- A
legation was a
diplomatic representative office of
lower rank than an emb****y.
Where an emb****y was
headed by an amb****ador, a
legation was
headed by...
- A
Texas Legation was
maintained by the
Republic of
Texas in Washington, D.C., London, and
Paris (1
Place Vendôme) from 1836
through 1845. In a bid to protect...
-
Tangier American Legation (Arabic: المفوضية الأميركية في طنجة; French:
Légation américaine de Tanger),
officially the
Tangier American Legation Institute for...
- The
siege of the
International Legations occurred in 1900 in Peking, the
capital of the Qing Empire,
during the
Boxer Rebellion and led to the deaths...
- The
Peking Legation Quarter was the area in
Beijing (Peking),
China where a
number of
foreign legations were
located between 1861 and 1959. In the Chinese...
- The
French Legation is a
historic legation building in
eastern Austin, Texas,
built in 1841 to
represent the
French government in the new
Republic of...
- The
Norwegian Legation in
Stockholm pla**** a
significant role
during the
Second World War.
Until 9
April 1940 the
legation consisted of four persons, and...
- missionaries, soldiers, and some
Chinese Christians took
refuge in the
Legation Quarter,
which the
Boxers besieged. The Eight-Nation Alliance—comprising...
- King Gojong's
internal exile to the
Russian legation, also
called the
Agwan Pacheon incident (Korean: 아관파천),
occurred in 1896 in
Korea when King Gojong...
- The
Divine Legation of
Moses is the best-known work of
William Warburton, an
English theologian of the 18th
century who
became bishop of Gloucester. As...
