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Encyclopedia - 1980: Encyclopedia - 1980
1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. It is equivalent to 2733 a.U.c., and to 1359 AH. 1980 - Events. January 1–April ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1920: Encyclopedia - 1920
1920 (MCMXX) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) 1920 - Events. January 7 - Forces of Russian White ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art Theft: Encyclopedia - Art Theft
Art theft is the stealing of someone else's high-profile art. This is usually done for the purpose of resale; occasionally thieves are al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pier: Encyclopedia - Pier
A pier was originally a raised walkway over water that is supported by piles or pillars, as opposed to a quay or wharf. The original func...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 997: Encyclopedia - 997
997 - Events. City of Gdansk is founded Saint Adalbert of Prague is sent to Prussia by Boleslaus I of Poland Samuil of Bulgaria crowne...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Treaty Of Versailles: Encyclopedia - Treaty Of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles of 1919 was the peace treaty which officially ended World War I between the Allies and Germany. After six months...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bremen City: Encyclopedia - Bremen City
Bremen [ˈbreːmən] is a city in northern Germany (official name: Freie Hansestadt Bremen1 (Free Hanseatic City of Bremen), referring to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dantzig: Encyclopedia - Dantzig
Dantzig is an older variant of Danzig (now the city of Gdansk). It is the surname of several people, including: George Dantzig, an Ameri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Historical Eastern Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - Historical Eastern Germany - History
In 1871 those provinces or regions east of the Oder–Neisse line under administration of the Prussian state were incorporated into the G...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Poland 1918–1939: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Poland 1918–1939 - Interwar Poland
Piłsudski's first task was to reunite the Polish regions that had assumed various economic and political identities since the partition ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Poland 1385–1569: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Poland 1385–1569 - The Golden Age Of The Sixteenth Century
The Jagiellons never recovered their hegemony over Central Europe, and the ascendancy of the Ottomans foreshadowed the eventual subjectio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Engelbert Kaempfer: Encyclopedia Ii - Engelbert Kaempfer - Travels
Engelbert Kaempfer - Persia. In 1681 he visited Uppsala in Sweden, where he was offered inducements to settle; but his desire for forei...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jan Iii Sobieski: Encyclopedia Ii - Jan Iii Sobieski - Biography
Jan Sobieski was born 1629 in Olesko, a small town near Lwów (modern Lviv, Ukraine), to a notable szlachta family of Sobieski of Janina ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Krzysztof Penderecki: Encyclopedia Ii - Krzysztof Penderecki - Selected Works
Krzysztof Penderecki - Orchestral and instrumental. Violin Sonata No. 1 (1953 rev. 1990) Emanations (Emanacje, 1959), for two string o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jean-michel Jarre: Encyclopedia Ii - Jean-michel Jarre - Musical Career
Jarre began studying piano at the age of five, but he abandoned his classical training later. During his youth he formed a band called My...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - German Battleship Schleswig-holstein: Encyclopedia Ii - German Battleship Schleswig-holstein - History
The SMS Schleswig-Holstein was one of five pre-dreadnought, Deutschland class battleships, not to be confused with a class of pocket batt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jan Iii Sobieski: Encyclopedia Ii - Jan Iii Sobieski - Biography
Jan Sobieski was born 1629 at Olesko, Poland, to Jakub (James) Sobieski (1580-1646), Voivod of the Ruthenian Voivodship and Castellan of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jean-michel Jarre: Encyclopedia Ii - Jean-michel Jarre - Musical Career
Jarre began studying piano at the age of five, but he abandoned his classical training later. During his youth he formed a band called My...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Marinas: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Marinas - Australia
List of Marinas - Victoria. Melbourne Metropolitan & Port Phillip VicUrban Marina, New Quay, Melbourne Docklands YE Marina, Yarra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Partitions Of Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - Partitions Of Poland - History
Partitions of Poland - Prelude. One could characterise Poland-Lithuania before the partitions as already not a completely sovereign sta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Treaty Of Versailles: Encyclopedia Ii - Treaty Of Versailles - Conditions
The treaty had provided for the creation of the League of Nations, a major goal of US president Woodrow Wilson. The League of Nations was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Turku: Encyclopedia Ii - Turku - History
Turku has a long history as the country's largest city and administrative centre, but has, during the last two centuries, relegated those...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Air Lithuania: Encyclopedia Ii - Air Lithuania - History
Air Lithuania was established as a state-owned company on 13 September 1991 after the reorganization of Aeroflot Kaunas Joint Air Detachm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships: Encyclopedia Ii - 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships - Division I
2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships - Group A. Division I, Group A played at Oslo, Norway April 4-18 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Krojanty: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Krojanty - Aftermath And The Myth
The Polish cavalry charge stopped the German pursuit and the units of Czersk Operational Group were able to withdraw southwards unopposed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Rail Accidents: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Rail Accidents - 2000s
List of rail accidents - 2000. January 4, 2000 – Åsta in Åmot, Norway: Two passenger trains collide on Rørosbanen killing 19 peo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Centralwings: Encyclopedia Ii - Centralwings - Services
Centralwings operates services to the following destinations: Warsaw(WAW), Kraków(KRK), Katowice(KTW), Wrocław(Poland), London(LGW) Ed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blue Army: Encyclopedia Ii - Blue Army - History
The first units started to be formed after the 1917 alliance signed between the president of France Raymond Poincaré and the Polish stat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth: Encyclopedia Ii - Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth - History
The creation of the Commonwealth by the Union of Lublin in 1569 was one of the signal achievements of Sigismund II Augustus, last king of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lublin: Encyclopedia Ii - Lublin - History
The first permanent settlements on the Lublin site were established in the early Middle Ages, though archelogical finds indicate a long, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Law And Justice: Encyclopedia Ii - Law And Justice - Political Program
In comparison with the other major conservative party (the PO), PiS projects a more traditional, eurosceptic and populist image overall. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art Theft: Encyclopedia Ii - Art Theft - Famous Cases Of Art Theft
Art theft - The Mona Lisa 1911. Perhaps the most famous case of art theft occurred on August 21, 1911, when the Mona Lisa was stolen ou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transportation In Czechoslovakia: Encyclopedia Ii - Transportation In Czechoslovakia - Characteristics
Czechoslovakia was one of Europe's major transit countries for north-south movement. In 1985, there was: a highly developed transportati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Recovered Territories: Encyclopedia Ii - Recovered Territories - Brief History Of Recovered Territories
Recovered Territories - Prehistory. The areas of today's Poland, including the Recovered Territories, were first described by Tacitus i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bremen City: Encyclopedia Ii - Bremen City - History
In the 8th century the troops of Charlemagne advanced to the Weser in order to christianise the tribes settling here. Bremen, which may h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Father Ted: Encyclopedia Ii - Father Ted - Synopsis
Three priests preside over an island parish: Father Ted Crilly, Father Dougal McGuire and Father Jack Hackett. The three live together in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - European Microstates: Encyclopedia Ii - European Microstates - Microstates In History
Many countries in Europe historically included entities which would now be regarded as microstates: for example Germany prior to Napoleon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Treaty Of Versailles: Encyclopedia Ii - Treaty Of Versailles - Conditions
Th treaty had provided for the creation of the League of Nations, a major goal of US president Woodrow Wilson. The League of Nations was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stutthof Concentration Camp: Encyclopedia Ii - Stutthof Concentration Camp - The Stutthof Trials
After the war, the Soviets and Polish held four trials against former guards and kapos of Stutthof, charging them with crimes of war and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1920: Encyclopedia Ii - 1920 - Events
1920 - January. January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. January 9 - Britain announces it will b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pier: Encyclopedia Ii - Pier - Piers In The Uk
In the 19th century, cast and wrought iron piers were built for promanading, berthing of passenger ferries and general recreational use. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rumia: Encyclopedia Ii - Rumia - History
The village of Rumia was first mentioned in 1224 when it was awarded by Świetopełk II, later duke of Eastern Pomerania to the Cistercia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1980: Encyclopedia Ii - 1980 - Events
1980 - January. January 1–April 1 - National steel strike in the United Kingdom. January 1 - Changes to the Swedish Act of Successio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Michiel De Ruyter: Encyclopedia Ii - Michiel De Ruyter - Early Life
De Ruyter was born in 1607 in Flushing, son of a beer porter, and became a sailor at the age of 11 in 1618. In 1622 he fought as a musket...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reda: Encyclopedia Ii - Reda - Transportation
Reda is well connected through 4 lane highway, that lead from Wejherowo to Gdynia and from there by Circle Highway to Gdansk. There is a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gothic Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Gothic Architecture - Characteristics
The style emphasizes verticality and features almost skeletal stone structures with great expanses of glass, sharply pointed spires, clus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Willard Van Orman Quine: Encyclopedia Ii - Willard Van Orman Quine - Work
Quine's Ph.D. thesis and early publications were on formal logic and set theory. Only after WWII did he emerge as a major philosopher, by...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Rail Accidents: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Rail Accidents - 2000s
List of rail accidents - 2000. January 4, 2000 – Åsta in Åmot, Norway: Two passenger trains collide on Rørosbanen killing 19 peo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Krojanty: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Krojanty - The Battle Of Krojanty
During the action the Polish cavalry units met a large group of German infantry resting in a woods near the village of Krojanty. Colonel ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Willard Van Orman Quine: Encyclopedia Ii - Willard Van Orman Quine - Life
Time of My Life (1986) is his autobiography. Quine grew up in Akron, Ohio. His father was a manufacturing entrepreneur, his mother a scho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Turku: Encyclopedia Ii - Turku - Culture
Cultural venues in Turku include several theatres, cinemas, and art galleries, and a city philharmonic orchestra. The city's cultural cen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Turku: Encyclopedia Ii - Turku - Media
The most widely read newspaper in Turku, and the area around it, is the daily regional morning newspaper Turun Sanomat, with a readership...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships: Encyclopedia Ii - 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships - Division Ii
2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships - Group A. Division II, Group A played at Jaca, Spain April 12-18 2004 Men's World Ice Hocke...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Air Lithuania: Encyclopedia Ii - Air Lithuania - Services
Air Lithuania operates the following services (at January 2005): Domestic scheduled destinations: Kaunas and Palanga (airport is about 3...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Krojanty: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Krojanty - Before The Battle
Polish units were engaged in battle from 0500 against elements of German 76th Infantry Regiment of 20th Motorised Division under Lt.Gen. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rumia: Encyclopedia Ii - Rumia - Transportation
Rumia is well connected through a 4-lane highway that leads from Wejherowo to Gdynia and from there by Circular Highway to Gdansk. There ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth: Encyclopedia Ii - Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth - Economy
The economy of the Commonwealth was dominated by feudal agriculture based on exploitation of agricultural workforce (serfs). Typically a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Turku: Encyclopedia Ii - Turku - Education
Turku has a long educational history — the first school in the city, the Cathedral School, was founded along with the Cathedral of Turk...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jean-michel Jarre: Encyclopedia Ii - Jean-michel Jarre - Concerts
Jean-Michel Jarre - Main concerts. 1979 - Place de la Concorde (Paris, France). 1981 - The Concerts in China (Beijing/Shanghai, China)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jean-michel Jarre: Encyclopedia Ii - Jean-michel Jarre - Selected Discography
Jean-Michel Jarre - Studio albums. La Cage/Erosmachine (1970, 7" single only) Deserted Palace (1972) Oxygene (1976 in France, 1977 wor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Law And Justice: Encyclopedia Ii - Law And Justice - Vocal Criticism
The party has attracted quite a lot of vocal criticism at home and abroad, especially during the drawn-out pre-election period in late 20...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Law And Justice: Encyclopedia Ii - Law And Justice - History
The party was created on a wave of popularity gained by Lech Kaczyński, while heading the Polish Ministry of Justice (June 2000 to July ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Rail Accidents: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Rail Accidents - 1980s
List of rail accidents - 1980. July 25, 1980 – Winsum, the Netherlands: Two trains collide on a single track between Groningen and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Law And Justice: Encyclopedia Ii - Law And Justice - Prominent Members
Law and Justice - Party Chairmen. Lech Kaczyński 2001-2003 (resigned after taking office as President of Warsaw). Formally resigned f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jean-michel Jarre: Encyclopedia Ii - Jean-michel Jarre - Awards And Recognitions
By 2005 he has sold an estimated 72 million albums and singles over his career. An asteroid, 4422 Jarre, has been named in honor of him. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jean-michel Jarre: Encyclopedia Ii - Jean-michel Jarre - Personal Life
Jarre was married to British actress and photographer Charlotte Rampling from October 7, 1978 until circa 1998. In 2002 he became engaged...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Treaty Of Versailles: Encyclopedia Ii - Treaty Of Versailles - Alternative Viewpoints
The interpretation that Germany was seriously weakened and humiliated by the Versailles Treaty has been disputed by some historians. Some...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Rail Accidents: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Rail Accidents - 1990s
List of rail accidents - 1990. January 4, 1990 – An overcrowded passenger train collides with a standing freight train in the Sindh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Recovered Territories: Encyclopedia Ii - Recovered Territories - Potsdam Conference Aftermath
Recovered Territories - Border question during WW2. In 1945 the population of the regions assigned to Poland after the Second World War...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Poland 1385–1569: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Poland 1385–1569 - The Polish-lithuanian Union
Poland's unlikely partnership with the adjoining Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Europe's last heathen state, provided an immediate remedy to t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Treaty Of Versailles: Encyclopedia Ii - Treaty Of Versailles - An Unsatisfactory Compromise Between The Victors
The "Big Three" consisted of Prime Minister Lloyd George of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau of France, and Presiden...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Michiel De Ruyter: Encyclopedia Ii - Michiel De Ruyter - 1655-1663
In July 1655 De Ruyter took command of a squadron of eight of which the Tijdverdrijf was his flagship and set out for the Mediterranean w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Michiel De Ruyter: Encyclopedia Ii - Michiel De Ruyter - Second Anglo-dutch War
In 1664, a year before the Second Anglo-Dutch War officially began, he clashed with the English off the West African coast, where both th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Krojanty: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Krojanty - Opposing Forces
... See also:Battle of Krojanty, Battle of Krojanty - Before the battle, Battle of Krojanty - The battle of Krojanty, Battle of Kroja...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth: Encyclopedia Ii - Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth - Economy
The economy of the Commonwealth was dominated by feudal agriculture. Typically a nobleman's landholding comprised a folwark, a large farm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gothic Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Gothic Architecture - Sequence Of Gothic Styles: France
The designations of styles in French Gothic architecture are as follows: Early Gothic High Gothic Rayonnant Late Gothic or Flamboyant st...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gothic Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Gothic Architecture - Brick Gothic
Main article: Brick Gothic. In Northern Germany, Scandinavia and northern Poland, in areas where native stone was unavailable, simplified...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Father Ted: Encyclopedia Ii - Father Ted - Production Details
Contrary to frequent rumours, Mathews and Linehan did not originally pitch the series to the Irish network RTÉ, but rather offered it di...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Father Ted: Encyclopedia Ii - Father Ted - Major Characters
Father Ted Crilly (Dermot Morgan) is the most normal of the priests on the island. He is a bon vivant, exiled to Craggy Island for somet...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gothic Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Gothic Architecture - Sequence Of Gothic Styles: England
The designations of styles in English architecture still follows conventions of labels given them by antiquaries in the 18th century: Ea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gothic Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Gothic Architecture - Gothic Revival
Main article: Gothic revival architecture In England, some discrete Gothic details appeared on new construction at Oxford and Cambridge i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Historical Eastern Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - Historical Eastern Germany - Usage
The news media in the non-German speaking world have continued to use the term "(former) East Germany" to describe the five states that m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Historical Eastern Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - Historical Eastern Germany - Post World War Ii Politics
Since 1945, referring to lands over which there was a transfer of jurisdiction as "east Germany" has had political connotations, which me...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gothic Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Gothic Architecture - List Of Notable Gothic Structures
France Chartres Cathedral Bourges Cathedral Bourges Cathedral Amiens Cathedral Notre-Dame de Laon Our Lady's Cathedral in Paris (th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gothic Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Gothic Architecture - Gothic In The 20th Century
Neo-Gothic continued to be considered appropriate for churches and college buildings well into the 20th century. Charles Donagh Maginnis'...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - European Microstates: Encyclopedia Ii - European Microstates - Quasi Microstates
There are also three crown dependencies, three semi-autonomous regions and three coastal fragments (sometimes referred to as enclaves) th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Rail Accidents: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Rail Accidents - 1990s
List of rail accidents - 1990. January 4, 1990 – An overcrowded passenger train collides with a standing freight train in the Sindh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bremen City: Encyclopedia Ii - Bremen City - Miscellaneous
Bremen has a large and famous university founded in 1971 5, the more practice-related University of Applied Sciences (earliest predecesso...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bremen City: Encyclopedia Ii - Bremen City - Sights
Many of the sights in Bremen are found in the Altstadt (Old Town), an oval area surrounded by the Weser River, on the southwest, and the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bremen City: Encyclopedia Ii - Bremen City - Politics
The Bürgerschaft (city assembly) is the parliament of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen(official name, German: Freie Hansestadt Bremen),...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pier: Encyclopedia Ii - Pier - List Of Piers And Locations With Piers
Pier - England. Blackpool Bournemouth Brighton (with photograph) Burnham-on-Sea Cromer Clacton Cleethorpes Clevedon Deal Eastbourne Gr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1920: Encyclopedia Ii - 1920 - Births
1920 - January. January 1 - Virgilio Savona, Italian singer and songwriter (Quartetto Cetra) January 2 - Isaac Asimov, Russian-born au...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1980: Encyclopedia Ii - 1980 - Births
1980 - January. January 1 - Elin Nordegren, Swedish model January 2 - Rebekah Teasdale, British model and journalist January 7 - Gabri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Rail Accidents: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Rail Accidents - 1980s
List of rail accidents - 1980. July 25, 1980 – Winsum, the Netherlands: Two trains collide on a single track between Groningen and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art Theft: Encyclopedia Ii - Art Theft - Theft During The Holocaust
During the Holocaust, the Nazis confiscated tens of thousands of works from their legitimate Jewish owners. Some were sold by the Nazis, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art Theft: Encyclopedia Ii - Art Theft - Individual Theft
Many thieves are motivated by the fact that reasonably valuable art pieces are worth millions of dollars and weigh only a few kilograms, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1980: Encyclopedia Ii - 1980 - Deaths
1980 - January. January 3 - Joy Adamson, Austrian-born conservationist and author (murdered) (b. 1910) January 8 - John Mauchly, Ameri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jean-michel Jarre: Encyclopedia Ii - Jean-michel Jarre - Personal Life
Jarre was married to British actress and photographer Charlotte Rampling from October 7, 1978 until circa 1998. In 2002 he became engaged...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jean-michel Jarre: Encyclopedia Ii - Jean-michel Jarre - Awards And Recognitions
By 2005 he has sold an estimated 72 million albums and singles over his career. An asteroid, 4422 Jarre [1], has been named in honor of h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth: Encyclopedia Ii - Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth - Provinces And Geography
The lands that once belonged to the Commonwealth are now largely distributed among several Central and East European countries: Poland, L...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth: Encyclopedia Ii - Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth - Culture
The Commonwealth was one of the important European sites for the development of modern social and political ideas. It was famous for its ...   » Read the article