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Lubilash RiverPlaceThe Lubilash is a river of the southern Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, forming the upper course of the Sankuru, a major tributary of the Kasai.
LublinPlaceLublin is a city in eastern Poland.
Lubombo MountainsPlaceThe Lubombo Mountains are a long, narrow range of hills in southern Africa, running north to south along the borders of South Africa, Eswatini and Mozambique.
Luc-en-DioisPlaceLuc-en-Diois is a village in the Drôme valley in south-eastern France, the site of Lucus Augusti, one of the two chief towns of the Celtic Vocontii under Roman rule…
Luca GiordanoPersonLuca Giordano (1634–1705) was a Neapolitan Baroque painter, nicknamed Fa Presto for the speed of his work.
Luca SignorelliPersonLuca Signorelli was an Italian Renaissance painter from Cortona, known for his powerful nude figures.
Lucala RiverPlaceThe Lucala River is a river of northern Angola and the largest tributary of the Kwanza, which it joins near Massangano.
LucaniaPlaceLucania was an ancient region of southern Italy, named after the Oscan-speaking Lucanians who occupied it from the 5th century BCE.
Lucas MeyerPersonLucas Meyer was a Boer leader who in 1884 led volunteers, among them the young Louis Botha, to back Dinuzulu in the Zulu civil war, in return claiming a large tract of…
Lucas WatzenrodePersonLucas Watzenrode was prince-bishop of Warmia from 1489 until his death, a powerful figure in Royal Prussia who defended his see's autonomy against both the Teutonic…
LucentumPlaceLucentum was an Iberian and Roman town on the hill of Tossal de Manises in the modern city of Alicante, south-eastern Spain.
LuceraPlaceLucera, ancient Luceria, is a town in northern Apulia, Italy, on a hill overlooking the Tavoliere plain.
Luchino dal VermePersonLuchino dal Verme was an Italian condottiero from Verona who served the Visconti of Milan and the Republic of Venice.- Luchino Visconti (lord of Milan)PersonLuchino Visconti was lord of Milan from 1339 until his death in 1349, ruling jointly with his brother Giovanni, archbishop of Milan.
Luchuan–Pingmian campaignsCampaign · 1436–1449The Luchuan–Pingmian campaigns were a series of Ming Chinese military expeditions from 1436 to 1449 against the Shan state of Mong Mao, called Luchuan by the Chinese…
Lucien BonapartePersonLucien Bonaparte was a younger brother of Napoleon.
Lucien MuratPersonLucien Murat was the second son of Joachim Murat, King of Naples, and Caroline Bonaparte, Napoleon's sister.
Lucius Aemilius Paullus MacedonicusPersonLucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus was a Roman general who defeated King Perseus of Macedon at Pydna in 168 BCE, ending the Third Macedonian War and the Antigonid…- Lucius AntoniusPersonLucius Antonius was a Roman politician, the youngest brother of Mark Antony, and consul in 41 BCE.
- Lucius Aurunculeius CottaPersonLucius Aurunculeius Cotta was a Roman legate of Julius Caesar in the Gallic Wars.
- Lucius Caecilius Metellus (consul 251 BCE)PersonLucius Caecilius Metellus was a Roman commander of the First Punic War, consul in 251 and 247 BCE.
Lucius Calpurnius Piso the PontifexPersonLucius Calpurnius Piso the Pontifex was a Roman senator and general, consul in 15 BCE.- Lucius Cornelius BalbusPersonLucius Cornelius Balbus was a Roman general and proconsul of Africa.
Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 16 BCE)PersonLucius Domitius Ahenobarbus was a Roman general and consul in 16 BCE, husband of Antonia the Elder, Mark Antony's daughter, and grandfather of the emperor Nero.
Lucius Junius BrutusPersonLucius Junius Brutus was the legendary founder of the Roman Republic.- Lucius Licinius LucullusPersonLucius Licinius Lucullus was a Roman general and politician who commanded against Mithridates VI of Pontus in the Third Mithridatic War from 74 BCE.
- Lucius Licinius Murena (praetor 88 BCE)PersonLucius Licinius Murena was a Roman commander who served under Sulla in the First Mithridatic War and was left as governor of Asia.
- Lucius Mummius AchaicusPersonLucius Mummius Achaicus was a Roman consul and general who defeated the Achaean League in 146 BCE.
Lucius Munatius PlancusPersonLucius Munatius Plancus was a Roman general and politician.- Lucius Postumius Albinus (consul 234 BC)PersonLucius Postumius Albinus was a Roman general, consul in 234 and 229 BCE.
- Lucius Postumius MegellusPersonLucius Postumius Megellus was a Roman general and politician of the Samnite Wars, consul in 305, 294 and 291 BCE.
- Lucius StertiniusPersonLucius Stertinius was a Roman officer who served under Germanicus in his campaigns in Germany in 15–16 CE.
Lucius VerusPersonLucius Verus was Roman emperor from 161 to 169 CE, ruling jointly with his adoptive brother Marcus Aurelius, the first time two emperors shared power as equals.
Lucjan ŻeligowskiPersonLucjan Żeligowski was a Polish general who in October 1920, in a staged mutiny secretly approved by Józef Piłsudski, seized Vilnius from Lithuania.
LucknowPlaceLucknow is the capital of the state of Uttar Pradesh in northern India, on the river Gomti.
LucretiaPersonLucretia was, according to Roman tradition, a noblewoman whose rape by Sextus Tarquinius, son of the king, and her subsequent suicide provoked the overthrow of the…
LucretiusPersonLucretius, in full Titus Lucretius Carus, was a Roman poet and philosopher of the first century BCE.
Lucrezia BorgiaPersonLucrezia Borgia was the daughter of Pope Alexander VI and sister of Cesare Borgia.
LucteriusPersonLucterius was a leader of the Cadurci in southern Gaul and one of the chief commanders in the Gallic revolt of 52 BCE under Vercingetorix, when he raised the peoples of…- Lucus AugustiPlaceLucus Augusti, modern Lugo in Galicia, north-western Spain, was a Roman town founded around 25 BCE.
LüdenscheidPlaceLüdenscheid is a town in the Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
LüderitzPlaceLüderitz is a port town on the Atlantic coast of southern Namibia.
LudgerPersonLudger was a Frisian missionary educated at Utrecht and York who preached among the Frisians and Saxons under Charlemagne.
Ludovica TorelliPersonLudovica Torelli was Countess of Guastalla and heiress of the Torelli family.
Ludovico Antonio MuratoriPersonLudovico Antonio Muratori (1672–1750) was an Italian priest and historian, librarian of the Este dukes in Modena from 1700.
Ludovico AriostoPersonLudovico Ariosto was an Italian poet at the court of the Este in Ferrara.
Ludovico II, Marquis of SaluzzoPersonLudovico II was Marquis of Saluzzo from 1475 to 1504, a Renaissance prince allied with France.
Ludovico III GonzagaPersonLudovico III Gonzaga (1412–1478) was Marquis of Mantua from 1444 and a condottiere in the service of Milan.
Ludovico ManinPersonLudovico Manin was the last doge of the Republic of Venice, elected in 1789.
Ludovico SforzaPersonLudovico Sforza, called il Moro, ruled the Duchy of Milan as regent from 1480 and as duke from 1494 to 1499.
LudowingiansPeople / groupThe Ludowingians were a German noble dynasty that ruled Thuringia as landgraves from 1131 and also held Hesse.
Ludvig HolbergPersonLudvig Holberg was a writer and historian born in Bergen, Norway, who spent his career as a professor at the University of Copenhagen.
Ludvík SvobodaPersonLudvík Svoboda was a Czechoslovak general who commanded the Czechoslovak units raised in the Soviet Union in the Second World War, including the 1st Czechoslovak Army…
Ludwig CanalWork / monumentThe Ludwig Canal was a waterway linking the Main at Bamberg with the Danube at Kelheim, built between 1836 and 1846 on the orders of Ludwig I of Bavaria.
Ludwig ErhardPersonLudwig Erhard was a German economist and politician of the Christian Democratic Union who, as director of economics in the western zones, ended price controls alongside…- Ludwig Helferich of HelfensteinPersonLudwig Helferich of Helfenstein (died 1525) was a Swabian count and the Habsburg governor of Weinsberg, married to an illegitimate daughter of Emperor Maximilian I.
Ludwig I of BavariaPersonLudwig I was king of Bavaria from 1825 to 1848.
Ludwig II of BavariaPersonLudwig II was king of Bavaria from 1864 to 1886.
Ludwig III of BavariaPersonLudwig III was the last king of Bavaria, reigning from 1913 to 1918.
Ludwig of Oettingen-WallersteinPersonPrince Ludwig of Oettingen-Wallerstein was a Bavarian statesman who served King Ludwig I as interior minister from 1832 to 1837 and led the government again in…
Ludwig RailwayWork / monumentThe Ludwig Railway was the first railway in Germany worked by steam locomotives, opened on 7 December 1835 between Nuremberg and Fürth, a distance of about 6 kilometres.
Ludwig RoseliusPersonLudwig Roselius (1874–1943) was a Bremen coffee merchant who founded Kaffee HAG in 1906 to sell the first commercially successful decaffeinated coffee, using a process…
Ludwig UhlandPersonLudwig Uhland was a German poet, literary scholar and liberal politician from Tübingen, the leading figure of the Swabian school of poets.
Ludwig van BeethovenPersonLudwig van Beethoven was a German composer, born in Bonn, who lived in Vienna from 1792.
Ludwig WittgensteinPersonLudwig Wittgenstein was a philosopher born in Vienna in 1889 into one of the wealthiest families of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Ludwigsburg PalaceWork / monumentLudwigsburg Palace is a Baroque palace north of Stuttgart, built from 1704 to 1733 for Duke Eberhard Louis of Württemberg, who also founded the town of Ludwigsburg…
LudwigskircheWork / monumentThe Ludwigskirche is a Lutheran church in Saarbrücken, Germany, built between 1762 and 1775 to designs by Friedrich Joachim Stengel for Prince William Henry of…
LudwigstrassePlaceThe Ludwigstrasse is a monumental avenue in Munich, laid out for Ludwig I of Bavaria from 1816, running north from the Odeonsplatz and the Feldherrnhalle to the…
Ludwik MierosławskiPersonLudwik Mierosławski was a Polish general, revolutionary and historian.- LuejiPersonLueji (Rweej) is the legendary queen of the Lunda of central Africa, heiress of a Lunda ruling line on the upper Kasai.
Luenha RiverPlaceThe Luenha is a river of southern Africa that rises in Zimbabwe, where it is known as the Ruenya, and flows north-east into Mozambique to join the Zambezi above Tete.- LuerniosPersonLuernios was a king of the Arverni in Gaul in the 2nd century BCE.
LuftwaffeInstitutionThe Luftwaffe was the air force of Nazi Germany, unveiled in 1935 in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles and commanded by Hermann Göring.- Lufwa RiverPlaceThe Lufwa is a river in the Luba heartland of Central Africa.
- Lugal-Anne-munduPersonLugal-Anne-mundu was a king of Adab in Sumer and the only ruler of that city named in the Sumerian King List, which credits him with a reign of 90 years.
Lugal-kinishe-duduPersonLugal-kinishe-dudu was a king of Uruk in the Early Dynastic period, around the twenty-fourth century BCE, who also ruled Ur and claimed kingship over both cities.
Lugal-zage-siPersonLugal-zage-si was a Sumerian king of Umma and Uruk who brought much of Sumer under his rule in the twenty-fourth century BCE.
LugalbandaPersonLugalbanda was a legendary king of Uruk named in the Sumerian King List, said to be the father of Gilgamesh and the husband of the goddess Ninsun.- LugandaTermLuganda is the Bantu language of the Baganda of central Uganda.
Lugdunum ConvenarumPlaceLugdunum Convenarum was the Roman town of the Convenae in the upper Garonne valley of south-western France, traditionally founded by Pompey around 72 BCE.
LugiiPeople / groupThe Lugii were a large group of peoples in the region of modern southern Poland, between the Oder and the Vistula, known from Strabo, Tacitus and Ptolemy in the 1st and…
Lugou BridgeWork / monumentThe Lugou Bridge, known in the West as the Marco Polo Bridge, is a granite bridge of eleven arches over the Yongding River south-west of Beijing, built under the Jin…
LugusReligion / ideaLugus was a god of the ancient Celts, known from inscriptions in Spain, Gaul and elsewhere, sometimes in the plural form Lugoves.
LuhanskPlaceLuhansk is a city in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, which grew around a state iron foundry established in 1795.
Luhya peoplePeople / groupThe Luhya, or Abaluhya, are a Bantu-speaking people of western Kenya made up of some eighteen sub-groups, such as the Bukusu, Maragoli, Wanga and Tiriki, who speak…
Luigi CadornaPersonLuigi Cadorna was chief of staff of the Italian army from 1914 to 1917.
Luigi Carlo FariniPersonLuigi Carlo Farini was an Italian physician, historian and statesman of the Risorgimento.
Luigi I GonzagaPersonLuigi I Gonzaga (1268–1360) was the founder of Gonzaga rule in Mantua.
Luigi Palma di CesnolaPersonLuigi Palma di Cesnola was an Italian-born soldier, diplomat and collector.
Luigj GurakuqiPersonLuigj Gurakuqi was an Albanian writer and politician from Shkodër who signed the declaration of independence at Vlorë in 1912 and served as minister of education in…- Luis AbinaderPersonLuis Abinader is a Dominican economist and businessman who leads the Modern Revolutionary Party.
Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of CaxiasPersonLuís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, was a Brazilian general and statesman, the patron of the Brazilian army.
Luís António de Sousa Botelho MourãoPersonLuís António de Sousa Botelho Mourão, known by his title as the Morgado de Mateus, was a Portuguese nobleman who governed the restored Captaincy of São Paulo from 1765…
Luis ArcePersonLuis Arce is a Bolivian economist and politician who was minister of economy under Evo Morales for most of 2006–2019 and president of Bolivia from 2020 to 2025 for the…
Luis Carrero BlancoPersonLuis Carrero Blanco was a Spanish admiral and Francisco Franco's closest political adviser for three decades, serving as under-secretary and then minister of the…
Luís de CamõesPersonLuís Vaz de Camões was Portugal's greatest poet.
Luis de Carvajal y de la CuevaPersonLuis de Carvajal y de la Cueva was a Portuguese-born Spanish conquistador and governor who in 1579 received a royal grant to found the New Kingdom of León in…
Luis de GóngoraPersonLuis de Góngora was a Spanish poet of the Golden Age from Córdoba.- Luis Donaldo ColosioPersonLuis Donaldo Colosio was a Mexican politician and the presidential candidate of the Institutional Revolutionary Party in 1994.
Luis Federico LeloirPersonLuis Federico Leloir was an Argentine biochemist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1970 for discovering sugar nucleotides and their role in the way the body…