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Christian IV

(Encyclopedia)Christian IV, 1577–1648, king of Denmark and Norway (1588–1648), son and successor of Frederick II. After assuming (1596) personal rule from a regency, he concentrated on building the navy, indust...

Turenne, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de

(Encyclopedia)Turenne, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de äNrēˈ də lä to͞or dōvĕrˈnyə vēkôNtˈ də tərĕnˈ [key], 1611–75, marshal of France, one of the greatest of French commanders. The son o...

Pyrenees, Peace of the

(Encyclopedia)Pyrenees, Peace of the, 1659, treaty ending the warfare between France and Spain that, continuing after the Peace of Westphalia, which ended the Thirty Years War, had been complicated by French interv...

Henry V, king of England

(Encyclopedia)Henry V, 1387–1422, king of England (1413–22), son and successor of Henry IV. Henry abandoned his early recklessness (celebrated and probably exaggerated by Shakespeare) and ruled with justice...

Rheinfelden

(Encyclopedia)Rheinfelden rīnˈfĕldən [key], town, Aargau canton, N Switzerland, on the Rhine River, opposite the German town of the same name. Although it has one of the largest hydroelectric plants in Europe, ...

Segni, Antonio

(Encyclopedia)Segni, Antonio äntôˈnyō sĕnˈyē [key], 1891–1972, Italian political leader. A lawyer, he entered national politics in 1919 as a leader of the Popular party, the forerunner of the Christian Dem...

Clews, Henry

(Encyclopedia)Clews, Henry, c.1836–1923, American financier, b. England. He emigrated to the United States c.1850 and joined an import business as a junior clerk. In 1859 he cofounded the banking firm that later ...

Falun

(Encyclopedia)Falun fäˈlŭnˌ [key], city, capital of Kopparberg co., S central Sweden; chartered 1624 an...

Pan-American games

(Encyclopedia)Pan-American games, amateur athletic competition among representatives of countries in the Western Hemisphere. The competition, held every four years, follows the organization and eligibility rules of...

Huch, Ricarda

(Encyclopedia)Huch, Ricarda rēkärˈdä ho͝okh [key], 1864–1947, German novelist, historian, and poet. She is best known for her historical romances of Garibaldi, Defeat and Victory (1906–7, tr. 1928, 1929), ...