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  • 41Priestley Riots — The Priestley Riots (also known as the Birmingham Riots of 1791) took place from 14 July to 17 July 1791 in Birmingham, England; the rioters main targets were religious Dissenters, most notably the politically and theologically controversial… …

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  • 42Suburbs of Johannesburg — The suburbs of Johannesburg are officially demarcated areas within the city of Johannesburg, South Africa. As in other Commonwealth countries, the term suburb refers to a neighbourhood , although the term has a somewhat stronger meaning in South… …

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  • 43Danube Swabians — The Danube Swabians (German: Donauschwaben) is a collective term for the German speaking population who lived in the former Kingdom of Hungary, especially alongside the Danube River valley. Because of different developments within the territory… …

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  • 44Pacification operations in German-occupied Poland — The pacification operations in German occupied Poland were the unlawful use of military force and punitive measures conducted during World War II by the German state with the goal of suppressing any Polish resistance.Pacification operations are… …

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  • 45Hellenistic Greece — The Hellenistic period of European history was the period between the death of Alexander the Great (Alexander III of Macedon) in 323 BC and the annexation of the classical Greek heartlands by Rome in 146 BC. Although the establishment of Roman… …

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  • 46Kangla Palace — The main entrance of the Kangla Fort in Imphal. The Palace of Bangla is an old palace at Kangla in the Manipur state of India. It was situated on both sides (western and eastern) of the bank of the Imphal River. But now it remains only on the… …

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  • 47Grand Canal (Venice) — The Grand Canal (Italian: Canal Grande, Venetian: Canałasso) is the most important canal in Venice, Italy. It forms one of the major water traffic corridors in the city. Public transport is provided by water buses and private water taxis, but… …

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  • 48Robert-François Damiens — The title of this article contains the character ç. Where it is unavailable or not desired, the name may be represented as Robert Francois Damiens. Robert François Damiens Robert François Damiens (9 January 1715 – 28 March 1757) was a French… …

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  • 49Khotin Uprising — The Uprising of Khotin was an insurrection by Ukrainians in northern Bessarabia less than a year after its Union with the Romanian, on January 23–February 1, 1919. The city of Khotin (Ukrainian: Хотин, Khotyn, Romanian: Hotin) is located now in… …

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  • 50Diet of Roncaglia — The Diet of Roncaglia was held in 1158 near Piacenza as a general assembly of the nobles and ecclesiasts of the Holy Roman Empire and representatives of each of the fourteen Lombard League cities. It followed a series of raids carried out by the… …

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