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91Gasim bey Zakir — ( az. Qasım bəy Zakir) was Azerbaijani poet of 19th century and one of the founders of the critical realism and satirical genre in Azerbaijani literature.LifeZakir was born in 1784 in a noble family in Shusha, the capital of Karabakh khanate. His …
92Cardinal-nephew — Pietro Ottoboni, the last Cardinal Nephew, painted by Francesco Trevisani. A cardinal nephew (Latin: cardinalis nepos;[1] Italian: cardinale nipote; …
93Romanum decet pontificem — Not to be confused with Decet Romanum Pontificem . Romanum decet pontificem (named for its Latin incipit: it befits the Roman Pontiff ) is a papal bull issued by Pope Innocent XII (1691 mdash;1700) on June 22, 1692, banning the office of Cardinal …
94Jiu Valley miners' strike of 1977 — The Jiu Valley miners strike of 1977 was the largest protest movement against the Communist regime in Romania before its final days, ushering in a period of intermittent labour unrest that would last a dozen years, and the most important… …
95Reform League — The Reform League was established in 1865 to press for manhood suffrage and the ballot in Great Britain. It collaborated with the more moderate and middle class Reform Union and gave strong support to the abortive Reform Bill of 1866 and the… …
96Cyril Banks — Colonel Cyril Banks MBE (12 August 1901 – 23 October 1969) was a British engineer, company director, and politician. He was a Conservative Party representative, but his friendship with President Nasser and Egypt led him to sacrifice his career… …
97Arnaud I de La Porte — Arnaud I de Laporte (born near Bayonne, France, c. 1706, died Versailles, 1770)Early life and careerAccording to Laffilard, archivist of the Marine, as the french Navy was known, Arnaud de La Porte was born around 1706, near Bayonne, (no doubt in …
98Medieval Restorationism — For restorationism in other time periods, see Restorationism (Christian primitivism). The term Medieval Restorationism is used to refer collectively to a number of movements that sought to renew the Christian church during the Middle Ages. The… …
99Sir Brooke Boothby, 6th Baronet — Infobox Person name = Sir Brooke Boothby, 6th Baronet image size = 150px caption = by John Raphael Smith after Sir Joshua Reynolds birth name = birth date = 3 June 1744George Edward Cokayne, editor, [http://www.thepeerage.com/p3582.htm#i35816 The …
100James Blair (Australian judge) — Sir James William Blair KCMG (16 May 1870–18 November 1944) was an Australian politician, lawyer and judge. He was a successful politician, being elected to the Queensland Parliament on several occasions. He held the office of Attorney General… …
