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Cham Albanians (In Albanian: Çamë or Shqiptarë, in Greek: Τσάμηδες Tsámidhes or Αλβανοί Alvaní) are a group of ethnic Albanians traditionally from Çamëria (the Greek region of Epirus) and today live in Albania, Greece and Turkey. They speak the Albanian language and are predominantly Muslim, with a sizable Orthodox Christian minority. Cham Albanians - History. While the Balkan Wars resulted in Albanian independence, they also resulted in an expansion of the territory of G ...

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1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. 1949 - Events. January 2 - Luis Muñoz Marín became the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico. January 4 - RMS Caronia of the Cunard Line departs Southampton for New York on her maiden voyage January 4 - February 22 - Series of winter storms in Nebraska, Wyoming, South Dakota, Utah, Colorado and Nevada - winds of up to 72 mph - tens of thousands of cattle and sheep perish January 5 - ...

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Since 1815, Belgium had been a part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. With the treaty, the southern provinces of the Netherlands became the Kingdom of Belgium, while the province of Limburg was split into Belgian and Dutch parts. The same happened to the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg which in turn was split into a Belgian part and the current Grand Duchy which was under a personal union with the Netherlands under King William III until 1867. Zeeuws-Vlaanderen was detached from Belgium as well and became part of the Dutch province of Zeela ...

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Treaty of London 1839, Treaty of London 1839 - Territorial consequences of the treaty, Treaty of London 1839 - Significance of the Treaty

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While the Balkan Wars resulted in Albanian independence, they also resulted in an expansion of the territory of Greece by about 64%. The newly drawn borders left a sizable Albanian minority in Greece and a sizable Greek minority in Albania. In March 1926 Greece announced that all Greek citizens, including the Chams enjoyed equal rights. In practice, these rights were very selective. The Greek authorities discouraged ethnic Albanians from speaking Albanian outside their homes and did not permit Albanian language schools. In 1936, Ioann ...

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Cham Albanians, Cham Albanians - History, Cham Albanians - Current situation

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Today, there are 46 member states, including nearly every European state. Upon foundation on May 5, 1949 there were ten members:  Belgium  Denmark  France  Republic of Ireland  Italy  Luxembourg  Netherlands  Norway  Sweden  United Kingdom Members with later admission dates (sorted by date of admission) :  Greece (9 August 1949)  Turkey (9 August 194 ...

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Council of Europe, Council of Europe - Founding, Council of Europe - Aims, Council of Europe - Institutions, Council of Europe - Symbols, Council of Europe - Membership

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April 19 is the 109th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (110th in leap years). There are 256 days remaining. April 19 - Events. 1012 - Martyrdom of St Alphege in Greenwich, London. 1529 - At the Diet of Speyer, a group of rulers (German: Fürst) and independent cities (German: Reichsstadt) protests the reinstatement of the Edict of Worms, beginning the Protestant movement. 1587 - Sir Francis Drake sinks the French fleet in Cádiz H ...

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Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1839 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). 1839 - Events. January 9 - The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process. January 19 - British East India Company captures Aden January 20 - In the Battle of Yungay, Chile defeats a Peruvian and Bolivian alliance. February 24 - William Otis receives a patent for ...

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The Belgian Revolution was a conflict in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands that began with a riot in Brussels in August 1830 and eventually led to the establishment of an independent, Catholic and neutral Belgium (William I, king of the Netherlands, would refuse to recognize a Belgian state until 1839, when he had to yield under pressure by the Treaty of London). The Netherlands shook off their Napoleonic rule in 1813. In the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814 the names "United Provinces of the Netherlands" and "United Netherlands" ...

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• Belgian Revolution - The opera riot
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• Belgian Revolution - The European Powers
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• Belgian Revolution - The Accession of King Leopold

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The British Empire was the world's first global power and the largest empire in history. It was a product of the European Age of Discovery that began with the global maritime empires of Portugal and Spain in the late 15th century. By 1921 the British Empire held sway over a population of about 470–570 million people—roughly a quarter of the world's population—and covered about 14.3 million square miles (more than 37 million km²), almost a third of the world's total land area. Though it has since almost completely disappeared, t ...

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• British Empire - Kingdom of England 927 - 1707
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• British Empire - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1801 - 1927
• British Empire - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1927 - present

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The Council of Europe is an international organisation of 46 member states in the European region. Membership is open to all European states which accept the principle of the rule of law and guarantee fundamental human rights and freedoms to their citizens. One of the main successes of the Council was the European Convention on Human Rights in 1950, which serves as the basis for the European Court of Human Rights. The seat of the Council of Europe is in Strasbourg on the Franco-German border. Originally meeting in Strasbourg's University Palace, it is now domiciled in t ...

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Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1827 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). 1827 - Events. February 20 - South America: Battle of Huzaingo - Brazil defeats Argentina, Uruguay April – Ottoman Algeria: Husain Dei slaps the French consul Decalina on the face – eventually leading to war and French rule in Algeria April 10 - UK: George Canning succeeds Lord Liverpool as British P ...

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Corinth, or Korinth (Κόρινθος; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a Greek city, on the Isthmus of Corinth, the narrow stretch of land that joins the Peloponnesus to the mainland of Greece. To the west of the isthmus lies the Gulf of Corinth, to the east lies the Saronic Gulf. Corinth is about 48 miles (78 km) southwest of Athens. The isthmus, which was in ancient times traversed by hauling ships over the ...

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• Corinth - Prehistoric era
• Corinth - Classical era
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• Corinth - Principality of Achaea
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1604 - Events. January 14 – Hampton Court conference with James I of England, the Anglican bishops and representatives of Puritans September 20 – Capture of Ostend by Spanish forces under Ambrosio Spinola after a three year siege. October 9 – Supernova 1604 is observed. As of this writing, this was the last supernova to be observed in the Milky Way. November 1 – At Whitehall Palace in London, the William Shakespeare tragedy Othello is presented for the first time.Including:

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Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1832 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). 1832 - Events. February 12 - Ecuador annexes the Galapagos Islands February 12 – Cholera breaks out in London, claiming at least 3000 victims. It spreads to France and North America later this year. April 6 - USA: The Black Hawk War begins. May 7 - The Treaty of London creates an independent Kin ...

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Belgium's de facto independence had been established through nine years of intermittent fighting, the Belgian Revolution. The signatories of the treaty (the United Kingdom, Austria, France, Prussia, Russia, and the Netherlands) now officially recognized the independent Kingdom of Belgium, and (at the United Kingdom's insistence) agreed to its neutrality. The treaty was an important document, especially in its role in bringing about World War I. When the Germans invaded Belgium in August 1914 in violation of the Treaty, the Brit ...

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Treaty of London 1839, Treaty of London 1839 - Territorial consequences of the treaty, Treaty of London 1839 - Significance of the Treaty

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The exiled Muslim Cham Albanians have addressed the issue of their lost properties and requested permission to return to their villages Greece. So far, the Greek government has maintained that the Cham issue is closed. The National Political Organisation "Çamëria" (in Albanian: Shoqëria Politike Atdhetare "Çamëria"), a pressure group advocating the return of the Chams to Greece, receipt of compensation and greater freedom for the Orthodox Chams in Greece, was founded 10 January 1991, and was registerend with the Unrepresent ...

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Cham Albanians, Cham Albanians - History, Cham Albanians - Current situation

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The War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714) was a major European armed conflict that arose in 1701 after the death of the last Spanish Habsburg king, Charles II. Charles had bequeathed all of his possessions to Philip, duc d'Anjou (Philip V), a grandson of the French King Louis XIV. The war began slowly, as the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I fought to protect his own dynasty's claim to the Spanish inheritance. As Louis XIV began to expand his territories more aggressively, however, other European nations (chiefly England and the Rep ...

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• War of the Spanish Succession - Blenheim to Malplaquet
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History of Dalmatia - Medieval city-states and the country. Following the great Slavic migration into Illyria in the first half of the 7th century, Dalmatia became distinctly divided between two different communities: The hinterland populated by Slavic tribes, besides the Romanicized Illyrian natives (and Celtic in the north) The city-states populated by the native Romance-speaking descendants of Romans and Illyrians, who lived safely in Ragusa (Dubrovnik), Iadera (Zadar), Tragurium (Trogir), Sp ...

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History of Dalmatia, History of Dalmatia - Old Ages, History of Dalmatia - Illyria and the Roman Empire, History of Dalmatia - Middle Ages, History of Dalmatia - Medieval city-states and the country, History of Dalmatia - Rivalry of Venice and Hungary, History of Dalmatia - Venetian and Turkish rule, History of Dalmatia - New Era, History of Dalmatia - Dalmatia in Napoleon's times, History of Dalmatia - Habsburg/Austrian rule Age of national awakening, History of Dalmatia - Newest era, History of Dalmatia - First half of the 20th century, History of Dalmatia - Dalmatia in independent Croatia

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Historians have said, based upon an assortment of contemporary accounts, that the King had some male lovers throughout his life and was not much interested in his wife. Growing up, James did not have any parents, for his father, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, was murdered and his mother, Mary I of Scotland was forced to flee when she married the suspected murderer, James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell. His grandfather was assassin ...

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James I of England, James I of England - Early life, James I of England - Regencies, James I of England - English succession, James I of England - Early reign in England, James I of England - Conflict with Parliament, James I of England - Later years, James I of England - Love life, James I of England - Legacy, James I of England - Style and arms, James I of England - Issue

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The agreement provides that countries which have an official language in common with an official language of the European Patent Office, i.e. English, French and German, would not require anymore translation of European patents in one of their official languages. Other countries would have to choose one of the official languages of the EPO as a "prescribed language", in which European patents would have to be translated in order to enter into force in their country. They would however keep the right to require translat ...

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London Agreement, London Agreement - Legal provisions

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