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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
Robert Wiene
German film director
Christoph von Dohnányi
German conductor
Konrad Zuse
German engineer
Oskar Minkowski
German physiologist
Marcel Schlumberger
German geophysicist
Henry Melchior Mühlenberg
American clergyman
Bernard II
German duke
Johann Heinrich Alsted
German logician
Friedrich William Heinrich Benda
German musician
Barthel Beham
German engraver
Johann Georg Cotta, Baron von Cottendorf
German publisher [1796–1863]
Johann Friedrich Cotta, Freiherr von Cottendorf
German publisher
Johann Georg Cotta
German publisher [1631–1692]
Pina Bausch
German ballet dancer and choreographer
August Boeckh
German scholar
Johann Christoph Blumhardt
German theologian
Hans Eysenck
German-born British psychologist
Jakob Fugger II the Rich
German merchant

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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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