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- La Libertad AvanzaArgentine conservative political coalition and party
- La Reforma1850s Mexican laws for social, political, and economic modernization
- Labor campType of detention facility
- Land campaign of the War of the PacificAfter the naval campaign of the War of the Pacific was resolved, the Chilean terrestrial i
- Landing Ship MediumA Landing Ship Medium (LSM) was originally an amphibious assault ship of the United States
- Lands of the Crown of Saint StephenHungarian territories of Austria-Hungary
- Landtag of Saxony-AnhaltThe Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt is the parliament of the German federal state Saxony-Anhalt.
- Lapland War1944–1945 war between Finland and Germany
- Larache expeditionThe Expedition of Larache occurred in June 1765 when French Navy Marines attempted to inva
- Larkin Goldsmith MeadLarkin Goldsmith Mead, Jr. (January 3, 1835 – October 15, 1910) was an American sculptor w
- Las Clavellinas UprisingThe Las Clavellinas Uprising was a military engagement of the Ten Years' War. It took plac
- Las Cuevas WarThe Las Cuevas War was a brief armed conflict fought mainly between a force of Texas Range
- Late modern periodPeriod from 1800 CE until the present
- Late Ottoman genocides1913–1924 Armenian, Greek, and Assyrian genocides
- Latvian partisansAnti-Soviet guerrilla fighters
- Latvian Soviet Socialist RepublicSoviet republic from 1940 to 1990
- Latvian War of Independence1918–20 conflict between the newly-declared Republic of Latvia and the Russian SFSR
- Lauenburg and Bütow LandHistorical region in modern-day Poland
- Lavender ScareMid-20th century U.S. government discrimination against homosexuals
- Law of CubaThe substantive and procedural laws of Cuba were based on Spanish Civil laws and influence
- Law of MexicoThe law of Mexico is based upon the Constitution of Mexico and follows the civil law tradi
- Law of Political ResponsibilitiesThe Law of Political Responsibilities (Ley de Responsabilidades Políticas) was a law issue
- Law of the Soviet UnionSoviet law from 1917-1991
- Law on the Protection of the StateThe Law on the Protection of the State (Serbo-Croatian: Закон о заштити државе, Zakon o za
- League of Mobilization in Korea1940–1945 organization in Korea
- Leeds BlitzThe Leeds Blitz comprised nine air raids on the city of Leeds by the Nazi German Luftwaffe
- Left Bank of the RhineBank of the Rhine River
- Legislative Council of BurmaThe Legislative Council of Burma was the legislative body of British Burma from 1897 to 19
- Lend-LeaseWWII program to provide U.S. allies with free armaments
- Les InvalidesBuilding complex in Paris, France
- Leslie GossageAir Marshal Sir Ernest Leslie Gossage, KCB, CVO, DSO, MC (3 February 1891 – 8 July 1949) w
- Letizia BonaparteMother of Napoleon I
- Letter to Fanny McCulloughLetter from Abraham Lincoln
- Levante OffensiveThe Levante Offensive, launched near the end of March 1938, was an attempt by Nationalist
- Lewis HeathLieutenant General Sir Lewis Macclesfield Heath, KBE, CB, CIE, DSO, MC (23 November 1885 –
- Li ShixianLi Shixian (simplified Chinese: 李世贤; traditional Chinese: 李世賢; pinyin: Lǐ Shìxián; 1834 –
- Li YuanhongFourth President of the Republic of China
- Liancourt Rocks disputeTerritorial dispute between South Korea, Japan, and North Korea
- Liao ZhongkaiLiao Zhongkai (April 23, 1877 – August 20, 1925) was a Chinese-American Kuomintang leader
- Liaoshen campaign1948 Communist offensive of the Chinese Civil War
- Liberal Alliance (Brazil)The Liberal Alliance was a political alliance in Brazil made at the beginning of August 19
- Liberal hawkLiberal interventionist
- Liberation of BalıkesirOn September 6, 1922, the Turkish Army entered the city of Balıkesir and liberated it from
- Liberation of FinnmarkCampaign during World War II in Scandinavia
- Liberation of ParisMilitary battle during World War II on 19 August 1944
- Libération-NordLibération-Nord ("Liberation-North") was one of the principal resistance movements in the
- Liège Revolution1789–1791 revolt against clerical rule
- Lika-Primorje operationLika-Primorje operation was a military operation carried out by the Yugoslav Partisan 4th
- Lin Biao incident1971 aircraft crash in Mongolia
- Lin Hei'erLin Hei'er (Chinese: 林黑兒; 1871 – 1900?) was a Chinese rebel during the Boxer Rebellion, kn
- Lincoln assassination flagsFlags which decorated the theatre box where Abraham Lincoln was shot
- Lincoln catafalqueSupport for the casket of Abraham Lincoln while his body lay in state
- Lincoln familyAncestors and descendants of Abraham Lincoln
- Lincoln TombHistoric site in Springfield, Illinois
- Lincoln–Douglas debates1858 political debates in Illinois, U.S.
- Lincoln–Kennedy coincidences urban legendUrban legend about two U.S. presidents
- Lincoln's BirthdayHoliday celebrating Abraham Lincoln's birthday
- Lincoln's ghostGhost of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln
- Lincoln's House Divided Speech1858 speech by Abraham Lincoln
- Lincoln's Lost Speech1856 speech by Abraham Lincoln
- Lion of BelfortThe Lion of Belfort, in Belfort, France, is an 1880 monumental sculpture by Frédéric Augus
- Lithuanian Activist FrontResistance organization opposing the 1940–41 Soviet annexation of Lithuania
- Lithuanian Liberty ArmyMilitary unit
- Lithuanian partisansResistance against Soviet regime after World War II
- Lithuanian Soviet Socialist RepublicSoviet republic from 1940 to 1990
- Lithuanian Wars of IndependenceSeries of wars in Lithuania, 1918–1920
- Little Treaty of Versailles1919 treaty establishing the independence of Poland
- Locarno Treaties1925 agreements between Germany and its neighbours
- London and Paris ConferencesConferences about West Germany
- London Blitz (American football)The London Blitz are an American football team based in Finsbury Park, North London, Engla
- London Protocol (1944)In the London Protocol signed on 12 September 1944, the Allies of World War II (then witho
- Long DepressionWorldwide economic recession from 1873 to 1879
- Long March1934–1936 Red Army retreat during the Chinese Civil War
- Longhai railwayThe Longhai railway (Chinese: 陇海铁路; pinyin: Lǒnghǎi Tiělù), formerly romanized as the Lung
- Longwood HouseResidence of Napoleon Bonaparte on Saint Helena
- Los Andes vs PruebaLos Andes vs Prueba was a single ship action fought in 1820, during the development of the
- Lost Cause of the ConfederacyNegationist myth of the American Civil War
- Louis BonaparteKing of Holland from 1806 to 1810
- Louis DesaixLouis Charles Antoine Desaix (French: ) (17 August 1768 – 14 June 1800) was a French gener
- Louis-Vincent-Joseph Le Blond de Saint-HilaireLouis-Vincent-Joseph Le Blond, comte de Saint-Hilaire (French pronunciation: ; 4 September
- Louisiana (New Spain)Province of New Spain
- Louisiana in the American Civil WarLouisiana was a dominant population center in the southwest of the Confederate States of A
- Louisiana Purchase1803 acquisition of region of Middle America land by the U.S. from France
- Louisiana TerritoryThe Territory of Louisiana or Louisiana Territory was an organized incorporated territory
- Lovick FriendMajor-General Sir Lovick Bransby Friend KBE CB PC (Ire) (25 April 1856 – 19 November 1944)
- Lower Canada1791–1841 British colony in North America
- Lower seaboard theater of the American Civil WarThe lower seaboard theater of the American Civil War encompassed major military and naval
- LozikeyiLozikeyi Dlodlo (c. 1855-1919) was a queen regent of the Ndebele people in Southern Africa
- Ludlow AmendmentThe Ludlow Amendment was a proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States whi
- Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-RathsamhausenLudwig Samson Heinrich Arthur Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen (18 June 1815 – 2
- Ludwig von BenedekLudwig August Ritter von Benedek (14 July 1804 – 27 April 1881), also known as Lajos Bened
- Ludwig von FalkenhausenLudwig Alexander Friedrich August Philipp Freiherr von Falkenhausen (13 September 1844 – 4
- Luftflotte 1Luftflotte 1 ("Air Fleet 1") was one of the primary divisions of the German Luftwaffe in W
- Luftflotte 3Luftflotte 3 (Air Fleet 3) was one of the primary divisions of the German Luftwaffe in Wor
- Luis UrdanetaLuis Urdaneta Farías (Maracaibo, October 24, 1768 — Panama, August 27, 1831) was a Venezue
- Luisenstadt CanalThe Luisenstadt Canal, or Luisenstädtischer Kanal, was a 2.3-kilometre-long (1.4 mi) canal
- Luo BingzhangLuo Bingzhang (simplified Chinese: 骆秉章; traditional Chinese: 駱秉章, courtesy names Yumen 籲門
- LXIV Army Corps (Wehrmacht)The LXIV Corps (German: LXIV. Armeekorps) was a corps-level command of the German Army on
- Lynching of David WyattDavid Wyatt was an African-American teacher in Brooklyn, Illinois. In June 1903, Wyatt was