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20 hours ago · Ali Pasha, or Ali Pasha of Tepelena ( Albanian: Ali Tepelena; 1740 – January 24, 1822), commonly known as Ali Pasha of Ioannina, was an Albanian ruler who served as Ottoman pasha of the Pashalik of Yanina, a large part of western Rumelia. Under his rule, it acquired a high degree of autonomy and even managed to stay de facto independent.
20 hours ago · Rostov-na-Donu – Dimitry of Rostov. Saint Petersburg – St. Peter, as the patron saint of Peter the Great ( St. Petersburg, Florida in the United States was in turn named after the Russian city) Salavat – Salawat Yulayev. Sergiyev Posad – St. Sergii Radonezhsky. Shelekhov – Grigory Shelikhov, marine.
20 hours ago · 5 Japanese workers narrowly escape suicide bombing in Pakistan. A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden vest near a van carrying Japanese autoworkers, who narrowly escaped the attack Friday that wounded three bystanders in Pakistan's port city of Karachi, police said. The van had been heading to an industrial area where the five Japanese ...
20 hours ago · 3.1 Albania. 3.2 Austria. 3.3 Belgium. ... (South Africa's oldest working windmill, built 1796) ... Port city of Izmir (Smyrna) ...
Apr 20, 2024 · A note on language: tunnels come with their own jargon – entrances are portals, roofs are crowns, floors are inverts and sides are sidewalls. 28. Karori Tunnel. Wellington. Inside New Zealand ...
20 hours ago · Bologna ( / bəˈloʊnjə / bə-LOAN-yə, UK also / bəˈlɒnjə / bə-LON-yə, Italian: [boˈloɲɲa] ⓘ; Emilian: Bulåggna [buˈlʌɲɲa]; Latin: Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy, with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different ...
20 hours ago · 1480: Felix Fabri "Joppa is the oldest port, and the most ancient city of the province of Palestine" 1482: Francesco di Niccolò Berlinghieri, Geographia, a treatise based upon Ptolemy's Geographica: map: Present-Day Palestine and the Holy Land; 1492: Martin Behaim's "Erdapfel" globe
