(Encyclopedia) JagielloJagielloyägyĕˈlō [key] or JagelloJagelloyägĕˈlō [key], dynasty that ruled Poland and Lithuania from 1386 to 1572, Hungary from 1440 to 1444 and again from 1490 to 1526, and…
(Encyclopedia) George of PodebradGeorge of Podebradpôdˈyĕbrät [key], 1420–71, king of Bohemia (1458–71). A Bohemian nobleman, he became leader of the Utraquists, or the moderate Hussites, in the wars…
(Encyclopedia) Sigismund I, 1467–1548, king of Poland (1506–48), son of Casimir IV. Elected to succeed his brother, Alexander I, Sigismund faced the problem of consolidating his domestic power in…
1997 News of the World
In Cambodia, the Khmer Rouge stronghold in the western jungles splintered in 1997, with factions warring against each other or defecting. The Khmer Rouge provoked the…
Marcus Junius Brutus, one of the murderers of Caesar. (B.C. 85-42.) Caius Cassius Longinus, so called by Brutus. (Died. B.C. 42.) Stilicho, the Roman general under Theodosius. (The…
Canoe Sprint 500m Singles: 1. Gyorgy Kolonics, HUN (2:24.81); 2. Maxim Opalev, RUS (2:25.81); 3. Andreas Dittmer, GER (2:27.59).
Canoe Sprint 1000m Singles: 1. Andreas Dittmer, GER (3:54.38); 2.…
