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41Tientsin Accord — The Tientsin Accord or Li Fournier Convention, concluded on 11 May 1884, was intended to settle an undeclared war between France and China over the sovereignty of Tonkin (northern Vietnam). The convention, negotiated by Li Hung chang for China… …
42Space law — is an area of the law that encompasses national and international law governing activities in outer space. International lawyers have been unable to agree on a uniform definition of the term outer space, although most lawyers agree that outer… …
43Sharing of Ganges Waters — The sharing of the Ganges waters is a long standing issue between India and Bangladesh over the appropriate allocation and development of the water resources of the Ganges River that flows from northern India into Bangladesh. The issue has… …
44Sino-French War — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Sino French War 中法戰争 Guerre franco chinoise Chiến tranh Pháp Thanh partof= caption=Operations of the Sino French war (1884 1885). date=1884 1885 place=Southeast China, Taiwan, Northern Vietnam casus=… …
45Vienna, Congress of — (1814–15) Assembly that reorganized Europe after the Napoleonic Wars. The powers of the Quadruple Alliance had concluded the Treaty of Chaumont just before Napoleon s first abdication and agreed to meet later in Vienna. There they were joined by… …
46Ten Years of Progress Toward a World Free of Land Mines — ▪ 2008 Introduction by Jody Williams As those in the movement to ban antipersonnel land mines (the ban movement) celebrate this 10th anniversary year of the successful negotiating and signing of the Mine Ban Treaty and the Ottawa Process that… …
47Bac Le ambush — The Bac Le ambush (French: guet apens de Bac Lé ) was a clash during the Tonkin campaign in June 1884 between Chinese troops of the Guangxi Army and a French column sent to occupy Lang Son and other towns near the Chinese border. The French… …
48Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville — Granville George Leveson Gower, 2nd Earl Granville KG, PC (11 May 1815 ndash; 31 March 1891), was a British Liberal statesman.FamilyThe eldest son of Granville Leveson Gower, 1st Earl Granville (1773 1846), by his marriage with Lady Harriet… …
49Scotland in the Late Middle Ages — The history of Scotland in the Late Middle Ages might be said to be dominated by the twin themes of crisis and transition. It is a period where the boundaries are set by the death of kings that of Alexander III in 1286 and James IV in 1513, one… …
50Armenia, Relations with — Armenia, formerly the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1936 until its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, was incorporated into the Russian empire in the early 19th century. Armenia is a small, transcontinental country in the… …
