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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (Spanish: [miˈɣel de θeɾˈβantes saaˈβeðɾa]; 29 September 1547 (assumed) – 22 April 1616 NS) was an Early Modern Spanish writer...57 KB (6,083 words) - 20:48, 1 July 2024
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) was a British railway company. It was formed on 1 January 1923 under the Railways Act 1921, which required...66 KB (7,409 words) - 13:10, 31 July 2024
Lutzelbourg (French pronunciation: [lytsəlbuʁ]; German: Lützelburg) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. This town...5 KB (474 words) - 22:54, 11 January 2024
The first Battle of Smolensk (German: Kesselschlacht bei Smolensk, lit. 'Cauldron-battle at Smolensk'; Russian: Смоленская стратегическая оборонительная...38 KB (4,709 words) - 00:11, 2 August 2024
Henri Honoré Giraud (18 January 1879 – 11 March 1949) was a French military officer who was a leader of the Free French Forces during the Second World...28 KB (2,951 words) - 01:05, 5 June 2024
The Faroe Islands women's national football team represents the Faroe Islands in women's association football and is controlled by the Faroe Islands Football...37 KB (1,656 words) - 06:35, 28 July 2024
Capital punishment has been completely abolished in all European countries except for Belarus and Russia, the latter of which has a moratorium and has...33 KB (2,495 words) - 17:14, 1 August 2024
Viroflay (French pronunciation: [viʁɔflɛ]) is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. It is located in the south-western...3 KB (208 words) - 14:30, 22 July 2022
Samuel Wilson (born 4 April 1952) is a Northern Irish politician who was Chief Whip of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) in the House of Commons from...45 KB (4,220 words) - 12:38, 2 August 2024- Events in the year 2020 in Spain. Monarch: Felipe VI Prime Minister: Pedro Sánchez President of the Congress of Deputies: Meritxell Batet President of...47 KB (3,417 words) - 18:04, 29 August 2023
Storm Eleanor (known as Cyclone Burglind in Germany) was an extratropical cyclone and European windstorm that affected Ireland, the United Kingdom, France...5 KB (360 words) - 09:00, 6 April 2024- Events in the year 1980 in Portugal. President: António Ramalho Eanes Prime Minister: Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo (until 3 January) Francisco de Sá Carneiro...2 KB (100 words) - 17:59, 6 June 2023
Newmachar is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, about 10 miles (16 km) to the north-west of Aberdeen. The settlement has a long history previously being...16 KB (1,617 words) - 21:34, 3 July 2024
The city itself, at 595 metres above sea level, is formed by an amphitheater on a hill between the Plateau de Valensole and the valley of Notre Dame. The...7 KB (569 words) - 03:14, 1 August 2023
The National Grid covers most of mainland Great Britain and several of the surrounding islands, and there are interconnectors to Northern Ireland and to...60 KB (5,889 words) - 22:41, 1 August 2024
Aberfan (Welsh pronunciation: [ˌabɛrˈvan]) is a former coal mining village in the Taff Valley 4 mi (6 km) south of the town of Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. On...15 KB (1,648 words) - 21:17, 7 June 2024
Harborough, Oadby and Wigston (/ˈhɑːrbərə, -bʌrə/) is a constituency covering the south east of Leicestershire represented in the House of Commons of the...59 KB (1,333 words) - 09:59, 3 August 2024
Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway (CB&SCR), was an Irish gauge (1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)) railway in Ireland. It opened in 1849 as the Cork and Bandon Railway...25 KB (2,902 words) - 17:53, 19 July 2024
The Andorra women's national football team (Catalan: Selecció femenina de futbol d'Andorra) represents Andorra in women's association football and is controlled...32 KB (893 words) - 06:34, 28 July 2024- The Balcerowicz Plan (Polish: plan Balcerowicza), also termed "Shock Therapy", was a method for rapidly transitioning from an economy based on state ownership...19 KB (1,761 words) - 03:34, 9 May 2024