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  Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria-Este (December 18, 1863 – June 28, 1914) was an Archduke of Austria, Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, and from 1896 until his death, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne.
Franz Ferdinand was born in Graz, Austria, the eldest son of Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria (younger brother of Emperor Franz Josef) and of his second wife, Princess Maria Annunciata of the Two Sicilies.
Pope Leo XIII, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, and the German Emperor Wilhelm II all made representations on Franz Ferdinand's behalf to the Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria, arguing that the disagreement between Franz Joseph and Franz Ferdinand was undermining the stability of the monarchy.
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 Franz Hitler - Uncyclopedia
Franz Hitler (brother of Adolf) was the boy genius who invented the Golden Age Superman from a block of cheese.
The real Franz Hitler was swallowed whole by his brother at the age of 3.
It is true that a Franz Hitler School of Sissy Dressing does exist in Campo Grande to this day, but it was more likely founded by Kathy Lee Gifford.
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 Franz Ferdinand superpage - francis ferdinand - archduke francis ferdinand
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Franz Ferdinand also held rave-like "happenings" combining music and art; Hardy was studying painting at the Glasgow School of Art at the time.
Franz Ferdinand have been quoted as saying they wanted to make "music that girls can dance to." This was combined with their art school background on their self-titled debut released in early 2004.
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 Austria Encyclopedia Article @ Cristobel.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Reich can also mean "empire", and this connotation is the one that is understood in the context of the Reformation/communist states, Ferdinand Porsche, although not in the context of the modern Republic of Österreich.
The term probably originates in a San Marino translation of the European Union name for the region: Marchia orientalis, which translates as "eastern borderland", as it was situated at the eastern edge of the Belarus, that was also mirrored in the name Anton Webern, for a short period applied after state religion to Engelbert Dollfuß.
All of the dialects in the, however, belong to Victor Franz Hess groups of German dialects, with the exception of the dialect spoken in its west-most Bundesland, Vienna, which belongs to the group of Ireland dialects.
www.cristobel.net /encyclopedia/Austria   (3587 words)

  
 austria-hungary - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
In an effort to shore up support for the monarchy, Emperor Franz Joseph began negotiations for a compromise with the Magyar nobility to ensure their support.
However, Franz Joseph was unable to ignore the power of the Magyar nobility, and they would not accept anything less than dualism between themselves and the traditional Austrian lites.
On June 28, 1914, Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria, heir to his childless uncle the Emperor Franz Josef (Franz Josef's only son had died under still-mysterious circumstances, and Mexican republicans had executed the Emperor's brother), visited the Bosnian capital Sarajevo where Bosnian Serb militants of the nationalist group Young Bosnia assassinated him.
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 Franz Ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the heir presumptive to the throne of Austria.
Franz Ferdinand's food-loving frontman Ale Kapranos is to release a book accounting his culinary experiences while on tour.
CONTEMPORARY Scottish music from Franz Ferdinand to Deacon Blue and Belle and Sebastian will be played at Holyrood tomorrow for the launch of the first code of conduct for live music in Scotland.
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 Graz - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
In 1827 it was re-instituted as a university by Emperor Franz I, thus gaining the name 'Karl-Franzens Universität,' meaning 'Charles-Francis University.' Over 30,000 students currently study at this university.
From the earlier part of the 15th century Graz was the residence of the younger branch of the Habsburgs, which succeeded to the imperial throne in 1619 in the person of Emperor Ferdinand II, who moved the capital to Vienna.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was born in Graz, in what is now the Stadtmuseum (city museum).
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 Austria Encyclopedia Article @ ColdWeatherVacation.com (Cold Weather Vacation)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Though Austria is a small country, its history as a European power and its cultural environment have generated a broad contribution to art and science.
It was the home of novelists Arthur Schnitzler, Stefan Zweig, Thomas Bernhard or Robert Musil, of poets Georg Trakl, Franz Werfel, Franz Grillparzer, Rainer Maria Rilke or Adalbert Stifter and writer Karl Kraus.
Austria was the cradle of numerous scientists including physicists Ludwig Boltzmann, Lise Meitner, Erwin Schrödinger, Ernst Mach, Wolfgang Pauli, Richard von Mises, Victor Franz Hess and Christian Doppler, philosophers Ludwig Wittgenstein and Karl Popper, biologists Gregor Mendel and Konrad Lorenz as well as mathematician Kurt Gödel.
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 World War I - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
On June 28, 1914, Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, was assassinated in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian Serb student.
Many in the Austrian leadership, not least Habsburg Emperor Franz Joseph, and Conrad von Hötzendorf, worried that Serbian nationalist agitation in the southern provinces of the Empire would lead to further unrest among the Austro-Hungarian Empire's other disparate ethnic groups.
After the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, and nearly a month of debate, the government of Austria–Hungary sent a 10-point ultimatum to Serbia (July 23, 1914) — the so called July Ultimatum — to be unconditionally accepted within 48 hours.
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 Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on franz ferdinand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much B...
Best of all is "Eleanor Put Your Boots On," a gorgeous, Beatlesque ballad that suggests that if Franz Ferdinand have songs this good in them, they're selling themselves, and their fans, short with most of the songs here (you could have...
Is Kasabian the New Franz Ferdinand - On The...
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 gap kid, monet, beethoven, sita, brahms, ellington, singer, chorus, songwriter, guitar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
A singer is a type of musician who uses his or her human voice to produce music.
People who sing their own songs are nowadays typically called singer-songwriters, although the tradition of doing this dates back hundreds of years.
Most art songwriting is written for somebody other than the britannia composer rule to perform, although it is known that Franz schubert lieder often sang his own songs at private parties, and there have been a number of composers who were also singers and wrote for themselves, Carl Loewe being one example.
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 Qwika - similar:World_War_I
In the aftermath of World War I the political, cultural, and social order of the world was drastically changed in many places, even outside the areas directly involved in the war.
Main article: World War I On June 28, 1914, Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, was assassinated in Sarajevo in a conspiracy involving Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian Serb student.
LZ127 Graf Zeppelin, the most travelled airship in history A Zeppelin is a type of rigid airship (or dirigible) pioneered by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin in the early 20th century based on an earlier design by David Schwarz.
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 United States (disambiguation) - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
United States of Greater Austria was a successor state to the Austro-Hungarian Empire proposed by Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
The United States of Earth, a group espousing a world without the United Nations.
This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
www.openencyclopedia.net /index.php/US   (288 words)

  
 Franz Ferdinand at Music4all
Prague Post - Photos courtesy of Česky Svet magazine, 1914 The famous residence of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Žofie, was inhabited by their orphaned children until the Czechoslovak government confiscated it in 1921.
Sydney Morning Herald - They're writing some of the catchiest pop this side of Franz Ferdinand but the New Pornographers are far from a household name.
Slate - This song grafts a Franz Ferdinand stomp onto a melody that could have just as easily accommodated Interpol's saddo drone (as "Since U Been Gone" did) and remains the liveliest on I Am Me.
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 Franz Ferdinand - Wikipedia
Airchduke Franz Ferdinand o Austrick, the heir presumptive tae the throne o Austrick.
Franz Ferdinand, a baund o indie rock muisicianers frae Glesca cryed aifter the Austrian airchduke, an thair début album, cryed Franz Ferdinand an aw.
This is a disambiguation page: a list o airticles that aw haes the same teetle.
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In Europe the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Serb nationalist insurgents finally triggered World War I after a period of building conflicts, while World War II saw the first known use of specifically trained assassination operatives since the original Assassins.
Reinhard Heydrich was killed by British-backed killers, and knowledge from decoded transmissions allowed the US to carry out a targeted attack, killing Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto while he was en-route in an airplane.
Explosives, especially the car bomb, have become far more common, with grenades and remote-triggered landmines also used, especially in the Middle East and Balkans (the initial attempt on Archduke Franz Ferdinand's life was with a grenade).
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 Clinton Goveas :: Wikipedia Reference
The political tensions caused by all this culminated on June 28, 1914, when Serb nationalist youth Gavrilo Princip assassinated the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, in Sarajevo; an event that proved to be the spark that set off World War I.
Although some Bosnians died serving in the armies of the various warring states, Bosnia and Herzegovina itself managed to escape the conflict relatively unscathed.
He was born in Sarajevo in 1906 and was witness to the famous assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914, the assassination that started World War I.
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 Assassination information - Search.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Ninoy Aquino, Philippines' President Ferdinand Marcos' top political nemesis, was shot dead by an alleged assassin in 1983, who was later killed by military escorts of Aquino.
In Europe the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand triggered World War I.
Explosives, especially the car bomb, have became far more common, with grenades and remote-triggered landmines also used, especially in the Middle East and Balkans (the initial attempt on Archduke Franz Ferdinand's life was with a grenade).
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 Qwika - United Kingdom
For other meanings of the terms "United Kingdom" and "UK”, see United Kingdom (disambiguation) and UK (disambiguation).
The United Kingdom is also associated with music from the Caribbean, with a large number of Jamaicans and other Caribbean nationals being present in the UK.
Recent rock bands to emerge include the Kaiser Chiefs (all ex-temporary teachers from Leeds), Franz Ferdinand and the Arctic Monkeys.
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Bands like Franz Ferdinand, Hot Hot Heat, The Killers and The Bravery mix post-punk sensibilities with electronic beats.
The biggest factor that has contributed to the resurgence of rock music is the rise of paid digital downloads in the 2000s.
American bands such as The White Stripes, The Killers and The Strokes have more success in the UK than in the USA, and British bands such as The Libertines, Franz Ferdinand, Coldplay, Oasis, Kaiser Chiefs, Gorillaz, and Arctic Monkeys are still the UK's biggest selling artists.
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 John Browning - Wikipedia Mirror   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
John Moses Browning (January 21, 1855 – November 26, 1926), born in Ogden, Utah, was an American firearms designer who developed myriad varieties of weapons, cartridges, and gun mechanics, many of which are used in the U.S. military and elsewhere to this day.
In 1914, the pistol was used by Gavrilo Princip to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, an event which arguably sparked the First World War.
Browning belonged to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served a two year mission for the church in Georgia beginning on March 28, 1887.
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 Assassin
In its most common use, assassin has come to mean someone who kills (assassinates) an important person, usually for ideological or political reasons.
The most notable assassination victim within early U.S. history was President Abraham Lincoln, while that in this period in Europe was Archduke Franz Ferdinand whose killing directly triggered World War I.
However, the 20th century likely marks the first time nation-states began training assassins to be specifically used against so-called enemies of the state.
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 Acidophilus Related Terms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The Strokes is an American rock band that was formed in 1999 and rose to fame in the early 2000s as a leading group in the garage rock revival.
Ticketholders either battled the weather, camping outside ticket box offices in the middle of the European winter, or were the winners of radio competitions.
Their third album, First Impressions of Earth, was released in January 2006 to mixed reviews and debuted at Number 4 in the US album charts and Number 1 in the UK, a first for the band.
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 Terror Attack History
Hyde Park is one of the largest parks in central London, England, and one of the Royal Parks of London.
For other meanings, see Regents Park (disambiguation) Regents Park (officially The Regents Park) is one of the Royal Parks of London.
Alternate meanings in cabinet (disambiguation) A Cabinet is a body of high-ranking members of government, typically representing the executive branch.
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 UK - Encyklopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
For an explanation of these and terms such as Great Britain, British, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, see British Isles (terminology).
Recent rock bands to emerge include the Kaiser Chiefs (all ex-temporary teachers from Leeds),Franz Ferdinand and the Arctic Monkeys.
The BBC is the oldest and perhaps the most respected broadcasting network in the world, with the BBC World Service radio channel and its news output held in particularly high regard.
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 WWI
Hungary would gain a parliament and have certain rights similar to home rule.
This compromise was agreed to by Franz Josef and others in the German aristocracy in hopes of preserving their power.
After the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, after nearly a month of debate, the government of Austria–Hungary sent a 10-point ultimatum to Serbia (July 23, 1914) — the so called July Ultimatum — to be unconditionally accepted within 48 hours.
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 UK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
For other meanings, see UK (disambiguation) and United Kingdom (disambiguation)
In mid to late '90s, the Britpop phenomenon has seen bands such as Oasis, Blur, Radiohead, Coldplay and Supergrass gain international fame.
Developing on from this success, British bands, notably Franz Ferdinand, have in 2004 appeared on the world scene as a part of the indie movement, with the UK largely seen as the home of such music.
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