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The Reichsmark (German: [ˈʁaɪçsˌmaʁk] ; sign: ℛ︁ℳ︁; abbreviation: RM) was the currency of Germany from 1924 until the fall of Nazi Germany in 1945, and...

Irish music is music that has been created in various genres on the island of Ireland. The indigenous music of the island is termed Irish traditional music...

Městys (or, unofficially or obsolete, městečko [literally "small town"]), translated as "market town", is a status conferred on certain municipalities...

The First Schleswig War (‹See Tfd›German: Schleswig-Holsteinischer Krieg), also known as the Schleswig-Holstein Uprising (‹See Tfd›German: Schleswig-Holsteinische...

Christian VI (30 November 1699 – 6 August 1746) was King of Denmark and Norway from 1730 to 1746. The eldest surviving son of Frederick IV and Louise of...

50°45′05″N 1°08′12″W / 50.75140°N 1.13667°W / 50.75140; -1.13667 Spithead is an area of the Solent and a roadstead off Gilkicker Point in Hampshire...

Silvertown War Memorial, also known as Silvertown Explosion Memorial, is a war memorial in Silvertown, in East London. It serves as a memorial for the...

The Neighbours is a sculpture by Siegfried Charoux. It was commissioned in 1957 using funds set aside by London County Council for public art in its housing...

The Manx Electric Railway (Manx: Raad Yiarn Lectragh Vannin) is an electric interurban tramway connecting Douglas, Laxey and Ramsey in the Isle of Man...

Hubert Lagardelle (8 July 1874 – 20 September 1958) was a pioneer of French revolutionary syndicalism. He regularly authored reviews for the Plans magazine...

Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz (23 January 1751, or 12 January in the Julian calendar – 4 June 1792, or 24 May in the Julian calendar) was a Baltic German...

Gude Wallace (Roud 75, Child 157) is a traditional English-language folk song, recounting in ballad form an exploit of William Wallace from the fourth...

The Huddersfield Narrow Canal is an inland waterway in northern England. It runs just under 20 miles (32 km) from Lock 1E at the rear of the University...

Geleen (Dutch pronunciation: [ɣəˈleːn]; Limburgish: Gelaen [ɣəˈlɛːn]) is a city in the southern part of the province of Limburg in the Netherlands. With...

Fulneck Moravian Settlement is a village in Pudsey in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire, England. The village (grid reference SE225319)...

Den Danske Salmebog (The Danish Psalm Book or The Danish Hymnal) is a book of 791 hymns used by the Church of Denmark. It has been published in several...

XU (X for "unknown" and U for "undercover agent") was a clandestine intelligence organisation working on behalf of Allied powers in occupied Norway during...

William V (‹See Tfd›German: Wilhelm) (13 February 1602 – 21 September 1637), a member of the House of Hesse, was Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel from 1627 to...

The Baden Black Forest Railway (German: Badische Schwarzwaldbahn) is a twin-track, electrified railway line in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, running in a...

Irish verb forms are constructed either synthetically or analytically. Synthetic forms express the information about person and number in the ending: e...