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20 hours ago · t. e. The Indonesian National Revolution ( Indonesian: Revolusi Nasional Indonesia, Dutch: Indonesische Onafhankelijkheidsoorlog) also known as the Indonesian War of Independence, was an armed conflict and diplomatic struggle between the Republic of Indonesia and the Dutch Empire and an internal social revolution during postwar and postcolonial ...
20 hours ago · The Peninsular War (1807–1814) was the military conflict fought in the Iberian Peninsula by Spain, Portugal, and the United Kingdom against the invading and occupying forces of the First French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. In Spain, it is considered to overlap with the Spanish War of Independence. [e]
20 hours ago · A much-needed railroad joining the town to the West's arming region was not finished until after the Civil War. During the Civil War, Fredericksburg was strategically important because of its port location midway between Washington and Richmond, the opposing capitals of the Union and the Confederacy. During the Battle of Fredericksburg from ...
20 hours ago · The Republic of China ( ROC ), or simply China, was a sovereign state based on mainland China from 1912 to 1949 prior to the government's relocation to Taiwan, where it continues to be based today. [f] The ROC was established on 1 January 1912 during the Xinhai Revolution against the Qing dynasty, ending the imperial history of China.
20 hours ago · Russo-Circassian War. Part of the Caucasian War and Russian imperialism. Date. 28 July [ O.S. 17 July] 1763 [7] – 2 June [ O.S. 21 May] 1864 (100 years, 10 months, 6 days) (Disorganized Circassian resistance continued in the mountains until the 1880's) Location. Circassia.
20 hours ago · The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ( NAACP) [a] is a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, Moorfield Storey, Ida B. Wells, Lillian Wald, and Henry Moskowitz.
20 hours ago · Raleigh ( / ˈrɑːli /; RAH-lee) [8] is the capital city of the U.S. state of North Carolina and the seat of Wake County. It is the second-most populous city in North Carolina, after Charlotte. Raleigh is the tenth-most populous city in the Southeast, the 41st-most populous city in the U.S., and the largest city of the Research Triangle metro ...
