Lackland.
The nickname of King John, given him because he received no fiefs from his father.
Lady of the Mercians.
Æthelfled, daughter of Alfred the Great, was so called.
Lagthing.
See Storthing.
Lahore, Treaty of.
A treaty signed in 1846, at the end of the first Sikh War, by which Dhulip Singh was recognized as Rajah of the Punjaub. The Sikhs surrendered the Doab to the British.
Laibach, Congress of.
A congress of the European Powers held in 1821, at which armed intervention to suppress the Republican risings in Naples and Piedmont was decided upon.