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  • Commemorative plaque

    Commemorative plaque

    A commemorative plaque, or simply plaque, or in other places referred to as a historical marker, historic marker, or historic plaque, is a plate of metal, ceramic, stone, wood, or other material, b

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  • Alexandros Koryzis

    Alexandros Koryzis

    Alexandros Koryzis (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Κορυζής ; 1885 – 18 April 1941) was a Greek politician who served briefly as the prime minister of Greece in 1941.Alexandros KoryzisΑλέξανδρος ΚορυζήςPrime Min

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  • Charter Oath

    Charter Oath

    The Charter Oath(五箇条の御誓文 , Gokajō no Goseimon ; more literally, the Oath in Five Articles) was promulgated on 6 April 1868 in Kyoto Imperial Palace. The Oath outlined the main aims and the course o

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  • Fudai daimyō

    Fudai daimyō

    Fudai daimyō(譜代大名 ) was a class of daimyō (大名) in the Tokugawa Shogunate (徳川幕府) of Japan who were hereditary vassals of the Tokugawa before the Battle of Sekigahara.Fudai daimyō and their descendan

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  • Barbary Crusade

    Barbary Crusade

    The Barbary Crusade, also called the Mahdia Crusade, was a Franco-Genoese military expedition in 1390 that led to the siege of Mahdia, then a stronghold of the Barbary pirates in Hafsidi Ifriqiya (

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  • Boughton Malherbe

    Boughton Malherbe

    Boughton Malherbe (/ˈ b ɔː t ən ˈ m æ l ər b i / BAW -tən MAL -ər-bee) is a village and civil parish in the Maidstone district of Kent, England, equidistant between Maidstone and Ashford. According

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  • Barbara Stanwyck

    Barbara Stanwyck

    Barbara Stanwyck (/ˈ s t æ n w ɪ k / ; born Ruby Catherine Stevens; July 16, 1907 – January 20, 1990) was an American actress and dancer. A stage, film, and television star, during her 60-year prof

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  • Power density

    Power density

    This article needs additional citations for verification.Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: "Po

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  • Hamamatsu Castle

    Hamamatsu Castle

    Hamamatsu Castle(浜松城 , Hamamatsu-jō ) is a hirayama-style Japanese castle ruin, with some replica castle buildings. It was the seat of various fudai daimyō who ruled over Hamamatsu Domain, Tōtōmi P

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  • Nordenskiöld Archipelago

    Nordenskiöld Archipelago

    The Nordenskiöld Archipelago or Nordenskjold Archipelago (Russian: Архипелаг Норденшельда , romanized: Arkhipelag Nordenshel'da ) is a large and complex cluster of about 90 islands in the eastern r

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