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1. Courland: A government in the Baltic provinces of Russia, bounded on the west and north by the Baltic Sea; on the northeast by the River Düna; and on the south by the government of Kovno. At the end of the eighteenth ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [100%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
2. Courland: Courland, or Kurland, one of the Baltic provinces of Russia, lying between 55° 45′ and 57° 45′ N. by the river Dvina, separating it from the governments of Vitebsk and Livonia, N. by the province of East Prussia and the ... [100%] 2022-09-02
3. Courland Bay: Courland Bay may refer to. [70%] 2023-12-19
4. Courland Peninsula: The Courland Peninsula (Latvian: Kurzemes pussala, German: Kurland) is a historical and cultural region in western Latvia in the north-western part of Courland. Fourteen coastal villages on the peninsula make of the Livonian core area. (North-western part of Courland, Latvia) [70%] 2023-12-05 [Peninsulas of Europe] [Courland]...
5. Courland Pocket: The Courland Pocket was an area of the Courland Peninsula where Army Group North of Nazi Germany and the Reichskommissariat Ostland were cut off and surrounded by the Red Army for almost a year, lasting from July 1944 until 10 ... (Encirclement of Axis forces in the Baltic region) [70%] 2024-01-12 [Military history of Latvia during World War II] [Military operations of World War II involving Germany]...
6. Courland Governorate: The Courland Governorate, also known as the Province of Courland, Governorate of Kurland (German: Kurländisches Gouvernement; Russian: Курля́ндская губе́рния, romanized: Kurljándskaja gubérnija; Latvian: Kurzemes guberņa; Lithuanian: Kuršo gubernija; Estonian: Kuramaa kubermang) and known from 1795 to 1796 as the Viceroyalty of Courland ... (Administrative unit of the Russian Empire (1795–1918)) [70%] 2024-01-08 [Courland Governorate] [Governorates of the Russian Empire]...
7. Courland Bay: Courland Bay may refer to. [70%] 2024-03-24
8. Army Group Courland: Army Group Courland (German: Heeresgruppe Kurland) was a German Army Group on the Eastern Front which was created from remnants of the Army Group North, isolated in the Courland Peninsula by the advancing Soviet Army forces during the 1944 Baltic ... (German army group formed in 1945) [57%] 2023-12-24 [Army groups of the German Army in World War II] [Military units and formations established in 1944]...
9. Bishopric of Courland: The Bishopric of Courland (Latin: Episcopatus Curoniensis, Low German: Bisdom Curland) was the second smallest (4500 km) ecclesiastical state in the Livonian Confederation founded in the aftermath of the Livonian Crusade. During the Livonian War in 1559 the bishopric became ... (Place) [57%] 2023-08-25 [Former countries in Europe]
10. Army Group Courland: Army Group Courland (German: Heeresgruppe Kurland) was a German Army Group on the Eastern Front which was created from remnants of the Army Group North, isolated in the Courland Peninsula by the advancing Soviet Army forces during the 1944 Baltic ... (German army group formed in 1945) [57%] 2024-03-06 [Army groups of the German Army in World War II] [Military units and formations established in 1944]...
11. Louise Elisabeth of Courland: Louise Elisabeth of Courland (12 August 1646 in Jelgava – 16 December 1690 in Weferlingen) was Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg by marriage to Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg. Louise Elisabeth was a daughter of Duke Jacob of Courland (1610-1662 ... [50%] 2024-11-04 [Noblewomen from the Holy Roman Empire] [Landgravines of Hesse]...
12. Frederick William, Duke of Courland: Frederick William (German: Friedrich Wilhelm; 19 July 1692 – 21 January 1711) was Duke of Courland and Semigallia from 1698 to 1711. Frederick Wilhelm was the son of Friedrich Kasimir Kettler, Duke of Courland and Semigallia and Princess Elisabeth Sophie of ... [44%] 2023-12-23 [Dukes of Courland] [1692 births]...
13. Fleet of Courland and Semigallia: The Fleet of Courland and Semigallia was the navy and merchant fleet of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia. It has existed since the end of the 16th century, but the official date of its creation is considered to be ... (Navy and merchant fleet of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia) [44%] 2023-12-02 [Courland] [Navies]...
14. Provisional Land Council of Courland: Provisional Land Council of Courland (Latvian: Kurzemes Pagaidu zemes padome; Russian: Временный земский совет Курляндской губернии) was created on 27 April 1917 in Tartu as the representative organ of Courland Governorate. Because Courland was under German military occupation since the summer of 1915, the Council ... (Representative organ of Courland Governorate, Latvia) [44%] 2024-09-02 [1917 in Latvia] [History of Courland]...
15. Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (1918): The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia was the name for a proposed client state of the German Empire during World War I which did not come into existence. It was proclaimed on 8 March 1918, in the German-occupied Courland ... (1918) [40%] 2024-09-01 [Duchy of Courland and Semigallia] [Post–Russian Empire states]...