Duchy of Milan

•  Saarbrücken

  Saarbrücken is the capital of the state of Saarland in Germany. The city sits at the heart of a metropolitan area that bounds westwards to Dillingen and northeastwards to Neunkirchen, in which most of the people of the Saarland live. Saarbrücken used to be the industrial and transport centre of a great coal basin. Production included iron and steel, sugar, beer, pottery, optical instruments, machinery, and construction materials.

  

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•  First Coalition

  The First Coalition (1793–1797) was the first major concerted effort of multiple European powers to contain Revolutionary France. It took shape after the French Revolutionary Wars had already begun. After the stated aim of the National Convention to export revolution, the guillotining of King Louis XVI (January 1793) and the French opening of the Scheldt, a military coalition was formed against France.

  

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•  Republic of Genoa

  The Most Serene Republic of Genoa was an independent state in Liguria on the northwestern Italian coast from 1005 to 1797, when it was invaded by armies of Revolutionary France under Napoleon. It was then succeeded by the Ligurian Republic, which existed until 1805 before being annexed by the French Empire. Its restoration was briefly proclaimed in 1814, following the defeat of Napoleon, but it was short-lived, and the Republic was ultimately annexed by the Kingdom of Sardinia.

  

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•  Republic of Venice

  The Most Serene Republic of Venice or Venetian Republic was a state originating from the city of Venice in Northeastern Italy. It existed for over a millennium, from the late 7th century AD until the year 1797. It is often referred to as La Serenissima, in reference to its title in Venetian, the Most Serene Republic.

  

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•  Cispadane Republic

  The Cispadane Republic was a short-lived republic located in Northern Italy, founded in 1796 with the protection of the French army, led by Napoleon Bonaparte. In the following year, it was merged into the Cisalpine Republic. On 16 October 1796, a congress was held in Modena, after the previous ruler, Duke Hercules III, had fled to Venice to escape the French advance. The congress was formed by representatives from the provinces of Modena, Bologna, Ferrara and Reggio Emilia.

  

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•  Council of Ten

  The Council of Ten, or simply the Ten, was, from 1310 to 1797, one of the major governing bodies of the Republic of Venice. Although its actions were often secretive, it was generally considered to be fair and effective by the citizens of the Republic.

  

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•  Transpadane Republic

  The Transpadane Republic was a revolutionary, provisional and internationally unrecognized government established in Milan by General Napoleon Bonaparte. On May 10, 1796, the French army defeated the Austrian troops in the Battle of Lodi, and occupied the ancient Duchy of Milan. Napoleon set up a temporary authority, the General Administration of Lombardy, which replaced the Austrian officials and created a French client republic in Northern Italy, adopting the French Republican Calendar.

  

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•  Northern Star (newspaper of the Society of United Irishmen)

  The Northern Star was the newspaper of the Society of United Irishmen, which was published from 1792 until its suppression by the British army in May 1797.

  

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•  Karl Knipper Theatre

  Knipper Theatre, Kniper Theatre or Knieper Theatre was the venue of a German theatrical troupe led by Karl Kniper which performed in Saint Petersburg beginning in 1777. The theatre building was converted from a manège (riding school), located on the Tsaritsa Meadow near the present-day Tripartite Bridge. From 1770 to 1777 it was occupied by English comedians, until they were replaced with the German troupe.

  

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•  Republic of Bergamo

  The Republic of Bergamo or Repubblica Bergamasca was an ephemeral revolutionary municipality of 24 members, created on March 13, 1797, by the French army to rule the local administration of Bergamo and its province. With the Preliminary of Leoben, France and Austria agreed the end of the multi-centennial Venetian rule over the territory between Adda River and Oglio River, together with the Austrian occupation of Istria and Dalmatia.

  

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•  List of James Bond henchmen in You Only Live Twice

  Hans is the personal bodyguard of SPECTRE mastermind Ernst Stavro Blofeld. He is a tall (6 ft 8 inches), muscular blonde man wearing an all-black outfit who never speaks and appears in the film You Only Live Twice, played by Ronald Rich and credited simply as "Blofeld's Bodyguard. " Hans is introduced in the film in the first scene we see of Blofeld's volcano lair.

  

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•  Robert Bartko

  Robert Bartko (born December 23, 1975 in Potsdam) is a road bicycle and track cyclist from Germany, who was born in the former East Germany. He won two gold medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia: in the individual and in the team pursuit. He was a professional rider from 2001 to 2005.

  

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•  Hurdis Ravenshaw

  Major General Hurdis Secundus Lalande Ravenshaw CMG (June 1869 – c. 6 June 1920) was a senior British Army officer during the First World War who served at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst and saw action on the North-West Frontier of India, in South Africa during the Second Boer War and in France and Greece during the First World War. In 1916 he was captured by an Austrian submarine and held as a prisoner for the next two years.

  

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•  Bad Girls (Wilson novel)

  

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