• 000 Model 1866 rifles along with 4.5 million .44 Henry cartridges during the Franco-Prussian War. The Ottoman Empire purchased 45,000 Model 1866 rifles and...
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    Saint-Germain-en-Laye (French: [sɛ̃ ʒɛʁmɛ̃ ɑ̃ lɛ] ) is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. It is located...
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    Aix-en-Provence, Plan Guide Blay-Foldex. "Map of central Aix". Archived from the original on 31 May 2010. Retrieved 15 April 2010. "Just Sport – New...
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  • ever official game was played against Notts County taking place on 22 March 1866. On 23 April 1870, when the team played their first game in league play,...
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    July 1870. British Columbia and Vancouver Island (which had been united in 1866) joined the confederation in 1871 on the promise of a transcontinental railway...
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  • of scoring: the goal. There was no procedure to break ties. In February 1866, association football briefly adopted a tie-breaker known as the "touch down"...
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  • cricket, who dominated the sport in the second half of the nineteenth century. Won the 440 yards hurdles at Crystal Palace in 1866, captained England at bowls...
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    Châlons-en-Champagne (French pronunciation: [ʃɑlɔ̃ ɑ̃ ʃɑ̃paɲ]) is a city in the Grand Est region of France. It is the capital of the department of Marne...
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    Bourg-en-Bresse (French pronunciation: [buʁk‿ɑ̃ bʁɛs] ; Arpitan: Bôrg) is the prefecture of the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern...
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    1865, with the first session of Parliament held in the new buildings in 1866. The buildings were generally well received by legislators. Ottawa was chosen...
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    Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia (category 1866 disestablishments in Europe)
    was a constituent land (crown land) of the Austrian Empire from 1815 to 1866. It was created in 1815 by resolution of the Congress of Vienna in recognition...
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    was built and the Canadian–American Reciprocity Treaty was implemented. In 1866, the Civil Code of Lower Canada was adopted. In 1864, negotiations began...
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    Archived from the original on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2012. "Sport and Recreation (Sport Centers and Halls)". Beograd.rs. Archived from the original on...
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    the agenda be expanded to discuss a union that would also include them. In 1866, the United States cancelled the Reciprocity Treaty, leading to a loss of...
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    (1751–1825) and Émile Dorand (1866-1922), and the Encyclopédiste Philippe Guéneau de Montbeillard (1720–1785) were born in Semur-en-Auxois, while the military...
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  • growing sport in the U.S. also one of the oldest – Global Sport Matters, Rugby: Fastest growing sport in the U.S. also one of the oldest – Global Sport Matters"...
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  • French footballer Axel Matus (born 1998), Mexican racing driver Axel Maurer (1866–1925), Norwegian stagewriter, editor and theatre director Axel Maußen (born...
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    which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether for recreation or for sport, it is typically practiced at ski resorts, which provide such services as...
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    combined. American football is by several measures the most popular spectator sport in the United States; the National Football League has the highest average...
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    Liechtenstein joined the German Confederation (20 June 1815 – 23 August 1866), which was presided over by the Emperor of Austria. In 1818, Prince Johann...
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    rules football reached Queensland and New South Wales as early as 1866; the sport experienced a period of dominance in the former, and in the latter...
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    cardiovascular aspects. del Regato, Juan A. (February 2000). "Lazear, Jesse William (1866–1900), physician". American National Biography. Oxford University Press....
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    futile attempts to regain its former colonies, such as the Battle of Callao (1866), and only in 1879 finally recognized Peruvian independence. The republican...
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    various segments, including the 1789 (M 7.2, Palu), 1795 (M 7.0, Pazarcık), 1866 (M 7.2 Karlıova), 1872 (M 7.2, Amanos), 1874 (M 7.1, Palu), 1875 (M 6.7,...
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    Italy (section Sport)
    king. In 1865, the kingdom's capital was moved from Turin to Florence. In 1866, Victor Emmanuel II, allied with Prussia during the Austro-Prussian War,...
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    Grand Lodge name in Hong Kong Changed as following: 1847–1866, Provincial Grand Lodge of China 1866–1875, District Grand Lodge of China 1875–1963, District...
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    French Army adopted its first bolt-action rifle, the Chassepot rifle, in 1866 and followed with the metallic cartridge bolt-action Gras rifle in 1874....
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    duchies should be administered, though, they fought the Austro-Prussian War in 1866. Defeated by Prussia in the Battle of Königgrätz, Austria had to leave the...
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    conservative and radical politicians forced him to abdicate in February 1866. Cuza's successor, a German prince, Karl of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (or...
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