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61Hong Kong Mint — (Chinese: 香港造幣廠) was a mint in Hong Kong existed from 1866 to 1868. It was located in Sugar Street, Hong Kong Island. A Mint Dam, on the slope of Mount Butler, was constructed to supply water to the mint. In early colonial Hong Kong, mixed… …
621520s in England — Events from the 1520s in England.IncumbentsMonarch Henry VIII of EnglandEvents* 1520 ** 26 May–31 May Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor visits King Henry VIII at Dover and Canterbury.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell s Chronology of… …
631560s in England — Events from the 1560s in England.IncumbentsMonarch Elizabeth I of EnglandEvents* 1560 ** 6 July Treaty of Edinburgh between England, France and Scotland. The French withdraw from Scotland and recognise Elizabeth I of England.cite… …
64Сеньораж — Сеньораж  доход, получаемый от эмиссии денег. Сеньораж не следует смешивать с родственным ему понятием инфляционный налог. В условиях товарных, фидуциарных и условных, или фиатных денег сеньораж получается существенно различными способами.… …
65aesthetics — /es thet iks/ or, esp. Brit., /ees /, n. (used with a sing. v.) 1. the branch of philosophy dealing with such notions as the beautiful, the ugly, the sublime, the comic, etc., as applicable to the fine arts, with a view to establishing the… …
66Scotland — /skot leuhnd/, n. a division of the United Kingdom in the N part of Great Britain. 5,205,000; 30,412 sq. mi. (78,772 sq. km). Cap.: Edinburgh. * * * I Northernmost country of the United Kingdom. Area: 30,421 sq mi (78,789 sq km). Population… …
67tragedy — /traj i dee/, n., pl. tragedies. 1. a dramatic composition, often in verse, dealing with a serious or somber theme, typically that of a great person destined through a flaw of character or conflict with some overpowering force, as fate or society …
68Nicephorus II Phocas — born 912, Cappadocia died Dec. 10/11, 969, Constantinople Byzantine emperor (963–969). A powerful military commander, he fought the Arabs in the east, liberated Crete from its Arab rulers (961), and gained control of the eastern Mediterranean.… …
69English literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. The major literatures written in English outside the British Isles are… …
70Marigny, Enguerrand de — ▪ French chamberlain born 1260, Lyons la Forêt, in Normandy, Fr. died April 11/30, 1315, Paris powerful chamberlain to the French king Philip IV the Fair, who depended heavily on Marigny s advice on foreign policy and on relations between… …
