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See also:KONIGGRATZ (See also:Czech, Hradec Kralove) , a See also:town and episcopal see of Bohemia, See also:Austria, 74 M. E. of See also:Prague by See also:rail. Pop. (1900), 9773, mostly Czech. It is situated in the centre of a very fertile region called the " See also:Golden Road," and contains many buildings of See also:historical and architectural See also:interest. The See also:cathedral was founded in 1303 by See also:Elizabeth, wife of See also:Wenceslaus II; and the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St See also:John, built in 1710, stands on the ruins of the old See also:castle. The See also:industries include the manufacture of musical See also:instruments, machinery, See also:colours, and carton-See also:Pierre, as well as gloves and See also:wax candles. The See also:original name of Koniggratz, one of the See also:oldest settlements in Bohemia, was Chlumec Dobroslaysky; the name Hradec, or " the Castle," was given to it when it became the seat of a See also:count, and Kralove," of the See also:queen " (Ger. Konigin), was prefixed when it became one of the See also:dower towns of the queen of Wenceslaus II., Elizabeth of See also:Poland, who lived here for See also:thirty years. It remained a dower town till 162o. Koniggratz was the first of the towns to declare for the See also:national cause during the Hussite See also:wars. After the See also:battle of the See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
White See also:Mountain (162o) a large See also:part of the See also:Protestant See also:population See also:left the See also:place. In 1639 the town was occupied for eight months by the Swedes. Several churches and convents were pulled down to make way for the fortifications erected under See also:Joseph II. The fortress was finally dismantled in 1884. Near Koniggratz took place, on the 3rd of See also:July 1866, the decisive battle (formerly called See also:Sadowa) of the Austro-Prussian See also:war (see SEVEN See also:WEEKS' WAR).
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