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  • 111Taishō period — The nihongo|Taishō period|大正時代|Taishō jidai|extra= period of great righteousness , or Taishō era, is a period in the history of Japan dating from July 30, 1912 to December 25, 1926, coinciding with the reign of the Taishō Emperor. The health of… …

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  • 112Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers — The Stationers Company Mark The Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers (better known as the Stationers Company) is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. The Stationers Company was founded in 1403; it received a Royal… …

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  • 113Great Upheaval — The Great Upheaval, also known as the Great Expulsion , The Deportation , the Acadian Expulsion , or to the deportees, Le Grand Dérangement , was the forced population transfer of the Acadian population from Nova Scotia between 1755 and 1763,… …

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  • 114Oregon boundary dispute — The Oregon Country/Columbia District stretched from 42N to 54 40 N.The most heavily disputed portion is highlighted The Oregon boundary dispute, or the Oregon Question, arose as a result of competing British and American claims to the Pacific… …

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  • 115Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America — The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America was a United States labor union known for its support for social unionism and progressive political causes. Led by Sidney Hillman for its first thirty years, it helped found the Congress of Industrial… …

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  • 116Harry Turtledove's Darkness — The Darkness Series is a series of six fantasy novels by Harry Turtledove.* Into the Darkness (1999) * Darkness Descending (2000) * Through the Darkness (2001) * Rulers of the Darkness (2002) * Jaws of the Darkness (2003) * Out of the Darkness… …

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  • 117Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lyon — The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lyon is a Roman Catholic Metropolitan archdiocese in France. It incorporates the ancient Archdiocese of Vienne. The current Cardinal Archbishop is Philippe Barbarin. He is the successor of Saint Pothinus and… …

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  • 118Stairs Expedition to Katanga — The Stairs Expedition to Katanga of 1891−1892 led by Captain William Stairs was the winner in a race between two imperial powers to seize Katanga, a vast mineral rich territory in Central Africa, which it achieved through the killing of an… …

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  • 119Indigénat — The Code de l indigénat was a set of laws creating, in practice, an inferior legal status for natives of French Colonies from 1887 until 1944 1947. [The Code d Indigénat was promulgated by the French government on 28 June 1881, and officially… …

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  • 120Mountjoy Blount, 1st Earl of Newport — The Earl of Newport: detail from a double portrait with Baron Goring by Sir Anthony van Dyck. Mountjoy Blount[1], 1st Earl of Newport (c. 1597 – 1666), created Baron Mountjoy in the Irish peerage (1617), baron Mountjoy of …

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