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1. This city is the capital of the Campania province, Italy. It has also served as the capital of the Two Sicilies in the 19th century. (English or Italian spelling).
2. This city in Switzerland is the capital of a canton with the same name. The canton (and its capital) belonged to Prussia 1707-1806, to France 1806-14, then again to Prussia 1814-1815. It joined the Swiss Confederation in 1815 as the only canton with monarchical government.
3. This city is the capital of Cyprus.
4. This city in Estonia was founded by the Danes in 1223. It was a seat of the Livonian (Teutonic) Knights and a member of the Hanseatic league. It was seized by Russia in 1558 and captured by the Swedes in 1581. It was the scene of a battle in 1700 in which the Swedes under Charles XII defeated Czar Peter the Great of Russia.
5. This French city was ceded to France by the Sardinian House of Savoy in 1860.
6. This Dutch city was known as Noviomagus under Roman rule. It is situated on the Waal River. A series of peace treaties were signed here in 1678-79, closing the war of France against Holland.
7. This English city is situated on the Tyne River. It expanded rapidly as a principal coal-shipping port of England after the 16th century.
8. This Belgian city is situated at the confluence of the Sambre and the Meuse Rivers. It was captured by the French in 1692, and retaken by William of Orange in 1695. It is the capital of a province with the same name.
9. This city was the capital of Serbia from 1878 to 1901.
10. This city became one of the greatest and wealthiest of all German free imperial cities. It was made annual meeting place of Chancellor Adolf Hitler´s National Socialist Party after 1933.
11. This city is one of the oldest in Russia and was of great importance from the 11th to the 15th century. It was first dependent upon Kiev, but later became capital of an independent principality.
12. This city is the capital of Södermanland county, Sweden.
13. This city is the capital of Storstrøm province, Denmark.
14. This Norwegian city was the scene of important offshore battles from April-June 1940. It is the terminus of a railroad line from Sweden.
15. This city is the capital of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, Hungary.
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