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    League of Cognac (1526–30) was fought between the Habsburg dominions of Charles V—primarily the Holy Roman Empire and Spain—and the League of Cognac, an alliance...
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  • The Festival Polar de Cognac (lit. "Thriller Festival of Cognac") is an annual French arts festival that takes place in Cognac, France, since 1996. The...
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    because it had been signed under duress. France then joined the League of Cognac that Pope Clement VII had formed with Henry VIII of England, the Venetians...
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    with a wide-brimmed hat and white scarf, would pour himself a glass of cognac (or cherry brandy, amontillado, or scotch whisky) and raise a toast to Poe's...
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    Sack of Rome (1527) (category War of the League of Cognac)
    1527 by the mutinous troops of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, during the War of the League of Cognac. Charles V only intended to threaten military action...
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    first time the preservation of the ancient ruins. The War of the League of Cognac caused the first plunder of the city in more than five hundred years since...
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    stagnation, which only began to recover under Napoleon III with the rise of cognac production and industrialization in Angoulême. The region corresponding...
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    former Soviet Union, the Armenian brandy is marketed as cognac (Russian: армянский коньяк, romanized: armjanskij konjak). In 1900, the brandy won the Grand-prix...
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    Previously named as Cognac (Serbian: Коњак, romanized: Konjak), it was renamed when stricter laws governing what may be branded Cognac came into force. The...
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    Battle of Gavinana (category War of the League of Cognac)
    the War of the League of Cognac. It was fought on 3 August 1530 between the city of Florence and the army of the Holy Roman Empire. The Imperial forces...
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