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The Ottoman wars in Europe marked an essential part of the history of the continent. The Holy Roman Empire was a limited elective monarchy composed of hundreds of state-like entities . A key 15th-century development was the advent of the movable type of printing press circa 1439 in Mainz, [ 51 ] building upon the impetus provided by the prior ...
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This category is for historic maps showing all or part of Europe. See subcategories for smaller areas. "Historic maps" means maps made over seventy (70) years ago.
In September 1914, just as the First World War broke out, the UK Parliament finally passed the Government of Ireland Act 1914 to establish self-government for Ireland, condemned by the dissident nationalists' All-for-Ireland League party as a "partition deal". The Act was suspended for the duration of the war, expected to last only a year.
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Ireland was a separate kingdom ruled by King George III of Britain; he set policy for Ireland through his appointment of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland or viceroy. In practice, the viceroys lived in England and the affairs in the island were largely controlled by an elite group of Irish Protestants known as "undertakers."
18 January Ireland 0–1 Wales (in Belfast) [9] 15 February Ireland 2–1 England (in Belfast) [9] 15 March Ireland 1–2 Scotland (in Dublin) [9] Irish League Winners: Glentoran; Irish Cup Winners: Linfield 2–0 Glentoran; Derry Celtic were relegated and subsequently voted out of the Irish Football League; they never played senior football again.
In classical antiquity, Europe was assumed to cover the quarter of the globe north of the Mediterranean, an arrangement that was adhered to in medieval T and O maps. Ptolemy's world map of the 2nd century already had a reasonably precise description of southern and western Europe, but was unaware of particulars of northern and eastern Europe.