What happened in 1917?
Russian Revolution, Battle of Caporetto and Third Battle of Ypres — among 598 events recorded in 1917. A further event is dated only to the wider period.
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Major Events 1
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Russian Revolution
The Bolsheviks seize power, overthrowing the provisional government and establishing Soviet rule.
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Wars & Conflicts 101
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Battle of Caporetto
1917 battle of World War I
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Third Battle of Ypres
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Battle of Cambrai
1917 World War I battle
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Battle of Vimy Ridge
1917 World War I battle
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Kerensky Offensive
1917 Last Russian offensive of WW1
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Battle of Messines
1917 offensive conducted by the British Second Army
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Battle of Arras
1917 British offensive during the First World War
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Ukrainian–Soviet War
1917–1921 war between the Bolsheviks and the Ukrainian People's Republic
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Battle of Jerusalem
1917 battle
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First Battle of Gaza
1917 battle in the Middle Eastern theatre of WWI
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Second Battle of the Aisne
1917 battle on the Western Front of World War I
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Battle of Beersheba
Battle between EEF and Turkish forces, notable for successful cavalry charge
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Fall of Baghdad
1917 battle of the Mesopotamian Campaign of WWI
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Battle of Aqaba
1917 battle in the Arab Revolt of World War I
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Battle of Mărășești
1917 battle during the Romanian Campaign of World War I
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Battle of Riga
WWI battle over Riga, Latvia
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Second Battle of Gaza
1917 battle
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Battle of Mount Ortigara
1917 battle
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Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo
1917 World War I battles fought between Italy and Austria-Hungary
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Tenth Battle of the Isonzo
1917 battle
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Battle of Ngomano
1917 battle
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Battle of Zborov
1917 WW1 battle
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Third Battle of Gaza
1917 battle
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Battle of Doiran
1917 battle of World War I
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Battle of Mărăşti
1917 First World War battle in Romania
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Battles of Ramadi
Battle on 28-29 september 1917
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Battle of Mahiwa
1917 battle during the East African Campaign
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Battle of Rafa
1917 third and final battle of the recapture of the Sinai Peninsula by British forces during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of WWI
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Battle of La Malmaison
Final French action of the 1917 campaign of the First World War
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Second Battle of Kut
1917 battle
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Battle of Jaffa
Battle in 1917
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Battle of the Hills
1917 battle of the First World War
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Battle of the Cerna Bend
1917 battle during the First World War
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Battle of Polygon Wood
1917 battle during the second phase of the Third battle of Ypres in World War I
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Raid on Bir el Hassana
Raid in 1917
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Battle of Hill 70
1917 battle of World War I
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Second Battle of Oituz
1917 battle during the Romanian Campaign of World War I
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Battle of the Menin Road Ridge
Battle in 1917
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Battle of Pilckem Ridge
1917 battle
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Battle of Poelcappelle
October 1917 World War I battle
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Second Battle of Passchendaele
1917 battle, part of the Third battle of Ypres in the First World War
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First Battle of the Piave River
1917 battle between Italy and Austro-Hungary
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First Battle of Passchendaele
Battle in World War I (31 July 1917 – 6 November 1917)
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Raid on Nekhl
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Battle of Beho Beho
1917 battle during the First World War
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Battle of El Buggar Ridge
1917 battle of the Sinai and Palestine campaign of WWI
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Battle of Mughar Ridge
1917 Southern Palestine Offensive of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign in the First World War
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Battle of Nebi Samwil
1917 battle
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Operations on the Gheluvelt Plateau, July–August 1917
1917 battle
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Capture of Wejh
World War I battle, January 1917
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Battle of Istrana
1917 battle of the Italian Front
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Battle of Broodseinde
Battle fought on 4 October 1917 near Ypres in Flanders
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Battle of Istabulat
1917 battle
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Battle of Wadi Musa
1917 battle
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Battle of Krechowce
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Battle of Ayun Kara
1917 battle
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Battle of Toboly
1917 battle of World War I
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Battle of Nambanje
1917 battle
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Battle of Narungombe
1917 battle
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Attack on the Polderhoek Spur
1917 battle
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Charge at Huj
British cavalry action against the Turks during First World War
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Battle of Drocourt-Quéant Line
1918 battle of World War I
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Battle of Pozzuolo
1917 battle at Pozzuolo del Friuli, Italy
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Battle of Langemarck
1917 battle during the First World War
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Capture of Westhoek
1917 battle
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Battle of Rumbo
1917 battle
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Civil War on the Don
Part of the Russian Civil War
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Capture of Wurst Farm
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Night action of 1/2 December 1917
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Battle of Oramar
1917 battle
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Battle of Seray Mountain
1917 battle
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Battle of Nurunyu
1917 battle
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Russian Civil War
Multi-sided civil war in the former Russian Empire, November 1917-October 1922
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Ukrainian War of Independence
Eastern European military conflict (1917–1921)
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Operation Albion
German capture of part of Estonia, WWI
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Battle of the Strait of Otranto
1917 naval battle
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Second Battle of Heligoland Bight
1917 battle
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Battle of Moon Sound
1917 naval battle in the Baltic Sea
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Second Battle of Dover Strait
1917 naval battle of the First World War
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Action off Lerwick
1917 WWI British-German naval engagement
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Action of 16 March 1917
World War I naval battle
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Action of 4 May 1917
1917 naval and air engagement of the First World War
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Action of 11–12 December 1917
1917 naval battle
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Action of 17 November 1917
1917 naval battle between US and German forces
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Action of 10 March 1917
Single-ship action in the First World War
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Action of the Cockcroft, 19 August 1917
Military action in WW1
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Action of 22 August 1917
Third Battle of Ypres conflict
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Nivelle Offensive
1917 Franco-British offensive on the Western Front in the First World War
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Stalemate in Southern Palestine
WWI British-Turkish military standoff (1917)
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Junker mutiny
Petrograd military school cadet resistance against Bolsheviks in 1917
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Samarrah Offensive
1917 military offensive
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Operation Hush
1917 military operation in World War I
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Alberich
German withdrawal to the Hindenburg Line, 1917
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occupation of Kharkiv
1917 occupation of Kharkiv by Russian Bolsheviks
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Mahenge Offensive
Military action in Africa during World War I
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Sugar Intervention
US Marine Corps intervention in Cuba
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Southern Front of the Russian Civil War
Theatre of the Russian Civil War
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Storming of the Winter Palace
Part of the Russian Revolution
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Operations on the Ancre, January – March 1917
1917 military operation
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United States Navy operations during World War- 1
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Action of 17 March 1917
German naval raid
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Politics & Government 3
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Manchu Restoration
Attempt to restore the monarchy in China by Zhang Xun
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1917 Dutch East Indies Volksraad election
Elections in the Dutch East Indies
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Anglo-French Convention of 1917
Treaty during World War I
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People 149
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Liliʻuokalani died
Monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom (1838–1917)
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L. L. Zamenhof died
Polish-Jewish physician and inventor of Esperanto (1859-1917)
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Eduard Buchner died
German chemist (1907 Nobel Prize)
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Adolf von Baeyer died
Died in Munich. German chemist (1835-1917).
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Friedrich Hermann Otto Finsch died
German explorer and biologist (1839-1917)
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Scott Joplin died
American composer, musician, pianist (1867/68-1917)
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Paul Meyer died
French philologist (1840–1917)
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Ferdinand von Zeppelin died
German general and airship pioneer (1838–1917)
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Teoberto Maler died
Died in Mérida Municipality. German Mesoamericanist (1842–1917).
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Sarat Chandra Das died
Indian scholar of Tibetan language and culture (1849-1917)
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Yaakov Yitzhaki died
Founder of Be'er Ya'akov, Israel
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Julius Janonis died
Lithuanian poet (1896–1917)
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Buffalo Bill died
American frontiersman and showman (1846–1917)
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Pierre Baudin died
French politician
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John H. Burrus died
African American educator
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Jean Gaston Darboux died
French mathematician (1842–1917)
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Ferdinand Georg Frobenius died
German mathematician (1849–1917)
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Kristian Birkeland died
Norwegian scientist (1867–1917)
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Marian Smoluchowski died
Polish physicist (1872–1917)
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Frederick Selous died
British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist (1851–1917)
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Joseph Halévy died
French orientalist (1827–1917)
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Anne Blunt died
British musician and horse breeder (1837–1917)
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Hermenegildo Capelo died
Explorer and Portuguese Naval admiral (1841-1917)
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Charles Chaillé-Long died
American explorer (1842–1917)
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Sven Berggren died
Swedish botanist (1837-1917)
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Timothy McCarthy died
Royal Navy sailor (1888-1917)
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Juan Bautista Ambrosetti died
Argentine archaeologist
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Fanny Currey died
Irish horticulturalist and watercolour painter (1848-1917)
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Robert Bell died
Canadian geologist (1841–1917)
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Thorild Wulff died
Swedish botanist (1877-1917)
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Cecil Rawling died
British general, explorer and author (1870–1917)
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Miguel Almereyda died
French politician and journalist (1883-1917)
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Béchir Sfar died
Tunisian militant, administrator and reformer (1856-1917)
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Muriel MacDonagh died
Irish journalist and republican activist
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Octavie Tardif died
French communist activist
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George Barrett died
English anarchist (1888–1917)
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Lucien Petit-Breton died
French cyclist
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James Crafts died
American chemist (1839-1917)
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Giuseppe Veronese died
Italian mathematician (1854–1917)
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Friedrich Robert Helmert died
German geodesist (1843-1917)
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Charles Horton Peck died
American mycologist (1833–1917)
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Stéphane Javelle died
French astronomer (1864–1917)
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Frank Muller died
American astronomer (1862-1917)
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Edmund Weiss died
Austrian astronomer (1837-1917)
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Georges Demenÿ died
French photographer (1850–1917)
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Louise Hammarström died
Swedish chemist (1849-1917)
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Agustín Stahl died
Puerto Rican medical doctor, and scientist (1842–1917)
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Vilhelm Herman Oluf Madsen died
Danish general and politician (1844–1917)
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Herbert William Conn died
American bacteriologist and educator (1859-1917)
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Alfred Einhorn died
German chemist (1856-1917)
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Louis Schmeisser died
Weapons designer in Europe in the early 1900s
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Amédée Bollée died
French bellfounder and inventor (1844-1917)
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William Duddell died
British physicist (1872–1917)
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Kikuchi Dairoku died
Japanese mathematician and bureaucrat (1855-1917)
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Félix Le Dantec died
French biologist (1869-1917)
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John Nevil Maskelyne died
English inventor and stage magician (1839–1917)
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Julian Ochorowicz died
Polish writer and academic (1850-1917)
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Christian Christiansen died
Danish physicist (1843-1917)
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Agnes Sime Baxter died
Mathematician (1870–1917)
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Robert Braithwaite died
British biologist (1824–1917)
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Percy Black died
Australian soldier
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Charles Barrington Brown died
Canadian geologist and explorer
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James Paton died
Scottish mariner
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Gustav Denhardt died
German explorer and natural history collector (1856-1917)
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Robert Stein died
German explorer (1857-1917)
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Howard Burnham died
French spy (1870–1917)
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R. H. Edmunds died
English-born South Austrailan surveyor and explorer
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Joseph Stratton died
English clergyman, humanitarian, writer, and activist (1839–1917)
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Jane Fryer died
Political and religious radical
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Bob Fitzsimmons died
British boxer (1863-1917)
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Eric Campbell died
British actor (1880–1917)
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Herbert Beerbohm Tree died
English actor and theatre manager (1852–1917)
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John F. Kennedy born
Born in Brookline. President of the United States from 1961 to 1963 (1917–1963).
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Indira Gandhi born
Born in Prayagraj. Prime Minister of India (1966-1977; 1980-1984).
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Ferdinand Marcos born
Born in Sarrat. President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986.
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Arthur C. Clarke born
Born in Minehead. British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917–2008).
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Heinrich Böll born
Born in Cologne. German writer (1917–1985).
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Park Chung-hee born
Born in Gumi. 3rd President of the Republic of Korea.
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Dean Martin born
Born in Steubenville. American singer, actor, comedian and film producer (1917–1995).
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Ilya Prigogine born
Born in Moscow. Russian-Belgian physical chemist (1917–2003).
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Joan Fontaine born
Born in Tokyo. British actress (1917–2013).
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Ernest Borgnine born
Born in Hamden. American actor (1917–2012).
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Anthony Burgess born
Born in Harpurhey. English writer and composer (1917–1993).
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Eric Hobsbawm born
Born in Alexandria. British academic historian and Marxist historiographer (1917–2012).
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Robert Mitchum born
Born in Bridgeport. American actor (1917–1997).
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Kenan Evren born
Born in Kula. President of Turkey (1917–2015).
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Sidney Sheldon born
Born in Chicago. American writer (1917–2007).
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Yahya Khan born
Born in Chakwal. Former Pakistani president (1917–1980).
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Juan Rulfo born
Born in Sayula Municipality. Mexican writer (1917–1986).
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Herbert A. Hauptman born
Born in New York City. American mathematician (1917–2011).
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Nur Muhammad Taraki born
Born in Nawa District. 1st General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan.
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Carson McCullers born
Born in Columbus. American writer (1917–1967).
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Kiro Gligorov born
Born in Štip. President of the Republic of Macedonia (1917–2012).
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David Bohm born
Born in Wilkes-Barre. American theoretical physicist (1917-1992).
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Robert Byrd born
Born in North Wilkesboro. American politician (1917–2010).
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Violeta Parra born
Born in San Carlos. Chilean musician and folklorist.
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Augusto Roa Bastos born
Born in Asunción. Paraguayan writer (1917–2005).
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Stéphane Hessel born
Born in Berlin. French diplomat, ambassador, writer, concentration camp survivor (1917–2013).
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Robert Conquest born
Born in Malvern. British historian and poet.
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Gwendolyn Brooks born
Born in Topeka. American writer (1917–2000).
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Cyrus Vance born
Born in Clarksburg. United States Secretary of State from 1977 to 1980 (1917–2002).
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Magda Szabó born
Born in Debrecen. Hungarian writer, poet and translator (1917–2007).
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John Connally born
Born in Floresville. American politician (1917–1993).
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Donald Davidson born
Born in Springfield. American philosopher (1917–2003).
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Maya Deren born
Born in Kyiv. Ukrainian-born American avant-garde filmmaker (1917–1961).
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Robert Lowell born
Born in Boston. American poet (1917–1977).
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Otto Günsche born
Born in Jena. Hitler's personal adjutant (1917–2003).
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Fadwa Tuqan born
Born in Nablus. Palestinien Poet (1917-2003).
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Algirdas Greimas born
Born in Tula. Lithuanian-French linguist (1917-1992).
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Yigael Yadin born
Born in Jerusalem. Israeli archeologist, military officer and politician (1917–1984).
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Rochus Misch born
Born in Stare Siołkowice. German SS non-commissioned officer (1917–2013).
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Arthur M. Schlesinger born
Born in Columbus. American historian, social critic, and public intellectual (1917–2007).
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Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin born
Born in Abomey. Beninise politician (1917-2002).
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Nikolai Ogarkov born
Born in Molokovo. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1917–1994).
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Alparslan Türkeş born
Born in Nicosia. Founder of Turkish Nationalist Action Party and Grey Wolves (1917–1997).
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Chung Il-kwon born
Born in Ussuriysk. South Korean general, politician (1917–1994).
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Vasily Petrov born
Born in Chernolesskoye. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1917–2014).
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J. L. Mackie born
Born in Sydney. Australian philosopher (1917-1981).
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Johannes Bobrowski born
Born in Sovetsk. German author (1917–1965).
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Sharof Rashidov born
Born in Jizzakh. Soviet politician, writer (1917-1983).
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Phedon Gizikis born
Born in Volos. Greek politician ,former president of the Hellenic Republic (1917–1999).
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Yakov Pavlov born
Born in Valdaysky District. Hero of the Soviet Union (1917-1981).
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Semyon Kurkotkin born
Born in Ramenskoye. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1917–1990).
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Sven Hassel born
Born in Nyhuse. Danish writer (1917–2012).
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Kerim Kerimov born
Born in Baku. Soviet rocket scientist (1917–2003).
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Pál Maléter born
Born in Prešov. Hungarian soldier, Minister of Defence (1917-1958).
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Philipp von Boeselager born
Born in Heimerzheim Castle. German Wehrmacht officer, failed assassin of Adolf Hitler (1917–2008).
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Olga Sanfirova born
Born in Samara. Soviet aviator, Hero of the Soviet Union (1917-1944).
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Barry Commoner born
Born in Brooklyn. American biologist, college professor and eco-socialist.
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Samael Aun Weor born
Born in Bogotá. Colombian writer (1917–1977).
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Francis Parker Yockey born
Born in Chicago. American writer (1917-1960).
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William Hardy McNeill born
Born in Vancouver. Canadian historian and writer (1917–2016).
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José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo born
Born in Luanda. Portuguese politician (1917-1983).
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I Gusti Ngurah Rai born
Born in Badung. Indonesian national hero (1917–1946).
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Mikhail Devyatayev born
Born in Torbeyevo. Hero of the Soviet Union (1917–2002).
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Erich Rudorffer born
Born in Zwochau. German World War II fighter pilot (1917–2016).
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Ernst von Glasersfeld born
Born in Munich. German philosopher (1917–2010).
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Bagrat Shinkuba born
Born in Chlou. Abkhazian writer and politician (1917–2004).
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Vernon A. Walters born
Born in New York City. United States general (1917–2002).
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Abdullah as-Sallal born
Born in Sanaa. President of North Yemen from 1962 to 1967.
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Shlomo Goren born
Born in Zambrów. Israeli military officer and rabbi (1917–1994).
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Li Rui born
Born in Pingjiang County. Chinese politician (1917–2019).
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Fanula Papazoglu born
Born in Bitola. Yugoslav historian (1917–2001).
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Ranavalona III died
Died in Algiers. Last sovereign of the Kingdom of Madagascar (1861-1917).
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Yahya Petra of Kelantan born
Born in Kota Bharu. Sultan of Kelantan (1917–1979).
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Leonard Jimmie Savage born
Born in Detroit. American mathematician (1917–1971).
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Takashi Mukaibo born
Born in Dalian. Japanese chemist (1917-2002).
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Joshua Nkomo born
Born in Semokwe. Zimbabwean politician (1917-1999).
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Jazep Sažyč born
Born in Haradziečna. Belarusian politician and military commander (1917–2007).
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Science & Technology 43
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Langley Research Center
NASA field center
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Copenhagen Business School
Business school
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Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Private university in Peru
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Providence College
American private university in Rhode Island
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Bentley University
Private university in Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
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Sofia Medical University
Bulgarian university
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Seijo University
Private university in Seijo, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Foreigners University of Siena
Italian university
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Eastern Mennonite University
American university in Virginia (est. 1917)
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Sul Ross State University
Public university in Alpine, Texas
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Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Research university in Shanghai, China
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Dagestan State Pedagogical University
Education organization in Makhachkala, Russia
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Bose Institute
Research institute in Kolkata
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Aklan State University
University in Banga, Philippines
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Anderson University
University in Anderson, Indiana, USA
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National Taipei University of Business
Taiwanese business university
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University of Bergen, Geophysical Institute
Department at the University of Bergen (UiB)
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Ivane Javakhishvili Institute of History and Ethnology
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Hakone Gardens
Traditional Japanese garden in Saratoga, California, USA
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Untermyer Park
Public garden
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Ämmäkoski power plant
Hydroelectric power plant in Kajaani, Finland
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UNAN
Central American university
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Adventist University of the Philippines
Private coeducational university
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Osaka Shoin Women's University
Private women's college in Osaka, Japan
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Maharani’s Science College for Women, Mysore
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Royal Papworth Hospital
Hospital in England
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Ste. Anne's Hospital
Building in Quebec, Canada
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Hospital de los Marqueses de Linares
Hospital in Spain
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TU Delft Hortus Botanicus
Museum and botanic garden in Delft, the Netherlands
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Fuertes Observatory
Historical astronomical observatory at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
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Osmania University
State public university in Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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Royal University of Fine Arts
University in Cambodia
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Chulalongkorn University
Autonomous public research university in Bangkok, Thailand
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University of Alaska Fairbanks
University
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Patna University
State public university in Patna, Bihar, India
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Max Planck Institute for Physics
Physics research institute near Munich, Germany
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Kherson State University
University
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Moscow Higher Military Command School
Russian military academy
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Peking Union Medical College
Chinese medical college
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Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry
Scientific institute in Munich, Germany
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Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials
Research institute in Germany
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University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering
State public university in Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka, India
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Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary
United States historic place
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Exploration & Discovery 9
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Pancho Villa Expedition
1916 U.S. military operation against revolutionary forces in northern Mexico
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Stefansson Island
Island in Nunavut, Canada
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Treysa meteorite
Iron meteorite fallen 1916 in Hesse, Germany
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Cova dels Cavalls
Cultural property in Tírig, Spain
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Tamuin's teen
Sculpture discovered in Tamuin, San Luis Potosí
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Sinking of the schooner Monte Protegido
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West Ice accidents
Loss of Norwegian seal hunting vessels in 1952
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American Expeditionary Forces
Major formation of the United States Army in the Western Front of World War I
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Ceram Expedition
Research expedition (1917-1919)
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Religion & Belief Systems 44
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Xiaotaoyuan Mosque
Mosque in Huangpu, Shanghai, China
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Sacred-Heart of Kaifang Cathedral
Church building in Sacred-Heart of Kaifang Cathedral, China
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Holy Rosary Cathedral
Cathedral in Regina
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Dunhuang Mosque
Mosque in Gansu, China
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House of Culture in Bjelovar
Building in which cultural events are held in Bjelovar, Croatia
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Shab Bhar Mosque
Mosque in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
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Vladivostok Synagogue
Synagogue in Russia
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Jamik Birugo Mosque
Mosque in West Sumatra, Indonesia
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Hebrew Congregation of Mountaindale Synagogue
Orthodox synagogue in Mountaindale, New York
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Sanctuary of the Madonna del Silenzio
Italian church in Avezzano
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Reggio Calabria Cathedral
Church building in Reggio Calabria, Italy
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Cathedral Parish of Saint Patrick
Church in Texas, United States
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Beth David Cemetery
Cemetery in Elmont, New York
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Église Saint-Pierre-Claver
Church building in Quebec, Canada
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UCCJ Nakashibuya Church
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33 Ledgelawn Avenue
United States historic place
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Grace Episcopal Cathedral (Topeka, Kansas)
Church in Kansas, United States
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Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist
Church in Saskatchewan, Canada
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Friedensgedächtniskirche
Church building in Lauchhammer-Ost, Brandenburg state, Germany
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Ermita del Calvario, La Orotava
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Chengshan Ningcheng Temple
Ning-Cheng Temple, Changbing Township (Hakka Religion)
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Grave of Massip
Sepulchral chapel located in Paris, in France
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Plymouth Congregational Church
church building in Miami, United States of America
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Saint Martin's Church
historic Episcopal church in Providence, Rhode Island
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St. Augustine Parish (Isle Brevelle) Church
church building in Natchitoches Parish, United States of America
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Mount Holly Mausoleum
United States historic place in Arkansas
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Auburn Community Mausoleum
historic site in DeKalb County, Indiana
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First Church of Christ, Scientist
church building in Texas, United States of America
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First Unitarian Church of Omaha
church building in Nebraska, United States of America
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Makawao Union Church
historic church building in Paia, Hawaii, USA
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Joshua Chapel A.M.E. Church
historic place in Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas
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Old Presbyterian Church
church building in Arizona, United States of America
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Saint John's Methodist Episcopal Church
historic church building in Kingman, Arizona
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Central Presbyterian Church
building in Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas
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Church of St. Francis Xavier
church in Benson, Minnesota
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First Congregational Church
former church building in Corvallis Oregon
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Hopeful Lutheran Church
church building in Kentucky, United States of America
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Hope Lutheran Church
church building in Colorado, United States of America
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First United Methodist Church
Historic church building in Checotah, Oklahoma, United States of America
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Long Valley Finnish Church
church building in Idaho, United States of America
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Mission Church
episcopal church in Alaska
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Saint Joseph church in Baranów
Church in Baranów, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
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Corpus Christi church in Miechowice
Church building in Bytom, Poland
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St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church
Church in Newport News, Virginia
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Economy & Trade 29
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Ajinomoto
Japanese food and biotechnology company
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Jacuzzi
Global manufacturer and distributor of branded bath and spa products
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Kikkoman
Company in Noda, Chiba, Japan
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Rado
Company
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Oshkosh Corporation
American industrial company
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AIA Group
Insurance company in Asia-Pacific
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Yokohama Rubber Company
Japanese tire company
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GE Aerospace
American aircraft engine supplier
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Toto Ltd.
Japanese toilet and plumbing fixtures company
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Arri
Supplier of motion picture film equipment
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Västerbottens Folkblad
Swedish newspaper
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Swedish Match
Swedish snus company
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Magnavox
American electronics company
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Cushman & Wakefield
American commercial real estate and property management services firm
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Viessmann
German heating technology company
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Orion Corporation
Finnish pharmaceutical company
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Parker Hannifin
American technology firm
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Lear Corporation
American automotive parts manufacturer
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Suncor Energy
Canadian energy company
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Fiat Ferroviaria
Former rail division of FIAT of Italy
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The Canadian Press
Canadian private news agency established in 1917
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Leoni AG
Company
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Persol
Eyewear company
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Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding
Japanese shipbuilder
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Phillips Petroleum Company
Defunct American oil company, predecessor of ConocoPhillips
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Ulstein Group
Group of companies that focus on various marine-related industries
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Flender Werke
Company
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Sanlam
Company
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V&S Group
Alcohol producer and distributor
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Disasters & Pandemics 10
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Halifax explosion
1917 maritime disaster in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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1917 Bali earthquake
Earthquake in Indonesia in 1917
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1917 Guatemala earthquake
1917 earthquake that destroyed Guatemala City
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Bolevec disaster
Ammunition factory explosion in Pilsen in 1917
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Silvertown explosion
1917 explosion at a munitions factory in east London
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1917 San Salvador earthquake
1917 earthquake in Central America
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Bapaume town hall explosion
Attack in World War I
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Ashton-under-Lyne munitions explosion
1917 disaster
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White Terror
Russian Civil War period of political repression and mass killings in 1918 carried out by the White Army
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1917 Ciurea rail disaster
1917 train wreck
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Social Movements & Revolutions 19
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October Revolution
Second of two 1917 revolutions in Russia
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February Revolution
First of two revolutions in Russia in 1917
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July Days
Period of unrest in Petrograd, Russia (16–20 July)
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Central Asian revolt of 1916
Muslim revolt against Russian conscription in WWI
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Kerensky–Krasnov uprising
Attempted coup to reverse the October Revolution
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Champaran Satyagraha
First civil resistance movement led by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi in India in 1916
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Toplica insurrection
Rebellion of Serbian chetniks
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Bukharan Revolution
1917–1925 overthrow of the Emirate of Bukhara
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Kyiv Bolshevik Uprising
Uprising in Kiev in 1917
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Vinnytsia Bolshevik Uprising
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Green Corn Rebellion
Armed uprising
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East St. Louis Riot
Race riot
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Ngolok rebellions
Conflict between Golok people and the Ma Clique
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Seskarö rebellion
Worker rebellion in Sweden during 1917
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1917 Shahabad Riots
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Kheda Satyagraha of 1918
Civil resistance movement organized by Gandhi in India
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1917 Potato riots
Uprising over food shortage in the Netherlands
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October riots in Petrograd
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Dubno Garrison Revolt
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Architecture & Engineering 160
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Lotto Park
Football stadium in Anderlecht, Brussels, Belgium
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Estadio Defensores del Chaco
Multi-purpose stadium in Asunción, Paraguay
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Mokhtar El-Tetsh Stadium
Building in Africa
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Baenão
Football stadium
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Sather Tower
Architectural structure
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Camp Randall Stadium
Outdoor stadium in Madison, Wisconsin
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Brattvær Church
Church building in Smøla, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
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Church of the Providence of God in Vilnius
Church
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Sandavágur Church
Church in the Faroe Islands
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Old Ålgård Church
Church building in Gjesdal, Rogaland, Norway
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Liabygda church
Parish church in Liagbygda village, Stranda municipality, Norway
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Stade Marcel-Verchère
Stadium in Bourg-en-Bresse, France
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Balsera Palace
Building in Avilés, Asturias
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Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Church
Church building in Arizona, United States of America
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Murphy Trail and Bridge
Historic trail and bridge in Canyonlands National Park in San Juan County, Utah, United States
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Saints Peter and Paul Church
Church building in New Hradec, United States of America
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St. Vasilios Church
Church building in Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Boston, United States of America
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St Germain’s Church
Church in Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Ross Memorial Church
Church in West Perth
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Faith Bible Church, Northridge, California
Church building in California, United States of America
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First Presbyterian Church
Church in Lincolnton, North Carolina
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Urangan Pier
Bridge in Australia
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Deutsche Evangelisch Lutherische Zion Kirche
Historic church building in Staplehurst, Nebraska
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Greyfriars Presbyterian Church
Church building in Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand
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Hilberry Theatre
Building at Wayne State University in Michigan, United States
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St. Stephen's Church
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St Michael's Church
Church in Trelawnyd, north Wales
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Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
Church building in Winfield, Kansas
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Bearcat Stadium
Football stadium in Maryville, Missouri
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Wyalusing State Park
State park in Wisconsin, United States
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Fort Tilden
Park and historic military installation in New York City
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Kremlin Wall Necropolis
Cemetery
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Tyne Cot Cemetery
Cemetery in West Flanders, Belgium
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Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial
Military cemetery in Suresnes, France
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Canadian Cemetery No. 2
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Adinkerke Military Cemetery
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) burial ground
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Artillery Wood Cemetery
WWI cemetery in Belgium
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Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery
Cemetery located in Iraq
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Bell Telephone Memorial
Memorial in Brantford, Ontario, Canada
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Orchard Dump Cemetery
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Hermies Hill British Cemetery
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Windmill British Cemetery
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) burial ground for the dead of World War I near Monchy-le-Preux, Pas-de-Calais, France
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Saulcourt Churchyard Extension
Cemetery located in Somme, in France
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Ayette Indian and Chinese Cemetery
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery
Cemetery located in Somme, in France
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Morchies Military Cemetery
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Morchies Australian Cemetery
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Brandhoek New Military No. 3 Cemetery
War cemetery in Belgium
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Hawthorn Ridge Cemetery No.2
Cemetery located in Somme, in France
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Bapaume Australian Cemetery
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Hooge Crater Cemetery
Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained cemetery in Belgium
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Grevillers British Cemetery
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Klein-Vierstraat British Cemetery
WWI CWGC cemetery in Flanders, Belgium
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Noreuil Australian Cemetery
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Monchy British Cemetery
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Rossignol Wood Cemetery
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Mill Road Cemetery
Cemetery located in Somme, in France
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Mud Corner Cemetery
On tne edge of plug street wood
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Aeroplane Cemetery
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Ramleh War Cemetery
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Deir El Belah War Cemetery
Military cemetery in Gaza City, Palestine
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Lichfield Crater, Thelus
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Bashibosh fountain
Bulgarian military monument
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Ribecourt Road Cemetery
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Tilloy British Cemetery
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Lagnicourt Hedge Cemetery
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Vaulx Australian Field Ambulance Cemetery
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Grandcourt Road Cemetery
Cemetery located in Somme, in France
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Achicourt Road Cemetery
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Commonwealth section of Zuydcoote Military Cemetery
Cemetery located in Nord, in France
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Berles New Military Cemetery
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Lebucquiere Communal Cemetery Extension
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Grand Ravine British Cemetery
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Bridge D'Achelles Military Cemetery
Cemetery of the First World War located Nieppe (North)
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Serre Road Cemetery No.1
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Hermies British Cemetery
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Hawthorn Ridge Cemetery No.1
Cemetery located in Somme, in France
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Redan Ridge Cemetery No.3
Cemetery located in Somme, in France
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Tincourt New British Cemetery
Cemetery located in Somme, in France
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Ramscappelle Road Military Cemetery
Cemetery in Nieuwpoort, West Flanders
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Redan Ridge Cemetery No.1
Cemetery located in Somme, in France
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Loos British Cemetery
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Track "X" Cemetery
Cemetery in Ypres, Belgium
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Owl Trench Cemetery
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Shrine Cemetery
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Chili Trench Cemetery
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Bailleul Road East Cemetery
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Albuera Cemetery
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Sucrerie Cemetery, Ablain-St. Nazaire
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Orival Wood Cemetery
Cemetery located in Nord, in France
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Divisional Collecting Post Cemetery and Extension
CWGC cemetery in Ypres, Belgium
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Cuckoo Passage Cemetery
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Y Ravine Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel
WWI CWGC cemetery in Somme, France
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Beaumetz Cross Roads Cemetery
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Bertincourt Chateau British Cemetery
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Buffs Road Cemetery
WWI cemetery in Ypres, Belgium
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Houdain Lane Cemetery
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Roclincourt Valley Cemetery
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Arras Road Cemetery
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Happy Valley British Cemetery
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Roclincourt Military Cemetery
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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New Irish Farm Cemetery
WWI CWGC cemetery in Ypres, Belgium
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Bois-Carre British Cemetery
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Toronto Avenue Cemetery
Cemetery located in Belgium
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Redan Ridge Cemetery No.2
Cemetery located in Somme, in France
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Athies Communal Cemetery Extension
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Serre Road Cemetery No.3
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Hervin Farm British Cemetery
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Serre Road Cemetery No.2
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Bailleul Road West Cemetery
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Frankfurt Trench British Cemetery
Cemetery located in Somme, in France
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Beaurains Road Cemetery
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Oxford Road Cemetery
World War I cemetery in Belgium
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Feuchy British Cemetery
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Red Cross Corner Cemetery
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Heudicourt Communal Cemetery Extension
Cemetery located in Somme, in France
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Lonsdale Cemetery
Cemetery located in Somme, in France
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Munich Trench British Cemetery
Cemetery located in Somme, in France
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Point-du-Jour Military Cemetery
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Gommecourt British Cemetery No.2
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Fifteen Ravine British Cemetery
Cemetery located in Nord, in France
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Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery
Cemetery located in Nord, in France
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Louverval Military Cemetery
Cemetery located in Nord, in France
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Duisans British Cemetery
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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New Munich Trench British Cemetery
Cemetery located in Somme, in France
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Railway Hollow Cemetery
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Underhill Farm Cemetery
Cemetery located in Belgium
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Minty Farm Cemetery
British military WWI cemetery in West Flanders, Belgium
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Motor Car Corner Cemetery
Cemetery located in Belgium
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Naval Trench Cemetery
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Orange Trench Cemetery
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Herbecourt British Cemetery
Cemetery located in Somme, in France
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Stump Road Cemetery
Cemetery located in Somme, in France
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Ribecourt British Cemetery
Cemetery located in Nord, in France
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La Targette British Cemetery
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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St. Martin Calvaire British Cemetery
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Gourock Trench Cemetery
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Nine Elms British Cemetery
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Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery
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Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery
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Highland Cemetery, Roclincourt
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Vadancourt British Cemetery
Military cemetery located in Aisne, in France
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Sunken Road Cemetery, Fampoux
Cemetery located in Pas-de-Calais, in France
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Soldatenfriedhof Amras
Cemetery in Innsbruck, Austria
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Khoymorsky datsan
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Saint Helens Hotel
hotel building in Chehalis, Washington
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Santa Fe And Salt Lake Trail Monument
California Historic Landmark
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Columbia Gardens Cemetery
cemetery in the Ashton Heights Historic District of Arlington, Virginia, US
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St. Casimir's Roman Catholic Church
church building in New Jersey, United States of America
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Julia Street Memorial United Methodist Church
church building in Alabama, United States of America
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St. Clements Roman Catholic Church
church building in New York, United States of America
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Emmet Methodist Church
church building in Arkansas, United States of America
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First Baptist Church
historic church in Sandy Creek, New York, United States
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First United Methodist Church
historic church in Forrest City, Arkansas, United States
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First United Methodist Church
church in Dardanelle, Arkansas
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First United Methodist Church
historic church in Walters, Oklahoma, United States
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New Light Missionary Baptist Church
church building in Arkansas, United States of America
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Voorhees Chapel
the college chapel at Jamestown College in Jamestown, North Dakota
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Jiufen Jinshanyan
Temple in New Taipei, Taiwan
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Sports & Entertainment 13
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Habima Theatre
National theatre of Israel
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Broadhurst Theatre
Broadway theater in Manhattan, New York
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Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
Broadway theater in Manhattan, New York
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Morosco Theatre
Broadway theatre near Times Square in New York City from 1917 to 1982
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Teatro Nacional de San Salvador
Theatre located in the Historic Downtown San Salvador, El Salvador
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Teatro Simón Bolívar
Theatre in Caracas, Venezuela
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Old Luxor Theater
Theatre and cinema in Rotterdam, Netherlands
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Bijou Theatre
Former Broadway theater in Manhattan, New York (1917–1982)
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Alcazar Theatre
Theater (since 1976) in Geary Street, San Francisco, California, originally a Shriners masonic Temple
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The Ritz Ybor
Theatre in Ybor City, Tampa, Florida
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1917 South American Championship
Football tournament
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1917 Far Eastern Games
International multi-sport event
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1917 Copa del Rey Final
Football match
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Empires & Countries 17
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Finland founded
Finland was founded, with its capital at Helsinki.
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Russian Empire dissolved
Russian Empire ceased to exist, having been centered at Saint Petersburg.
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Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic founded
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic was founded, with its capital at Moscow.
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Ukrainian People's Republic founded
Ukrainian People's Republic was founded, with its capital at Kyiv.
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Grand Duchy of Finland dissolved
Grand Duchy of Finland ceased to exist, having been centered at Helsinki.
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Russian Republic founded
Russian Republic was founded, with its capital at Saint Petersburg.
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Russian Republic dissolved
Russian Republic ceased to exist, having been centered at Saint Petersburg.
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Crimean People's Republic founded
Crimean People's Republic was founded, with its capital at Bakhchysarai.
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Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus founded
Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus was founded, with its capital at Vladikavkaz.
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Alash Autonomy founded
Alash Autonomy was founded, with its capital at Semey.
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Moldavian Democratic Republic founded
Moldavian Democratic Republic was founded, with its capital at Chișinău.
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Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic founded
Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic was founded, with its capital at Moscow.
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Ukrainian People's Republic of Soviets founded
Ukrainian People's Republic of Soviets was founded, with its capital at Kyiv.
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Turkestan Autonomy founded
Turkestan Autonomy was founded, with its capital at Kokand.
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State of Buryat-Mongolia founded
State of Buryat-Mongolia was founded, with its capital at Chita.
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Nayarit founded
Nayarit was founded, with its capital at Tepic.
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Soviet Republic of Naissaar founded
Soviet Republic of Naissaar was founded, with its capital at Naissaar.
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Dated to the wider period
Wikidata records this entry only to a century, decade or millennium rather than to a specific year. It is listed here because 1917 is where that broader date falls, not because it is known to have happened in 1917.
1910s 1
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St. Joseph Catholic Church
Church building in Damar, Kansas
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