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Hace 1 día · The Regency of Algiers was a largely independent tributary state of the Ottoman Empire that existed between 1516 and 1830. Founded by the corsair brothers Aruj and Khayr ad-Din Barbarossa, the Regency was an important pirate base, notorious for its Barbary corsairs who were involved in numerous armed conflicts with the European powers. Algiers ...
Hace 1 día · East Germany – Annexed by West Germany in 1990 and now part of Germany. England – Merged with Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707, now part of the United Kingdom. Franceville (1889–1890) – Independent in 1889, later governed by France and Britain as part of the New Hebrides; now part of Vanuatu.
Hace 5 horas · В этом году исполнилось 300 лет решению Петра Великого о создании первых российских Академии наук и ...
Hace 1 día · The right to choose high sheriffs each year is vested in the Duchy of Cornwall. [1] The Privy Council, chaired by the sovereign, chooses the sheriffs of all other English counties, other than those in the Duchy of Lancaster. This right came from the Earldom of Cornwall. In the time of earls Richard and Edmund, the steward or seneschal of ...
Hace 1 día · In the 10th century AD, the Byzantines instituted death by burning for parricides, i.e. those who had killed their own relatives, replacing the older punishment of poena cullei, the stuffing of the convict into a leather sack, along with a rooster, a viper, a dog and a monkey, and then throwing the sack into the sea.
Hace 1 día · St Kilda ( Scottish Gaelic: Hiort) is a remote archipelago situated 64 kilometres (40 mi) west-northwest of North Uist in the North Atlantic Ocean. It contains the westernmost islands of the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. [note 1] The largest island is Hirta, whose sea cliffs are the highest in the United Kingdom; three other islands ( Dùn, Soay ...
Hace 1 día · The Chancellor of the Exchequer, often abbreviated to Chancellor, [3] is a senior minister of the Crown within His Majesty's Government, and head of His Majesty's Treasury. As one of the four Great Offices of State, the chancellor is a high-ranking member of the British Cabinet . Responsible for all economic and financial matters, the role is ...
