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    Finland has produced postage stamps for use since 1856. In the war of 1808-1809, Russian troops conquered Finland. Finland had been a part of Sweden and...
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    Mangarevan narrative (or Mangarevan mythology) comprises the legends, historical tales, and sayings of the ancient Mangarevan people. It is considered...
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    Petros Vrailas Armenis (Greek: Πέτρος Βράιλας Αρμένης; 1812-1884) was a Greek philosopher, liberal politician, and diplomat from Corfu (Kerkyra) in the...
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    The Birmingham Mint was a coining mint and metal-working company based in Birmingham, England. Formerly the world's largest privately owned mint, the company...
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  • The Chief Minister of Saint Helena is the head of the Saint Helena Government. The chief minister is elected by the Legislative Council of Saint Helena...
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    HMS M30 was a Royal Navy M29-class monitor of the First World War. The availability of ten 6 inch Mk XII guns from the Queen Elizabeth-class battleships...
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  • Richard le Goz (died 1082 or after), was a Norman nobleman and supporter of William the Conqueror in the Norman conquest of England. Richard was the son...
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  • Anna Rågel or Anna Rogel (4 December 1751 in Merikarvia – 5 July 1784) was a Finnish preacher. She is regarded as the most notable woman within the religious...
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  • Alice Lucille McCoy (born March 29, 1948) is an American politician who served as a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives for District 35...
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  • List of Eastern Orthodox Archbishops of Finland, primates of the Finnish Orthodox Church: Antonij [Anthony] (Vadkovsky) Archbishop (1892-1898) Nikolaj...
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  • In 1547 the river that flowed northwest into Lake Tacarigua (today, Lake Valencia) was first seen by the expeditionary Juan de Villegas and the other men...
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  • Within anthropology, Extension transference is the symbolic sub-division of a particular goal or purpose so that the sub-divided concepts seem fragmented...
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    A tulipiere or tulip-holder is an ornate vessel in which to grow tulips and is usually made of hand-crafted pottery, classically delftware. They are typically...
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  • Huusgavel, Huusgafvel, or Husgafvel, is listed as number 2102 on the List of Swedish noble families. The family originates from Veckelax Vehkalahti, Finland...
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  • Giolla na Naomh Mac Aodhagáin, Irish scribe and historian, died c. 1443. A member of the Mac Aodhagáin family of bards, Giolla na Naomh was a professor...
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  • Aisling Ní Dhonnchadha is an Irish scholar and academic who previously lectured in the Department of Modern Irish in Maynooth University. Cnuasach Comhar...
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  • Hiidenniemi beacon tower (Finnish: Hiidenniemen pooki) was a historic daymark tower on the northern coast of Hailuoto island in Gulf of Bothnia in Finland...
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  • Claudine Brunand (1630 in Lyon – 1674) was a French poet and engraver, who had learned the art of engraving from her father, Aymé Brunand. Brunand was...
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    The Henfenfeld Castle, also called Pfinzing Castle, is a Höhenburg in Henfenfeld in the Landkreis Nürnberger Land, Germany, which was built around 1200...
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  • Dirmicius of Regensburg, 2nd Abbot of Regensburg, fl. 1121–1133. The Schottenkloster of Saint James was founded at Regensburg for Irish Benedictine monks...
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