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civil war, in Roman history

(Encyclopedia)civil war, in Roman history: see Marius and Sulla; Pompey and Julius Caesar. ...

Civil War, in U.S. history

(Encyclopedia)Civil War, in U.S. history, conflict (1861–65) between the Northern states (the Union) and the Southern states that seceded from the Union and formed the Confederacy. It is generally known in the So...

Zapatero, José Luis Rodríguez

(Encyclopedia)Zapatero, José Luis Rodríguez hōsāˈ lo͞oēˈ rôᵺrēˈgās säpätāˈrō [key], 1960–, Spanish political leader, prime minister of Spain (2004–11), b. Valladolid. A Socialist and a lawyer...

Fair Oaks, American Civil War battle

(Encyclopedia)Fair Oaks: see Peninsular campaign. ...

Aleutian Islands World War II National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Aleutian Islands World War II National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table). ...

Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace

(Encyclopedia)Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace, at Stanford, Calif. It was established in 1919 as the Hoover War Library by Herbert Hoover to extend his collection of documents of World War I, but i...

War in the Pacific National Historical Park

(Encyclopedia)War in the Pacific National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Louis XIV, king of France

(Encyclopedia)Louis XIV, 1638–1715, king of France (1643–1715), son and successor of King Louis XIII. Although he had a series of mistresses, Louis XIV finally came under the influence of Mme de Maintenon, wh...

District of Columbia, University of the

(Encyclopedia)District of Columbia, University of the, at Washington, D.C.; coeducational; land-grant and federally supported; est. 1976 with the merger of three existing colleges; predominantly African American. I...