Search results for "George I of Great Britain" - New World Encyclopedia
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- He is famous for his portraits of important figures in colonial ... From about 1760 until 1774, Copley painted the finest portraits of ...16 KB (2,390 words) - 04:03, 3 May 2024
- The Battle of Kandahar, September 1, 1880, represents the last major ... Great Britain had become a dominant colonial power during the eighteenth ...22 KB (3,333 words) - 10:03, 22 September 2023
- 21, 1950), better known by the pen name George Orwell, was a British author ... India, during the period when India was part of the British Empire under the ...23 KB (3,458 words) - 14:51, 21 May 2024
- The Seven Years War (1756-1763) involved all the major European powers ... from 1754 to 1763. Prussia, Hanover, and Great Britain (including British ...29 KB (4,438 words) - 10:09, 26 January 2023
- problems in governing the the United States of America, which had been operating ... The convention failed to resolve successfully the question of slavery ...26 KB (3,802 words) - 03:12, 24 November 2022
- District, West Bengal, India, consists of a theological college and a ... unable to retrieve. --> The Latin name of the college motto, Gloriam ...14 KB (1,875 words) - 09:54, 26 January 2023
- "the Alligator" by fans, because of his pugnacity on the court ... Lacoste was one of The Four Musketeers, France's tennis stars ...8 KB (1,243 words) - 04:06, 8 December 2022
- The 1777 Siege of Fort Ticonderoga occurred between July 2-6, 1777 ... The uncontested surrender of Ticonderoga caused an uproar in the American ...22 KB (3,302 words) - 21:10, 28 March 2024
- social psychologist, educator, and one of the leaders of the Fabian Society ... science counterbalanced strong currents of thought favoring rationalistic ...9 KB (1,286 words) - 18:46, 24 May 2024
- Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; ... Before his accession to the throne, Edward VIII held the titles of ...39 KB (6,106 words) - 02:44, 17 January 2023
- and technology that led to the development of radio. Besides his work in ... Born in Penkull, Staffordshire, Lodge was the eldest of eight children ...12 KB (1,866 words) - 00:23, 18 November 2022
- politician. He was a key figure on the left of the party in the mid-twentieth ... to cite Karl Marx and supported recognition of China under Mao Zedong. On ...28 KB (4,168 words) - 18:03, 27 July 2023
- Cline, Ricky Nelson, Lesley Gore, Red Foley, George Jones ... The Beatles) outpaced her. She was also one of the earliest pop stars to have ...15 KB (2,162 words) - 22:58, 20 November 2023
- May 14, 1727 – August 2, 1788) was one of the foremost portrait and landscape ... He is recognized among the most innovative and enigmatic artists of ...17 KB (2,489 words) - 21:10, 30 April 2023
- when he vindicated the defeat and murder of Charles George Gordon in the ... Kitchener was born in Ballylongford, County Kerry, in Ireland, son ...25 KB (3,907 words) - 14:28, 9 February 2022
- William Penn (October 14, 1644 – July 30, 1718) founded the Province ... a precedent and my God will Make it the Seed of a Nation. That an example may ...16 KB (2,612 words) - 10:39, 11 May 2023
- Independence Day (colloquially the Fourth of July or July 4th) is ... the history, government, and traditions of the United States. As an official ...20 KB (2,843 words) - 22:00, 4 February 2023
- into those which are analytic (true a priori, i.e. true before empirical experience ... Logical positivism held that philosophy should aspire to the same ...13 KB (1,922 words) - 21:00, 3 November 2022
- artist and critic, and an influential member of the Bloomsbury Group, an English ... Despite establishing his reputation as a scholar of the Old Masters ...11 KB (1,711 words) - 02:31, 16 December 2022
- The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern ... The development of the office of Prime Minister coincides with the ...42 KB (6,582 words) - 21:49, 26 April 2023
