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Sigismund
Sigismund , 1368-1437, Holy Roman emperor (1433-37), German king (1410-37), king of Hungary (1387-1437) and of Bohemia (1419-37), elector of Brandenburg (1376-1415), son of Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV . Accession to the Hungarian Throne Through his marriage to Mary, who became queen of Hungary... Read more |
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Andreas Marggraf
MARGGRAF, ANDREAS SIGISMUND (b. Berlin, Prussia, 3 March 1709; d. Berlin, 7 August 1782) chemistry. The few recorded accounts of Marggraf |
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Max Johann Sigismund Schultze
SCHULTZE, MAX JOHANN SIGISMUND(b. Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, 25 March 1825; d. Bonn Germany, 16 January 1874)anatomy, microscopy.Schultze played a leading role in the movement to reform the cell theory as originally set forth by Schleiden and Schwann. Above all, Schultze and the other reformers... Read more |
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Jagiello
Jagiello or Jagello , dynasty that ruled Poland and Lithuania from 1386 to 1572, Hungary from 1440 to 1444 and again from 1490 to 1526, and Bohemia from 1471 to 1526. It took its name from Ladislaus Jagiello, grand duke of Lithuania, who became (1386) king of Poland as Ladislaus II when he... Read more |
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Vasa
Vasa , Pol. Waza, royal dynasty of Sweden (1523-1654) and Poland (1587-1668). Gustavus I , founder of the dynasty in Sweden, was succeeded by his sons Eric XIV (reigned 1560-68) and John III (reigned 1568-92). John III married the sister of Sigismund II of Poland, and their son was elected... Read more |
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Hussite Wars 1419-1436
Hussite Wars series of conflicts in the 15th cent., caused by the rise of the Hussites in Bohemia and Moravia. It was a religious struggle between Hussites and the Roman Catholic Church, a national struggle between Czechs and Germans, and a social struggle between the landed and peasant classes.... Read more |
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Nikopol
Nikopol , town (1993 pop. 4,897), N Bulgaria, a port on the Danube River bordering Romania. Farming, viticulture, and fishing are the chief occupations. Founded in 629 by Byzantine emperor Heraclius, Nikopol (then Nicopolis) became a flourishing trade and cultural center of the second Bulgarian... Read more |
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Gallitzin
Gallitzin , Rus. Golytsin , Russian princely family. Among many alternate spellings are Galitzin, Galytzin, and Galitsin. Vasily Vasilyevich Gallitzin, d. 1619, helped to enthrone the first false Dmitri but later joined the Shuiski conspiracy against him. Sent to offer the Russian crown to... Read more |
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Ladislaus IV (Poland)
Ladislaus IV 1595-1648, king of Poland (1632-48), son and successor of Sigismund III . His reign was marked by struggles with his subjects and wars with the Swedes, the Russians, and the Ottomans. Ladislaus in his later years vainly sought to establish authority over the nobles. The Cossack ... Read more |
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Relations with Austria
AUSTRIA, RELATIONS WITH As they gained control of the Russian lands during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the princes of Moscow became a factor in international relations. An Austrian nobleman, Sigismund von Herber-stein, twice led embassies from the Habsburg Holy Roman emperor to Basil III... Read more |
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Arts Minister Tessa Blackstone puts temporary export bar on 'outstanding'...
...market price: A sallet made by Lorenz Helmschmied of Augsburg, c...All of them are products of Lorenz Helmschmied of Augsburg, the...helm surmounted by a cross of Lorenz Helmschmied together with the...were made for the Archduke Sigismund, while two more ... |
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Anniversaries
...or Brieuc, St Joseph the Worker, St Peregrine Laziosi, St Sigismund of Burgundy and St Theodard of Narbonne. TOMORROW: Births...playwright, 1859; Baron Manfred von Richthofen, aviator, 1892; Lorenz Milton Hart, songwriter and composer, 1895; Harry Lillis... |
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