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  • Henry VIII (June 28, 1491 – January 28, 1547) was King of England ... Several significant pieces of legislation were enacted during Henry ...
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  • Abdülhamid II His Imperial Majesty, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire ... or "The Great Assassin" [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract ...
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  • after 1780, was a Native American of the Seneca tribe's Wolf ... but finally accepted the majority decision of the Iroquois League, to which ...
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  • British gentleman scientist and inventor of the Victorian period. applying its principles to a novel form of illumination, the Bude light; ...
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  • [[Image:queenvictoria.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Queen Victoria at the ... May 24, 1819 – January 22, 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great ...
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  • Liberal Party statesman and prime minister of the United Kingdom (1868–1874 ... Gladstone was famously at odds with Queen Victoria for much of his ...
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  • Emperor Haile Selassie I (born Lij Tafari Makonnen Ge'ez, Amh ... within. To the outside world, he was heir of an ancient dynasty possibly ...
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  • The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union (commonly referred ... The Articles set the rules for operations of the "United States ...
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  • May 2, 1997 to June 27, 2007. He was Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 ... election victories. Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer during all Blair ...
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  • The Occupation of the Channel Islands refers to the military occupation ... The islands were too small to serve as a launching pad for an invasion ...
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  • Sir Edmund Percival Hillary, Order of the Garter (KG), Order of New ... major climb in 1939, reaching the summit of Mount Ollivier. He served in ...
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  • The Battle of Plassey (Pâlāshīr Juddha) was a battle that took ... The battle was between Siraj Ud Daulah, the last independent Nawab ...
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  • |observedby = Commonwealth of Nations United States ... – is a day to commemorate the sacrifices of members of the armed forces ...
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  • An invasion is a military offensive consisting of all, or large parts ... territory and its people being invaded. Some of these consequences can be beneficial ...
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  • Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg (November 11, 1599 – March 28, 1655 ... him. Having a male heir was the main job of a Queen. There was, though ...
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  • The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on June 17, 1775 on Breed's ... The British were victorious but they suffered a devastating loss of ...
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  • 1851) was a prolific and influential writer of children's literature ... she recalled it as the happiest part of her life. After she married ...
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  • is a small nation on the eastern coast of Central America, on the Caribbean ... nation in 1981. Belize is a member of Caribbean Community (CARICOM ...
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  • Having studied at the Royal College of Music in London, ... with Eastern mysticism. Like many composers of the early twentieth century ...
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  • Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess Astor, Companion of Honour (CH), ... she shared Adolf Hitler's hatred of Jews and dislike of Catholics ...
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