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Herman (Aav)
1878Sep, 2

Herman (Aav)

Herman, Estonian-Finnish archbishop (d. 1961)
Herman Aav (2 September 1878 Hellamaa, Estonia – 14 January 1961 Kuopio, Finland) was an Estonian Orthodox clergyman who served from 1925 to 1960 as Archbishop of the Finnish Orthodox Church.He was also a composer and author whose works have been published both in Estonia and Finland, some of them under pen name H. Lumilill.

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    The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano; a few months afterwards the Congress of Berlin stripped its status to a vassal principality of the Ottoman Empire.
  • 25May

    Comic opera

    Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
  • 10Jun

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  • 22Oct

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