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Mola, Emilio
(Encyclopedia) Mola, EmilioMola, Emilioāmēˈlyō mōˈlä [key], 1887–1937, Spanish nationalist general. Entering the army in 1904, he rose to the rank of general by 1927, when he commanded a military…Mariátegui, José Carlos
(Encyclopedia) Mariátegui, José CarlosMariátegui, José Carloshōsāˈ kärˈlōs märēäˈtāgē [key], 1895–1930, Peruvian writer and political leader. Of a poor family, he was a tubercular from childhood but…Mixtón War
(Encyclopedia) Mixtón WarMixtón Warmēstōnˈ [key], 1541, revolt of indigenous peoples against Spanish rule in Nueva Galicia, W Mexico. The conquest under Nuño de Guzmán had been particularly harsh and…Chouans
(Encyclopedia) ChouansChouanssh&oomacr;ˈənz, Fr. shwäN [key] [Norman Fr.,=owls], peasants of W France who rose against the French Revolutionary government in 1793. One of their first leaders was…Cinq Mars, Henri Coëffier Ruzé d'Effiat, marquis de
(Encyclopedia) Cinq Mars, Henri Coëffier Ruzé d'Effiat, marquis deCinq Mars, Henri Coëffier Ruzé d'Effiat, marquis deäNrēˈ kōĕfyāˈ rüzāˈ dĕfyäˈ märkēˈ də săNmärˈ [key], 1620–42, French conspirator.…Dung, Nguyen Tan
(Encyclopedia) Dung, Nguyen TanDung, Nguyen Tannəwēˈĭn tän dŭng [key], 1949–, Vietnamese political leader. Educated in Vietnam, he received a bachelor's degree in law. A career security officer, Dung…Gaveston, Piers
(Encyclopedia) Gaveston, PiersGaveston, Pierspērz găvˈəstən [key], d. 1312, favorite of Edward II of England. Son of a Gascon knight at the court of Edward I, he was a boyhood playmate of the future…Galle
(Encyclopedia) GalleGallegäl [key], city (1995 est. pop. 87,000), capital of Southern prov., extreme S Sri Lanka, on the Indian Ocean. An agricultural market center, it exports tea, rubber, coconut…Vernet
(Encyclopedia) VernetVernetvĕrnāˈ [key], French family of painters. Claude Joseph Vernet, 1714–89, marine painter, b. Avignon, studied with his father, Antoine Vernet, a decorative painter, and in…Zhivkov, Todor
(Encyclopedia) Zhivkov, TodorZhivkov, Todortôˈdôr zhĭvkôfˈ [key], 1911–98, Bulgarian political leader. A printer, and a Communist party member from 1932, he rose to prominence as a partisan leader…Trending
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