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Also Known As Sophie von der Pfalz • Sophia of the Palatinate
Born October 14, 1630 • The Hague • Netherlands
Died June 8, 1714 (aged 83) • Germany
House / Dynasty House of Hanover
Peter Vischer, the Elder
German artist
Joseph Weizenbaum
American computer scientist
Christoph von Dohnányi
German conductor
Konrad Zuse
German engineer
Robert Wiene
German film director
Henry Melchior Mühlenberg
American clergyman
Marcel Schlumberger
German geophysicist
Oskar Minkowski
German physiologist
Johann Georg Cotta, Baron von Cottendorf
German publisher [1796–1863]
Bernard II
German duke
Friedrich William Heinrich Benda
German musician
Johann Christoph Blumhardt
German theologian
Johann Friedrich Cotta, Freiherr von Cottendorf
German publisher
Barthel Beham
German engraver
August Boeckh
German scholar
Pina Bausch
German ballet dancer and choreographer
Johann Georg Cotta
German publisher [1631–1692]
Johann Heinrich Alsted
German logician
Rolf Hochhuth
German writer
Reinhard Gehlen
German general

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II smiles to the crowd from Buckingham Palace (London, England) balcony at the end of the Platinum Pageant in London on June 5, 2022 as part of Queen Elizabeth II's platinum jubilee celebrations. The curtain comes down on four days of momentous nationwide celebrations to honor Queen Elizabeth II's historic Platinum Jubilee with a day-long pageant lauding the 96 year old monarch's record seven decades on the throne. (British royalty)
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