and founder of the World Scouting Movement. the surrounding city during the long Siege of Mafeking. ...

15, 1891 – October 14, 1944) was one of the most distinguished field ... chivalry towards his adversaries. He was one of the few German commanders who ...

community, and to build on his conception of the basic unity of mankind ... and between the Americas and the islands of the Pacific is historically ...

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 ...

North Africa—located on the eastern side of Lake Tunis across from the ... Originally a settlement of Phoenician colonists, Carthage grew into ...

|observedby = Commonwealth of Nations United States ... – is a day to commemorate the sacrifices of members of the armed forces ...

contact, outdoor sport played by two teams of 13 players each, with an oval ... from what was initially a breakaway faction of England's Rugby Football ...

Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas George Mountbatten ... Gandhi but was unable to avoid the Partition of India, although he would have ...

plays throughout the 1600s. Born the second of five children to Anne and Arthur ... Born the second of five children, and only boy, to Anne and Arthur ...

Peter, and Cephas—original name Simeon son of Jonah—was one of the Twelve ... by Jesus, who reportedly gave him the keys of heaven and called him the ...

a favorite target for his particular brand of humor were United States Presidents ... Hope, who earned the moniker "The King of Comedy," was ...

San Marino, officially the Republic of San Marino Repubblica di San Marino ... since they hold the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and the Holy See, for ...

The Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental ... agreement providing such a high degree of individual protection. State ...

The Battle of Lepanto took place on October 7, 1571 when a galley ... fought solely between rowing vessels was one of history's most decisive ...

twenty to thirty Scouts under guidance of a Scout leader, and subdivided ... fitness through a structured program of outdoor activities. The Scout ...

The common law forms a major part of the law of those countries of ... As a genre of law which is based on custom, tradition, and/or precedent ...

Roman Catholic Church elects a new Bishop of Rome (Pope) at a time when ... In the early centuries of Christianity, the bishop of Rome (like other ...

Hospice care is a type of health care that focuses on the palliation ... Hospice care in the United States is largely defined by the practices ...

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

The Battle of Austerlitz (also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors ... 1805, Austria and France signed the Treaty of Pressburg, which took the former ...

in Literature in 1934. Pirandello was one of the leading figures of modernity ... family in a village with the curious name of Caos (Chaos), a poor suburb ...

]]/) is a state in the Pacific Northwest and Great Plains regions ... also important to the economy, with millions of visitors a year to Glacier ...

or 日本海軍 Nippon Kaigun), officially Navy of the Greater Japanese ... During World War I, a force of Japanese destroyers supported the Allies ...

Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein ... commanded Allied forces at the Battle of El Alamein, a major turning ...

; May 22, 1808 – January 26, 1855) was the pen name of the French ... Antoinette Laurent, was the daughter of a clothing salesman,Pierre ...

Francisco Franco, was the Dictator of Spain in parts of the country ... political convictions, but rose to power in order to preserve a traditional ...

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 ...

African mammal, Hippopotamus amphibius, of the Hippopotamidae family of ... they add greatly to the mystique and beauty of nature. Whether their reputation ...

important and controversial English writer of the twentieth century, and ... Although he is now esteemed as one of the most important figures in ...

Reis before being promoted to the rank of Pasha and becoming the Kaptan ... A series of smaller victories followed over French and Spanish adversaries ...

21, 1926 – September 8, 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other ... In November 1947, she married Philip Mountbatten, a former prince ...

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 ...

The Napoleonic Wars comprised a series of global conflicts fought ... to Europe. Though Napoleon brought most of Western Europe under his rule ...

The Liberty Bell is an iconic symbol of American independence, located ... it cracked while ringing after the death of Chief Justice John Marshall ...

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 ...

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 ...

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and ... Elizabeth. Before the official announcement of their engagement in July 1947 ...

The Turkish invasion of Cyprus (Turkish: Operation Peace), launched ... Turkey invoked its role as a guarantor under the 1960 Treaty of Guarantee ...

An abortion is the removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus from ... methods carried out without the support of the medical community, which ...

Paul of Tarsus (originally Saul of Tarsus), also known as Saint Paul ... before his conversion was a great persecutor of Christians. His experience ...

forced mass evacuation and related deaths of hundreds of thousands or over ... believe that the massacres were a case of genocide. Western commentators ...

is concerned with the ordering and design of settlements, from the smallest ... Urban planning is the integration of the disciplines of land-use planning ...

movement that unified different states of the Italian peninsula into ... Ideas of the new kingdom as the modern-day successor of the Roman ...

Decolonization refers to the undoing of colonialism, the establishment ... newly independent nation cherished as a sign of membership in the community ...

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 ...

played as a forward. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all ... in football and for his outspoken support of policies that improve the social ...

The Greek War of Independence (1821–1829), also commonly known as ... enthusiastic: Some powers linked the demise of the Ottomans with the fate ...

The date commonly given for the start of the war is September 1, 1939 ... The Allies were initially made up of Poland, the British Empire, France ...

) were a series of sweeping military conflicts lasting from 1792 until ... They are divided in two periods: the War of the First Coalition (1792–97 ...

mines increasingly financed a long series of European and North African ... The Peace of Utrecht (1713) stripped Spain of its remaining territories ...

and dancer. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is widely regarded ... The eighth child of the Jackson family, Michael made his professional ...