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  • * The [[Zenata]] [[Berber people|Berber]] tribe of [[Banu Ifran]] rebels against the [[Abbasid Caliphate]], * [[Tello, Bishop of Chur|Tello]], [[bishop of Chur]] (approximate date) ...
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  • {{Short description|Head of the Catholic Church from c. 174 to 189}} | caption = 15th century portrayal of St. Eleutherius from the [[Art gallery|Gallery]] of the [[Palazzo Farnese]] ...
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  • | birth_place = [[Chur]], [[Graubünden]], Switzerland ...ər}}; {{IPA|de|ˈɡiːɡɐ|lang}}; 5 February 1940 – 12 May 2014) was a [[Swiss people|Swiss]] artist best known for his [[airbrushed]] images that blended human ...
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  • ...ncipality, while ''Koroška'' for the duchy and region that emerged from it from the 10th century onward. ...a and [[Carniola]]. The latter, which appears in historical records dating from the late 8th century, was situated in the central part of modern Slovenia. ...
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  • ...ri Lambert}}; 26 or 28 August 1728 – 25 September 1777) was a [[polymath]] from the [[Republic of Mulhouse]], at that time allied to the [[Switzerland|Swis ...=trinity>[[W. W. Rouse Ball]] (1908) [http://www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/HistMath/People/Lambert/RouseBall/RB_Lambert.html Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728–1777)] via ...
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  • {{Redirect|Giacometti|other people named Giacometti|Giacometti (surname)|the racehorse|Giacometti (horse)}} | death_place = [[Chur]], Grisons, Switzerland ...
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  • {{Short description|Head of the Catholic Church from 1086 to 1087}} {{Redirect-distinguish|Victor III|Victor III (bishop of Chur)|Victor-class submarine}} ...
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  • ...ovani'' (accusative *''Tovanes''), meaning "people of the ravine", or else from an adjective *''tovatum'' (accusative plural *''tovatos''), meaning "(areas ...v. N. O. aus 300 m-Inlandflüge-LBS MH01-003844.tif|thumb|left|Aerial view from 300 m by [[Walter Mittelholzer]] (1923)]] ...
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  • {{Short description|Bishop of Augsburg from 923 to 973}} Much of the information concerning Ulrich is derived from the ''Life of St Ulrich'' written by Gerhard of Augsburg sometime between 9 ...
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  • ...speak Italian. [[Romansh language|Romansh]], a group of dialects descended from [[Vulgar Latin]], is spoken in several regions in the [[canton of Graubünde ...ength from east to west is {{convert|350|km|mi}}, and the greatest breadth from north to south is nearly {{convert|220|km|mi}}. Switzerland is a landlocked ...
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  • ...– 13 July 1896), was a German [[organic chemistry|organic chemist]]. From the 1850s until his death, Kekulé was one of the most prominent chemists in ...ilitary service, he took temporary assistantships in Paris (1851–52), in [[Chur]], Switzerland (1852–53), and in London (1853–55), where he was decisively ...
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  • ...nobyl's 2020 population estimate was 150 people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The people who moved to Chernobyl |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/mov ...purpose-built city of [[Slavutych]], most of the evacuees never returned. From 1923 onwards, Chernobyl had been the administrative centre of [[Chernobyl R ...
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  • ...art of Switzerland, Swiss school students are taught Swiss Standard German from the age of six. They are thus capable of understanding, writing and speakin ...spoken language for the majority of the population, in all social strata, from urban centers to the countryside. Using Swiss German conveys neither social ...
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  • '''Cherryville''' (/ˈtʃɜr.vəl/) (Chur-vull)<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlKlVTY41YY ...man, [[Dutch people|Dutch]], and [[Scot]]s-[[Irish people|Irish]] families from the [[Colony of Pennsylvania]] migrated south and settled in the Cherryvill ...
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  • ...ay]], son of the [[David Lindsay, 3rd Earl of Crawford|Earl of Crawford]], from the position of Bailie of the Regality, and replace him with Alexander Ogil ...to exile at Uglich with his wife.<ref>John Abbott, ''The Empire of Russia: From the Remotest Periods to the Present Time'' (PitRes, 2018) {{ISBN|9785041451 ...
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  • | ethnicity = [[Romansh people|Romansh]] | imagecaption = From top left to bottom right: Sutsilvan inscription in [[Andeer]], Sursilvan in ...
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  • ...eople of New Zealand, whose contribution distinguishes New Zealand English from other varieties.<ref name=Bayard2000>{{cite journal ...al regional markers to identify the New Zealand content, which were absent from the first edition.{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}} The NZ Dictionary Ce ...
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  • | [[China]] {{nwr|(from 1958)}} | [[Singapore]] {{nwr|(from 1980)}} ...
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  • ...help defend the kingdom.<ref name=Harvey>G. E. Harvey, ''History of Burma: From the Earliest Times to 10 March 1824'' (Frank Cass & Co. Ltd., 1925) pp.167- * [[March 25]] &ndash; [[Battle of Angol]] in [[Chile]]: [[Spanish people|Spanish]] [[Conquistador]] [[Lorenzo Bernal del Mercado]] defeats and kills ...
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  • {{Short description|Leader of the Soviet Union from 1984 to 1985}} ...olitician who served as the ''[[de jure]]'' [[leader of the Soviet Union]] from February 1984 until his death in March 1985. ...
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