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- Maurice William, Duke of Saxe-MerseburgPersonMaurice William was Duke of Saxe-Merseburg from 1694, a small Albertine Saxon duchy under the sovereignty of the Electorate of Saxony.
Maurice William, Duke of Saxe-ZeitzPersonMaurice William was Duke of Saxe-Zeitz from 1681, ruling a small secundogeniture duchy of the Electorate of Saxony.
Maurice YaméogoPersonMaurice Yaméogo was the first president of Upper Volta, now Burkina Faso, leading the territory to independence on 5 August 1960.
Maurice, Duke of Saxe-ZeitzPersonMaurice was the first Duke of Saxe-Zeitz, a younger son of Elector John George I of Saxony.
Maurice, Elector of SaxonyPersonMaurice was Duke and then Elector of Saxony of the Albertine line.
Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-KasselPersonMaurice the Learned was Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel from 1592 to 1627.
Maurice, Prince of OrangePersonMaurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange from 1618, was stadtholder of Holland and Zeeland from 1585 and later of most other provinces of the Dutch Republic.
Mauricio FunesPersonMauricio Funes was a Salvadoran television journalist who became the first president from the FMLN, the former guerrilla movement, serving from 2009 to 2014.
Mauricio HochschildPersonMauricio Hochschild was a German-born mining entrepreneur who became one of Bolivia's three 'tin barons', alongside Simón Patiño and the Aramayo family.
Mauricio MacriPersonMauricio Macri is an Argentine businessman and centre-right politician, president of the Boca Juniors football club and head of government of the city of Buenos Aires…
MauriennePlaceThe Maurienne is the valley of the Arc river in Savoy, south-eastern France, running from the Alpine passes near Mont Cenis down to the Isère.
MauritaniaPlaceMauritania is a country in north-west Africa, largely within the Sahara.
MauritiusPlaceMauritius is an island nation in the Indian Ocean, about 2,000 kilometres off the south-east coast of Africa.
MauritsstadPlaceMauritsstad was the planned town built by Johan Maurits of Nassau-Siegen on the island of Antônio Vaz beside Recife, the capital of Dutch Brazil, from the late 1630s.
Maurya EmpireStateThe Maurya Empire was the first state to unite most of the Indian subcontinent, founded by Chandragupta Maurya around 321 BCE.- Mauryas of KonkanPeople / groupThe Mauryas of Konkan were a dynasty that ruled the Konkan coast of western India in the sixth and seventh centuries, claiming descent from the Maurya emperors.
MausolusPersonMausolus was the Hecatomnid ruler of Caria from 377 to 353 BCE, formally a Persian satrap but in practice an independent dynast.- MaviaPersonMavia was a queen of the Arab Tanukhids in the later 4th century CE who led a revolt against Rome in the 370s.
- Mavura MhandePersonMavura Mhande was a ruler of the Mutapa kingdom, installed by the Portuguese in 1629 after they defeated Nyambo Kapararidze.
- MawaliPeople / groupThe mawali were non-Arab converts to Islam in the early caliphates, attached as clients to Arab tribes.
- Mawanda of BugandaPersonMawanda was kabaka of Buganda in the early eighteenth century.
Mawdud of GhazniPersonMawdud was a sultan of the Ghaznavid dynasty and son of Mas'ud I, reigning from 1041 to 1050.- Mawla AliPersonMawla Ali was the son of Muhammad ibn Falah, founder of the Musha'sha movement in Khuzestan.
MawlidTermMawlid is the celebration of the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad, held by many Muslims on 12 Rabi al-Awwal, the third month of the Islamic calendar.- MawokotaPlaceMawokota is one of the original core counties of the Kingdom of Buganda, south-west of Kampala, today in Mpigi District of Uganda, bordering Lake Victoria.
Max FrischPersonMax Frisch was a Swiss novelist, playwright and architect from Zurich.- Max GluckmanPersonMax Gluckman was a South African-born British social anthropologist, director of the Rhodes-Livingstone Institute in Northern Rhodesia and founder of the Manchester…
Max HavelaarWork / monumentMax Havelaar is a novel published in 1860 by Multatuli, the pen name of the former colonial official Eduard Douwes Dekker.
Max MallowanPersonSir Max Mallowan was a British archaeologist of the ancient Near East.
Max von OppenheimPersonMax von Oppenheim was a German diplomat, orientalist and archaeologist.
Maxim gunTermThe Maxim gun was the first fully automatic machine gun, invented by Hiram Maxim in the 1880s.- Maxima CaesariensisPlaceMaxima Caesariensis was one of the provinces created in Roman Britain by the reforms of Diocletian around 300.
Maxima SequanorumPlaceMaxima Sequanorum was a late Roman province created around 300 CE, covering the former land of the Sequani in the Jura and western Switzerland.
MaximianPersonMaximian was a Roman emperor, raised by Diocletian to be his colleague and ruler of the west, as Caesar in 285 and Augustus in 286.
Maximilian Friedrich von Königsegg-RothenfelsPersonMaximilian Friedrich von Königsegg-Rothenfels (1708–1784) was Archbishop-Elector of Cologne from 1761 and Prince-Bishop of Münster from 1762 until his death.
Maximilian Henry of BavariaPersonMaximilian Henry of Bavaria was archbishop-elector of Cologne from 1650 and prince-bishop of Liège and Hildesheim.
Maximilian I Joseph of BavariaPersonMaximilian I Joseph was the first King of Bavaria.
Maximilian I of MexicoPersonMaximilian I was an Austrian archduke, younger brother of Franz Joseph I, who accepted the throne of Mexico offered by conservatives backed by Napoleon III.
Maximilian I, Elector of BavariaPersonMaximilian I, Elector of Bavaria, ruled Bavaria from 1597 and founded the Catholic League in 1609.
Maximilian I, Holy Roman EmperorPersonMaximilian I was a Habsburg ruler, King of the Romans from 1486 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1508 until his death.
Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of BavariaPersonMax Emanuel was Elector of Bavaria from 1679 to 1726.
Maximilian II of BavariaPersonMaximilian II was King of Bavaria from 1848, when his father Ludwig I abdicated, until his death in 1864.
Maximilian II, Holy Roman EmperorPersonMaximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, of the Habsburg dynasty, reigned from 1564 to 1576.
Maximilian of EgmondPersonMaximilian of Egmond (1509–1548), Count of Buren, was a general and stadtholder of Friesland in the service of Emperor Charles V.
Maximilian von MontgelasPersonMaximilian von Montgelas was a Bavarian statesman who, as chief minister of Maximilian IV Joseph, later King Maximilian I, from 1799 to 1817, created the modern…
Maximiliano Hernández MartínezPersonMaximiliano Hernández Martínez was a Salvadoran general and dictator, president of El Salvador from 1931 to 1944.
Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of SullyPersonMaximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, was the chief minister of Henry IV of France.
Maximilien RobespierrePersonMaximilien Robespierre was a French lawyer and leading Jacobin of the French Revolution.
Maximin of TrierPersonMaximin of Trier (died c. 346) was Bishop of Trier from about 329 and is venerated as a saint.
Maximinus ThraxPersonMaximinus Thrax was Roman emperor from 235 to 238, a soldier of humble Thracian origin proclaimed by the army after the murder of Severus Alexander.
Máximo GómezPersonMáximo Gómez was a Dominican-born general who became the commander of Cuba's independence armies.- Maximus, Metropolitan of KievPersonMaximus, Metropolitan of Kiev, was a Greek churchman who headed the Orthodox Church of Rus' as Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' from 1283 to 1305.
MaxixcatzinPersonMaxixcatzin was the ruler of Ocotelolco, the most powerful of the four altepetl that made up the Nahua state of Tlaxcala, at the time of the Spanish arrival.
MaxtlaPersonMaxtla was a Tepanec ruler of Azcapotzalco in the Valley of Mexico in the fifteenth century.
May Coup (Poland)Revolution · 1926The May Coup was the seizure of power in Poland by Marshal Józef Piłsudski from 12 to 14 May 1926.
May Coup (Serbia)Revolution · 1903The May Coup was the assassination of King Alexander Obrenović of Serbia and his wife Draga by army officers in Belgrade in June 1903 (May by the Julian calendar).
May Thirtieth MovementEventThe May Thirtieth Movement was a wave of anti-imperialist strikes and protests in China that followed the shooting of demonstrators by the International Settlement's…- MayadunnePersonMayadunne was king of Sitawaka in Sri Lanka from 1521 to 1581.
- Mayamara SatraInstitutionThe Mayamara Satra, often called the Moamaria satra, is a Vaishnavite monastery of Assam founded by Aniruddhadeva in the early seventeenth century.
MayennePlaceMayenne is a department of north-western France, in the Pays de la Loire region, named after the river Mayenne that crosses it from north to south.
MayflowerWork / monumentThe Mayflower was an English merchant ship that carried about 102 passengers, among them the Separatists later called the Pilgrims, from Plymouth in England to New…
Mayflower CompactWork / monumentThe Mayflower Compact was an agreement signed by 41 men aboard the Mayflower off Cape Cod on 11 November 1620 (Old Style), before the settlers went ashore.
MaykopPlaceMaykop is the capital of the Republic of Adygea in the North Caucasus of Russia, on the Belaya river.
MayombePlaceMayombe is a region of low mountains and dense rainforest along the Atlantic coast of west-central Africa, stretching across the Cabinda enclave of Angola, the Kongo…
Mayor of the palaceInstitutionThe mayor of the palace was the chief official of the Merovingian Frankish kingdom.- Maysa WaliPersonMaysa Wali is remembered as the first Guelowar king of Sine, a Serer kingdom in present-day Senegal, in the 14th century.
Mayta CapacPersonMayta Capac was the fourth ruler of the Kingdom of Cusco in Inca tradition, the son of Lloque Yupanqui.
MayurasharmaPersonMayurasharma was the founder of the Kadamba dynasty of Karnataka in the mid-4th century CE.- Mayurdhwajsinhji Meghrajji IIIPersonMayurdhwajsinhji Meghrajji III was the last ruling Maharaja of Dhrangadhra, a Jhala Rajput princely state in Kathiawar, from 1942.
MayyafariqinPlaceMayyafariqin, the Byzantine Martyropolis and modern Silvan in Diyarbakır province, Turkey, is a town in the upper Tigris basin.
MazacesPersonMazaces was the last Persian satrap of Egypt under Darius III.
MazandaranPlaceMazandaran is a province on the southern coast of the Caspian Sea in northern Iran.
MazaruniPlaceThe Mazaruni is a river in Guyana, about 560 kilometres long, which rises in the Pakaraima Mountains and joins the Essequibo near Bartica, close to its meeting with the…
MazounaPlaceMazouna is a small town in north-western Algeria, in the Dahra hills east of Oran.
MazyarPersonMazyar was the last prince of the Qarinvand dynasty of Tabaristan, in the mountains south of the Caspian Sea.
MbabanePlaceMbabane is the capital and one of the largest cities of Eswatini, in the highveld of the north-west.- MbandzeniPersonMbandzeni was king of the Swazi from 1875 until his death in 1889.
Mbanza KongoPlaceMbanza Kongo is a town in northern Angola, the capital of the Kingdom of Kongo.- Mbanza LoangoPlaceMbanza Loango, also called Buali, was the capital of the Kingdom of Loango on the coast of the present-day Republic of the Congo, near Loango Bay.
MbararaPlaceMbarara is the largest city of south-western Uganda and the historic headquarters of the Kingdom of Ankole.- Mbashe RiverPlaceThe Mbashe River, formerly called the Bashee, flows south-east through the Eastern Cape of South Africa to the Indian Ocean.
- MbataPlaceMbata was one of the provinces of the Kingdom of Kongo, lying in its eastern part.
- Mbegan NdourPersonMbegan Ndour was the founder of the Serer kingdom of Saloum in present-day Senegal, around 1494.
- MbelwaPersonMbelwa, also called M'mbelwa, was the ruler of the northern Ngoni of Malawi from the 1850s until his death in 1891.
Mbomou RiverPlaceThe Mbomou River in central Africa forms much of the border between the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and joins the Uele to form…- MbonaReligion / ideaMbona is a rain cult of the lower Shire valley in southern Malawi, centred on a shrine at Khulubvi.
- Mbuji-Mayi RiverPlaceThe Mbuji-Mayi River is a river of the southern Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and a tributary of the Lubilash, the upper Sankuru.
- Mbum peoplePeople / groupThe Mbum are a people of the Adamawa Plateau in northern Cameroon, with smaller groups in Chad and the Central African Republic, who speak an Adamawa language.
- Mbunda peoplePeople / groupThe Mbunda are a Bantu people of south-eastern Angola and western Zambia.
- MbunduPeople / groupThe Mbundu, or Ambundu, are a Bantu-speaking people of north-central Angola who speak Kimbundu.
- MbuyaziPersonMbuyazi was a son of the Zulu king Mpande and a rival of his half-brother Cetshwayo for the succession.
McMahon LinePlaceThe McMahon Line is the boundary between Tibet and British India drawn by the British negotiator Henry McMahon and agreed with Tibetan representatives at the Simla…- McMahon–Hussein CorrespondenceWork / monumentThe McMahon–Hussein Correspondence was an exchange of letters in 1915–1916 between Sir Henry McMahon, British High Commissioner in Egypt, and Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of…
- Me AgtsomPersonMe Agtsom, also called Tride Tsugtsen, was emperor of Tibet from 705 to 755, coming to the throne as an infant under the regency of his grandmother Thrimalö.
MeaslesTermMeasles is a highly contagious viral disease.
MeauxPlaceMeaux is a town on the Marne east of Paris, in the Île-de-France region of France.
MeccaPlaceMecca is a city in the Hejaz region of Arabia, the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad and the holiest city of Islam.
Mechanical clockTermA mechanical clock is a timekeeping device driven by a mechanism such as falling weights or water and an escapement.
Mecklenburg-VorpommernPlaceMecklenburg-Vorpommern is a state in north-eastern Germany on the Baltic coast, with Schwerin as its capital and Rostock as its largest city.
Medang KingdomStateThe Medang kingdom, also known as Mataram, was a Hindu-Buddhist kingdom of central and later eastern Java from the eighth to the early eleventh century.