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Culloden Moor
(Encyclopedia) Culloden MoorCulloden Moorkəlŏdˈən, –lōˈdən [key], moorland, Highland, NE Scotland. There, on Apr. 16, 1746, English forces under the duke of Cumberland defeated the Highlanders under…Otto I, Holy Roman emperor
(Encyclopedia) Otto I or Otto the Great, 912–73, Holy Roman emperor (962–73) and German king (936–73), son and successor of Henry I of Germany. He is often regarded as the founder of the Holy Roman…Brewer's: Chivy
A chase in the school game of “Prisoners' Base” or “Prison Bars.” Probably a gipsy word. One boy sets a chivy, by leaving his bar, when one of the opposite side chases him, and if he…The Boys
The BoysWhile Nat takes a good long sleep, I will tell my little readers something about the boys, among whom he found himself when he woke up. To begin with our old friends. Franz was a tall…Sheriffmuir
(Encyclopedia) SheriffmuirSheriffmuirshĕrˈĭfmy&oobreve;rˌ [key], battlefield in Stirling, central Scotland, near Dunblane. It was the scene, Nov. 13, 1715, of an indecisive battle between the…Kinross, town, Scotland
(Encyclopedia) KinrossKinrosskĭnrôsˈ [key], town (1991 pop. 3,459), Perth and Kinross, E Scotland, on Loch Leven. Kinross is an agricultural hub, with some woolen and linen manufacturing. Mary Queen…Arcos de la Frontera
(Encyclopedia) Arcos de la Frontera Arcos de la Frontera ärˈkōs dā lä frōntāˈrä [key], town, Cádiz prov., S Spain, in Andalusia, on a rocky hill above the Guadalete…Northumberland, Hugh Percy, 2d duke of
(Encyclopedia) Northumberland, Hugh Percy, 2d duke of, 1742–1817, British general. He fought on the Continent in the Seven Years War and, although he disapproved of the war against the colonists in…Colomb, Michel
(Encyclopedia) Colomb or Colombe, MichelColomb or Colombe, Michelboth: mēshĕlˈ kôlôNˈ [key], c.1430–1512, French sculptor, one of the masters of the French Renaissance. Few of his works survive. His…Coehoorn, Menno van
(Encyclopedia) Coehoorn, Menno vanCoehoorn, Menno vanmĕˈnō vän k&oomacr;ˈhôrn [key], 1641–1704, Dutch military engineer and nobleman. He invented a portable bronze siege mortar called the coehorn…Trending
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