Vespasian - and been quaestor in Crete and Cyrene, Vespasian rose to be aedile and praetor, having meanwhile married Flavia Domitilla, the daughter of an equestrian, by whom he had two sons, Titus and Domitian, afterwards emperors, and one daughter Domitilla. Both his wife and daughter died before he held a magistracy. Having already served in Germany, he participated in the Roman invasion of Britain under the Emperor Claudius, where he distinguished himself in command of the Legio II Augusta under Aulus Plautius. He reduced Vectis or the Isle of Wight and penetrated to the borders of Somerset, England. In 51 he was for a brief space consul; in 63 he went as governor to Africa, where, according to Tacitus (ii.97), his rule was "infamous and odious"; according to Suetonius (Vesp. 4), "upright.
Katyn Massacre - having retaken the Katyn area, the Soviets exhumed the bodies again. That same year, President of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt assigned Captain George Earle, his special emissary to the Balkans, to compile information on Katyn. Earle did so, using contacts in Bulgaria and Romania. Earle too concluded that the Soviet Union was guilty. FDR rejected that conclusion, saying that he was convinced of Nazi Germany's responsibility, and ordered Earle's report suppressed. When Earle formally requested permission to publish his findings, the President gave him a written order to desist. Earle was reassigned and spent the rest of the war in American Samoa. After the WWII the Polish Communist authorities covered up the matter in concord with the Soviet propaganda, deliberately censoring any sources that might shed some light on.
Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg - Stålberg also championed direct presidential elections, but the Senate chose the elector-system. The Senate elected Ståhlberg president on July 27, 1919. As a president he was formal and due to his shyness, wrote beforehand everything he had to say in public. He was a widower but remarried in 1920. He had to form various parliamentarian precedents and interpretations and nominate many short-lived cabinets. In foreign policy Ståhlberg was markedly reserved towards Sweden, cautious towards Germany, and generally unsuccessful in his attempts to closer contacts with Poland, the United Kingdom and France. Ståhlberg did not seek re-election 1925. He became a senior member of the government's Judicial Council. In 1930 activists from the right-wing Lapua Movement kidnapped him and his wife, attempting to send them to the Soviet Union, but the incident.
Karl Renner - Imperial Diet in 1907. Afterwards, Renner was Chancellor of Austria and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1918 until 1920. The peace treaty in St. Germain was as well under the leadership of Karl Renner and from 1931 to 1933 he was President of the Representative Assembly. He always plead for the annexation of Austria with Germany but distanced himself from politics during the wartime. After the collapse of the Third Reich, Renner tried to build up a Provisional Government and stood up for Austria to be acknowledged as an independent republic. He was the first Chancellor after World War II. In 1945 he became the first president of the Second Republic. On his passing in 1950, Karl Renner was buried in the Zentralfriedhof in Vienna..
Kaunas - best formed towns in Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The 17th and 18th centuries were unfortunate for Kaunas. In 1665 Russian army attacked the city several times. In 1701 city hosted Swedish army, plagues in 1657 and 1708, fires in 1731 and 1732. At 1812 war army of Napoleon was crossing Nemunas, so the city was devastated too times during same year. In 1862 a railway connecting Russian empire and Germany was constructed, making Kaunas a significant railway hub. In 1898 first power plant started its operation. After Vilnius was occupied by Russians in 1919, government of Republic of Lithuania established its main offices here. As Vilnius was occupied by Poland breaking Suvalkai treaty in 1920, Kaunas became temporary capital of Lithuania. Between the World Wars Kaunas industry prospered, it was largest.
Kaspar Hauser - 17, 1833) was a mysterious foundling in 19th century Germany with alleged ties to the royal house of Baden. In May 26 1828 a young boy appeared in the streets of Nürnberg (Nuremberg), Germany. He was wearing peasant clothing and could barely talk. His only documentation was a letter to the captain of the 4th squadron of the 6th cavalry regiment where the writer asked the captain to either take him or hang him. Shoemaker Weissman took the boy to the house of captain Wessenig where he could only repeat, "I want to be a rider like my father." Further demands resulted only in tears. He was taken to a police station where he would only write a name: Kaspar Hauser. A letter with him claimed that he was born in.
Karl Lagerfeld - (born September 10, 1938 in Hamburg, Germany) is widely recognized as one of the most influential fashion designers of the late twentieth century. He made his name as an independent creator who collaborated with a variety of different fashion labels, including Chloe, Fendi and Chanel..
Karl Schwarz - was then suspended by the government. In 1849, however, he was appointed professor extraordinarius, and later received a number of distinctions (in 1858 chief court preacher, etc.). Schwarz took an important part in the founding and directing of the German Protestantenverein and became an eminent exponent of liberal theology. His work Zur Geschichte der neuesten Theologie (1856, 4th ed. 1869) is a valuable source for the history of theology in Germany. His other works include Lessing als Theologe (1854) and Grundriss der christ. Lehre (1873, 5th ed. 1876). In his memory a Karl-Schwarz-Stiftung was founded in connexion with the theologica1 faculty at the University of Jena. See G Rudloff, Karl Schwarz (1887); F Hummel, Zur Bedeutung der Schrift von Karl Schwarz: Uber das Wesen der Religion (1890); and Herzog-Hauck, Realencyklopadie. This.
Karl Von Frisch - or Medicine in 1973 with Nikolaas Tinbergen and Konrad Lorenz. A professor of zoology at Munich, Germany, he studied the senses of bees, identified their mechanisms of communication and showed their sensitivity to ultraviolet light..
Kassel (region) - of the three Regierungsbezirke of Hesse, Germany, located in the north of the country. It was created in 1866 when Prussia annexed the area to form the new province Hesse-Nassau. Altogether it consists of 138 municipalities. Kreise (districts) Kreisfreie Städte (district-free towns) Fulda Hersfeld-Rotenburg Kassel Schwalm-Eder Waldeck-Frankenberg Werra-Meißner Kassel.
Karlsruhe (region) - four Regierungsbezirke of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located in the north-west of the country. Its sub-divided into the three regions (Regionalverband) Mittlerer Oberrhein, Unterer Neckar and Nordschwarzwald. Kreise (districts) Kreisfreie Städte (district-free towns) Calw Enzkreis Freudenstadt Karlsruhe Neckar-Odenwald Rastatt Rhein-Neckar Baden-Baden Heidelberg Karlsruhe Mannheim Pforzheim.
Karl Otfried Müller - was to form a vivid conception of Greek life as a whole; and his books and lectures marked an epoch in the development of Hellenic studies. Müller's position at Göttingen being rendered unpleasant by the political troubles which followed the accession of Ernest Augustus (duke of Cumberland) to the throne of Hanover in 1837, he applied for permission to travel; and in 1839 he left Germany. In April of the following year he reached Greece, having spent the winter in Italy. He investigated the remains of ancient Athens, visited many places of interest in Peloponnesus, and finally went to Delphi, where he began excavations. He was attacked by intermittent fever, of which he died at Athens. Among his historical works the foremost place belongs to his Geschichten hellenischen Stämme und Städte:.
Karl August von Hardenberg - unpopular with the orthodox clergy and the conservative estates. In Brunswick, too, his position was in the end made untenable by the conduct of his wife, whom he now divorced; he himself, shortly afterwards, marrying a divorced woman. Fortunately for him, this coincided with the lapsing of the principalities of Ansbach and Bayreuth to Prussia, owing to the resignation of the last margrave, Charles Alexander, in 1791. Hardenberg, who happened to be in Berlin at the time, was on the recommendation of Herzberg appointed administrator of the principalities (1792). The position, owing to the singular overlapping of territorial claims in the old Empire, was one of considerable delicacy, and Hardenberg filled it with great skill, doing much to reform traditional anomalies and to develop the country, and at the same time.
Kati Outinen - a widely varied list of roles in theater and television drama, film director Aki Kaurismäki's films have brought Kati Outinen international attention and even adulation, particularly in Germany and France. This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it..
Veterinary science - Medicine in Australia 3.2 School of Veterinary Medicine in Austria 3.3 Schools of Veterinary Medicine in Canada 3.4 Schools of Veterinary Medicine in France 3.5 Schools of Veterinary Medicine in Germany 3.6 Schools of Veterinary Medicine in Great Britain 3.7 School of Veterinary Medicine in Ireland 3.8 School of Veterinary Medicine in the Netherlands 3.9 School of Veterinary Medicine in New Zealand 3.10 Schools of Veterinary Medicine in Sweden 3.11 Schools of Veterinary Medicine in Switzerland 3.12 Schools of Veterinary Medicine in the United States Introduction Veterinary medicine is informally as old as the human animal bond but in recent years has expanded exponentially because of the availability of advanced diagnostic and therapeutic techniques for most species. Veterinary medicine ensures the quality, quantity and security of food supplies by controlling the.
Karl Lachmann - German philologist and critic, was born in Brunswick-Lüneburg in what is now Germany. He studied at Leipzig and Göttingen, devoting himself mainly to philological studies. In 1815 he joined the Prussian army as a volunteer chasseur and accompanied his detachment to Paris, but did not encounter the enemy. In 1816 he became an assistant master in the Friedrichswerder gymnasium at Berlin, and a Privatdozent at the university. The same summer he became one of the principal masters in the Friedrichs-Gymnasium of Königsberg, where he assisted his colleague, the Germanist Friedrich Karl Köpke (1785-1865) with his edition of Rudolf von Ems' Barlaam und Josaphat (1818), and also assisted his friend in a contemplated edition of the works of Walther von der Vogelweide. In January 1818 he became professor extraordinarius of classical philology.
Kassel (district) - (district) in the north of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Northeim, Göttingen, Werra-Meißner, Schwalm-Eder, Waldeck-Frankenberg, Höxter. The district-free city Kassel is nearly completely sorrounded by the district. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 History 2 Geography 3 Coat of arms 4 Towns and municipalities 5.
Versailles - bourgeois suburb of Paris. The 1919 Treaty of Versailles ended World War I and established the League of Nations. Some other famous treaties were signed there as well, e.g. the Prussian King Wilhelm was proclaimed Kaiser of Germany on January 18, 1871 in the very same room, the "Hall of mirrors" (Galerie des Glaces, Spiegelsaal). Other places named Versailles: Versailles, Illinois, United States Versailles, Kentucky, United States.
Kaiserslautern (district) - of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from west clockwise) Kusel, Donnersbergkreis, Bad Dürkheim and Südwestpfalz. The city of Kaiserslautern is enclosed by, but not belonging to the district. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 History 2 Geography 3 Partnerships 4 Coat of arms 5 Towns and municipalities 6.
Karl Barth - 1921 he served as pastor in the village of Safenwil in the canton Aargau. Later he was professor of theology in Germany. He had to leave Germany in 1935 after he refused to swear allegiance to Adolf Hitler. Barth went back to Switzerland and became professor in Basel. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Quote 2 Writings by Karl Barth 3.
