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West Galicia. New Galicia or West Galicia ( Polish: Nowa Galicja or Galicja Zachodnia; German: Neugalizien or Westgalizien) was an administrative region of the Habsburg monarchy, constituted from the territory annexed in the course of the Third Partition of Poland in 1795.
The Battle of Galicia was a major battle between Russia and Austria-Hungary during the early stages of World War I in 1914. In the course of the battle, the Austro-Hungarian armies were severely defeated and forced out of Galicia, while the Russians captured Lemberg and, for approximately nine months, ruled Eastern Galicia until their defeat at Gorlice and Tarnów.
960 - Sancho I of León is reinstated as King of León. Vikings raid Galicia and kill the bishop Sisenand of Santiago de Compostela in battle, but his successor St. Rudesind rallies the local forces and kills the Viking leader Gundered. 967 - Ramiro III becomes King of León. 971 - Another minor Viking raid in Galicia.
Henry III (1454-1474) - Son of the former. Isabella I (1474-1504) - Daughter of John II. Afonso V of Portugal and Juana la Beltraneja, acclaimed de jure kings of Galicia in 1475, saw their pretensions to the Castilian throne defeated at the Battle of Toro in 1479. Joanna I (1504-1516/1555) - Daughter of the former.
Galicia is one of the autonomous communities of Spain. Subcategories. This category has the following 23 subcategories, out of 23 total. A. Galician ...
They exchanged hostages whereby 100 families of Keraites were re-settled in Carpathian Galicia. According to James Chambers, the following dialogue took place between Batu and Daniel of Galicia: "At a banquet Batu asked if he drank kumiz like the Mongols and Daniel answered: 'Until now I did not, but now I do as you command and I drink it'. To ...
Ribeira, Galicia. / 42.567°N 8.983°W / 42.567; -8.983. Ribeira is the capital of the comarca of Barbanza, in the province of A Coruña in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain. The capital and most populous urban center is Santa Uxía de Ribeira. Another of its major points is the center of San Martin de Oleiros.
Televisión de Galicia (Galician pronunciation: [teleβiˈsjon dɪ ɣaˈliθjɐ]; "Television of Galicia"; abbreviated as TVG), commonly known as A Galega ("The Galician [One]"), is a Spanish free-to-air television channel owned and operated by Televisión de Galicia S.A., the television subsidiary of Galician regional-owned public broadcaster Corporación Radio e Televisión de Galicia (CRTVG).