The organization arose Coming_to_be in Vermont among Lower Canadian refugees ( the eastern division or Frères chasseurs ) and spread Dispersal westward under the influence of Dr Charles Duncombe and Donald McLeod , leaders of the short lived Canadian Refugee Relief Association , and Scotland native William Lyon Mackenzie , drawing Motion in support Supporting from several different locations in North America and Europe .

It attracted Influence people from the Middle East , North Africa , Europe and Central Asia , who then participated Participation in the conflict Hostile_encounter , but volunteers from the North Caucasus are also fighting Hostile_encounter in Syria .

In June 1940 , the `` Wehrmacht '' had conquered Conquering most of Western Europe and Scandinavia .

At that time , the only major power standing in the way of a German-dominated Europe was the British Empire and the Commonwealth .

The clashes took place Process_start in the context of the national , political , and social turmoil caused Causation by World War I ( Eastern Front ) in Europe .

Because of geographical and linguistic circumstances on the continent of Europe , emigration Escaping was more feasible for Catholics living in Protestant lands than Protestants living in Catholic lands .

As a result , there were more crypto-Protestants than crypto-Papists in continental Europe .

Gale-force winds covered Hiding_objects the far northern Atlantic between Western Europe and Atlantic Canada , due Causation to the intensity of this storm Catastrophe , with hurricane-force winds confined Hindering near its center of circulation .

The action Response was fought Hostile_encounter as part of the blockade of Guadeloupe and neighbouring Martinique by a large British Royal Navy squadron , which was seeking to cut Removing the islands off from contact Communication and supplies Supply from France by preventing Preventing_or_letting the passage of shipping Motion from Europe to the islands .

It is considered a Festival Social_event of International Tourist Interest and is one of the largest folk festivals Social_event in terms of number of attendees from all over Europe , having occasionally surpassed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale 100,000 attendees per edition .

Initially , Ottoman conquests in Europe made Getting significant gains with a decisive victory at Mohács reducing around one third ( central ) part of Kingdom of Hungary to the status of an Ottoman tributary .

However more recently historians have taken a broader perspective noting that the Habsburgs at the same time resisted Defending internal separatist movements , and were battling Hostile_encounter Prussia and France for control of central Europe .

The largest liberated territory in occupied Europe was created Creating by the Partisans in western Serbia , and was known as the Republic of Užice .

At the time it was the worst rail disaster Catastrophe in Europe and led Causation directly to various safety measures becoming Becoming legal Legality requirements for railways in the United Kingdom .

Unprecedented organisational changes Change had to be made to the EBSL in 2008 leading to a drastically shorter season than usual – just two regular season stages were scheduled Arranging due to a clash of dates with the arrangements of the 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup , the first edition to take place Hold in Europe .

The band 's thirteenth tour Traveling was their ninth to spread Dispersal over multiple legs , spanning Expansion North America , South America , Europe , Asia and Oceania .

After the Australian leg the tour Traveling continued to Asia , North America and Europe , including Manson 's first performances Hold in the United States since mid-2009 .

The Communiqué Tour was a 1979 concert tour of Europe and North American by the British rock band Dire Straits , supporting Supporting their second album , `` Communiqué '' , released Publishing in June 1979 .

The tour started Process_start on 11 February 1979 in Rotterdam and consisted of 116 concerts in Europe and North America , ending Process_end on 21 December 1979 in London .

All of the concerts in Europe were sold Commerce_sell out as well .

The tour consisted of seven preview concerts in February in Europe , followed Motion by four legs :

It attracted 1.1 million fans in 40 arenas and stadiums across North America , Europe and Japan .

It involved Participation every European great power of the time and spanned Expansion five continents , affecting Influence Europe , the Americas , West Africa , India , and the Philippines .

The conflict split Causation Europe into two coalitions : one was led by the Kingdom of Great Britain and included Cause_to_be_included the Kingdom of Prussia , the Kingdom of Portugal , the Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg , and other small German states ; while the other was led by the Kingdom of France and included Cause_to_be_included the Austrian-led Holy Roman Empire , the Russian Empire ( until 1762 ) , the Kingdom of Spain , Sweden , and the Electorate of Saxony .

However , French efforts ended Process_end in failure when the Anglo-Prussian coalition prevailed Conquering , and Britain 's rise as among the world 's predominant powers destroyed Destroying France 's supremacy in Europe , thus altering Change the European balance of power .

By 25 June , the Allies had been defeated Conquering in Western Europe and Scandinavia .

The tour Traveling took place Process_start in North America and Europe from 1981 through 1983 .

Comprising 47 shows , the tour visited Traveling Europe and Australia .

The war was a comprehensive and unmitigated disaster for the Ottomans , who lost 83 % of their territories in Europe and 69 % of their European population .

Wakestock was Europe 's largest wakeboard music festival , combining Cause_to_amalgamate the cultures of music and wakeboarding .

Founded by Mark Durston , the festival began Process_start in Abersoch , North Wales back in 2000 , when it was a wakeboard contest with a party in a car park for 800 people , and from then on played host to some of the industry 's leading bands and DJ 's , along with the biggest wakeboard competition in Europe .

The increased demand Request for Chinese silk also led to Causation the establishment of the Silk Road connecting Europe , the Near East , and China .

Founded in 1971 , Ilosaarirock is the second oldest rock festival Social_event in Finland still active , and one of the oldest in Europe .

This site , which hosts Come_together one of Europe 's major network operations centers , was unique in allowing Preventing_or_letting the conference to have , at the time , the largest Internet uplink speeds of any conference : a fiber-optic connection in excess of 1 gigabit per second .

The main political topic of the conference Social_event was the fight Hostile_encounter against the DMCA and similar anti-hacker legislation under way in Europe .

( It is viewed Perception_active in Europe as the American theater of the War Hostile_encounter of the Spanish Succession . )

The belligerents were France , French colonists , and various Indian tribes versus England , English colonists , and various Indian tribes for control Control of the American continent ; the War Hostile_encounter of the Spanish Succession was primarily fought Hostile_encounter in Europe .

The maximum permitted Preventing_or_letting field of 40 runners competed Competition for a share of a record Recording £1 million prize fund , which makes the National the most valuable jump race in Europe .

The maximum permitted Preventing_or_letting field of 40 runners competed for a share of the £975,000 prize fund , which made Causation the National the most valuable jump race in Europe .

Outside Greece , solidarity demonstrations Social_event , riots Violence and , in some cases , clashes Violence with local police also took place Process_start in more than 70 cities around the world , in Europe including Amsterdam , Barcelona , Berlin , Bordeaux , Brussels , Cologne , Copenhagen , Dublin , Frankfurt , the Hague , London , Madrid , Nicosia , Paphos , Paris , Rome and Seville and globally from São Paulo , San Francisco and Wellington to Buenos Aires and Siberia .

Due to the popularity of the tour , Cher decided Deciding to extend it by 100 more shows in North America then , after the tour concluded in 2004 , she announced Expressing_publicly plans of playing in Europe , Oceania and Asia to play in territories she either had never been to or had not played for a long time .

It was held Hold in memory of wrestler Rodney `` Yokozuna '' Anoa ' i , the nephew of promoter Afa Anoa ' i and former two-time WWF World Heavyweight Champion , who died of pulmonary edema in Liverpool , England during a tour of Europe the previous year .

In 2013 , the band continued the tour Traveling with worldwide dates , encompassing Expansion Europe and North and South America , before concluding Process_end in 2014 with a final Process_end European leg .

The group embarked Process_start on a 39 city tour Traveling that will take Bringing them through the USA , Mexico , Central America , South America , as well as Europe .

The tour Traveling visited Traveling Europe , Oceania , Asia and the Americas .

Victory at Austerlitz also permitted Preventing_or_letting the creation of the Confederation of the Rhine , a collection of German states intended as a buffer zone between France and central Europe .

Meanwhile , Prussian worries about growing Expansion French influence in Central Europe sparked Causation the War of the Fourth Coalition in 1806 .

It stretched from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Black Sea in the south , involved most of Eastern Europe and stretched deep into Central Europe as well .

It stretched from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Black Sea in the south , involved most of Eastern Europe and stretched deep into Central Europe as well .

After the truce expired Process_end in June 1410 , the military-religious monks were decisively defeated Conquering in the Battle of Grunwald ( Tannenberg ) , one of the largest battles in medieval Europe .