Portal:Europe/Did you know
- ... that the origins of chromatography can be traced to the work of Russian botanist Mikhail Tsvet, but his work saw little use until the 1930s?
- ... that Merten de Keyser printed the first complete French and English Bibles in Antwerp?
- ... that Emperor Peter III of Russia was deposed by his wife Catherine and her friend Ekaterina Dashkova after he had made public his plans to divorce Catherine and marry Ekaterina's sister Elisabeth?
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[edit]- ... that while the 2003 Norwegian film Buddy was described as "simple" in the Norwegian press, a U.S. reviewer called it "overly plotted"?
- ... that William Hayter was secretary of the UK delegation to the Potsdam Conference, later Ambassador to the Soviet Union, and then Warden of New College, Oxford?
- ... that the origins of chromatography can be traced to the work of Russian botanist Mikhail Tsvet, but his work saw little use until the 1930s?
- ... that Lithuanian artist Vytautas Kazimieras Jonynas designed interiors for over sixty churches in the United States, Europe and Australia?
- ... that according to the official English account of the Battle of Skerries in 1316, the English army suffered only one casualty, yet lost the battle?
- ... that Laila Goody has been called "Norway's most awarded young actress"?
- ... that Merten de Keyser printed the first complete French and English Bibles in Antwerp?
- ... that the Stephen Downing case, also known as the Bakewell Tart murder, has been described as the longest miscarriage of justice in British legal history?
- ... that Herman Bagger, a Danish immigrant to Norway, became a member of the Norwegian Parliament and mayor of Gjerpen and Skien?
- ... that Samuel Johnson bragged he could recite an entire chapter of Niels Horrebow's Natural History of Iceland?
- ... that Emperor Peter III of Russia was deposed by his wife Catherine and her friend Ekaterina Dashkova after he had made public his plans to divorce Catherine and marry Ekaterina's sister Elisabeth?
- ... that seven-term member of the Norwegian Parliament Otto Vincent Lange later served as Minister of Finance and Customs on four non-consecutive occasions between 1855 and 1863?
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