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  • Liberata and Faustina of Como were sisters who lived as holy virgins in Como, Italy, during the 6th century. They founded the Convent of Santa Margarita...
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    Regina Isabel Luisa Pacini Quintero (January 6, 1871 – September 18, 1965) was a Portuguese lyric soprano, and First Lady of Argentina as the wife of Marcelo...
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    Baron Stamp, of Shortlands in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1938 for the civil servant, industrialist...
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    Earl of Carlisle is a title that has been created three times in the Peerage of England. The first creation came in 1322, when Andrew Harclay, 1st Baron...
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  • The Baarin (simplified Chinese: 巴阿邻部; traditional Chinese: 巴阿鄰部) are a Southern Mongol subgroup. Daur people and some Baarin people of Baarin Right Banner...
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  • Events in the year 1895 in China. Guangxu Emperor (21st year) January 20-February 12 - First Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Weihaiwei March 4 - First Sino-Japanese...
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  • The position of Under-Secretary of State for War was a British government position, first applied to Evan Nepean (appointed in 1794). In 1801 the offices...
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    A chronogram is a sentence or inscription in which specific letters, interpreted as numerals (such as Roman numerals), stand for a particular date when...
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  • Events in the year 1862 in Mexico. President: Benito Juárez Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Jesus Teran then Manuel Doblado Aguascalientes: José Ma. Chávez...
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    Alfacar is a historic town approximately 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from the city of Granada, in the autonomous Spanish region of Andalucia. In the 2005 census...
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  • Elmrahu is an island belonging to the country of Estonia. The island is located west of the island Külalaid and is just off the coast of the much larger...
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    The siege of Érsekújvár was fought between July 7 and August 17 of 1685, between the besieging Habsburg army and the Ottoman garrison of Érsekújvár, city...
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    The Battle of Wilhelmsthal (sometimes written as the Battle of Wilhelmstadt) was fought on 24 June 1762 during the Seven Years' War between the allied...
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    Look up ratline in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ratlines (/ˈrætlɪnz/) are lengths of thin line tied between the shrouds of a sailing ship to form a...
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    Holy Thursday is a poem by William Blake, from his 1789 book of poems Songs of Innocence. (There is also a Holy Thursday poem in Songs of Experience, which...
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    Hurley Priory is a former Benedictine priory in the village of Hurley. Founded in 1086, the remains are located on the banks of the River Thames in the...
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  • The Tapeinos horos (Greek: Ταπεινός χορός) is a traditional Greek dance. The word tapeinos in Greek means "humble", and horos is the Greek word for dance...
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    The siege of Bouchain (9 August – 12 September 1711), following the Passage of the Lines of Ne Plus Ultra (5 August 1711), was a siege of the War of the...
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  • The Greek First Army (Greek: 1η Στρατιά, Proti Stratia), is the highest formation of the Hellenic Army and its only extant field army. Various English...
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  • The following lists events that happened during 2014 in Armenia. President: Serzh Sargsyan Prime Minister: Tigran Sargsyan (until 13 April), Hovik Abrahamyan...
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