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Friday
14 February 2003
Valentine's Day

 

 

Things of interest to me today:

Bohemia - A historical region and former kingdom of present-day western Czech Republic. The Czechs, a Slavic people, settled in the area between the 1st and 5th centuries CE. A later principality was independent until the 15th century, when it passed to Hungary and then to the Hapsburg dynasty of Austria. Bohemia became the core of the newly formed state of Czechoslovakia in 1918.

Bavaria - The entire southeast portion of Germany. A former duchy of southern Germany. Conquered by the Romans in 15 BCE, the region became one of the five preeminent duchies of medieval Germany but was later overrun and ruled by numerous factions and powers.

Magyar - A member of the principal ethnic group of Hungary.

 

 

 
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