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Smith, Sir William Sidney
(Encyclopedia)Smith, Sir William Sidney, 1764–1840, British admiral. He was a distinguished commander in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and is especially remembered for his defense of Acre against N...Copenhagen, battle of
(Encyclopedia)Copenhagen, battle of, 1801, an important incident of the French Revolutionary Wars. In Dec., 1800, Denmark joined Russia, Sweden, and Prussia in declaring the armed neutrality of the northern powers ...Giurgiu
(Encyclopedia)Giurgiu jo͝orˈjo͝o [key], city, S Romania, in Walachia, on the Danube River opposite R...Marignano, battle of
(Encyclopedia)Marignano, battle of märēnyäˈnō [key], 1515, in the Italian Wars, fought by Francis I of France and his Venetian allies against the Swiss Confederates, who then controlled the duchy of Milan. It ...Aubigné, Théodore Agrippa d'
(Encyclopedia)Aubigné, Théodore Agrippa d' tāōdôrˈ əgrĭpˈəˈ dōbĭnŏyāˈ [key], 1552–1630, French poet and Huguenot soldier. A devoted follower of Henry of Navarre (Henry IV) from 1568, he was later ...Butler, Zebulon
(Encyclopedia)Butler, Zebulon, 1731–95, American colonial leader, b. Ipswich, Mass. After serving in the French and Indian Wars, Butler led a group of Connecticut settlers to the Wyoming Valley in N Pennsylvania....Tudor, Owen
(Encyclopedia)Tudor, Owen, d. 1461, founder of the Tudor dynasty. He belonged to an ancient Welsh family. He was a squire at the court of Henry V, and, probably in 1429, he married Henry's widow, Catherine of Valoi...Gävle
(Encyclopedia)Gävle yĕvˈlə [key], city, capital of Gävleborg co., E Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia. Al...Gonaïves
(Encyclopedia)Gonaïves gōnäēvˈ [key], city (1995 est. pop. 59,000), W Haiti, a port on the Gulf of Gonâve and capital of Artibonite dept. The region's agricultural products (including coffee, cotton, sugar, a...Härnösand
(Encyclopedia)Härnösand hărnösändˈ [key], city (1990 est. pop. 19,200), capital of Västernorrland co., E Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia at the mouth of the Ångermanälven River. Its harbor, icebound in wint...Browse by Subject
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