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Malmö (/ ˈ m æ l m ə / ⓘ, [4] Swedish: Malmö, IPA: [ˈmâlːmøː] ⓘ; Danish: Malmø [ˈmælmˌøˀ]) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Skåne (Scania). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal population of 357,377 in 2022. [5]
The Siege of Malmö (Swedish: Belägringen av Malmö) was an unsuccessful Danish siege on the Swedish-held city of Malmö, fought between June 11 and July 5, 1677.Fought towards the end of the Scanian War, the siege was one in a string of Danish losses that saw Swedish forces under King Charles XI of Sweden establish control over the southern region of Sweden.
The supporting troops were provided by German states such as Prussia. The armistice of Malmö led to fierce protests in Germany, particularly among the revolutionary left. In their view, Prussia, under pressure from the great powers (Britain and Russia), had abandoned the revolutionary government in Kiel.
Malmö Museum's collections contain approximately 500,000 objects, 4 million photographs, 3-4 million archaeological artifacts and an archive collection. The main areas of the museum's collection include cultural history, natural history, archaeology, history of technology and maritime history. Some of the museum's objects are searchable in the ...
The terrorism-related event in modern Swedish history which received the most attention was the West German embassy siege in 1975, which was carried out by the Red Army Faction. In 1976, the same group also planned Operation Leo which was to involve the kidnapping of Anna-Greta Leijon, but which was never set in action.
1848 – Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baghdad established. 1849 – Remnants discovered of quay of Nebuchadrezzar, from Babylonian city of Baghdadu. [1] 1861 – Istanbul-Baghdad telegraph line installed. [23] 1865 Basrah-Baghdad telegraph line installed. [23] Alliance Israélite boys' school established. [1] 1869 – Midhat Pasha in power. [9 ...
Round city of Baghdad. Baghdad was founded on 30 July 762 CE. It was designed by Caliph al-Mansur. [1] According to 11th-century scholar Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi in his History of Baghdad, [2] each course of the city wall consisted of 162,000 bricks for the first third of the wall's height.
City of Bagdad was a cargo steamship.She was built in Germany, and launched in 1918 as Geierfels for DDG Hansa.However, the United Kingdom seized her as part of Germany's World War I reparations to the Allies under Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles.