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3 days ago · The official name of the country, according to the constitution adopted concurrently with the UDI in November 1965, was Rhodesia. This was not the case under British law, however, which considered the territory's legal name to be Southern Rhodesia, the name given to the country in 1898 during the British South Africa Company's administration of the Rhodesias, and retained by the self-governing ...
3 days ago · Indonesia - Colonialism, Revolution, Independence: Indonesian nationalism in the 20th century must be distinguished from earlier movements of protest; the Padri War, the Java War, and the many smaller examples of sporadic agrarian unrest had been “prenationalistic” movements, the products of local grievances. By contrast, the nationalism of the early 20th century was the product of the new ...
1 day ago · After Skanderbeg's death in 1468, the sultan "easily subdued Albania," but Skanderbeg's death did not end the struggle for independence, [46] and fighting continued until the Ottoman siege of Shkodra in 1478–79, a siege ending when the Republic of Venice ceded Shkodra to the Ottomans in the peace treaty of 1479.
2 days ago · World War I 1914-1918. Schleswig Reunification 1920; ... Iceland gained independence, ... Count Christopher raised an army ...
4 days ago · Mongolia - Revolution, Independence, Sovereignty: Mongolia at the start of the 20th century was agrarian, and its people were highly stratified socially and economically. There were two classes of vassals: the khamjlaga, who under Manchu law were serfs for life of the local nobility and civil administrators; and the shavi, the vassals of the monastery estates. Trade in essentials like tea ...
1 day ago · Germany from 1871 to 1918. The German Empire, 1871–1914. Domestic concerns; The economy, 1870–90; Foreign policy, 1870–90; Politics, 1890–1914; The economy, 1890–1914; Foreign policy, 1890–1914; World War I; Germany from 1918 to 1945. The rise and fall of the Weimar Republic, 1918–33. Defeat of revolutionaries, 1918–19; The ...
3 days ago · In 1960, during an inspection visit to Portuguese India and referring to a predictable start of guerrilla activities in Angola, the Under Secretary of State of the Army, Francisco da Costa Gomes, stated the necessity to reinforce the Portuguese military presence in that African territory, partly at the expense of the military presence in Goa ...
