Leo Lesser Ury was a German-Jewish Impressionist painter and printmaker, associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting.

Ury was born in Birnbaum in Prussia, the son of a baker whose death in 1872 was followed by the family's relocation to Berlin. In 1878 Lesser left school to apprentice with a tradesman, and the next year he went to Düsseldorf to study painting at the Kunstakademie. Ury spent time in Brussels, Paris, Stuttgart, and other locations, before returning to Berlin in 1887.

His first exhibition was in 1889 and met with a hostile reception, although he was championed by Adolph von Menzel whose influence induced the Akademie to award Ury a prize. In 1893 he joined the Munich Secession, one of the several Secessions formed by progressive artists in Germany and Austria in the last years of the 19th century. In 1901 he returned to Berlin, where he exhibited with the Berlin Secession, first in 1915 and notably in 1922, when he had a major exhibition. By this time Ury's critical reputation had grown and his paintings and pastels were in demand.

Ahitophel or Ahithophel was a counselor of King David and a man greatly renowned for his sagacity. During Absalom's revolt he deserted David and supported Absalom.

David sent his friend Hushai back to Absalom, in order to counteract the counsel of Ahitophel. Ahitophel had recommended an immediate attack on David's camp at a point where he was weary and vulnerable, whereas Hushai suggested that "the advice that Ahithophel has given is not good at this time" and recommended delay while a larger army was assembled to counter David's alleged strength. Perversely, "for the LORD had purposed to defeat the good advice of Ahithophel", Hushai's advice was accepted. Seeing that his good advice against David had not been followed due to Hushai's influence, Ahithophel apparently surmised that the revolt would fail. He then left the camp of Absalom at once. He returned to Giloh, his native place, and after arranging his worldly affairs, hanged himself, and was buried in the sepulcher of his fathers.

A man named Ahitophel is also mentioned in 2 Samuel 23:34, and he is said to be the father of Eliam.

The Second Battle of the Piave River, fought between 15 and 23 June 1918, was a decisive victory for the Italian Army against the Austro-Hungarian Empire during World War I. Though the battle proved to be a decisive blow to the Austro-Hungarian Empire and by extension the Central Powers, its full significance was not initially appreciated in Italy. Yet Erich Ludendorff, on hearing the news, is reported to have said he 'had the sensation of defeat for the first time'. It would later become clear that the battle was in fact the beginning of the end of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.