(Encyclopedia) Frederick the Winter King, 1596–1632, king of Bohemia (1619–20), elector palatine (1610–20) as Frederick V. The Protestant diet of Bohemia deposed the Roman Catholic King Ferdinand (…
(Encyclopedia) Peter I or Peter the Great, 1672–1725, czar of Russia (1682–1725), major figure in the development of imperial Russia.
Peter's personal traits ranged from bestial cruelty and vice…
(Encyclopedia) Juan Carlos IJuan Carlos Ihwän kärˈlōs [key], 1938–, king of Spain (1975–2014), b. Rome. The grandson of Alfonso XIII, he was educated in Switzerland and in Spain. Placed by his father…
(Encyclopedia) Mazepa, IvanMazepa, Ivanēvänˈ məzyāˈpə [key], c.1640–1709, Cossack hetman [leader] in the Russian Ukraine. He was made hetman (1687) on the insistence of Prince Gallitzin, adviser to…
(Encyclopedia) TrabzonTrabzonträbˌzōnˈ [key] or TrebizondTrabzontrĕbˈĭzŏndˌ [key], city (1990 pop. 144,805), capital of Trabzon prov., NE Turkey, a port on the Black Sea. A commercial and…
(Encyclopedia) Stuart or Stewart, royal family that ruled Scotland and England. The Stuart lineage began in a family of hereditary stewards of Scotland, the earliest of whom was Walter (d. 1177),…
From planet to pet names, hurricane to Spanish place names Personal Names Most Popular First Names In 1900, John and Mary topped the list; a hundred years later it was Jacob…
(Encyclopedia) Muhammad II or Mehmet II (Muhammad the Conqueror), 1429–81, Ottoman sultan (1451–81), son and successor of Murad II. He is considered the true founder of the Ottoman Empire (Turkey).…
(Encyclopedia) OhridOhridōˈkhrēd [key], Ochrida, or OkhridaOkhridaboth: ŏˈkrĭdə [key], town (1981 est. pop, 64,200), North Macedonia, on a rock above Lake Ohrid, on the Albanian border. North…
