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1432 - Events. June 1 - Battle of San Romano - Florence defeats Siena foundation of Université de Caen In the end of the Hook and Cod wars, Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut and Holland is forced by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, to abdicate all her estates in his favour; end of Hainaut and Holland as independent counties 1432 - Births. January 15 - King Afonso V of Portugal (died 1481) March 30 - Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (died ...

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The Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, or Carmelite Order (in Latin Ordo fratrum Beatæ Virginis Mariæ de monte Carmelo) is the name of a Catholic order founded in the 12th century by a certain Berthold (d. after 1185) on Mount Carmel, Israel, whence the order receives its name. Carmelites - Origin and early history. Carmelite tradition traces the origin of the Order to a community of hermits on Mount Carmel that succeeded the schools of the prophets in ancient Israel, although there are no cer ...

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2 Population sans doubles comptes, i.e. not counting those people already counted in another commune (such as students and military personal). Caen is a city and a commune of northwestern France. It is the préfecture (administrative capital) of the Calvados département, and the capital of the administrative Basse-Normandie (Lower Normandy) région. Population 115,000, total urban sprawl around 200,000. ...

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Brunswick-Lüneburg was a historical state within the Holy Roman Empire. As the name implies, the main cities of this state were Brunswick and Lüneburg. Brunswick-Lüneburg - Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg. The state emerged from the inheritance of the first Saxon state of Henry the Lion in the late 12th century. Henry was deposed by the Emperor as Duke of Saxony, but retained various Lower Saxon lands which were inherited by his children as the Duchies of Brunswick and Lüneburg. The first duke of ...

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• Brunswick-Lüneburg - Dukes of Brunswick and Lüneburg and Princes of Wolfenbüttel 1267 -1807
• Brunswick-Lüneburg - Dukes of Brunswick and Lüneburg 1813-1918
• Brunswick-Lüneburg - Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissioners of the Republic of Brunswick 1918-1919
• Brunswick-Lüneburg - Minister presidents of the Republic of Brunswick 1919-1946
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August 28 is the 240th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (241st in leap years), with 125 days remaining. August 28 - Events. 475 - The Pannonian general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital of Ravenna and appoints Romulus Augustus in his place. 489 - Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths defeats Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way into Italy. 1521 - The Turks occupy Belgrade 1542 - Reinforced wi ...

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Afonso V of Portugal (Portuguese pron. IPA /ɐ.'fõ.su/; English Alphonzo), or Affonso (Archaic Portuguese), the African (Port. o Africano), 12th king of Portugal was born in Sintra in January 15, 1432 and died in the same city in August 28, 1481. He was the oldest son of king Duarte of Portugal by his wife, princess Eleanor of Aragon. Afonso V wa ...

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August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. August 15 - Events. 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, in which Roland is killed 927 - The Saracens conquered and destroyed Taranto 1057 - King MacBeth of Scotland is killed during the Battle of Lumphanan by the forces of King Malcolm III. 1185 - The cave city of Vardzia was consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia 1309 - The city of Rhodes ...

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Zheng He (Traditional: 鄭和; Simplified: 郑和; Hanyu Pinyin: Zhèng Hé; Wade-Giles: Cheng Ho; Birth name: 馬三寶 / 马三宝; pinyin: Mǎ Sānbǎo; Arabic name: Hajji Mahmud) (1371 – 1433), the most well-known Chinese mariner and explorer who made the voyages collectively referred to as the travels of "Eunuch Sanbao to the Western Ocean" (三保太監下西洋) or "Zheng He to the Western Ocean", from 1405 to 1433. ...

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The Wittelsbach family is a European royal family and a German dynasty from Bavaria. Wittelsbach - Reign in Germany. The Wittelsbach family was the ruling dynasty of the German duchy of Bavaria from 1180 to 1918 and of the Rhine Palatinate from 1214 until 1805; in 1815 the latter territory was partly incorporated into Bavaria, which had been elevated to a kingdom by Napoleon in 1806. The family provided two Holy Roman Emperors: Louis IV (1314-1347) and Charle ...

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1492 - Events. January 2 - Boabdil, the last Moorish King of Granada, surrenders his city to the army of Ferdinand and Isabella after a lengthy siege. March 30 - Ferdinand and Isabella sign a decree expelling all Jews and Black ladinos from Spain unless they convert to Roman Catholicism. August 3 - Christopher Columbus first sails to the Americas August 3 - The Jews are expelled from Spain. October 12 - Christopher Columbus's expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean. Th ...

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March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in Leap years). There are 276 days remaining. March 30 - Events. 1282 - The people of Sicily rebel against the Angevin king Charles I, in what becomes known as the Sicilian Vespers. 1296 - Edward I storms Berwick-upon-Tweed, sacking the then-Scottish border town, slaughtering almost everyone, even those fleeing to the churches. 1492 - Ferdinand and Isabella sign a decree aimed at expel ...

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The numbers 14 88 are sometimes used as a code to express a racist message. 1488 - Births. January 6 - Helius Eobanus Hessus, German Latin poet (died 1540) March 19 - Johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (d. 1544) Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden, Lord Chancellor of England Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (died 1534) Myles Coverdale, English Bib ...

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1484 - Events. January 25 - Peter Arbues, chief of the Spanish Inquisition, is assassinated when he is praying in the cathedral at Saragossa, Spain July 6 - Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of Congo River December 5 - Pope Innocent VIII gives the inquisition a mission to hunt heretics and witches in Germany with the lead of Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger The first sugar mill becomes operational in the Gran Canaria First cuirassier units (ky ...

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1481 - Events. May 3 - Mehmed II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by his son Beyazid II. May 21 - Christian I, King of Denmark and Norway dies and is succeeded by his son John (1481-1513). December 26 - Battle of Westbroek - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht. With the death of Duke Charles IV of Anjou, Anjou was reverted to the French crown under Louis XI of France. Change of Patriarch Maximus III (1476-1481) to Symeon I (1466, 1471-1474, 1481-1486).Including:

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Nakhon Chiang Rai (Thai เชียงราย) is a city in Amphoe Mueang, Chiang Rai Province in northern Thailand. Chiang Rai - Geography. Geographical location 19°56′N 99°51′E. Nakhon Chiang Rai is 200 km NE of Nakhon Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai Province; 62 km S of Mae Sai and the Burmese border; 60 km SW of Chiang Saen on the Mae Khong across from the PDR of Laos; and 90 km N of Nakhon Phayao, Phayao Province. Chiang Rai - Demographics. Population 62,000. ...

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Jacques Cœur (c. 1395 – November 25, 1456, Chios), was a French merchant. He was one of the founders of the trade between France and the Levant. He was born at Bourges, in which city his father, Pierre Cœur, was a rich merchant. Jacques is first heard of about 1418, when he married Mace de Lodepart, daughter of Lambert de Lodepart, an influential citizen, provost of Bourges, and a former valet of John, duke of Berry. About 1429 he formed a commercial partnership with two brothers named Godard; and in 1432 he was at Damascus ...

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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 Jagie� ...

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He most likely was born in the province of Limburg, in the town of Lowaige, though the date is only known approximately. From 1422 to 1431 he was at the church of St. Jean l'Evangéliste in Liège, where he was a succentor. In the mid 1420s he visited Rome, moving there in 1431, where he was employed in the papal chapel as a singer and probably as a composer as well; he was in the choir at the same time as composers Arnold de Lantins and Guillaume Dufay. During this period Brassart most likely composed the motet O flos fragrans, which was popular enough to appear in several manuscripts of the time, ...

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In 1385, John married Margaret of Bavaria, daughter of Albrecht of Bavaria, Count of Holland and Hainaut, to consolidate his position in the Low Countries, after cancelling his engagement with Catherine of Valois, daughter of king Charles V of France. They had the following children: Catherine (1391–1414, Ghent) Mary (1393 – October 30, 1463, Monterberg bei Kalkar), married Adolph II, Duke of Cleves Marguerite, duchess of Guyenne (1394 – February 2, 1441, Paris), married on August 30, 1404 Louis of Valois ...

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Švitrigaila - Mother. Ulyana of Tver 1350 (ca 1325 – 1392) Švitrigaila - Father. Olgierd (ca 1296 – end of May 1377), Grand Prince of Lithuania 1345 – 1377 Švitrigaila - Brothers. Demetrius I Starszy (1327 – 12 May 1399 Battle of the Worskla River), Prince of Trubczewsk 1357 – 1399, Briansk 1357 – 1379, Starodub 1370 – 1399, Druck 13?? – 13?? Andrzej (14th century – 12 August 1399) ...

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Švitrigaila, Švitrigaila - Rebellion against Vytautas, Švitrigaila - Defection to Moscow and its aftermath, Švitrigaila - Grand Duke of Lithuania, Švitrigaila - Downfall and later years, Švitrigaila - Titles, Švitrigaila - Relatives, Švitrigaila - Mother, Švitrigaila - Father, Švitrigaila - Brothers, Švitrigaila - Sisters

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