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- LakilapontoPersonLakilaponto was the sixth king of Buton, an island state off south-eastern Sulawesi, and its first sultan.
LakkundiPlaceLakkundi is a village in Gadag district, Karnataka, India, that was a prosperous town and mint under the Western Chalukyas and the Hoysalas in the 11th and 12th…
Lakota peoplePeople / groupThe Lakota, or Teton Sioux, are the westernmost division of the Oceti Sakowin, made up of seven bands including the Oglala, Hunkpapa, Sicangu and Miniconjou.
LakshadweepPlaceLakshadweep is a group of coral islands in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Kerala, forming a union territory of India.- Lakshman SenaPersonLakshman Sena was the last major king of the Sena dynasty of Bengal, reigning in the late 12th and early 13th centuries.
- Lakshman Singh of DungarpurPersonLakshman Singh was the last ruling Maharawal of Dungarpur State in southern Rajasthan, succeeding to the throne as a child in 1918.
- Lakshmana SenaPersonLakshmana Sena was a king of the Sena dynasty of Bengal who reigned from about 1178 to about 1206.
Lakshmana Temple, KhajurahoWork / monumentThe Lakshmana Temple is a Hindu temple at Khajuraho in Madhya Pradesh, India, dedicated to Vishnu and completed around 954 under the Chandela kings Yashovarman and…- Lakshmana Temple, SirpurWork / monumentThe Lakshmana Temple at Sirpur in Chhattisgarh, India, is a brick temple of the 7th century dedicated to Vishnu, built by Queen Vasata, mother of the Panduvamshi king…
LakshmiReligion / ideaLakshmi is the Hindu goddess of wealth, fortune and prosperity, and the consort of Vishnu.- Lakshmi Narayan Temple, ChambaWork / monumentThe Lakshmi Narayan Temple is a group of stone temples in Chamba, Himachal Pradesh, India, dedicated to Vishnu and Shiva.
Lakshmi SinghaPersonLakshmi Singha was king of the Ahom kingdom of Assam from 1769 to 1780, the youngest son of Rudra Singha to reign.
Lakshmi Vilas PalaceWork / monumentLakshmi Vilas Palace is the residence of the Gaekwad family in Vadodara, Gujarat, completed in 1890 for Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III.
LakshmibaiPersonLakshmibai, the Rani of Jhansi, was the widow of Raja Gangadhar Rao and a leader of the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
LakshmikarnaPersonLakshmikarna, also called Karna, was the most powerful king of the Kalachuris of Tripuri, ruling from about 1041 to 1073.- Lal Bahadur ShastriPersonLal Bahadur Shastri (1904–1966) was an Indian independence activist and Congress politician who succeeded Jawaharlal Nehru as prime minister in 1964.
Lal KotWork / monumentLal Kot is the earliest identifiable fortified city of Delhi, a citadel in the south of the modern city whose building is attributed to the Tomara king Anangapala II in…
Lal SinghPersonLal Singh was a courtier of the Sikh Empire, a favourite of the regent Maharani Jind Kaur, who became wazir (chief minister) in 1845.- Lalbagh Botanical GardenPlaceLalbagh Botanical Garden is a historic garden in Bengaluru (Bangalore), India.
LalibelaPlaceLalibela is a town in northern Ethiopia famous for its rock-hewn churches, built under the Zagwe dynasty that succeeded Aksum.
Lalitaditya MuktapidaPersonLalitaditya Muktapida was the most powerful king of the Karkota dynasty of Kashmir, ruling in the first half of the 8th century.
LalitagiriPlaceLalitagiri is a Buddhist site in the Cuttack district of Odisha, India, one of the 'Diamond Triangle' with Ratnagiri and Udayagiri.- LalitpurPlaceLalitpur, also known as Patan, is a city in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal, separated from Kathmandu by the Bagmati river.
- Lalitpur districtPlaceLalitpur district is a district in the Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh, India, bordered on three sides by Madhya Pradesh, with its headquarters at the town of…
Lalitpur, NepalPlaceLalitpur, also called Patan, is a city in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal, across the Bagmati river from Kathmandu.- Lalla Rookh (ship)Work / monumentThe Lalla Rookh was the sailing ship that brought the first indentured labourers from British India to Suriname, arriving at Paramaribo on 5 June 1873 with about four…
- Lam SơnPlaceLam Sơn is a village in Thanh Hóa province in northern Vietnam, the home of the landowner Lê Lợi.
Lam Sơn uprisingRevolt · War · 1418–1427The Lam Sơn uprising was the revolt led by Lê Lợi against the Ming dynasty, which had occupied Vietnam since 1407.- Lama DorjiPersonLama Dorji was ruler of the Dzungar Khanate from 1750 to 1753, a son of Galdan Tseren by a lesser wife.
- Lamba DoriaPersonLamba Doria (1245–1323) was a Genoese admiral and statesman of the powerful Doria family.
LambaesisPlaceLambaesis was a Roman military base and city in Numidia, in north-eastern Algeria, at the foot of the Aurès Mountains.
LambarénéPlaceLambaréné is a town in west-central Gabon on the Ogooué River, capital of Moyen-Ogooué province.- Lambert I, Count of LouvainPersonLambert I (c. 950–1015), called the Bearded, was the first Count of Louvain, a younger son of the Reginarid count Reginar III of Hainaut.
- Lambert of HersfeldPersonLambert of Hersfeld was a Benedictine monk of Hersfeld Abbey in Hesse and one of the leading German chroniclers of the 11th century.
Lambert of ItalyPersonLambert (c. 880–898), of the Widonid dukes of Spoleto, became King of Italy in 891 and was crowned emperor by Pope Formosus in 892 as co-ruler with his father, Guy of…
LambityecoPlaceLambityeco is an archaeological site in the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico, near Tlacolula, occupied mainly between about 600 and 800 CE as Monte Albán declined.
LambousaPlaceLambousa is an archaeological site on the north coast of Cyprus near Karavas (Alsancak), on the site of ancient Lapethos.- Lame Bull TreatyTreaty · Peace · 1855The Lame Bull Treaty was signed on 17 October 1855 at the mouth of the Judith River in present-day Montana between the United States and the Blackfoot, together with…
- LamekinsPersonLamekins was a ruler of the Curonians in the early 13th century.
Lamian WarWar · 323–322 BCEThe Lamian War was a revolt of Athens, the Aetolian League and other Greek states against Macedonian rule after the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE.
Lamoral, Count of EgmontPersonLamoral, Count of Egmont (1522–1568), was a general and statesman of the Habsburg Netherlands, celebrated for his victories over the French at Saint-Quentin in 1557 and…
Lamos RiverPlaceThe Lamos is a river in Cilicia, in southern Turkey, now called the Limonlu, which flows into the Mediterranean west of Mersin.
LamphunPlaceLamphun is a city in northern Thailand on the Kuang River, just south of Chiang Mai.- LamtunaPeople / groupThe Lamtuna were a Sanhaja Berber tribe of the western Sahara.
Lamu Old TownPlaceLamu Old Town is the historic centre of Lamu, on Lamu Island off the northern coast of Kenya.- LanaoPlaceLanao is the region around Lake Lanao in north-central Mindanao in the Philippines, the homeland of the Maranao people.
LānaʻiPlaceLānaʻi is the sixth-largest of the main Hawaiian Islands, lying west of Maui and south of Molokaʻi.
LancashirePlaceLancashire is a county in north-west England that became the centre of the British cotton textile industry during the Industrial Revolution.
Lancaster HousePlaceLancaster House is a 19th-century mansion near St James's Palace in London used by the British government for conferences.
Lancaster, PennsylvaniaPlaceLancaster is a city in south-eastern Pennsylvania, in a fertile farming county near the lower Susquehanna River.- LanceTermA lance is a long spear designed for use by mounted soldiers, especially in the charge.
- Lanceiros NegrosPeople / groupThe Lanceiros Negros ('Black Lancers') were cavalry units of enslaved and freed black men who fought for the Riograndense Republic during the Ragamuffin War in southern…
- LanciaPlaceLancia was the chief stronghold of the Astures on the plain of the river Esla, near modern León in north-western Spain.
LancianoPlaceLanciano is a town in the province of Chieti in Abruzzo, central Italy, near the Adriatic coast.- Land Apportionment ActWork / monumentThe Land Apportionment Act of 1930 was a law of the British colony of Southern Rhodesia that divided land by race.
Land of LebusPlaceThe Land of Lebus is a historical region on both banks of the middle Oder around the town of Lebus, in modern Brandenburg and western Poland.
Land of PuntPlaceThe Land of Punt was a region known to the ancient Egyptians as a source of incense, myrrh, ebony, gold and exotic animals.
Land of the BowPlaceThe Land of the Bow, Ta-Seti in Egyptian, was a name used by the ancient Egyptians for Nubia, reflecting the renown of Nubian archers.- Land Ordinance of Vladislaus IIWork / monumentThe Land Ordinance of Vladislaus II was a code of the land law of the Kingdom of Bohemia, issued in 1500 under King Vladislaus II Jagiellon.
- Land tenureTermLand tenure refers to the rules and arrangements by which land is held, used, granted and transferred.
- Land-to-the-Tiller ActEventThe Land-to-the-Tiller programme of 1953 was the final stage of land reform in Taiwan under the Republic of China.
- Landak RiverPlaceThe Landak is a river of West Kalimantan, Indonesia, a tributary of the Kapuas that joins it at Pontianak.
- LandammannTermLandammann is the title of the chief magistrate in several Swiss cantons.
- Landammann of SwitzerlandTermThe Landammann of Switzerland was the head of the Swiss Confederation under Napoleon's Act of Mediation from 1803 to 1813.
LandauPlaceLandau in der Pfalz is a town in the Palatinate, in south-western Germany.
Landes forestPlaceThe Landes forest is a vast pine forest in south-west France, covering about a million hectares of the Landes of Gascony between the Gironde and the Adour.
Landévennec AbbeyInstitutionLandévennec Abbey is a monastery at the mouth of the Aulne on the Crozon peninsula in Finistère, Brittany, traditionally founded around 485 by Saint Guénolé (Winwaloe).- Landhaus (Graz)Work / monumentThe Landhaus in Graz is the seat of the Styrian estates and today of the Styrian state parliament.
- LandlibellWork / monumentThe Landlibell was a charter issued by Emperor Maximilian I in 1511 that set out the defence obligations of the Tyrolean estates.
- Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Act 1870Work / monumentThe Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Act 1870, Gladstone's first Irish Land Act, sought to protect Irish tenant farmers.
LandnámabókWork / monumentLandnámabók, the Book of Settlements, is a medieval Icelandic work describing the settlement of Iceland from about 870.
LandreciesPlaceLandrecies is a small town on the Sambre in the Nord department of northern France, formerly part of the County of Hainaut.- Landry, Count of NeversPersonLandry, Count of Nevers, was a Burgundian noble who received the county of Nevers around 990 from his father-in-law Otto-William, count of Burgundy.
Lands of OvermaasPlaceThe Lands of Overmaas were territories east of the Meuse between Maastricht and Aachen: the lordships of Valkenburg, Dalhem and 's-Hertogenrade (Herzogenrath), often…
Lands of the Bohemian CrownStateThe Lands of the Bohemian Crown were the territories united under the kings of Bohemia: the Kingdom of Bohemia, the Margraviate of Moravia, Silesia and, for long…
Lands of the Crown of Saint StephenStateThe Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen were the territories joined to the Kingdom of Hungary under its Holy Crown, including Croatia, Slavonia and, at times…
LandsgemeindeInstitutionThe Landsgemeinde is the open-air assembly of all qualified citizens of a Swiss canton or district, meeting once a year to elect officials and vote on laws by show of…
LandshutPlaceLandshut is a city in Lower Bavaria, Germany, on the Isar, and the seat of the region's government.
LandsknechtPeople / groupThe Landsknechte were German mercenary soldiers, mainly pikemen, first raised around 1486 under Maximilian I of Habsburg in imitation of the Swiss infantry.
Landtag of PrussiaInstitutionThe Landtag of Prussia was the parliament of the Kingdom of Prussia and later the Free State of Prussia.- Landulf I of CapuaPersonLandulf I, called the Old, was the Lombard gastald, or count, of Capua in the early 9th century.
- Landulf VI of BeneventoPersonLandulf VI was the last Lombard prince of Benevento, ruling jointly with his father Pandulf III from 1038.
- LandwehrInstitutionThe Landwehr was a militia of men outside the regular army, best known in Prussia, where it was raised in 1813 for the war of liberation against Napoleon as part of the…
LanfrancPersonLanfranc (c. 1005–1089) was an Italian-born scholar and monk who taught at Bec Abbey in Normandy and became a close adviser of William the Conqueror.- Lanfranco (architect)PersonLanfranco was the architect of Modena Cathedral, begun in 1099, one of the masterpieces of Italian Romanesque.
- Lạng SơnPlaceLạng Sơn is a city and province in north-eastern Vietnam on the main road and railway to China, near the Friendship Pass border crossing.
LangalibalelePersonLangalibalele was chief of the Hlubi, a Nguni people of Natal, and was renowned as a rainmaker.- LangdarmaPersonLangdarma, also called Udumtsen, was the last emperor of a united Tibet, succeeding his murdered brother Ralpachen in 838.
LangeaisPlaceLangeais is a small town on the Loire in the Indre-et-Loire department of central France, west of Tours.
LangoPlaceLango is a region of northern Uganda north of Lake Kyoga, home of the Lango people, who speak a Luo language.
LangresPlaceLangres is a hilltop town in the Haute-Marne department of north-eastern France, on a plateau near the sources of the Marne.
LanguedocPlaceLanguedoc is a historical region of southern France, stretching from the Rhône towards Gascony and from the Mediterranean to the Massif Central, with Toulouse as its…
Langya CommanderyPlaceLangya was a commandery of early imperial China in the south-east of present-day Shandong.
Lankatilaka ViharaWork / monumentLankatilaka is a Buddhist temple near Kandy in central Sri Lanka, built in 1344 under King Bhuvanaikabahu IV of Gampola.
LantfridPersonLantfrid was Duke of the Alemanni from about 709 until his death in 730.
Lantingji XuWork / monumentThe Lantingji Xu (Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion) is a short prose text written by Wang Xizhi in 353 for a collection of poems composed by his…
LanuviumPlaceLanuvium was an ancient Latin city in the Alban Hills, south-east of Rome, now the town of Lanuvio.- Lanzarotto MalocelloPersonLanzarotto Malocello was a Genoese navigator who reached the Canary Islands in the early fourteenth century, traditionally around 1312, the first recorded European…
LanzhouPlaceLanzhou is the capital of Gansu province in north-western China, on the upper Yellow River.
LanzónWork / monumentThe Lanzón is a carved granite monolith about 4.5 metres tall standing at the heart of the Old Temple at Chavín de Huántar in the Peruvian Andes.