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21Grand Alliance, War of the — (1689–97) Third major war of Louis XIV of France, in which his expansionist plans were blocked by an alliance led by Britain, the United Provinces of the Netherlands, and the Austrian Habsburgs. The deeper issue underlying the war was the rivalry …
22Holy Alliance — ] The Holy Alliance was a coalition of Russia, Austria and Prussia created in 1815 at the behest of Tsar Alexander I of Russia, signed by the three powers in Vienna on September 26 1815. [ [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07398a.htm Holy… …
23DaimlerChrysler-Mitsubishi alliance — The DaimlerChrysler Mitsubishi alliance refers to the 69 month period during which U.S. German automaker DaimlerChrysler AG (DCX) held a controlling stake in Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC). First established on March 27, 2000 with the… …
24Quintuple Alliance — The Quintuple Alliance came into being at the Congress of Aix la Chapelle in 1818, when France joined the Quadruple Alliance created by Russia, Austria, Prussia and Great Britain. The European peace settlement concluded at the Congress of Vienna… …
25Unholy alliance (politics) — An unholy alliance is a political or other arrangement whereby individuals or groups of radically opposed orientations co operate together in particular circumstances on matters of common concern.The term echoes the Holy Alliance , a diplomatic… …
26Quadruple Alliance — (1815) An agreement concluded between Britain, Austria, Russia, and Prussia on November 20, 1815, the same day as the second Treaty of Paris, by which the signatories pledged not only to uphold the peace with royalist France, but to prevent… …
27World Evangelical Alliance Theological Commission — The Theological Commission of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) (formerly World Evangelical Fellowship, WEF) was established in 1974 with Bruce Nicholls as director and John Langlois as administrator. It was built upon the Theological… …
28Treaty of Friendship and Alliance (China — The Treaty of Friendship and Alliance (Traditional Chinese:中蘇友好同盟條約) is a 1945 treaty signed by Republic of China (ROC) and Soviet Union at 14 August. In a declaration made in connection with the treaty, the ROC accepted the independence of… …
29Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …
30Sweden — /sweed n/, n. a kingdom in N Europe, in the E part of the Scandinavian Peninsula. 8,946,193; 173,732 sq. mi. (449,964 sq. km). Cap.: Stockholm. Swedish, Sverige. * * * Sweden Introduction Sweden Background: A military power during the 17th… …
