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Can you name the 'N' in European history?

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Soviet Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, director of the Paris Opera Ballet (1938-1993)
German philosopher (1844-1900), stated that God is dead in ‘Thus spoke Zarathustra’
Kingdom granted to Joseph Bonaparte by his younger brother in 1806
Codename of the seaborne landing operations during D-day (1944)
Anglo-Saxon manuscript that contains the oldest known copy of the epic poem Beowulf (~1000 AD)
Serbia’s 2nd city, founded in 1748, heavily bombed by NATO during the Kosovo War
19th-century Romanesque Revival hilltop palace commissioned by Ludwig II of Bavaria
French apothecary and seer, known for 942 poetic quatrains allegedly predicting future events
Nazi concentration camp near Hamburg, provided labour for brick production
English city and castle, contested by Richard I and John in 1194, features in the Robin Hood legend
Early Catholic leader, sometimes considered to be the first Antipope of Rome around 200 AD
Russian-American novelist, translator and entomologist, best known for ‘Lolita’ (1955)
Former Basque kingdom straddling the western Pyrenees (824-1841)
Name of the Earl of Warwick, known as ‘The Kingmaker’ during the Wars of the Roses
French city from Roman times famed for its Amphitheatre and the Pont-du-Gard aqueduct
River and delta, conquered by Russia in 1700, became the site of the Capital city in 1712
Name of Nazi policy started Dec 1941 to make political opponents disappear without a trace
Battle between British Navy under Nelson and French Navy led by Brueys d'Aigalliers (1798)
Serb military commander in Hungarian service who opportunistically founded his own state (1492 – 1527)
Edict by Henry IV of France, granting the Calvinist Huguenots substantial rights (1598)

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