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Fyn: amtskommune (county commune), Denmark, comprising 25 inhabited islands between Zealand and the Jutland peninsula. Funen and Langeland (qq.v.) are the two largest islands, with more than 90 percent of the ...
Fyodor I: tsar of Russia (1584-98) whose death ended the rule of the Rurik dynasty in Russia.
Fyodor II: tsar who ruled Russia briefly (April-June 1605) during the Time of Troubles (1598-1613).
Fyodor III: tsar of Russia (reigned 1676-82) who fostered the development of Western culture in Russia, thereby making it easier for his successor, Peter I the Great (reigned 1682-1725), to enact widespread ...
fyrd: tribal militia-like arrangement existing in Anglo-Saxon England from approximately AD 605. Local in character, it imposed military service upon every able-bodied free male. It was probably the duty of the ...
Fyt, Jan: Flemish painter known for his technical mastery in the rendering of animals.