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Prime Ministers of Great Britain (table)

(Encyclopedia) Prime Ministers of Great Britain Prime Minister Party1 Dates in Office Sir Robert Walpole 1721–42 Earl of Wilmington 1742–43 Henry Pelham 1743–54 Duke of Newcastle 1754–56…

State Department Notes on Uruguay

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People Government and Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Uruguayan Relations PEOPLEThe only inhabitants of Uruguay before…

Vienna, city and province, Austria

(Encyclopedia) ViennaViennavēĕnˈə [key], Ger. Wien, city and province (1991 pop. 1,539,848), 160 sq mi (414 sq km), capital and largest city of Austria and administrative seat of Lower Austria, NE…

Counter Reformation

(Encyclopedia) Counter Reformation, 16th-century reformation that arose largely in answer to the Protestant Reformation; sometimes called the Catholic Reformation. Although the Roman Catholic…

Holy Roman Empire

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Holy Roman Empire (c.1100) CE5 Holy Roman Empire, designation for the political entity that originated at the coronation as emperor (962) of the German king Otto I and…

Prague

(Encyclopedia) PraguePraguepräg, prāg [key], Czech Praha, Ger. Prag, city (1993 pop. 1,216,500), capital and largest city of the Czech Republic and former capital of Czechoslovakia, on both banks of…

Women's History Month

Women Rulers of the World   Women's History Month Nobel Winning Scientists Nobel Peace Prize Winners…

Conservative party, British political party

(Encyclopedia) Conservative party, British political party, formally the Conservative and Unionist party and a continuation of the historic Tory party. In 1965, Edward Heath became the first…

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Bohemia

(Encyclopedia) Bohemia, Czech Čechy, historic region (20,368 sq mi/52,753 sq km) and former kingdom, in W and central Czech Republic. Bohemia is bounded by Austria in the southeast, by Germany in the…