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The Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP; commonly called the Irish Party or the Home Rule Party) was formed in 1874 by Isaac Butt, the leader of the Nationalist...

War poetry is poetry on the topic of war. While the term is applied especially to works of the First World War, the term can be applied to poetry about...

Dekulakization (Russian: раскулачивание, romanized: raskulachivanie; Ukrainian: розкуркулення, romanized: rozkurkulennia) was the Soviet campaign of political...

Mödling (German pronunciation: [ˈmøːdlɪŋ] ) is the capital of the Austrian district of the same name located approximately 14 km south of Vienna. Mödling...

Ménétrol (French pronunciation: [menetʁɔl]) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France. Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department...

The Royal Conservatory of Brussels (French: Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles, Dutch: Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel) is a historic conservatory in Brussels...

William of Wykeham (/ˈwɪkəm/; 1320 or 1324 – 27 September 1404) was Bishop of Winchester and Chancellor of England. He founded New College, Oxford, and...

The Battle on the Ice, alternatively known as the Battle of Lake Peipus (German: Schlacht auf dem Peipussee; Russian: битва на Чудском озере, romanized: bitva...

An hidalgo (/ɪˈdælɡoʊ/, Spanish: [iˈðalɣo]) or a fidalgo (Portuguese: [fiˈðalɣu], Galician: [fiˈðalɣʊ]) is a member of the Spanish or Portuguese nobility;...

Pierre-Narcisse, baron Guérin (13 March 1774 – 6 July 1833) was a French painter born in Paris. A pupil of Jean-Baptiste Regnault, he carried off one of...

St Mary Cray is an area of South East London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley. Historically it was a market town in the county of Kent. It...

Trinity Hall Boat Club (THBC) is the rowing club of Trinity Hall, a college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1827 it is amongst the oldest college...

Pembroke College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Over the 20th century, crews from Pembroke have held the headship...

51°30′54″N 0°07′16″W / 51.515054°N 0.121139°W / 51.515054; -0.121139 Museum of Freemasonry (previously known as the Library and Museum of Freemasonry)...

Herb Prus III is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several szlachta families in the times of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The son of Prince...

The Navigatori class were a group of Italian destroyers built in 1928–1929 for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy), named after Italian explorers. They...

Hendrick Goltzius, or Hendrik, (German: [ˈgɔltsi̯ʊs]; Dutch: [ˈɣɔltsʲiœs]; January or February 1558 – 1 January 1617) was a German-born Dutch printmaker...

A coxed pair, abbreviated as a 2+, is a racing shell used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for two persons who propel the boat with sweep...

The Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research (German: Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung) was founded in 1969 and is one of the 82 Max Planck...

Francesco Grimaldi (French: François; English: Francis), called il Malizia (from Italian: "the malicious"), was the Genoese leader of the Guelphs who captured...