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- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 (1,279 words) - 03:04, 2 May 2024
- 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
- 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) - 10:53, 13 December 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 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
- 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
