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- formed in 1907 among the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, ... With the onset of World War I, the world would see the two alliances ...9 KB (1,394 words) - 19:48, 26 March 2020
- newspaper and magazine publishing in Britain. He was famous for buying ... England. He left school at the age of 16 to become a free-lance journalist ...9 KB (1,294 words) - 07:18, 20 July 2023
- George Cadbury (September 19, 1839 – October 24, 1922), the third ... program for their benefit. Through ownership of several newspapers, he promoted ...11 KB (1,734 words) - 08:39, 6 November 2022
- British newspaper proprietor, owner of Associated Newspapers and the ... Harold Sidney Harmsworth, the son of an indigent English barrister ...9 KB (1,371 words) - 13:30, 24 January 2023
- George II (George Augustus; 10, November 1683 – October 25, 1760 ... |2= 2. George I of Great Britain |3= 3. Sophia Dorothea of Celle ...28 KB (4,125 words) - 12:22, 10 November 2022
- George, Henry [[Image:Henry George c1885 retouched.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Henry George]] ...15 KB (2,329 words) - 07:25, 22 January 2024
- speech delivered by President Woodrow Wilson of the United States to a Joint ... the Armistice with Germany ended World War I, but the Fourteen Points became ...13 KB (1,920 words) - 06:38, 1 April 2024
- Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, (August 26, 1676 – March 18 ... held the de facto office due to the extent of his influence in the Cabinet ...29 KB (4,445 words) - 00:47, 29 November 2022
- 1980) was a popular wildlife conservationist of the 1960s and an author, best ... then a British Colony. In 1944 she married George Adamson, a British game warden ...13 KB (2,030 words) - 02:00, 8 September 2022
- The Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster, normally called Westminster ... Since the Christmas Day coronation of William the Conqueror in 1066 ...17 KB (2,475 words) - 17:21, 4 May 2023
- George Frideric Handel (February 23, 1685 – April 14, 1759) was ... of Hanover, who would soon be George I of Great Britain. He visited London ...12 KB (1,833 words) - 08:06, 23 January 2023
- Emmeline Pankhurst (July 14, 1858 – June 14, 1928) was one of the ... attended school in Manchester, at the age of fifteen her parents sent her ...10 KB (1,481 words) - 10:23, 21 January 2023
- Robin George Collingwood (February 22, 1889 – January 9, 1943) was ... archaeologist and an authority on Roman Britain. Throughout the 1920s and ...17 KB (2,548 words) - 02:20, 16 December 2022
- George Kennedy Allen Bell (February 4, 1883 – October 3, 1958) was ... Hampshire, where his father was a Church of England clergyman. Bell attended ...18 KB (2,871 words) - 07:02, 18 April 2024
- The Acts of Union were a pair of Parliamentary Acts passed in 1706 ... A Treaty of Union was negotiated between the two countries, which ...14 KB (2,210 words) - 17:39, 27 June 2023
- Anne (February 6, 1665 – August 1, 1714) became Queen of England ... both personally and relating to succession of the Crown and religious polarization ...29 KB (4,444 words) - 15:41, 7 December 2022
- American millionaire. He was the creator of the first Trust in America ... in Waldorf, Germany. He was the youngest of three sons born to butcher ...8 KB (1,194 words) - 07:02, 8 April 2024
- sometimes referred to as the "Father of Assyriology." Rawlinson ... 11, 1810 in Chadlington, Oxfordshire, in Great Britain. He was the second ...10 KB (1,581 words) - 23:12, 8 February 2022
- January 23, 1806) was a British politician of the late eighteenth and early ... tenure, which came during the reign of George III, was dominated by ...28 KB (4,338 words) - 18:25, 17 April 2023
- Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC (August 3, 1867 ... to be very adept at the family business of iron manufacturing, and acquired ...18 KB (2,603 words) - 18:42, 14 October 2022
- The Treaty of Versailles (1919) was the peace treaty that officially ... powers started on May 7, the anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania ...20 KB (3,094 words) - 16:26, 2 May 2023
- reformer. He is best known as the author of the report Social Insurance ... India, on March 5, 1879, the eldest son of a judge in the Indian Civil ...11 KB (1,631 words) - 15:39, 6 May 2023
- The Delaware Crossing was declared to be the moment of George Washington’s ... military odds and the certain destruction of the American colonies' ...16 KB (2,582 words) - 23:10, 3 May 2023
- newspaper, first published in 1896. It is Britain's most popular daily ... "Daily Mail reader" has become something of a phrase in ...14 KB (2,217 words) - 07:46, 12 January 2024
- Described as a 'scrap of paper' that changed history, the ... The Balfour Declaration led to the 1922 League of Nations mandate ...20 KB (3,067 words) - 05:52, 26 August 2023
- The French and Indian War (1754–1763) was the North American chapter ... the war would lead directly to a series of taxation fights with the colonists ...30 KB (4,525 words) - 10:57, 11 April 2024
- George III (George William Frederick; June 4, 1738 – January 29 ... quot;| Paternal great-grandfather:George I of Great Britain ...42 KB (6,393 words) - 10:46, 13 December 2023
- ) is located in Turkish Thrace, the European part of Turkey, with ... times as the Hellespont, have always been of great strategic and economic ...15 KB (2,333 words) - 07:43, 23 January 2023
- 9, 1952) was a chemist, statesman, President of the World Zionist Organization ... #039;s dream was realized for this champion of his people's right to ...21 KB (3,201 words) - 16:52, 21 January 2024
- to support domestic British corn (in Britain, the term "corn" ... These laws are often viewed as examples of British mercantilism and ...16 KB (2,539 words) - 03:04, 8 January 2024
- George I, King of the Hellenes Georgios A' Vasileus ton Ellinon; ... In contrast to George I, who ruled as a constitutional monarch, the ...30 KB (4,602 words) - 15:49, 10 November 2022
- executive. As the general manager of the BBC, he established the ... Reith was the youngest, by ten years, of the seven children of the Reverend ...14 KB (2,192 words) - 00:36, 10 February 2023
- The Treaty of Lausanne (July 24, 1923) was a peace treaty signed in ... The nation-state of Turkey, recognized by the Treaty, became the first ...15 KB (2,295 words) - 14:56, 2 May 2023
- George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George) (December 14, 1895 - February ... As the second son of King George V, he was not expected to inherit ...35 KB (5,207 words) - 21:42, 8 February 2024
- [[Image:Us_declaration_independence.jpg|thumb|250px|U.S. Declaration ... The Declaration of Independence is the document in which the Thirteen ...24 KB (3,622 words) - 09:03, 28 January 2024
- George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert) (June 3, 1865 – January ... From the age of 12, George served in the Royal Navy, but upon the ...39 KB (5,812 words) - 13:04, 14 November 2022
- explorer, naval officer, and surveyor of Australia in the early period ... Australia. The first was with explorer George Evans, and lead an expedition ...8 KB (1,276 words) - 07:02, 3 August 2022
- The First Great Awakening (often referred by historians as the Great ... large following." Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," is his ...15 KB (2,094 words) - 17:24, 28 March 2024
- by faith in the doctrines and sacraments of the Christian religion. a major force in the mainline churches of Great Britain and the United ...14 KB (2,040 words) - 21:44, 30 January 2023
- James Madison (March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836) was one of the principal ... but instead narrowly defined the powers of the government. Opponents of ...20 KB (2,961 words) - 00:56, 7 November 2023
- Francis George Steiner [http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD ... contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth234 George Steiner] Contemporary Writers ...21 KB (2,963 words) - 08:15, 23 January 2023
- He was the preeminent figure at the center of the Third Great Awakening. ... Moody was a driving force in the success of the YMCA movement and ...14 KB (2,134 words) - 17:25, 12 February 2024
- 1883 – October 8, 1967) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great ... policies, and that a greatly enlarged system of social services would be created ...22 KB (3,382 words) - 11:07, 19 December 2023
- The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 was a conference organized by the ... . Much of the work of the Conference involved deciding which of the ...26 KB (3,995 words) - 08:51, 18 November 2022
- Revolutionary War began, and is seen as one of the first examples of African ... colonies' struggle for freedom from Great Britain echoes her own thoughts ...13 KB (1,993 words) - 03:59, 24 November 2022
- Imperial Russia on one side and an alliance of the United Kingdom of Great ... The majority of the conflict took place on the Crimean peninsula in ...22 KB (3,405 words) - 06:24, 11 January 2024
- Iona is a small island located in the north-west region of Scotland ... The island of Iona lies approximately one mile (1.6 km) from the ...12 KB (1,880 words) - 11:11, 6 March 2024
- Windsor Castle, in Windsor in the English county of Berkshire, is ... and Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, it is one of the principal official residences ...30 KB (4,758 words) - 10:59, 15 May 2023
- chemical compositions which differ from that of the larger gas giants Jupiter ... (astronomical). The first symbol derives from the name of its discoverer ...17 KB (2,530 words) - 13:36, 3 May 2023
- William IV (William Henry; August 21, 1765 – June 20, 1837) was ... |16= 16. George I of Great Britain |17= 17. Sophia Dorothea of Celle ...36 KB (5,444 words) - 21:27, 8 February 2024
- politician who served as Governor General of Canada. Buchan was an officer ... Buchan was the eldest child in the family of four sons and one surviving ...18 KB (2,741 words) - 04:22, 3 August 2022
- British statesman, politician, and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for 1925 ... Elected to Parliament in 1882, by 1902, he was Chancellor of the Exchequer ...21 KB (3,355 words) - 00:00, 3 December 2021
- George Fox (July 1624 – January 13, 1691), founder of the Religious ... Fox's teachings opposed the the rationalism common in religion ...29 KB (4,689 words) - 10:15, 13 December 2023
- poet and author. He became known as a writer of satirical anti-war verse during ... Unlike many of the poets who had memorialized the great achievements ...18 KB (2,623 words) - 14:37, 27 January 2023
- |Alias = Tammy Wynette, "The First Lady of Country ... |Associated_acts = George Jones |URL = [http://www.tammywynette ...18 KB (2,712 words) - 04:00, 27 February 2023
- American politician who served as Governor of Kansas from 1933-1937. He was ... in West Middlesex, Pennsylvania, at the time of Landon's birth. Later ...12 KB (1,812 words) - 16:52, 20 July 2023
- Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC (February 10 ... an increase in unemployment and his policy of wage rise restraints led to ...20 KB (2,989 words) - 09:22, 19 January 2024
- 20, 1768 – July 12, 1849), was the wife of President James Madison, who ... North Carolina, on May 20, 1768, a daughter of John Payne, farmer and starch ...12 KB (1,850 words) - 16:36, 29 January 2024
- colonists who remained loyal subjects of the British crown during the ... If I must be enslaved let it be by a King at least, and not by a parcel ...22 KB (3,274 words) - 04:14, 4 November 2022
- 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) - 10:53, 13 December 2023
- He is famous for his portraits of important figures in colonial ... From about 1760 until 1774, Copley painted the finest portraits of ...16 KB (2,400 words) - 07:49, 3 August 2022
- 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
- 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 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
- "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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- ), also called "Sher-e-Punjab" ("The Lion of the Punjab ... Sansi-Sandhawalia family. At the time much of Punjab was ruled by the Sikhs ...14 KB (2,163 words) - 05:26, 5 November 2022
- Bridgetown is the capital and largest city of Barbados. Established ... The economy of Barbados is susceptible to various issues, such as ...20 KB (2,790 words) - 23:06, 20 November 2023
- Edward VII (November 9, 1841 – May 6, 1910) was King of the United ... Before his accession to the throne, Edward held the title of Prince ...38 KB (5,885 words) - 23:54, 12 February 2024
- Up, about Peter, Wendy and the Lost Boys of Never Never Land. Barrie was ... Critics have speculated that Peter Pan was a reflection of Barrie ...16 KB (2,361 words) - 08:18, 13 March 2024
- The Cape of Good Hope ( Kaap die Goeie Hoop , Kaap de Goede Hoop ... ) is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of South Africa. It is ...15 KB (2,280 words) - 00:36, 13 January 2023
- parties in relation to the devolution of power to Northern Ireland. ... By enabling the inclusion of the DUP, which had opposed the Belfast ...19 KB (2,877 words) - 15:48, 27 April 2023
- The Tower of London (known historically simply as The Tower), is an ... The Tower of London is sometimes identified with the White Tower, ...20 KB (3,219 words) - 04:47, 1 May 2023
- nineteenth century and then up to World War I. The society laid many of the ... The Fabian Society represented the more evolutionist element of socialism ...17 KB (2,508 words) - 00:26, 25 March 2024
- contribution to peace was his analysis of the issues surrounding disarmament ... the London County Council and in the House of Commons. Initially educated ...14 KB (1,946 words) - 03:20, 24 November 2022
- William Wilberforce (August 1759 - July 1833) was born in the great ... his faith and attacked his reforms, instead of condemning them, he won them ...18 KB (2,796 words) - 15:18, 14 May 2023
- The War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714) was a major European ... and was marked by the military leadership of notable generals such as the ...29 KB (4,611 words) - 22:54, 3 May 2023
- The Battle of Long Island, also known as the Battle of Brooklyn, fought ... aftermath were marked by the British capture of New York City (which it held ...12 KB (1,814 words) - 10:05, 22 September 2023
- The Edict of Nantes was issued on April 13, 1598, by King Henry IV ... end the long-running, disruptive French Wars of Religion. ...9 KB (1,392 words) - 17:25, 6 October 2020
- Samuel Johnson, LL.D. (September 7, 1709After Britain's change ... Johnson's hatred of slavery and the abuses of colonialism, his ...12 KB (1,867 words) - 03:01, 23 December 2022
- has often achieved the highest circulation of daily papers in Britain. It ... women journalists. With its innovative use of photography and populist right ...13 KB (1,917 words) - 16:59, 13 May 2020
- and characters are rivaled only by those of Johnson in their depth, insight ... Hazlitt came from a branch of Irish Protestant stock that moved in ...11 KB (1,725 words) - 10:56, 9 May 2023
- George IV (George Augustus Frederick; August 12, 1762 – June 26 ... |16= 16. George I of Great Britain |17= 17. Sophia Dorothea of Celle ...44 KB (6,632 words) - 10:49, 13 December 2023
- writer, political philosopher and one of the Founding Fathers of the ... tenth child. President John Adams was one of his cousins. Adams was a baptized ...14 KB (2,136 words) - 02:17, 23 December 2022
- The Methodist movement is a group of historically related denominations ... in the eighteenth century, among a group of men including John Wesley and ...28 KB (4,180 words) - 10:35, 10 March 2023
- James II of England (also known as James VII of Scotland; October ... He was the last Roman Catholic monarch to reign over the Kingdom of ...32 KB (4,831 words) - 21:40, 8 February 2024
- The House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of Prince ... Social unrest at the end of World War I led to the German Revolution ...30 KB (4,097 words) - 18:41, 7 February 2024
- Pennsylvania State House for then Province of Pennsylvania. In 1775, it became ... The building is now part of the larger Independence National Historical ...16 KB (2,360 words) - 12:50, 4 March 2024
