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European History by Letter - L

Are you a true expert of Europe's historical figures and locations?

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Last updated: November 1, 2022
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French “Sun King”
Louis XIV
Site of the “Battle of Nations” in 1813 with more than 90’000 casualties
Leipzig
Ocean liner sunk in 1915 by a German submarine
Lusitania
Royal House of the red rose
Lancaster
Political philosopher and leader of the Russian October revolution
Lenin
Wealthy centre of the industrialization in Belgium
Liège
His 95 protestant theses pinned on the church door in Wittenberg turned the whole continent upside down (Martin)
Luther
Historic Irish province (the one with the golden harp)
Leinster
German Marxist revolutionary shot in 1919 by right-wing militia (Rosa)
Luxemburg
Huge Grand Duchy in Eastern Europe approx. 1230-1795, today the name of a Baltic country
Lithuania
Geneva based United Nations predecessor, failed to prevent the outbreak of WWII
League of Nations
Destroyed in 1755 by one of the most catastrophic earthquakes in European history
Lisbon
Franco-German buffer state in the Middle ages and the early Modern period
Lorraine (Duchy)
Celtic Iron Age culture, named after a village in Western Switzerland
La Tène
Decisive medieval arm of the English infantry in the 100 years’ war
Longbow
This Belgian king privately owned the Congo and was responsible for atrocities and millions of deaths
Leopold II
Most prominent and “magnificent” statesman of the Medici family
Lorenzo
Home town of the probably most influential pop band
Liverpool (Beatles)
Last European country to introduce women's suffrage (1984)
Liechtenstein
Europe’s deadliest cyclone in the 20th century (110 fatalities in 1999)
Lothar
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