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Milan Decree — The Milan Decree was issued on December 17, 1807 by Napoleon I of France to enforce the Berlin Decree of 1806 which had initiated the Continental System. This system was the basis for his plan to defeat the British by waging economic warfare. The … Wikipedia
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History of Venezuela — Infobox Country native name = República Bolivariana de Venezuela conventional long name = Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela common name = Venezuela official languages = Spanish demonym = Venezuelan capital = Caracas latd=10 |latm=30 |latNS=N… … Wikipedia
Namier (Bernstein-Namierowski) Sir Lewis — (1888–1960) Historian and Zionist. Namier was born to a Jewish land owning family in Galicia but settled in England in 1908 and became a naturalized British subject in 1913. Namier was a renowned historian and was professor of history at… … Who’s Who in Jewish History after the period of the Old Testament
GERMANY — GERMANY, country in north central Europe. The Talmud and the Midrash use Germania (or Germamia ) as a designation for northern European countries, and also refer to the military prowess of these peoples and to the threat they posed to the Roman… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
SWITZERLAND — SWITZERLAND, central European republic. The Medieval Community Since the frontiers of Switzerland have undergone a long process of evolution, it is difficult to determine where and when the Jews appeared for the first time. In Kaiseraugst a… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi — Infobox President|name=Major General Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi Ironsi nationality=Nigerian order=2nd President of Nigeria term start=January 16, 1966 term end=July 29, 1966 predecessor=Nnamdi Azikiwe successor=Yakubu Gowon birth date=birth… … Wikipedia
ALSACE — ALSACE, former province of the Germanic (Holy Roman) Empire, and from 1648, of france , including the present department of Haut Rhin and Bas Rhin. Middle Ages The first evidence of Jews in Alsace is reported by benjamin of Tudela who mentions (c … Encyclopedia of Judaism
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE° — (1769–1821), emperor of the French. He proclaimed the emancipation of the Jews in the Italian states which he had established, and the majority of the Jews in Italy hailed Napoleon as a liberator and political savior, calling him Ḥelek Tov (lit.… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
PALATINATE — (Ger. Pfalz), region in W. Germany, also known as Western or Rhenish Palatinate. In the Middle Ages it was the domain of the counts and electors of the Palatinate, who were closely connected with the ruling house of the duchy of Bavaria. The… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
