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Chanzy, Antoine Eugène Alfred

(Encyclopedia) Chanzy, Antoine Eugène AlfredChanzy, Antoine Eugène AlfredäNtwänˈ özhĕnˈ älfrĕdˈ shäNzēˈ [key], 1823–83, French general. After service in Algeria, Italy, and Syria, he was refused a…

Sanhedrin

(Encyclopedia) SanhedrinSanhedrinsănhĕdˈrĭn [key], ancient Jewish legal and religious institution in Jerusalem that appears to have exercised the functions of a court between c.63 b.c. and c.a.d. 68…

Riego y Nuñez, Rafael del

(Encyclopedia) Riego y Nuñez, Rafael delRiego y Nuñez, Rafael delräfäĕlˈ dĕl rēāˈgō ē n&oomacr;ˈnyāth [key], 1785–1823, Spanish general and revolutionary. Taken captive (1808) by the French…

Navarrete, Martín Fernández de

(Encyclopedia) Navarrete, Martín Fernández deNavarrete, Martín Fernández demärtēnˈ fārnänˈdĕth dā [key]Navarrete, Martín Fernández de nävärāˈtā [key], 1765–1844, Spanish historian and hydrographer.…

Belloc, Hilaire

(Encyclopedia) Belloc, Hilaire (Joseph Hilaire Pierre Belloc)Belloc, Hilairebĕlˈŏk [key], 1870–1953, English author, b. France. He became a British subject in 1902, and from 1906 to 1910 was a…

Holiday Movie Preview 2000

Holiday Film Faves How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Bounce, and Quills by Beth Rowen Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole ChristmasOpens November 17 Just about everyone over age 10…

Broglie

(Encyclopedia) BroglieBrogliebrôˈyə, brôglēˈ [key], French noble family of Piedmontese origin, who settled in France in the 17th cent. Victor Maurice, comte de Broglie, 1647–1727, was marshal of…

Amsterdam, city, Netherlands

(Encyclopedia) Amsterdam Amsterdam ămˈstərdămˌ, Dutch ämstərdämˈ [key], city (2021 pop. 1,157,519), constitutional capital and largest city of the Kingdom of the…

DK Encyclopedia: History

  HISTORY WHY DO PEOPLE STUDY HISTORY? HOW IS HISTORY USED? DO HISTORIANS AGREE WITH ONE ANOTHER? EVIDENCE ARCHAEOLOGY ANTHROPOLOGY FIND OUT MORE FIRST MODERN…

Montalembert, Charles Forbes, comte de

(Encyclopedia) Montalembert, Charles Forbes, comte deMontalembert, Charles Forbes, comte deshärl fôrbz kôNt də môNtäläNbĕrˈ [key], 1810–70, French political leader and writer, b. London. He went to…