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101Greco, El — orig. Doménikos Theotokópoulos born 1541, Candia, Crete died April 7, 1614, Toledo, Spain Cretan born Spanish painter, the first great master of Spanish painting. Documentation on his early life is limited, but it is known that he was in Venice с …
102Tolstoy, Leo — Russian Lev Nikolayevich, Count Tolstoy born Sept. 9, 1828, Yasnaya Polyana, Tula province, Russian Empire died Nov. 20, 1910, Astapovo, Ryazan province Russian writer, one of the world s greatest novelists. The scion of prominent aristocrats,… …
103Suvorov, Aleksandr Vasilyevich, Graf Rimniksky, Knyaz Italiysky, Reichsgraf — ▪ Russian military officer Introduction (Imperial Count) born Nov. 24 [Nov. 13, old style], 1729, Moscow died May 18 [May 6, O.S.], 1800, St. Petersburg, Russia Russian military commander notable for his achievements in the Russo Turkish… …
104white — white1 [ waıt, hwaıt ] adjective *** ▸ 1 of same color as milk ▸ 2 of race with pale skin ▸ 3 pale because sick/upset ▸ 4 about food/drink ▸ 5 completely fair/honest 1. ) something that is white is the same color as milk or snow. If something is… …
105Archibald McIndoe — Dr Sir Archibald McIndoe CBE FRCS (May 4, 1900 April 11, 1960) was a pioneering English plastic surgeon who worked for the Royal Air Force during World War II. He greatly improved the treatment and rehabilitation of badly burned aircrew.… …
106Dosage Index — The Dosage Index is a mathematical figure used by breeders of Thoroughbred race horses, and sometimes by bettors handicapping horse races, to quantify a horse s ability, or inability, to negotiate the various distances at which horse races are… …
107Low Countries, history of — Introduction history of the Low Countries from prehistoric times to 1579. For historical purposes, the name Low Countries is generally understood to include the territory of what is today The Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, as… …
108Anjou — For other uses, see Anjou (disambiguation). Anjou Flag …
109Philippe II, Duke of Orléans — Philippe Duke of Orléans Regent of the Kingdom Philippe with his mistress Marie Thérèse de Parabère by Jean Baptiste Sa …
110Minor campaigns of 1815 — On 1 March 1815 Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from his imprisonment on the isle of Elba, and launched a bid to recover his empire. A confederation of European powers pledged to stop him. During the period known as the Hundred Days Napoleon chose to… …
