Aix-la-Chapelle

Aix-la-Chapelle (Aix-la-Chapelle`) , in Rhenish Prussia, one of the oldest cities in Germany, made capital of the German empire by Charlemagne; derives its name from its mineral springs; is a centre of manufacturing industries and an important trade; is celebrated for its octagonal cathedral (in the middle of which is a stone marking the burial-place of Charlemagne), for treaties of peace in 1668 and 1748, and for a European congress in 1818.

Population (circa 1900) given as 103,000.

Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)

Aix, Isle of * Aix-les-Bains`
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Airdrie
Airds Moss
Aire
Airy, Sir G. B.
Aisne
Aïsse, Mlle.
Aiton, Wm.
Aitzema, Leo
Aix
Aix, Isle of
Aix-la-Chapelle`
Aix-les-Bains`
Ajac`cio
Ajalon, Valley of
A`jan Coast
A`jax
Ajmere`
Ajodhya
Ak`aba
Akakia, Doctor
Akakia, Martin

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Baulot, James
Conybeare, John
Dodsley, Robert
Eliott, George Augustus
Ellys, Anthony
Handel, George Frederic
Hurd, Richard
Luther, Martin
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