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- 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
- philosopher and the first Jewish fellow of an Oxbridge college (Dictionary ... Space, Time and Deity was one of the last attempts by a British philosopher ...15 KB (2,284 words) - 02:18, 23 December 2022
- born Australian Catholic priest, Archbishop of Melbourne for 46 years, and ... In 1895 he was appointed to the chair of Moral theology, and in 1903 ...12 KB (1,842 words) - 18:15, 24 January 2024
- Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh 1818-1887, was a ... He was known as one of Britain's kindest politicians, owing much ...15 KB (2,368 words) - 18:37, 14 October 2022
- #039;s deputy in the Nazi Party. On the eve of war with the Soviet Union, ... Hitler but that his desire for peace with Britain was genuine. Hess blamed ...23 KB (3,538 words) - 17:39, 22 December 2022
- The Glorious Revolution was the overthrow of James II of England in ... The Glorious Revolution also saw a partnership of husband and wife ...16 KB (2,559 words) - 18:55, 31 December 2023
- accolades, and the moniker "The Hero of Upper Canada." Known as ... from the United States during the War of 1812. While many in Canada ...28 KB (4,513 words) - 18:55, 7 March 2024
- guitar" style. He produced a streak of hit singles in the late 1950s ... including his 1986 collaboration with Art of Noise that featured a reworking ...12 KB (1,822 words) - 21:18, 30 January 2024
- David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor, OM, PC (January ... . The same year, he introduced National Insurance to cover the cost ...46 KB (7,168 words) - 08:06, 28 January 2024
- right|thumb|Ebenezer Howard, Garden Cities of To-morrow.]] in large cities due to the rapid influx of large numbers of people, Howard ...10 KB (1,579 words) - 17:59, 12 February 2024
- Scottish historian, a co-founder and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society ... as well as Farsi, drew on a wide range of Indian sources. Aspects of ...23 KB (3,481 words) - 17:48, 10 November 2022
- The Treaty of Georgievsk ( Георгиевский трактат ... Russian Empire and the east Georgian kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti on July 24, ...18 KB (2,657 words) - 14:54, 2 May 2023
- Wilhelmina (Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Marie of Orange-Nassau) (August ... was as capable as men in the daunting task of leading her nation through ...26 KB (3,973 words) - 12:30, 2 October 2020
- The Royal Ballet is Great Britain's most prestigious ballet company ... Opera House as the permanent ballet company of the newly-founded opera and ...11 KB (1,674 words) - 20:54, 21 December 2022
- in England. He is most famous as a student of Peter Paul Rubens and for his ... By the age of 15 he was already a highly accomplished artist, as his ...25 KB (3,984 words) - 16:23, 17 January 2024
- The Partition of Ireland took place on May 3, 1921 under the Government ... problems, leaving minorities on both sides of the border. If the world is ...32 KB (4,882 words) - 18:46, 23 March 2023
- Feathers" and the "Grand Old Man of the Army," he served on ... American War, he served as military governor of Mexico City. Such was his stature ...19 KB (2,810 words) - 11:00, 15 May 2023
- and diplomat. He is considered the founder of Romanticism in French literature ... passions that would become a commonplace of Romanticism: "One inhabits ...16 KB (2,325 words) - 09:37, 11 April 2024
- modern China. It brought about an upsurge of Chinese nationalism, and a ... and towards communism. The introduction of Vernacular Chinese (白话 ...15 KB (2,240 words) - 02:19, 9 November 2022
- | State Party = [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|22px]] United ... | Criteria = i, ii, iii | ID = 373 | Region = Europe ...18 KB (2,901 words) - 07:14, 23 August 2023
- The Battle of Culloden (April 16, 1746) was the last military clash ... as cultural vandalism, with the destruction of a way of life that many had ...24 KB (3,671 words) - 11:38, 20 September 2023
- leader in colonial Virginia's House of Burgesses, delegate to the ... " speech advocating independence from Great Britain. Along with Samuel ...17 KB (2,568 words) - 16:44, 21 November 2022
- on colonial attitudes, encouraging a sense of cultural superiority that had ... Indian independence, since it was members of the Indian English-speaking ...19 KB (3,053 words) - 18:39, 30 April 2023
- English actor, playwright, and composer of popular music. As well as more ... were in tune with the aspirations especially of the generation that lived through ...15 KB (2,261 words) - 02:34, 16 November 2022
- /ləˈkæreɪ/), was a British author of espionage novels. During the ... Following the success of this novel, he left MI6 to become a full ...30 KB (4,264 words) - 02:30, 9 February 2023
- in the late nineteenth century as part of the Hohenzollern dynasty's ... tradition of expansion within the European space, Germany's renewed ...17 KB (2,331 words) - 05:35, 5 December 2022
- Dixieland music is an early style of jazz which developed in New Orleans ... music incorporated the cultural aspects of New Orleans jazz music of the ...17 KB (2,609 words) - 16:20, 29 January 2024
- colonize or interfere with the affairs of the newly independent nations ... The three main concepts of the doctrine—separate spheres of influence ...24 KB (3,682 words) - 21:11, 9 November 2022
- once called the Māori Wars, were a series of conflicts that took place in ... to settle on land did not always imply sale of that land. Under pressure from ...24 KB (3,759 words) - 09:40, 11 March 2023
- but a powerful orator, Sumner was the leader of the antislavery forces in Massachusetts ... in Boston, where he partnered with George Stillman Hillard. A visit ...24 KB (3,821 words) - 00:34, 5 December 2023
- He has been called, “the conscience of his generation” ... for his satirical portrayals of American cultural manners and mores ...15 KB (2,252 words) - 22:29, 29 January 2023
- Berengaria of Navarre ( Berenguela , Bérengère ) (c. 1165 – December 23, 1230) was queen consort to King Richard ...16 KB (2,644 words) - 10:59, 28 September 2023
- [[Image:James I of England by Daniel Mytens in 1621.jpg|thumb|250px ... James VI of Scotland/James I of England and Ireland (Charles James ...30 KB (4,913 words) - 21:16, 20 March 2024
- a Scottish medical missionary and explorer of the Victorian era who traveled ... David Livingstone was born in the village of Blantyre, South Lanarkshire ...18 KB (2,693 words) - 08:06, 28 January 2024
- pop singer who, among the female artists of the British Invasion of the ... O'Brien, Springfield was a major fan of American soul music, and created ...17 KB (2,683 words) - 17:22, 12 February 2024
- Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of the British ... The State Rooms form the nucleus of the working Palace and are currently ...28 KB (4,475 words) - 16:52, 22 November 2023
- an annual commemoration observed on the 5th of November, primarily in the ... sermons regarding the perceived dangers of popery, while during increasingly ...26 KB (3,787 words) - 03:37, 27 July 2023
- Federalist No. 68 is the 68th essay of The Federalist Papers, and ... Throughout its proceedings, the US Constitutional Convention of 1787 ...12 KB (1,887 words) - 17:11, 8 October 2023
- Woodwind instruments are a family of musical instruments within the ... a reed or a fipple. A woodwind may be made of any material, not just wood ...17 KB (2,413 words) - 21:52, 26 December 2023
- The United Nations Trusteeship Council, one of the principal organs ... Some had wanted to place oversight of progress towards independence ...21 KB (3,201 words) - 11:50, 3 May 2023
- Cultural Anthropology (known as Social Anthropology in Great Britain ... Any and all of these factors make up important aspects of culture ...26 KB (3,726 words) - 06:47, 11 January 2024
- بهاء الله : meaning "Glory of God") (November 12, 1817 ... many religious works, most notably the Kitáb-i-Aqdas and the Kitáb-i-Íqán ...32 KB (5,101 words) - 05:47, 26 August 2023
- Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, KG, PC (March ... Callaghan was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1964 to 1967 during ...29 KB (4,489 words) - 01:32, 8 February 2023
- granted an English Royal Charter by Elizabeth I on December 31, 1600, with ... A close study of the history of the company shows how the British ...38 KB (6,054 words) - 02:25, 22 November 2023
- War. Hale is best remembered for his "I only regret that I have but ... Widely considered America's first spy, a copy of Frederick MacMonnies ...13 KB (2,092 words) - 01:31, 11 November 2022
- Ocean, located 300 miles from the coast of Argentina, 671 miles west ... are a self-governing Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom, but have ...25 KB (3,561 words) - 00:33, 25 March 2024
- in Edinburgh under the Scots painter George Jamesone, acquiring a considerable ... Wright is currently rated as one of the leading indigenous British ...28 KB (4,229 words) - 02:57, 2 May 2024
- Review, were instrumental in the development of early twentieth century English ... Born Ford Hermann Hueffer, the son of Francis Hueffer, he was Ford ...15 KB (2,279 words) - 06:21, 1 April 2024
- in painting, he was a leading proponent of the credo, "art for art ... now preserved as the Whistler House Museum of Art. His father, George Washington ...14 KB (2,184 words) - 08:36, 1 April 2024
- Protestant missionary in China. At the age of 16 he joined the Presbyterian ... Morrison produced a Chinese translation of the New Testament in 1813 ...15 KB (2,249 words) - 01:44, 16 December 2022
- the most well-known North American Native of his generation, meeting and ... spent attempting to rectify the injustice of the Iroquois lands being handed ...30 KB (4,676 words) - 07:18, 10 August 2022
- The Battle of Saratoga in September and October 1777, was a decisive ... The capture of an entire British army secured the northern American ...19 KB (2,802 words) - 10:21, 22 September 2023
- Arnold earlier distinguished himself as a hero through acts of cunning ... an alliance with France. Disaffected because of this and other grievances, ...26 KB (3,968 words) - 09:08, 27 September 2023
- and Second Continental Congress, signer of the Declaration of Independence ... Adams was the author of the Massachusetts constitution, the new nation ...36 KB (5,521 words) - 07:33, 5 April 2024
- Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas George Mountbatten ... Gandhi but was unable to avoid the Partition of India, although he would have ...36 KB (5,344 words) - 04:07, 4 November 2022
- Catholic) who want union with the Republic of Ireland to re-unite the whole ... Former British Prime Minister John Major had laid some of the groundwork ...31 KB (4,792 words) - 08:51, 27 September 2023
- as a representative in the Louisiana House of Representatives, U.S. Senator ... South Carolina. In 1824, his father was one of the founders of the first Reform ...16 KB (2,409 words) - 06:37, 28 February 2023
- painted, cataloged, and described the birds of North America, as well as its ... In March, 2000, Audubon's complete, double-elephant folio copy ...18 KB (2,835 words) - 06:04, 3 August 2022
- A prisoner of war (POW) is a combatant who is imprisoned by an enemy ... In the history of war (which covers basically all of human history ...27 KB (4,158 words) - 00:40, 12 April 2023
- The Battle of the Boyne was a turning point in the Williamite war ... its symbolic importance has made it one of the most infamous battles in ...20 KB (3,207 words) - 01:44, 26 September 2023
- for his liaison role during the Arab Revolt of 1916-1918 during World War ... Thomas' sensationalized reportage of the Revolt, as well as to Lawrence ...33 KB (5,295 words) - 00:58, 21 April 2023
- George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, KG, GCSI ... from the Indian but he also had a sense of obligation towards the people ...36 KB (5,555 words) - 08:08, 23 January 2023
- and judge who became the first Governor of South Carolina following the ... Rutledge was a member of the South Carolina Assembly, the Stamp Act ...23 KB (3,551 words) - 18:20, 29 November 2022
- and traditions, based on classical texts of ancient Greece and Rome, that ... Pope is considered by critics to be one of the greatest poets of the eighteenth ...16 KB (2,637 words) - 14:35, 18 July 2023
- in the twentieth century. When one side of a conflict participates in ... The threat of total devastation to the earth and humankind through ...24 KB (3,815 words) - 17:18, 4 November 2022
- mile area located in the westernmost region of the African continent. It is ... Africa is generally defined as consisting of the following 16 countries ...17 KB (2,568 words) - 17:17, 4 May 2023
- William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham PC (November 15, 1708 – May 1 ... . The major American city of Pittsburgh was named for him. Also, Pittsylvania ...49 KB (8,091 words) - 14:59, 10 October 2020
- Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, FRS (December ... Although a major figure in the protectionist wing of the Conservative ...28 KB (4,114 words) - 23:17, 11 January 2023
- The Mohawk were one of the five core tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy ... Brant moved to Canada following the victory of the Americans. Mohawk continue ...25 KB (3,874 words) - 12:59, 10 March 2023
- an American blues singer-songwriter, many of whose songs became classics ... " "Back Door Man," "I Just Want to Make Love to You ...19 KB (2,749 words) - 15:21, 14 May 2023
- most famous for his successful development of the gyrocompass. He also developed ... died in childbirth, and in the absence of his father, Sperry was raised ...9 KB (1,284 words) - 17:16, 13 February 2024
- The City of Halifax is the largest city in Atlantic Canada and the ... On April 1, 1996, the government of Nova Scotia amalgamated the four ...34 KB (5,199 words) - 16:57, 21 January 2024
- He is best remembered for his direction of British foreign policy through ... Some of his aggressive actions, now termed liberal interventionist ...66 KB (10,174 words) - 15:23, 25 January 2023
- eastern Europe in 1912–1913, in the course of which the Balkan League (Kingdom ... independence in 1878, and the re-emergence of a Croatian state in 1868 awoke ...22 KB (3,406 words) - 05:53, 26 August 2023
- [[Image:Hussein_of_Jordan_1997.jpg|thumb|right|300 px|King Hussein ... and Princess Zein al-Sharaf bint Jamil, of the royal Hashemite family ...22 KB (3,415 words) - 21:18, 9 February 2024
- Herbert George Wells (September 21, 1866 – August 13, 1946), better ... Wells was a prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction, producing ...25 KB (3,814 words) - 16:38, 29 July 2023
- Normandes/Îles de la Manche) are a group of islands in the English Channel ... These islands represent the last remnants of the medieval Dukedom ...23 KB (3,402 words) - 01:43, 4 December 2023
- The Battle of Quebec, also known as the Battle of the Plains of Abraham ... The culmination of a three-month siege by the British, the battle ...33 KB (5,197 words) - 10:21, 22 September 2023
- – March 26, 1959) was an American author of the so-called hardboiled detective ... Hammett's Sam Spade, the epitome of the hardboiled private detective ...19 KB (2,874 words) - 01:37, 8 December 2022
- politician and three times Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He rose ... reform legislation especially in the area of housing. The 1924 Housing Act ...40 KB (6,096 words) - 00:34, 8 December 2022
- #039;s idealism is based upon the notion of Absolute Spirit, his idealism ... His philosophy can be best understood within the contexts of German ...29 KB (4,323 words) - 17:06, 17 December 2022
- :This article covers the political aspects of the American Revolution ... The American Revolution refers to the period during the last half ...47 KB (6,905 words) - 06:45, 25 July 2023
- War. He did not rise above the rank of Captain in the Continental ... John Paul started his maritime career at the age of 12, sailing out ...18 KB (2,783 words) - 03:55, 2 May 2024
- a British analytic philosopher. A student of Ludwig Wittgenstein, she became ... read "Mods & Greats" (a course of study in classics, ancient ...23 KB (3,440 words) - 07:26, 15 April 2024
- Musical theater is a form of theater combining music, songs, spoken ... and other informal stages. In addition to Britain and the United States, there ...33 KB (5,216 words) - 19:34, 10 November 2022
- The Religious Society of Friends, whose members are known as Quakers ... with the existing denominations and sects of Christianity. Historians generally ...39 KB (6,129 words) - 00:04, 15 April 2023
- png|266px|thumb|right|Friedrich II. (the Great), King of Prussia, aged 68 ... Britain. George succeeded as King George I of Great Britain in 1714. ...32 KB (4,879 words) - 10:28, 11 April 2024
- a marked mathematician and a loyal statesman of his native France. As did Marquis ... Bougainville saw human rights as the property of all. All people ...12 KB (1,896 words) - 02:50, 4 November 2022
- Roman Britain refers to those parts of the island of Great Britain ... When Britain acquired an Empire of its own, reference to His or Her ...53 KB (8,072 words) - 04:48, 16 December 2022
- Conservative politician and prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1937 ... Chamberlain is perhaps the most ill-regarded British prime minister ...55 KB (8,451 words) - 16:28, 11 November 2022
- Sir Edward Richard George Heath, KG, MBE (July 9, 1916 – July 17 ... he did as Prime Minister. He was a member of the Brandt Commission on International ...28 KB (4,351 words) - 18:23, 12 February 2024
- The Battle of Hastings was the decisive Norman victory in the Norman ... The battle took place on October 14, 1066, between the Norman army ...18 KB (2,814 words) - 09:46, 22 September 2023
- 27, 1676 - April 8, 1735) was the leader of the Hungarian uprising against ... He was also Prince of Transylvania, an Imperial Prince, and a member ...24 KB (3,987 words) - 06:28, 24 May 2021
- Darfur is a region of Sudan which borders the Central African Republic ... It continues to be a region suffering one of the worst humanitarian disasters ...15 KB (2,359 words) - 22:17, 25 January 2024
- clergyman generally regarded as the founder of the Catholic Apostolic Church ... Irving is sometimes referred to as a forerunner of the Charismatic ...14 KB (2,176 words) - 23:44, 12 February 2024
- defeated the Republicans, or Loyalists, of the Second Spanish Republic ... and civilians, formally acting independently of the state, massacred Catholic ...34 KB (5,051 words) - 15:18, 27 April 2023
- June 15, 1849) was the eleventh President of the United States, serving ... for the largest expansion in total land area of the nation's boundaries ...25 KB (3,708 words) - 21:19, 20 March 2024
- Imperialism is the forceful extension of a nation's authority ... Yet, an interesting aspect of imperialism is that empires, both ancient ...24 KB (3,604 words) - 15:29, 4 February 2023
- Henry VIII (June 28, 1491 – January 28, 1547) was King of England ... Several significant pieces of legislation were enacted during Henry ...40 KB (6,352 words) - 23:16, 8 February 2022
- Abdülhamid II His Imperial Majesty, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire ... or "The Great Assassin" [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract ...27 KB (4,219 words) - 04:44, 14 June 2023
