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Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB; literally New German Biography) is a biographical reference work. It is the successor to the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie...

Louise of Hesse-Kassel (German: Luise Wilhelmine Friederike Caroline Auguste Julie, Danish: Louise Wilhelmine Frederikke Caroline Auguste Julie; 7 September...

The Diocese of Urgell (Catalan pronunciation: [uɾˈ(d)ʒeʎ]; Latin: Diœcesis Urgellensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Catalonia (Spain)...

The Margraviate of Baden (German: Markgrafschaft Baden) was a historical territory of the Holy Roman Empire. Spread along the right banks of the Upper...

The Cavalcade of Magi is a traditional parade with floats carrying the wise men taking place in practically all Spanish cities and villages (known in Spanish...

Tossa de Mar (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈtosə ðə ˈmaɾ]) is a municipality in Catalonia, Spain, located on the coastal Costa Brava, about 100 kilometres north...

Events from the year 1997 in Denmark. Monarch - Margrethe II Prime minister - Poul Nyrup Rasmussen 13 July–23 July – The 1997 Summer Deaflympics are held...

Cayman Islands – United States relations are bilateral relations between the Cayman Islands, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom of Great Britain...

48°49′43″N 2°13′21″E / 48.82861°N 2.22250°E / 48.82861; 2.22250 The Manufacture nationale de Sèvres is one of the principal European porcelain factories...

Basketligaen Norge, better known as BLNO, is a professional men's basketball league in Norway. It was established in 2000 following the rebranding of the...

Phocis was an ancient region in the central part of Ancient Greece, which included Delphi. A modern administrative unit, also called Phocis, is named after...

For more than a century, the Swiss locomotive, multiple unit, motor coach and railcar classification system, in either its original or updated forms, has...

The Polish–Teutonic War (1326–1332) was the war between the Kingdom of Poland and the State of the Teutonic Order over Pomerelia, fought from 1326 to 1332...

Knowl Hill School is an independent school in the village of Pirbright in Surrey. Knowl Hill is a co-educational (mixed gender) school. There is a Junior...

Baron Charles Athanase Walckenaer (25 December 1771 – 28 April 1852) was a French civil servant, writer, man of letters, and scientist. He was a polymath...

The siege of Ganja during the last phase of the Perso-Ottoman war of 1730–1735 resulted in the surrender of the city by its Ottoman garrison after a brave...

Ivan Gel (Ukrainian: Іван Андрійович Ґель July 17, 1937, Klitsko (today Lviv Raion) – March 16, 2011) was a Ukrainian politician and dissident. He was...

The governor-general of the Irish Free State (Irish: Seanascal Shaorstát Éireann) was the official representative of the sovereign of the Irish Free State...

Oliwa, Gdańsk Archcathedral is a church in Oliwa, Gdańsk, Poland that is dedicated to the Holy Trinity. Also known as the Archcathedral Basilica of the...

The Principality of Calenberg was a dynastic division of the Welf Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg established in 1432. Calenberg was ruled by the House of...