The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Munich and Freising — known in the German language as Erzbistum München und Freising and in Latin as Archidioecesis Monacensis et Frisingensis — is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Bavaria, Germany. It is led by the prelature of the Archbishop of Munich, administering the see from the motherchurch in Munich Frauenkirche, also called the Munich Cathedral. The see was canonically erected circa 739 by Saint Boniface as the Diocese of Freisin ...

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August 29 is the 241st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (242nd in leap years), with 124 days remaining. It is also the 1st day of Thoth - which is the 1st day of the Egyptian Horoscope. Thoth is the Ibis-headed god of knowledge. August 29 - Events. 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708). 1189- Ban Kulin wrote "The Charter of Kulin", which become a symbolic "birth certificate" of Bosnian stat ...

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Dauphiné is a former province in southeastern France, roughly corresponding to the present départements of the Isère, Drôme, and Hautes-Alpes. Dauphiné - Origin of the name. Guy VIII, Count of Vienne, had a dolphin on his coat of arms and had been nicknamed le Dauphin (French for dolphin). This title descended in his family until 1349, when Humbert II sold his seigneurie, called the Dauphiné, to King Philippe VI on condition that the heir of France assume the title of l ...

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1315 - Events. August 13 - Louis X of France marries Clemence d'Anjou. November 15 - Swiss defeat Leopold of Austria at Battle of Morgarten, ensuring independence for the Swiss Confederation. August - Louis X is crowned King of France. The Great Famine of 1315-1317. Hojo Mototoki becomes Kamakura shogun of Japan. Eudes IV succeeds Hugh V as Duke of Burgundy. John XIII Glykys becomes Patriarch of Constantinople. Flushing is granted city rights.Including:

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1311 - Events. Bolingbroke Castle passes to the House of Lancaster. March 15 - the Catalan Company defeats Walter V of Brienne to take control of the Duchy of Athens. A committee of twenty-one English barons draw up a series of ordinances, which substituted ordainers for the King (Edward II) as the effective government of the country. 1311 - Births. June 24 - Philippa of Hainault, queen of Edward III of England (died 1369) August 13 ...

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1304 - Events. 20 July - Fall of Stirling Castle: Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold in the Wars of Scottish Independence. James II of Aragon reconquers Villena, Spain. Holland and Zeeland are occupied by duke John II of Brabant and Guy of Dampierre. Count John II recovers the counties. 1304 - Births. February 24 - Ibn Battuta, Moroccan jurist July 20 - Petrarch, Italian poet (died 1374) William de Clinton, ...

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1297 - Events. 8 January - Monaco gains independence. English Church refuses to pay taxes, resulting in crisis. William Wallace begins his revolt against the English. Canonization of Louis IX, King of France August 28 - Edward I unsuccessfully invades Flanders. 11 September - Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scots of Andrew de Moray and William Wallace defeat English. 1297 - Births. March 25 - Arnost of Pardubice, Archbi ...

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1345 - Events. Miracle of the Host Holland, Hainaut and Zeeland are inherited by emperor Louis IV of the Holy Roman Empire and becomes part of the imperial crowndomain, until 1347. 1345 - Births. March 25 - Blanche of Lancaster, wife of John of Gaunt (d. 1369) October 31 - King Fernando I of Portugal (died 1383) Agnès of Valois, daughter of John II of France (died 1349) Eleanor Maltravers, English noblewoman (died 1405)Including:

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1395 - Events. End of reign of Hungary by Capet-Anjou family. Albert IV becomes archduke of Austria. Rama Ratchathirat becomes king of the Ayutthaya kingdom in Thailand. 1395 - Births. January 11 - Michele of Valois, daughter of Charles VI of France (died 1422) March 18 - John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, English military leader (died 1447) September 7 - Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr, English politician (died 1427)Including:

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Moravia occupies most of the eastern third of the Czech Republic including the South Moravian Region and the Zlín Region, as well as parts of the Moravian-Silesian, Olomouc, Pardubice, Vysocina and South Bohemian regions. In the north, Moravia borders Poland and Czech Silesia; in the east, Slovakia; in the south, Lower Austria; and in the west, Bohemia. Its northern boundary is formed by the Sudetes mountains which become the Carpathians in the east. The meandering Thaya flows through the border country with Austria and there is a protected area on both sides of t ...

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Norway's kings (Norges Konge is the official style) in modern times, with periods of reign, are: Haakon VII (1905-1957) Olav V (1957-1991) Harald V (1991-present) History of Norway - Norway in World War I. Norway remained neutral during World War I. However, 1,156 Norwegian sailors were lost during the U-boat war. Despite their neutrality, the Norwegian government went to considerable lengths to accommodate Britain, on account of both British pressure and an ant ...

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History of Norway, History of Norway - Etymology, History of Norway - Earliest times 10 000 BC -, History of Norway - The Viking kings, History of Norway - The Kalmar Union and the union with Denmark, History of Norway - The Kalmar Union 1396–1536, History of Norway - The Union with Denmark 1536–1814, History of Norway - Union with Sweden, History of Norway - Independent Monarchy, History of Norway - Norway in World War I, History of Norway - Norway in World War II, History of Norway - Post-war Foreign and military policy, History of Norway - Post-war Economic development, History of Norway - Post-war Social policy

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Montpellier is one of the few cities in France that does not have a Roman background. In the Early Middle Ages the nearby episcopal town of Maguelone was the major settlement in the area, but raids by pirates encouraged settlement a little further inland. Montpellier, first mentioned in a document of 985, was founded under a local feudal dynasty, the Guillem counts of Toulouse, who joined together two hamlets, built a castle and walls around the settlement. The two surviving towers of the city walling, the Tour des Pins and the Tou ...

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See also The Serbia Series: See also: List of Serbian monarchs, History of Yugoslavia, History of Serbia and Montenegro History of Serbia - Medieval Serbia 7th – 14th century. Main article: History of Medieval Serbia The Serbs entered their present territory early in the 7th century, settling in six distinct tribal delimitations: Raška Bosnia Duklja/Zeta Zahum ...

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Norfolk was settled in pre-Roman times, with neolithic camps along the higher land in the west where flints could be quarried[2]. A Brythonic tribe, the Iceni, inhabited the county from the first century BCE, to the end of the first century CE. The Iceni revolted against the Roman invasion in 47 CE, and again in 60CE led by Boudica. The crushing of the second rebellion opened the county to the Romans. During the Roman era roads and ports were constructed throughout ...

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In the 9th century Norway consisted of a number of petty kingdoms. According to tradition, Harald Fairhair gathered the small kingdoms into one and in 872 with the battle of Hafrsfjord, he established a feudal state. The Viking age (8th to 11th centuries) was one of national unification and expansion. The Norwegians settled on Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and parts of the British Islands and attempted to settle at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland, Canada (it is the Vinland of The Saga of Eric the Red). Norwegians founded th ...

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Albert III was born as the third son of Duke Albert II of Austria. Even though his father had determined that the eldest son should the sole successor after his death in 1358, Albert later inherited the rule from his two older brothers Rudolf IV, Frederick III and shared it with his younger brother Leopold III. In 1377, Albert went on a crusade against the pagan Lithuanians and Samogitians. After Rudolf's and Frederick's death without an heir, Albert entered into the Treaty of Neuberg to divide the Habsburg territories with Leo ...

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In the late 1980's and early 1990's, one of the most prominent figures of the Norwegian scene was Øystein Aarseth, better known as Euronymous, the guitarist in Mayhem. The scene was deeply anti-Christian: it had a stated goal of removing the influence of Christianity and other non-Scandinavian religions from Norwegian culture and effecting a return to the nation's Norse roots. One minority current, associated with NSBM, included an element of unashamed anti-Semitism. The movement was largely directed by an 'Inner Circle', made up of ...

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The Isle of Ely formerly constituted an independent franchise in which the bishops exercised quasi-palatinate rights, and offences were held to be committed against the bishop's peace. These privileges were considerably abridged in the reign of Henry VIII, but the Isle still had separate civil officers, appointed by the bishop, chief among whom were the chief justice, chief bailiff, deputy bailiff and two coroners. Th ...

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The greatest Moldavian prince was Åžtefan cel Mare, or Stefan the Great (ruled 1457-1504). With his army of boyars and retainers, Stefan fought off invasions from the Ottoman Empire, the Kingdom of Poland, and the Crimean Tatars. Stefan fought 36 major battles, where his greatest victory was that over the Ottomans, at the Battle of Vaslui. He suffered only two defeats, and, at the end of his reign, Moldavia had kept her independenc ...

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Jogaila was from the Gediminid dynasty of dukes and grand dukes of Lithuania. His father was Algirdas (or Olgierd, ruled 1345-1377), duke of Lithuania, a son of Gediminas. He was born in Vilnius, Lithuania. With the Union of Krewo in 1385, Jogaila married Queen Jadwiga of Poland (who was then only 11 years old) and established the Jagiellonian dynasty, which would rule in Poland and Lithuania until 1572. At the same time, Jogaila accepted Roman Catholicism, as did some other Lithuanian nobles. Thus he became King Władysław II JagieŠ...

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He was the eldest son of the Holy Roman Emperor Henry VII of Luxembourg and his wife Margaret of Brabant. In 1310 John married Elizabeth of Bohemia and thereby became king of Bohemia and so one of the seven electors of the Holy Roman Empire. He retained his crown even after her death in 1330. He then married Beatrix, daughter of Louis I, Duke of Bourbon. He was killed fighting (though blind) alongside the French against the English at the Battle of Crecy, during which he was strapped to two other knights. He was succeeded as king of Bohemia by his eldest s ...

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